Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1353

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 1st December, 1888.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon
Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to
interpret "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888," in
relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:—

NOTE.—"Not otherwise enumerated" appears as n.o.e.; "other
kinds" as o.k. Articles marked thus * are corrections of Commis-
sioner's Order No. 305.

be used solely in, the fabrication of goods
in the colony, to include tires for railway-
engine wheels; *range-knobs; stove-screws
and bolts | Free. |
| Bicycles, tricycles, &c., parts of, to include
plated heads, necks, and handle-bars; ball
and other pedals; bearings; and all finished
portions of a like character; saddles, springs,
saddle-bags or pockets (under section 14 of
"The Customs and Excise Duties Act,
1888") | 20 per cent. |
| Bicycles, tricycles, &c., fittings for, to include
rough, hollow U rims, back-bones, forks,
heads, necks, and spokes, also drop-forgings
and rubber-tires | Free. |
| Buffers, iron and rubber, as iron fittings for
carriages | Free. |
| Booklets, as printed books | Free. |
| Cards, lithographed, as lithograph stationery | 25 per cent. |
| Eye-shades, silk-covered, as textile manufac-
tures | 25 " |
| Flannelettes, Alfreds and Galateas, to be
cut into 7ft. lengths before admission as
shirtings | Free. |
| Helmets for Volunteers, as hats | 20 per cent. |
| Hoop-iron with rivets attached, as hoop-iron | Free. |
| Iron plates, grooved, for street channel-bridges,
as ironwork | 20 per cent. |
| Machine for insulating copper wire, as a
knitting-machine | Free. |
| Moleskin, imitation, as cotton moleskin | " |
| Paint-mill, hand, as an artificer's tool | " |
| Paint-removing paste, as n.o.e | " |
| Pictorial illustrations having words printed
thereon, indicating that they are published
with a newspaper, periodical, or book | " |
| Seed-sowers, Cahoön, as hardware | 20 per cent. |
| Spirits, medicinal, to be charged at actual
quantities | .. |
| Syphon bottles, as glassware | 15 per cent. |
| Thimbles, as hardware | 20 " |
| Windows for churches, as glass, coloured,
or o.k. | 15 " |
| Wizaands, as sausage-skins | 20 " |

By Commissioner's Order No. 314.

H. S. McKELLAR,
Secretary and Inspector.

Money Order and Savings Bank Offices opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 1888.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Money
Order and Saving Bank Offices will be opened at

KAIWARAWARA (Chief Office, Wellington),
from the 1st proximo; and at

AVONDALE (Chief Office, Auckland),
from the 8th proximo.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1888.

THE Eketahuna Lodge, No. 6795, situated at Eketa-
huna, is registered as a branch of the Wellington
District Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester
Unity, Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act,
1882," this 29th day of November, 1888.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1888.

NO. 3400.—DAVID MACRAE, of Auckland, New Zealand,
Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for a new or improved apparatus for clothes-
drying.

No. 3401.—THOMAS ELLIS, of Churton Street, Wanganui,
New Zealand, Settler, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of an invention for a self-acting candle-extinguisher, to
be called "Ellis's Self-acting Candle-extinguisher."

No. 3402.—ALICE CORNWELL, of Menzies Hotel, William
Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Mining Speculator, has deposited
at this office a specification of an invention for an improve-
ment in materials to be used in galvanic batteries.

No. 3403.—JOSEPH SMITH, of Oamaru, Canterbury, New
Zealand, Miner, has deposited at this office a specification of
an invention for Smith's patent rabbit-snaré.

No. 3404.—ALLAN SKENE, of Riddiford Street, Wellington,
New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of
an invention for an improved apparatus for raising and
lowering clothes-lines.

No. 3405.—CHARLES ATKIN, of Auckland, New Zealand,
Coachbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification of
an invention for an improved brake, to be called "Atkin's
Improved Twin-joint Brake."

And I have appointed Thursday, the 28th day of March
next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the
said applications and all objections thereto; and I require all
persons having an interest in opposing the grant of any such
Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 13th day of March
next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections
to any of the said applications, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1888.

NO. 3406.—EDWARD SNOWBALL, of New Plymouth, New
Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for an improved circular re-
volving butter-worker, to be called the "Egmont Butter-
worker."

No. 3407.—SAMUEL SMART and WILLIAM SMART, of Syden-
ham, Canterbury, New Zealand, Contractors, have deposited
at this office a specification of an invention for tar-dis-
tributing machines.

No. 3408.—JAMES KEIR, of Ashburton, New Zealand,
Blacksmith, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for Keir's improved coulter.

No. 3409.—HERBERT MALCOLM McNEILL, of Wanganui,
New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specifi-
cation of an invention for working a sewing machine either
slow or fast without altering the speed of the driving power,
to be called the "High-and-low-speed Friction Regulator."

No. 3410.—WILLIAM CROOKES, of Kensington Park
Gardens, London, England, Gentleman, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for improvements in the
treatment of auriferous ores and in the revivification of the
materials used in such treatment.

No. 3411.—EDWARD WATERS, of No. 75, Chancery Lane,
Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for a method of and
apparatus for recording and reproducing speech and other
sounds (being a communication to him from the Volta Gra-
phophone Company, of Washington, D.C., United States of
America).

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of April
next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the
said applications and all objections thereto; and I require
all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of any
such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 18th day of
March next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to any of the said applications, otherwise they
will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1888.

NO. 3412.—EDWARD JOSEPH RIGBY, of the Sandridge
Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Engineer, has de-
posited at this office a specification of an invention for
improvements in hoisting and winding engines (being a
communication from the inventors, Charles R. Otis and
Norton P. Otis, both of Yonkers, New York, United States
of America).