Dec. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1363

Description of Trade Mark.

The word “Mandarin.”

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Tea.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that Messrs. GRIFFIN AND SONS, of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand, Millers, Biscuit Manufacturers, and General Produce Merchants, have applied to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

The word “Eureka.”

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Biscuits, cakes, confectionery in bulk or packets, flour and milling products, infants’ food, baking-powder, self-raising flour, oatmeal; jams, jellies, and bottled fruits; sauces, preserved provisions and vegetables, and bottled and tinned goods of every description.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

T. W. HISLOP.

Reward of £10,000 offered for the Discovery of New Gold fields.—Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

REWARDS of £10,000 are offered for the discovery of new goldfields, upon the amended conditions set forth hereunder.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved discovery of a new goldfield in accordance with these conditions is £5,000 for the North Island, and £5,000 for the Middle Island.

2. The newly-discovered goldfield must be situated not less than forty miles from any existing goldfield or any existing workings.

3. No reward shall be payable until 50,000 ounces of gold have been produced from the newly-discovered goldfield within three years from the date of its being registered.

4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being desirous of obtaining the reward, shall immediately forward a written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an application for reward.

5. No prospecting will be allowed upon Native land without a prospecting license authorising the person therein named, with the consent of the owner of the land, to prospect, in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and thirty-seven of “The Mining Act, 1886,” inclusive.

No reward shall be paid for any discovery that may be made upon Native land without the consent of the Native owners and the approval of the Minister of Mines.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1888.

NO. 3421.—FRIEDRICH ADOLF REIHLEN, of Stuttgart, Germany, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the means for promoting and improving the fermentation of wine, beer, and other beverages, and for bottling such fermented or otherwise carbonated beverages.

No. 3422.—FREDERICK DE JERSEY CLERE, of Wellington, New Zealand, Architect, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved method of building-construction, to be known as “Clere’s Patent Fire-proof and Earthquake-proof Walling.”

No. 3423.—DANIEL BERNARD BATE, of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, Practical Engineer and Millwright, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention to be called “The Just-in-time Quartz and Grain Rotary Reduction Mill.”

No. 3424.—JEREMIAH MCCARTHY, of Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for ironing clothes, &c., to be called “The Patent Self-heating Laundry-iron.”

No. 3425.—RICHARD WILLIAM HENN, of Wellington, New Zealand, Window-blind Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the manufacture of venetian blinds, consisting of a combined mortice cord-guide and gripper.

No. 3426.—RANDOLPH GETHIN CREAGH, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Clerk, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a hose- and pipe-coupling, to be known as “Creagh’s Hose- and Pipe-coupling.”

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 9th 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 25th 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, 12th December, 1888.

NO. 3427.—HENRY HUNT, of Ashburton, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a potato-planter, to be called “Hunt’s Potato-planter.”

No. 3428.—WEYMOUTH ROBERTS, of Ashburton, New Zealand, Contractor, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved candlestick, to be called “The Weymouth Save-all Candlestick.”

No. 3429.—SYLVESTER DENNEY EGEN, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for Egen’s motor-power.

No. 3430.—GEORGE WILLIAM GRAVES, Butcher, DAVID McLEAN WALLACE, Blacksmith, and DUNCAN EDWARD CLERK, Farmer, all of Waiorongomai, Auckland, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention to be called “The Handy Wire-strainer.”

And I have appointed Wednesday, the 10th 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 26th 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.

Steam Service between New Zealand and Chatham Islands.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1888.

SEALED tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Saturday, the 5th January proximo, for the performance of a steam service between New Zealand and Chatham Islands once every three months. The port of departure and arrival in New Zealand to be either Wellington or Lyttelton.

Tenderers to send in offers for one year and also for two years.

The service to be performed in accordance with a timetable to be furnished by the Postmaster-General, and to commence on a date to be fixed hereafter by the Postmaster-General.

Tenderers to state the names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels to be employed in the service.