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9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000 tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a bonus shall register a special trade-mark under the laws for the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the registration of trade-marks, such trade-mark to be used for all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus, and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark; and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and canned for export by any such person shall, before exportation, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him, and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and cured fish for export under regulations published on the same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from which the fish was exported.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department (Commissioner’s Office),
Wellington, 14th January, 1888.

THE unclaimed property described hereunder, and now in possession of the Police, at New Plymouth, will, unless previously claimed, be sold by public auction, at the Police Office, New Plymouth, on Saturday, the 11th proximo, at noon, in accordance with the Police Regulations:—

One silver lever watch, two Geneva watches, two revolvers, one carbine pistol, one gold nugget, one ring, and sundries.

W. E. GUDGEON,
Commissioner of Police.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1888.

PATENT for an Invention for, and Improvements in, Machinery for mechanically and at one operation scraping and cleaning the Phormium Tenax and other similar Vegetable Fibrous Plants.

JOSEPH HURLEY, of Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 10th day of April next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 26th day of March next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2764.

Notice of hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1888.

NO. 2767.—EDWARD HARWOOD LASCELLES, of Geelong, Victoria, Woolbroker, and ANDREW ANDERSON, of Navarre, in the said colony, Grazier, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved combined scarifier and grain-sower for sowing the seeds used in the destruction of rabbits.

No. 2768.—GEORGE LANSELL, of Fortuna Crushing Works, Sandhurst, Victoria, Quartz-miner, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in apparatus for equalising the strain on winding-gears, such as are used in mining-shafts and warehouse-lifts.

No. 2769.—GEORGE LANSELL, of Fortuna Villa, Sandhurst, Victoria, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improvement in the arrangement of boiler-flues.

I have appointed Thursday, the 20th day of September 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 such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 5th day of September next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to 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, 30th January, 1888.

NO. 2762.—GEORGE JAMES ADDISON RICHARDSON, of Waipapapa, Fortrose, Otago, New Zealand, Miner, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a direct bearing castor.

No. 2763.—WALTER SWINBURNE, of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a covering for the feet on hygienic principles, viz., boots and shoes made of horsehair.

No. 2765.—WILLIAM ORR, Merchant, and PETER STUART BROWN, Manufacturer, both of 45, West Nile Street, Glasgow, Scotland, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in sheet-metal structures, in sheets employed in such structures, and in means for securing or fastening them together.

No. 2766.—THOMAS FREEMAN NOTT FINCH, of Sidbury Works, Worcester, England, Button Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the construction of the axles and axle-boxes for the wheels of common road-carriages, and in the method of, and means and appliances for, lubricating the same.

No. 2770.—JOHN BECK, of Wellington, New Zealand, Timber Merchant, and WALTER COLE, of the same place, Architect, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for “Beck and Cole’s Patent Food Package,” being an improved process of enamelling wood, iron, or other material with a comparatively impervious coating.

No. 2771.—ROBERT ORR, of the Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, Solicitor’s Clerk, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in glazing structures of all kinds for horticultural and other purposes.

I have appointed Thursday, the 10th day of May 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 such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 25th day of April next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said applications, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1888.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Process and Apparatus, to be called “The Acme Wool-cleaner,” for cleansing wool and other textile products, applicable also to the extraction and recovery of oils and fats.

IGNATIUS SINGER, of Adelaide, South Australia, Chemist, and MORITZ WOLFF JUDELL, also of Adelaide aforesaid, Importer, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 10th day of April next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 26th day of March next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2772.

Te Makarini Scholarships.—Supplementary Examination.

TWO scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable until the end of 1889, are offered for competition. These scholarships are open to all Maoris that are under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination, and that have attended a Native village school for the previous twelve months. These scholarships are offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1886. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 19th and 20th March, 1888.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-