APRIL 4.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Private Collections.
Second Order of Merit: T. and S. Morrin and Co. (Limited),
Auckland, coal, iron, fireclay, &c.; Reefton Committee,
Reefton, mineral specimens, exhibits from mines (including
manufacture or treatment).

Antimony.
First Order of Merit: New Zealand Antimony Company,
Wellington, cakes of star antimony, doubles, and raw ore.

Paints.
Second Order of Merit: Washbourne and Co., Nelson,
hæmatite paints.

Gold.
Second Order of Merit: J. H. Whiteford, auriferous speci-
mens.

Silver.
Third Order of Merit: Te Aroha Gold- and Silver-mining
Company, Te Aroha, gold and silver lead ore.

Copper, Tin, and Iron.
Second Order of Merit: Champion Copper-mining Com-
pany, Nelson.

Coal, Coke, Shale, &c.
First Order of Merit: Brunner Coal Company, Greymouth,
bituminous coal; Bay of Islands Coal Company, Auckland,
coal; Coal Creek Coal Company, Greymouth, coal; Colling-
wood Coal Company, Nelson, coal; J. Kilgour, Brunnerton,
coal; New Zealand Midland Railway Company, Christchurch,
coal and minerals; Westport Coal Company (Limited), Dun-
edin, coal; Westport Coal Company (Limited), Dunedin,
coke; J. Kilgour, Brunnerton, coke; Brunner Coal Company,
Greymouth, coke.
Second Order of Merit: Kaitangata Railway Coal Com-
pany (Limited), Dunedin, coal; Waikato Coal and Shipping
Company, Auckland, coal.

Officiating Ministers for 1889.-Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1889.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Offi-
ciating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are
published for general information: -

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend Oliver Dean.
The Reverend W. H. Fletcher, B.A.
The Reverend W. S. Lucas.
The Reverend W. H. Wilson.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1889.

NO. 3609.-JOB OSBORNE, of Doyleston, Canterbury, New
Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of an invention for a valve to be attached to rods
used in sinking artesian wells.

No. 3610.-HARRY SAMUEL MOORE, of Scarborough Ter-
race, Wellington, New Zealand, Shopman, has deposited at
this office a specification of an invention for Moore's self-
separating ash and cinder stove-bin.

No. 3611.-EDWARD HASSELBACH, of Melbourne, Victoria,
Telegraph Engineer, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of an invention for a combined postal electric signal-
alarm and telephone-pillar.

No. 3613.-CHARLES HALLETT, of No. 13, Exchange, Collins
Street West, in the City of Melbourne and Colony of Victoria,
Importer, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for an improved method of utilising telegraph,
lamp, and other posts or standards for advertising purposes.

No. 3614.-JOSEPH JAMES MACKY, of Auckland, New Zea-
land, Commission Agent, and JOHN MITCHELL, of the same
place, Architect, have deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for improvements in the construction and
manufacture of nails, to be known as "The Acme Nails."

No. 3615.-JOHN HODGSON LEE, of Te Puke, Tauranga,
Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of an invention called "The Archimedean Plough."

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 18th day of June
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 3rd day of June
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.

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Notice of Hearing of Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1889.

NO. 3612.-EDWARD LUSCOMBE EVENS, Gentleman, and
SETH FERRY, Gentleman, both of Adelaide, South
Australia, have deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for an improved apparatus for recording numbers
or words in combination with a contrivance for printing or
embossing.

And I have appointed Friday, the 31st day of January 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 16th day of
January 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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Small Grazing-runs.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 29th March, 1889.

IT is hereby notified that the lands included in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered for lease by public
auction, as provided for by "The Land Act, 1885" (sections
197 to 219 inclusive, Part VII.), "The Land Act Amendment
Act, 1887 (section 25), at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland,
on Tuesday, the 30th April next, at 11 a.m.

A. F. F. ETHERIDGE,
(For the Commissioner of Crown Lands.)

SCHEDULE.
MATATA, BAY OF PLENTY.

Conditions: Absolute lease for 21 years, with right of renewal
after valuation; full valuation for improvements at end of
lease; right to cultivate in addition to pasturage; no right of
purchase. Existing roads and tracks remain in force, and
the Government has the right at any time to take roads
required for public purposes, excepting over 150 acres in
each run round selector's homestead. No one can lease
more than one section. Residence compulsory within twelve
months, and thereafter for six years, except by consent of
Land Board as provided for by Act. Improvements equalling
four years' rental by the end of first six years. One-fourth
of rents for first fifteen years is expended in opening roads,
&c., to benefit the lands. The first half-year's rent to be paid
on the day of sale, which will represent that due on the 1st
September following; thereafter rent to be paid on the 1st
March and 1st September.

Rural Lands open for Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 19th March, 1889.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selec-
tion, for cash only, in terms of section 92 of "The
Land Act, 1885," at the Land Office, Auckland, on and after
Wednesday, the 24th April, 1889.

E. F. F. ETHERIDGE,
(For the Commissioner of Crown Lands.)

SCHEDULE.