444 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 27

KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 1 o Mei, 1889.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Minita Whakaaere i nga moni o te Koroni.

[TRANSLATION.]
“THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” and
the Amendments thereof.
To each and every the owner or owners of land described in
the substituted valuation rolls of Native lands supplied
to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in
the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above
Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating
thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the under-
signed Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in
accordance with the provisions of “The Crown and Native
Lands Rating Act, 1882,” by or on behalf of the said local
bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable
under or by virtue of the said rolls for the year ended the
31st March, 1889:

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you
that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of
the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the
Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native
lands therein mentioned or described.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said
lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates
on or before the 15th May, 1889, such payment to be
made by you at the office of the local body in whose district
the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as noted
in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

| Name of Local Body. | Office of Local Body where
Payment is to be made. |
| :--- | :--- |
| Lower Hutt Town Board | Lower Hutt. |
| Kihikihi Town Board | Kihikihi. |
| Moa Road Board | Midhurst, Taranaki. |
| Mongonui County Council | Mongonui. |
| Patutahi Road Board | Patutahi. |
| Rodney County Council | Warkworth. |
| Thames County Council | Thames. |

As witness my hand this first day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Tenders for Telegraph Messengers' Overcoats.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1889.

THE Commissioner of Telegraphs is prepared to receive
tenders for the supply and delivery of 100 Telegraph
Messengers' Overcoats.
Specifications can be seen at the Telegraph Offices,
Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland.
Tenders must be in not later than the 14th day of May,
1889, and addressed to the Superintendent, New Zealand
Postal Telegraphs, Wellington.

By order.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1889.

THE Stanmore Brass Band, situated at Linwood, is
registered as a specially-authorised society, under
“The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 1st day of May,
1889.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1889.

N O. 3647.—WILLIAM BIRCHALL, of Melbourne, Victoria,
Telegraph Engineer, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for improvements in electrical
apparatus for giving an alarm in the event of fire breaking
out.

No. 3648.—SAMUEL BURBURY STRETTON, of 38, Hanover
Street, Fitzroy, near Melbourne, Victoria, Gentleman, has
deposited at this office a specification of an invention for
improved means for automatically supplying feed to mangers
at any prearranged time.

No. 3649.—GEORGE FREDERICK, of Sydney, New South
Wales, Master Mariner, and FRANCIS KEMP, of Sydney
aforesaid, Wholesale Druggist, have deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for an improved disinfecting
and deodorising compound.

No. 3650.—WILLIAM COWPER, of 435, Oxford Street, Pad-
dington, Sydney, New South Wales, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for destruction of trees,
scrub, and weeds, that is to say, for killing, drying-up, and
making the same inflammable and easily burnt out, root
and branch, and will be most valuable for farmers, &c., for
clearing land ready for cultivation.

No. 3651.—CARL AUGUST JOHANSSON, of Flemminggatan
27, Stockholm, Sweden, Mechanician, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for improvements in
step-bearings for shafts.

No. 3652.—WILLIAM HORNSBY, of Grantham, Lincoln,
England, and PERCY JOHN OGLE, of £London, England,
Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for improvements in stamps suitable for pulverising
minerals.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 4th day of July
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 19th 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.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1889.

N O. 3653.—CHARLES CHAMBERS, of Hoxton, Middlesex,
England, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for improvements in boots,
shoes, and the like.

No. 3654.—ALBERT ERNEST WOODHOUSE, of Amberley,
Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for oscillating-harrows.

No. 3655.—WALTER MADDISON, of Waipawa, Hawke's Bay,
New Zealand, Builder, has deposited at this office a specifi-
cation of an invention for copying or multiplying written
copy, to be known as “Maddison's Patent Improved Multi-
graph.”

No. 3656.—WILLIAM BUTLER and JOSEPH BUTLER, of Grey-
mouth, New Zealand, Contractors, have deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for “Butlers' Despatch
Hose-coupling.”

No. 3657.—WILLIAM BUTLER and JOSEPH BUTLER, of Grey-
mouth, New Zealand, Contractors, have deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for “Butlers' Improved
Weston's Patent Lift.”

No. 3658.—EWALD MULLER, of Sorau, Prussia, German
Empire, has deposited at this office a specification of an in-
vention for improvements in couplings for railway vehicles.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 9th day of July 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 24th 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.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1888.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1890, the period of litera-
ture will be the latter half of the Eighteenth Century, and
the special books will be Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice,
and Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield.

GEO. FISHER.