1046
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Articles and how classed. Rate of Duty.
Sealskin (imitation) for gold-saving, as textile
piece-goods n.o.e. 20 per cent.
Temperance pledge-cards, as pictorial prints 25 per cent.
Washer scrubbers for gas-works, as machinery
n.o.e. 20 per cent.
Wheat-mixers, as machinery n.o.e. 20 per cent.

By Commissioner's Order No. 347.

H. S. McKELLAR,
Secretary and Inspector.

Clifton County Council Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 1889.

NOTICE has been received at this office that the under-
mentioned persons have been elected members of the
Clifton County Council for the following ridings:—

Mokau Riding:
Charles Nicholas Rowe.
Hugh Irvine.
George Pott.

Ngatimaru Riding:
Francis Blake Hutchinson.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Member of the House of Representatives for Oamaru
elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1889.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ
issued by him on the 5th day of September, 1889, for
the election of a member to serve in the House of Represen-
tatives for the electoral district hereinafter specified, and by
the indorsement on such writ it appears that the under-
mentioned gentleman has been duly elected for such dis-
trict:—

For the District of Oamaru.
THOMAS WILLIAM HISLOP.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Rule under "Supreme Court Act, 1882."

WE, three of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in us by "The Supreme Court Act, 1882," hereby
make the following rule respecting the place and time for
holding a sitting of the Supreme Court in the Wellington
Judicial District:—

A sitting for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the
Supreme Courthouse, Wellington, to commence on Monday,
the 2nd day of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.

Given under our hands, this 4th day of October, 1889.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
C. W. RICHMOND.
J. E. DENNISTON.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1889.

NO. 3985.—WILLIAM ARTHUR WADDELL, of Wellington,
New Zealand, Timber Merchant, has deposited at
this office a specification of an invention for dressing New
Zealand flax, to be called "Waddell's Patent Flax-dresser."

No. 3986.—FREDERICK AUGUSTUS ABEL, of No. 1, Adam
Street, Adelphi, London, England, Knight, and JAMES
DEWAR, of No. 1, Scroop Terrace, Cambridge, England,
Professor of Chemistry, have deposited at this office a specifi-
cation of an invention for improvements in explosives.

And I have appointed Friday, the 20th day of Decem-
ber 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 December 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.

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Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1889.

NO. 3988.—SAMUEL HURST SEAGER, of Christchurch,
Canterbury, New Zealand, Architect, has deposited at
this office a specification of an invention for "the Samaritan
self-acting and adjustable reading desk and table," providing
sick persons, invalids, and others with a self-acting, adjust-
able, and convertible reading and writing desk and table,
together with a holder for glasses, medicines, or other things,
or for any other purpose where it is desired to bring anything
within easy reach of the user, and to remove it conveniently
after use.

No. 3989.—ROBERT COCKERELL, of Invercargill, New Zea-
land, Agricultural-implement Maker, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for a rotary universal-
jointed dredge-bucket.

No. 3990.—BEDLINGTON BODYCOMB, of Sun Buildings,
corner of Bourke and Queen Streets, Melbourne, Victoria,
Patent Agent and Consulting Engineer, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for improvements in or
relating to the treatment of ores for facilitating the ex-
traction and recovery therefrom of gold and silver, and in
apparatus therefor (being a communication to him from the
inventor, Henry Forbes Julian, of Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa).

No. 3992.—OLA PARSON, of Melbourne, Victoria, Rabbit-
trapper, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for a new method of, and apparatus for, decoying
and trapping rabbits and similar animals.

No. 3993.—THOMAS THATCHER, of Wanganui, New Zea-
land, Settler, has deposited at this office a specification of
an invention for a portable floating-groin.

No. 3994.—JOHN MORRIS, of Wellington, New Zealand,
Clerk, has deposited at this office a specification of an in-
vention for an improved earth-closet.

And I have appointed Friday, the 27th day of Decem-
ber 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 12th day of
December 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.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

Notice of Hearing of Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1889.

NO. 3991.—VICTOR JAMES WILLIAMS, of Union Street,
Richmond, Victoria, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for an improved method of
fastening the bristles, tufts of hair, or fibre upon the heads
or stocks of brooms or brushes.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 17th day of July 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 2nd day of
July next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be
precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

Money Order Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1889.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money
Order Office will be opened at

HUNTERVILLE (Chief Office, Wanganui),
from the 16th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1889.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money
Order and Savings Bank Office will be opened at

HORORATA (Chief Office, Christchurch),
from the 16th ultimo.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.