JUNE 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 745

KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 25 o Hune, 1890.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minita Whakahaere 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 years ended the 31st March, 1889 and 1890:

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 9th July, 1890, 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.

As witness my hand, this twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Officiating Ministers for 1890.—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1890.

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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend George Kinninmouth Stowell.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1890.

THE Star of Petone Lodge, No. 14, situated at Petone, is registered as a branch of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 23rd day of June, 1890.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies,

Sale of Unclaimed Property

Police Department, Commissioner’s Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1890.

THE unclaimed property described hereunder, and now in the possession of the police at the stations named, will, unless previously claimed, be sold by public auction, at the respective police offices, on Saturday, the 19th proximo, at noon, in accordance with the Police Regulations:—

Auckland: Sundries.
New Plymouth: Silver brooch.
Nelson: Gold scarf-pin.
Christchurch: Gun, silver bracelet, watch, umbrella, and sundries.
Oamaru: Sundries.
Dunedin: Portmanteau, umbrella, and sundries.

W. E. GUDGEON,
Commissioner of Police.

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1890.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-mentioned applications have been accepted, and are open to public inspection.

Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing, in duplicate, of opposition to the grant of the patent, stating in such notice the particular grounds of his objection.

No. 4431.—ALFRED FREDERIC BETHAM, Writing Clerk, and HENRY BETHAM WOOLNOUGH, Civil and Mechanical Engineer, both of Balmain, near Sydney, New South Wales. An invention for improved apparatus for disengaging ships’ boats from their supporting tackles.

No. 4432.—CARL ALBERT ROEPKE, of Manchester, England, Watchmaker. An invention for improvements in musical boxes.

No. 4433.—HENRY GEORGE BEDELL, of Windsor Place, Wellington, New Zealand, Plumber and Gasfitter. An invention for Bedell’s Improved Automatic Gas Governor and Purifier, for gas-burners, gas-stoves, and gas-fires of any capacity.

No. 4434.—ELIHU THOMSON, of Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America, Electrical Engineer. An invention for improvement in art of electric welding.

No. 4435.—ELIHU THOMSON, of Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America, Electrical Engineer. An invention for improvement in electric welding and apparatus therefor.

No. 4436.—ELIHU THOMSON, of Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America, Electrical Engineer. An invention for improvements in methods of and apparatus for shaping, forming, swaging, riveting, and other metal-working operations by electricity.

C. J. A. HASELDEN
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1890.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-mentioned applications have been accepted, and are open to public inspection.

Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing, in duplicate, of opposition to the grant of the patent, stating in such notice the particular grounds of his objection.

No. 4437.—ELIHU THOMSON, of Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America, Electrical Engineer. An invention for improvements in methods of and apparatus for soldering, brazing, and welding metals by electricity.

No. 4438.—JOHN DOWNING BERTRAM, of Anstruther Street, Echuca, Victoria, Mechanical Engineer. An invention for an improved horse-shoe.

No. 4439.—JAMES FREDERICK HODGETTS, of 39, Redcliffe Square, London, England, late Professor of Nautics. An invention for improvements in the construction of the hulls of iron-clads or other vessels.

No. 4440.—JAMES BENJAMYN POYNTER, of Wellington, New Zealand, Accountant. An invention for apparatus for facilitating the calculation of percentages, and some other purposes.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Application for Registration of a Trade-mark.

(No. 57.)

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS ALFRED MAITLAND, of Bridport Cottage, Leith Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Salesman, has applied to register, under “The