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ceeds 11ft. in width (all of which are hereinafter included in the term “machine”), shall be taken over the bridge except under the following conditions:—
(a.) The owner or person in charge thereof shall obtain from the Railway Stationmaster at Sheffield or West Oxford a permit authorising the passage of the machine over the bridge.
(b.) Before such permit is issued, the person applying for the same shall state correctly the description, weight, number of wheels, breadth of tires, and width of the machine, together with the name and address of the owner thereof, which particulars shall be entered in the permit.
(c.) Machines shall only be taken over the bridge during daylight.
(d.) The owner of any machine shall be liable to the Railway Commissioners for any damage done to the bridge or railway during its transit.
4. No greater load than 1½ tons gross per wheel with tires less than 5in. broad shall be taken on the bridge; and no load over 2 tons per wheel shall pass over except under the regulations for machines; and loads greater than 3 tons per wheel are entirely prohibited from crossing over the bridge.
5. The permit shall be shown on demand to any railway inspector or ganger on the line of railway between West Oxford and Sheffield.
6. Any person or persons offending against any of these regulations, or giving untrue information concerning particulars required for entering in any permit according to these regulations, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.
7. So far as applicable, the general by-laws and regulations for the time being respectively in force and affecting the traffic on the New Zealand railways shall extend and apply to the Waimakariri Gorge Railway-bridge.

In witness whereof the common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this eleventh (L.S.) day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, in the presence of
J. P. MAXWELL, ) Railway
W. M. HANNAY, ) Commissioners.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in force on the New Zealand Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand railways, to come into force on and after the 17th day of February, 1890:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Dunedin or Port Chalmers to Oamaru, will be charged as follows:—
s. d.
A .. .. .. .. 21 8 per ton.
B .. .. .. .. 16 8 ”
C .. .. .. .. 15 0 ”
D .. .. .. .. 11 8 ”

But no lesser rates will be charged than are provided in the scale for small lots computed upon the classified rates.
Sugar will be charged as Class C.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this twelfth day of February, (L.S.) one thousand eight hundred and ninety, in the presence of
J. P. MAXWELL, ) Railway
W. M. HANNAY, ) Commissioners.

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1890.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for patents 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. 4210.—ASA NORMAN WHITNEY, of 22, Harwood Square, London, or Woodlands, Cleveland, Auckland, New Zealand, Master Mariner, and Manager, Colonial Ammunition Company (Limited), Melbourne. An invention for improvements in the manufacture of metallic cartridges, called “Asa Whitney’s Patent Cartridge.”

No. 4212.—WILLIAM RODIER, of Cobar, New South Wales. Squatter. An invention for “The Nonpareil Rabbit-net.”
No. 4213.—EUGENE DAVID BUSH, of Melbourne, Victoria, Sanitary Engineer. An invention for an improved closet or commode, parts of which are applicable to other purposes.
No. 4214.—WILLIAM TOOGOOD, of Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand, Storekeeper. An invention for the washing and cleansing of New Zealand hemp or other fibre.
No. 4215.—DANIEL McGILL, Engine-driver, and WALTER JOHN PERCY, Carpenter, both of Pitone, Wellington, New Zealand. An invention for an improved drop-hammer.

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

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1890.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for patents 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. 4216.—GEORGE SYME, Jun., of Hawera, New Zealand, Builder. An invention for “The Simplex Racing Number-board.”
No. 4217.—EUGENE DAVID BUSH, of Melbourne, Victoria, Sanitary Engineer. An invention for improvements in urinals, to be called “Bush’s Automatic Urinal.”
No. 4218.—A. HEINRICH, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Clerk. An invention for an advertising toy, and entitled “Jubilee Wheel.”
No. 4219.—GEORGE DALGLEISH, of Oamaru, New Zealand, Timber Merchant. An invention for a rock-shearing machine for the purpose of shearing rock.
No. 4221.—JAMES WEBSTER, of North Moeraki Downs, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for an improved beater for drum of grass-seed- and grain-strippers.
No. 4223.—GEORGE LINCOLN COLE, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Tweed-hat Manufacturer. An invention for “The Vivienne Costume Hat,” being an improvement on the men’s curled-brim tweed hat so as to make it suitable for ladies’ wear.

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

Officiating Ministers for 1890.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 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:—
Congregational Independents.
The Reverend R. Laishley.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department (Commissioner’s Office),
Wellington, 11th February, 1890.

THE unclaimed property described hereunder, and now in 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 8th proximo, at noon, in accordance with the Police Regulations:—
Auckland: Sundries.
Clive: Gentleman’s saddle and bridle.
Gisborne: Two silver-plated butter-knives.
New Plymouth: Brooch and purse.
Wanganui: Revolver, silver ring, buggy-whip, and sundries.
Palmerston North: Carriage-rug and sundries.
Feilding: Personal effects.
Wellington: Three silver brooches and sundries.
Nelson: Sundries.
Oamaru: Two carriage-whips.
Dunedin: Quantity of old lead and sundries.
Invercargill: Sundries.

W. E. GUDGEON,
Commissioner of Police,