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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

Reduced Letter Postage to the United Kingdom.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1890.

FROM the 1st January proximo the letter rate of postage
to the United Kingdom will be—
Via San Francisco, and by\ Twopence halfpenny per half-
Direct steamers\ ounce.
Via Brindisi-Naples, or other route (letters\ Sixpence
must be specially marked for the route\ per
they are intended to be forwarded by)\ half-ounce.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Tenders for the Sole Right of Advertising on the New
Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 23rd December, 1890.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
for the sole right of advertising on the New Zealand
railways is published for general information.
By order of the Commissioners.

E. G. PILCHER,
Secretary.

Government Life Insurance Department.—Prepayment of
Postage.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the 1st
day of January, 1891, the postage on all correspon-
dence on Government Insurance business must be prepaid.
The special stamps of the Government Insurance Depart-
ment are only available for the department’s business, and
can only be used in connection with the department’s official
envelopes.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Trade Union registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1890.

THE Canterbury Fishermen’s Union, situated at Lyttel-
ton, is registered as a trade union, under “The Trade
Union Act, 1878,” this 22nd day of December, 1890.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

Notice of Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1890.

A COMPLETE specification relating to the under-men-
tioned application has been accepted, and is 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. 4211.—MARK SAUNDERS, Farmer, and JAMES GRANGER,
Accountant, both of Timaru, New Zealand. An invention
for utilising the up-and-down grade-power of sea-waves for
mechanical purposes, the title of which invention is “The
Timaru Marine Motor.”

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

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1890.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-men-
tioned 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. 4297.—JOHN SIMS, Flaxdresser, and JOB HARTWELL,
Engineer, both of Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand. An
invention for a new or improved machine or process for
dressing New Zealand flax and fibres, which can be similarly
treated.

No. 4280.—JOHN WILLIAM PORTER, of the Rifle Ranges,
Williamstown, near Melbourne, Victoria, Ranger, and
ARTHUR THOMAS METCALF JOHNSON, of 104, Simpson Street,
East Melbourne, Victoria, Professor of Music. An invention
for improvements in targets for rifle- and other shooting-
practice.

No. 4758.—ROBERT ASHTON LISTER, of Dursley, England,
Engineer. An invention for improvements in pumps for
milk and other fluids.

No. 4759.—JAMES CLEGG, of Connaught Mansions, Vic-
toria Street, Westminster, England, Gentleman. An inven-
tion for improvements in the manufacture of light-emitters
or illuminants for electric lamps.

No. 4760.—GEORGE WILLIAM CHINNERY, LUTHER GEORGE
CHINNERY, SWARTZ MARTYN CHINNERY, SAMUEL BOSTOCK,
and CARDROSS GRANT, all of London, England, Manufac-
turers. An invention for improvements in apparatus for the
manufacture of aerated or gaseous liquids, and for filling or
charging the same into bottles.

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

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1890.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-men-
tioned applications have been accepted, and are open
to public inspection.
Any person may, at any time within two months from the
date of the 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. 4761.—HENRY JERGER, of Norwood, South Australia,
Watchmaker. An invention for an improved water-engine.

No. 4762.—CHARLES JAMES JUTSON, Gentleman, and
FREDERICK ABRAHAM POUPARD, Manufacturer, both of Lon-
don, England. An invention for improvements in shoes for
horses or other hoofed animals.

No. 4764.—WILLIAM ADAMS, Mine Manager, near Lawrence,
New Zealand. An invention for saving fine gold passing
over tables, and entitled “W. Adams’s Patent Amalgamator.”

No. 4765.—JOHN LOCHHEAD, of Dunsandel, Canterbury,
New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for an improved
gorse-cutting machine.

No. 4766.—REUBEN HALLENSTEIN, of Lonsdale Street,
Melbourne, Victoria, Merchant. An invention for apparatus
for working fire-proof doors for closing lift-openings and
other apertures in floors of buildings.

No. 4768.—WILLIAM EDWARD CONNELL OSBORNE, of
Mount Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand, Clerk. An
invention for a temporised support for rifle-sights.

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

Native Land Court Notices.

Ngarara Block.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that in the matter of the block
of land above mentioned an adjourned sitting of the
Native Land Court will be held at Wellington, on Wednes-
day, the 14th day of January, 1891.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.