Jan. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 141

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

W. R. RUSSELL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Mauriceville Road District, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1891.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Mauriceville Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

W. R. RUSSELL.

MOUNT MUNRO ROAD EAST.

RESULT of poll taken on the 19th January, 1891, upon a proposal to borrow £300, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of felling bush and forming Mount Munro Road East;—

Number of ratepayers on special roll 4, representing 4 votes; 3 ratepayers, representing 3 votes, voted for the proposal, and 1 ratepayer, representing 1 vote, against it.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

GUNDER GUNDERSEN,
Chairman.

Mauriceville, 20th January, 1891.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Upper Wangaehu Road District, County of Wanganui.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1891.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Upper Wangaehu Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

RESULT of poll at Mangamahu, on Saturday, the 27th December, 1890, on proposal to borrow £5,000 (for the purpose of constructing a dray-road from the Mangamahu Stream to the Maungakaretu Trig. Station, and sundry bridle-roads in connection therewith) for the Upper Wangaehu Road District:—

Total number of ratepayers on roll 19, representing 28 votes; votes recorded for proposal, 22; number of ratepayers voting for the proposal 15; votes against, nil; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil; informal, 1; votes not recorded, 5; total number against, 6.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I do hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 29th day of December, 1890.

ALEX. HIGGIE,
Chairman, Upper Wangaehu Road Board.

Special Order made by Oxford Road Board, County of Ashley.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1891.

THE following special order, made by the Oxford Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER passed by the Oxford Road Board, at a Special Meeting of the Board, held on the 3rd December, 1890.

RESOLVED, That a portion of the Oxford Road District, bounded on the west by the western boundary of Rural Section 19346 and a line in continuation thereof to the River Eyre; on the north by the northern boundaries of Rural Sections 19346, 19340, 18279, 18120, 19273, 14647, 9847, 6706, 10304, 9220, 9208, 6498, 6487, 5826, 2590, 1084, and a straight line through Reserve 897 running from a point on the eastern boundary of Rural Section 6706, about 14 chains north of the main road, to the north-west corner of Rural Section 10304; on the north-east by the north-east boundary of Rural Section 1084 and a line in continuation thereof to the River Eyre; and on the south by the River Eyre, as shown on plan deposited at the Road Board Office, Oxford, and thereon coloured green, shall be constituted a water-race district according to “The Counties Act, 1886,” and various amendments to the said Act. The name of the district shall be the View Hill Water-race District. The special order shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1891.

JAMES H. SHARPE,
Clerk to the Board.

I, James H. Sharpe, of Oxford, Clerk to the Oxford Road Board, do hereby declare that the above is a true copy of a special order passed by this Board at a special meeting held on the 3rd December, 1890, declaring a portion of the Oxford Road District to be a water-race district.

17th January, 1891.

JAMES H. SHARPE.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of Lower Hutt.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

REGINALD JOHN KEITH JACKSON

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Lower Hutt, as constituted under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and also Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of Mayor and of six Councillors for the said borough; also to appoint Saturday, the 21st day of February, 1891, to be the day for holding the said first election of Mayor, and Monday, the 23rd day of February, 1891, to be the day for holding the said first election of Councillors; also to appoint Wednesday, the 25th day of February, 1891, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Town Board Office, Lower Hutt, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Borough Council of Lower Hutt shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Marlborough, Nelson, Miranda, and Waikawau Sheep Districts declared clean.—Notice No. 309.

Head Office, Live-stock Department,
Wellington, 19th January, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to declare the Marlborough, Nelson, Miranda, and Waikawau Sheep Districts to be clean sheep districts under “The Sheep Act, 1890.”

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1891.

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. 4391.—JOHN DRUMMOND, of Taradale, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An invention for improvements in potato-digger.

No. 4809.—ARTHUR HELWIG, of 131, Leighton Road, Kentish Town, in the County of London, England, Engineer. An invention for improvements in button-hole sewing-machines.

No. 4810.—ALEXANDER STANLEY ELMORE, of Spring Grove, Hunslett, Leeds, in the County of York, England, Electrometallurgist. An invention for improvements in the process and apparatus for manufacturing copper tubes, sheets, strips, and wires by electrolysis.

No. 4811.—EDWARD WATERS, of 131, William Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent (nominee of Zachary Taylor French and William Cristian Meyer, both of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, one of the United States of America, Machinists). An invention for improvements in means or apparatus employed in sewing.

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

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1891.

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