202. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 12

Kumeroa Road District, County of Waipawa:
Patrick Henry Lynch.

Castlpoint Road District, County of Wairarapa North:
No. 4 Subdivision—
James Oliver Sutherland.

Waiwakaiho Road District, County of Taranaki:
William Taylor.

Ashley Road District, County of Ashley:
Thomas Shaw.

Officiating Ministers for 1891.—Notice No. 2.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1891.

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 entitled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend William Alfred Diggins, B.A.
The Reverend William Charles Cotes, B.A.
The Reverend Edward Howell, M.A.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend James Clarke.

Baptists.

The Reverend James Wright Sawle.

Hebrew Congregations.

The Reverend Adolph T. Chadowski.

Church of Christ.

Mr. Robert C. Gilmour.

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

Savings-bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1891.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Savings-bank Office will be opened at

NENTHORN (Chief Office, Dunedin),

from the 16th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money-order and Savings-bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1891.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money-order and Savings-bank Office will be opened at

WELLSFORD (Chief Office, Auckland),

from the 24th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1891.

In the matter of the will of John Plampin, of Wanganui, Farmer, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will, upon the death of Lydia Plampin, the Executrix appointed under the said will, and who lately died, leaving certain duties there-under outstanding.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1891.

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. 4817.—HENRY SHAW and EDWARD SHAW, both of Sydney, New South Wales, Engineers. An invention for improvements in couplings to be used with flexible or other pipes.

No. 4818.—JOSE BAXERES ALZUGARAY, of 123, Rua de Don Pedro, Oporto, Portugal, Engineer. An invention for improvements in extracting metals from ores and metal-lierous materials, and in furnaces or apparatus therefor.

No. 4822.—HOWARD MATRAVERS ASHLEY, of Ferrybridge Foundry, Ferrybridge, York, England, Engineer. An invention for improvements in apparatus for the manufacture of glass bottles and similar hollow glass articles.

No. 4823.—JACOB GERBES, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Pianoforte Tuner. An invention for an improved self-fasten-ing pegless clothes-line.

No. 4824.—LEVI MYRON SHAW, of Gympsum, County of Saline and State of Kansas, one of the United States of America, Merchant. An invention for improvements in piston-engines.

No. 4825.—ROBERT HILL CROWDEN, of 62, Southwark Street, London, Brush Manufacturer, Assignee of JAMES OATES. An invention for certain improvements in or con-nected with brushes used by painters and others.

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

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1891.

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. 4826.—WILLIAM DALTON, of Melbourne, Victoria, Plumber. An invention for an improved method of raising sunken vessels, to be called "Dalton's Simplex Wreck-raiser."

No. 4827.—HERBERT AKROYD STUART, of Bletchley, Eng-land, Mechanical Engineer, and CHARLES RICHARD BINNEY, of London, England, Consulting Engineer. An invention for improvements in engines operated by the explosion of mixtures of combustible vapour, or gas and air.

No. 4828.—GEORGE GOODLET, of Colebrook Street East, Brunswick, Victoria, Engineer. An invention for improve-ments in machinery for compressing and accumulating air and water.

No. 4829.—THOMAS BRINING, of 27, St. Paul's Street, Leeds, in the County of York, England, Boot and Shoe Engineer. An invention for improvements in, or appertain-ing to, machinery or apparatus for lasting boots and shoes.

No. 4830.—JOHN ROBERT TOPLISS, of 215, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Journalist. An invention for type-distributing machine.

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

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1891.

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. 4831.—JOSHUA ALEXANDER KAY, Consulting Mechani-cian, and JOHN ROBERT TOPLISS, Journalist, both of 215, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria. An invention for type-grooving or nicking machine.

No. 4832.—JOSIAH CLIFTON FIRTH, of Auckland, New Zea-land, Miller. An invention for an insulator, to be called "Firth's Patent Pumice Insulator."

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

Application for Registration of a Trade-mark.

(No. 169.)

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES PERCY MARCHANT BUTTERWORTH, of Butterworth Brothers, New Zealand (Limited), High Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Warehousemen, has applied to register, under "The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889," the trade-mark of which the following is a description:—

The word "Palladino."