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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(vi.) I will not apply for a patent in any foreign country, or
in any British colony or dependency, without the
authority of the Army Council.

Signature:
Rank:

Approved:
I have informed the inventor by dated
that he may apply for provisional protection for a
British patent, and have furnished him with a copy of
this agreement.

Signature:
Rank:
Date:

The original agreement when approved is to be sent to the
Secretary, War Office, Whitehall S.W.

Foreign and Colonial Patents.

6. Applications for permission to obtain patents or similar
   rights in any foreign country or in any British colonies or
   dependencies must be forwarded to the Army Council for
   approval, accompanied by a general description of the inven-
   tion. When, however, permission has already been given to
   lodge a complete specification and obtain a British patent
   for the same, such description need not accompany the
   application.

General.

7. It may be useful for the information of inventors to state
   that, speaking generally, there are three alternative courses
   which are adopted by the Army Council in dealing with an
   invention or patent, viz. :

(i.) Where the Army Council (or Admiralty) desire to
retain complete control of the invention or patent,
in which case assignment to the Secretary of State
(or Admiralty) will be ordered, and the inventor
will not be allowed to dispose of the commercial
uses of his patent if it has any.

(ii.) Where the Army Council are satisfied with an agree-
ment giving the Government and its contractors a
right to use the invention or patent, but otherwise
leaving the inventor free to dispose of his invention
or patent for commercial purposes.

(iii.) Where the Army Council do not consider that they
have any interest in the invention or patent, leave
it to be dealt with entirely by the inventor, and
release him from the obligations he has entered into.

If an inventor wishes his invention or patent to be dealt
with under heads (ii) or (iii) above, he must make a written
application through the usual channel for that purpose.
It must be understood that the matter is entirely in the
discretion of the Army Council, and that they cannot under-
take to deal with any particular invention or patent according
to any one of the above-mentioned methods, but may adopt
some different course in the matter.

8. An applicant for remuneration will be required to give
   full detailed particulars of any out-of-pocket expenses on
   experiments, &c., incurred by him personally, as well as of any
   consideration he may have received directly or indirectly in
   respect of the invention.

Consent under Section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power conferred upon the Native
Minister by subsection (b) of section 298 of the Native
Land Act, 1909, I, William Herbert Herries, Native
Minister, acting on the recommendation of the Waiariki
District Maori Land Board, do hereby consent to a
sale of Lot 116B No. 2, Parish of Te Papa, containing
26 acres, situated in the Provincial District of Auckland,
subject to the same restrictions and to the same require-
ments as to confirmation and otherwise as if the land was
not subject to Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909.

As witness my hand this 20th day of October, 1914.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Consent under Section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power conferred upon the Native
Minister by subsection (b) of section 298 of the Native
Land Act, 1909, I, William Herbert Herries, Native
Minister, acting on the recommendation of the Waiariki
District Maori Land Board, do hereby consent to a sale
of Lot 72B, Section 3c, Parish of Matata, containing
10 acres, situated in the Provincial District of Auckland,
subject to the same restrictions and to the same require-
ments as to confirmation and otherwise as if the land was
not subject to Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909.

As witness my hand, this 20th day of October, 1914.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Appointing Days to be kept as Public Holidays by the Customs.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 4th November, 1914.

IT is notified for public information that His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint each of the
days specified below to be kept annually as a public holiday
by the Customs at the particular port or ports indicated
hereunder, to commemorate the foundation of that portion
of New Zealand in which each such port is situated, and when
any such day falls on a Sunday to so appoint the following
day in lieu thereof:—

22nd January at the ports of Wellington and Wanganui.
29th January at the port of Auckland.
1st February at the ports of Nelson and Westport.
23rd March at the port of Dunedin.
31st March at the ports of New Plymouth, Patea, and
Invercargill.
1st November at the port of Wairau.
1st December at the ports of Greymouth and Hokitika.
16th December at the ports of Lyttelton and Timaru.

Also to appoint to be kept by the Customs as public holi-
days throughout New Zealand, after the hour of mid-day,
the days on which are held a general election under the
Legislature Act, 1908, and the election of Licensing Com-
mittees under the Licensing Act, 1908.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs.

Permit to import Opium.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 4th November, 1914.

IT is hereby notified for public information that a permit
to import opium in forms which though not suitable
for smoking may be made suitable has been granted to the
undermentioned person, subject to the provisions of the
Opium Act, 1908, the Opium Amendment Act, 1910, and
the regulations made thereunder:—

LEONARD B. JAMES, Chemist, Timaru.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs.

Surveyors licensed.

The Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 10th November, 1914.

IT is hereby notified for general information that licenses
under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners
Act, 1908, have been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the
following surveyors:—

Surveyor. Address.
ERNEST CHRISTOPHER BARKER .. Christchurch.
GUY SHUCKBURGH COLLINS .. Greymouth.
HAROLD LEISHMAN LANGDON .. Masterton.
GERARD WILLIAM SAMPSON .. Christchurch.
HENRY HERBERT WHITTAKER .. Hamilton.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Officiating Ministers for 1914.—Notice No. 38.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1914.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
the following names of Officiating Ministers within
the meaning of the said Act are published for general infor-
mation:—

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend CHARLES ARTHUR ROWELL.

Baptists.
The Reverend M. P. LASCILLES.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th November, 1914.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge
receipt of a postal note for 10s., forwarded to the
Treasury Department by some person unknown, to be paid
to the Public Account.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.