THE GAZETTE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 860, 24 August 1888, Page 33

THE GAZETTE.

By an Order in Council, the Wellington Hospital-contributors -are subject to the provisions of the Public B dies Powers' Act; 1887. - The Marino Board publish the following notices :—. ' ; -A - . Uroi.o Isi.Axn, Samoa. - -Extbxsion ' of. Reefs off Fautlu Point. ’ . ’ The following information, received from Captain Kane, H.M.S. Calliope, is hereby promulgated : The reefs off Frlulu Point, near Apia, have been found to extend a good mile, farther seaward than is shown cn the chart.' A" white beacon lias been placed on the point, which should be given a berth of five miles in rounding. Chart affected : No. 1730, Samoan or Navigator- Islands, also Pacific Islands, voL’ ii. (Central Groups), 1885, page-42. -- ; -. ". - ’ Solomon Islands. —Depth of Water A in the Passage betm"Een Guadal- ■ - canak;and Florida Islands.;, ■’ The. following information, received from Captain Bosanquet, H.M. S. Opal, is hereby promulgated : —When proceeding to P. rt Purvis, and. after pasaiiig-througli the Langa Channel, . a sounding of 7i fathoms was obtained, in latitude 9deg 17min S., longitude IGOdcg 13min E: ; and between.. this . posiuon and the 8fatliom sounding. marked <in'the chart (No. 214, Solomon Islands, September, 1885) W.S.W. of, Mandoliana Island, several soundings of 10 to 14 fathoms were obtained. As the chart does not. show any soundings in the locality, couilnanding officers of H.M. ships under my orders are eiijoined to take every opportunity of ascertaining the depth of water when navigating in this or other localities still imperfectly surveyed. .Chart affected: Np 214, Solomon Islands, also . Pacific -Islands, vol. i. (Western Group), 1886, pages 66 to 69. The following patents have been applied for during the week :—-Reuben Witliell, of Selwjm,. Canterbury, sheep-farmer, for ' an improvement in sheep-shears ; David Jones, of Auckland, for an ’automatic blind-cord rack, to be called “ The Eureka Automatic Blind-rack.” ; also,' for the automatic fastening of window-sashes, ' to he called “ The Good-night- Antiburglar Automatic Sash - fastener” ; Charles McQueen, of Dunedin, engineer, -for “ McQueeu’s Patent Corrugated Gir.eular.Tpint for Pipes,’’and MeQueeri’s New Era Patent Gold-saver and Separator - ” r Wemer Siemens, of Berlin, -.Geruianyivfftr improvements in' the extraction' of g»ld and otheLVprccious inetals froiii-minerals and ores containing them; Robert C oper, Herbert Fitzroy -Clayton, arid George Holden Holdroyd, of Huddersfield, England, drysalters, for improvements ; in filtering ’ apparatus ; William Andrew Young, of Wellington, omnibus proprietor, for improvements in vehicles to be used on common: roads aud tramways ; :Alfred Naylor Pearson, of Northcote, Vic-, to ia, agricultural chemist;- for a new process and apparatus for treating soluble arid partially-suluble gums,. so as to render them fit for industrial purposes ; Arthur Favier, of Paris; for improvements in the .'manufacture of : explosives, aud in cartridges formed of of. containing, such explosives,.; William Henry, Sinnatt, of Manchester, for iinproveufients in ’stoppers , for bottles and other vessels.; .John Win. Colton, Alfred; Cutting Colton and Wm. England - Longbottoiri',. of ; Adelaide, 1 saddlers, for -i combined lianies, aud collar for horses ; David Hutton, of Adelaide, for - all improved method of calcining pyrites arid other:gold-bearing ores ; ; William Webley, of Olmstchurch, piariofortetiinef,: for ' an improved: .music-stool; tobe called or known as “ Webley’s Zea-r landia Music-stool John Mitchell, -of : Dunedin, paper-maker and stationer, foio priper-kags with oval, bottoiiis, :and the machine for the manufacture of the.same, to . be called “ The Eclipse Paper-bag Machine Samuel Carter, vof Motueka, Nelson, jam manufacturer, for the destruction of all kinds of insect-pests on-fruit-trCes, flowers, and vegetables, to bo called “ Carter’s Patent Insect and , Blight-destroyer”; George Frederick Vazey, of Auckland, potter, for polishing, cleansing, arid generally' renovating all Mud's of riietal. work; . to be called “ Vazey’s Patent A Universal Metalpolisher’*; Frederick Joseph Fuchs, of

Christchurch, hotel proprietor, for an improved’ roller skate, styled ‘ ‘ Fuclis’ Perfection Roller-skate ” ; Robert Dixon, of Sydney, inventor, for an improved apparatus for shearing sheep.