THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 17

Notching Railway Sleepers. Date of Patent- No.
16th July, 1875.
No. 236. JOHN THOMPSON LOVE, of Wellington,
Tinsmith and Gas-fitter. Gas-light Controller
and Improver. Date of Patent-16th July,
1875.

Letters of Registration granted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1876.

THE following list of Letters of Registration,
granted during the year 1875, under "The
Patents Act, 1870," is published for general informa-
tion.

By order.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents.

No. 222, 26th February, 1875.-GOTTLIEB WILHELM
DAIMBER, of Muelheim, on the Rhine, German
Empire, Civil Engineer. Improvements in Gas
Motor Engines.

No. 223, 26th February, 1875.- ABRAHAM MALAM,
of Dumfries, North Britain, Gas Engineer. Im-
provements in the Manufacture of Illuminating
Gas, and in Apparatus therefor.

No. 224, 10th March, 1875.-ANDREW BOGLE, of No.
5, Flinders Lane West, Melbourne, Victoria,
Merchant. An Improved Machine for Brushing
Boots and Shoes, and for Polishing, Grinding,
and Sharpening Cutlery.

No. 225, 12th April, 1875.-JOHN JOHNSTON SMART,
of Melbourne, Victoria, Gentleman. An Im-
proved Sheep and Cattle Label, and a New
Machine for making them.

No. 226, 30th April, 1875. CHARLES HOYT, Gentle-
man, and ROBERT KUNSTMAN, Civil Engineer,
both of Sydney, New South Wales. Improve-
ments in the Mode of, and Apparatus for, Manu-
facturing Artificial Fuel.

No. 227, 31st May, 1875.-JOSHUA ALEXANDER KAY,
of 91, Lonsdale Street East, Melbourne, Vic-
toria, Machinist. A New Apparatus for Tying
Knots.

No. 229, 8th June, 1875.---ROBERT DIXON BANNISTER,
of Essex Lodge, Bellarine Street, Geelong, Vic-
toria, Gentleman, and SAMUEL MILLIGAN, of
Villamanta Street, Geelong, aforesaid, Engineer.
A New Device to be used for Advertising Purposes.

No. 230, 8th June, 1875.-WILLIAM RIGG, of the
firm of McLean Brothers and Rigg, Ironmongers,
of No. 69, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Improve-
ments in Wire Fencing.

No. 237, 26th July, 1875.-DAVID BRAHAM, of Mel-
bourne, Victoria, Solicitor, being the agent of
AUGUST FRIEDRICH WILHELM PARTZ. Improve-
ment in the Manufacture of Solid Sugar from
Loose and Granular Sugar.

No. 239, 21st August, 1875.- MICHAEL RALEIGH, of
No. 6, Sydney Terrace, Canning Street, Carlton,
near Melbourne, Victoria, Bricklayer. Improve-
ments in Colonial Ovens.

No. 240, 21st August, 1875.--JAMES CLIFF, JOHN
STANWORTH MARTIN, and ABRAHAM HARKNESS,
all of Sandhurst, Victoria, Engineers. Improve-
ments in the Construction of Discs for Screwed
Stamper Shanks.

No. 246, 30th September, 1875.---HENRI HERREN-
SCHMIDT, of Costerfield, Victoria, Civil Engineer.
Improvements in Smelting Furnaces.

No. 247, 30th September, 1875.--DAVID WRIGHT
BRAYSHAY, of Hamilton, Victoria, Sheep Farmer.
Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement
of Excavating Machines.

No. 249, 14th October, 1875. -JOHN RICHARDSON
FRANCIS, of Richardson and Co., Swansea,
Glamorgan, England, Merchant. Improvements
in the Process and Machinery for Separating Mag-
netic from Non-magnetic Substances, and especially
Magnetic Oxyd of Iron from all Foreign Materials;
a communication from abroad, by François Alex-
andre Hubert La Rue, of the City, District, and
Province of Quebec, Canada.

No. 250, 14th October, 1875. JOHN RICHARDSON
FRANCIS, of Richardson and Co., Swansea,
Glamorgan, England, Merchant. Improvements
in the Treatment of Copper Pyrites and Iron
Ores to free them wholly or partly from Earthy
or Extraneous Matters; a communication from
abroad, by François Alexandre Hubert La Rue,
of the City, District, and Province of Quebec,
Canada.

No. 251, 25th October, 1875.-PEDRO GAMBONI, of
Chili, South America. Improved Means of, and
Apparatus for, Producing and Maintaining Motive
Power, or Assisting to Produce and Maintain such
Power.

No. 252, 26th October, 1875.--EDWARD YOUNGMAN
HARRISON, of High Street, Avoca, Victoria,
Engineer. Improvements in Machinery for Pul-
verizing and Amalgamating.

No. 255, 25th November, 1875.--HENRY HANDYSIDE,
of Saint John's Wood, Middlesex, Engineer,
and JOHN TUNSTALL HAVERFIELD, of 9, Victoria
Chambers, Westminster, England, Civil Engi-
neer. Improvements in Locomotive Engines, and
in Apparatus for accomplishing the Safe Ascent
of Steep Inclines, and for facilitating the Passage
of Sharp Curves.

No. 256, 25th November, 1875. - THOMAS THOMSON,
of Bluff Harbour, Otago, Harbour-master. Im-
provements in Rowlocks for Boats.

No. 257, 13th December, 1875.-ROBERT VAILE, of
Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. An Im-
proved Rotary Engine for applying the Motive
Power of Steam, Water, Atmospheric Air, and
similar acting Motive Powers.

No. 258, 13th December, 1875.--WILLIAM FOULIS,
of Glasgow, Lanark, North Britain, Civil Engi-
neer. Improvements in Charging and Drawing
Retorts, and in the Machinery or Apparatus
employed therefor.

No. 259, 20th December, 1875. -GEORGE MARSHALL,
of Weymouth Street, Adelaide, South Australia,
Machinist. Improvements in Ridley's Reaping
and Threshing Machine.

Letters Patent lapsed or refused.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1876.

THE following list of Letters Patent, under "The
Patents Act, 1870," lapsed or refused during the
year 1875, is published for general information.

By order.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents.

No. 144. HENRY CARTER, of Wellington, Contractor.
An Invention for making Casks, Tubs, Buoys, or
other Cylindrical-shaped Vessels, either straight,
bilged, or conical, or the frustum of a cone, to be
known as a Combined Cask-making Machine. Date
of Patent-7th March, 1872. Non-payment of
renewal fee.