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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1889.

Nº 4096. - JOHN BEVERLEY CLARK, of No. 20, Woods
Court, Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Con-
tractor, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for an improved extensible ladder.

No. 4098. - ISAAC JACKSON TURNER, of Princeton, Mercer,
New Jersey, United States of America, Instructor of
Gymnastics, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for improvements in chimney-cowls.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 17th day of July
next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear
the said applications and all objections thereto; and I require
all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of any
such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 2nd day of
July next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to any of the said applications, otherwise they
will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 4094.-DAN RYLANDS, of Barnsley, England, Manu-
facturer, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for improvements in machines for forming bottles
by the pressing and blowing process.

No. 4095. - CHARLES FREDERICK HIME, of 100, St. Paul's
Road, Camden Town, London, England, Waterproofer, and
JOHN HENRY NOAD, of 12, Prestbury Road, East Ham,
Essex, England, Analytical Chemist, have deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for a process for water-
proofing and preserving textures and other materials.

No. 4097. - HARDING PARSONS MATTHEWS, of Wellington,
New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of
an invention for an improved brush or comb for dressing
New Zealand flax.

And I have appointed Friday, the 28th day of Febru-
ary next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear
the said applications and all objections thereto; and I re-
quire all persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of any such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 13th
day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing
of their objections to any of the said applications, otherwise
they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1889.

Nº 4099. - COLIN ARCHIBALD PEACE, of Auckland, New
Zealand, Plumber, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for a lead-headed nail, to be
called "Peace's Patent Duplex Lead-headed Nail."

No. 4100. - ALICE MOSELY, Wife of Alfred Mosely, of
Wanganui, New Zealand, Sailmaker, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for an improvement in
coats, whereby the same are rendered watertight, to be called
"The Debney Watertight Coat: Mosely's Patent."

No. 4101. - THOMAS KNIGHT STEANES, of No. 56, Margaret
Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Manufacturers' Repre-
sentative, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for an improved apparatus for the manufacture of
gas.

No. 4102. - HENRY NICHOLAS QUICK, of Hamilton, Auck-
land, New Zealand, Native Interpreter, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for cutting cloth,
leather, and other materials, to be called "Quick's Patent
Revolving-disc Scissor."

No. 4103. - SAMUEL ENGLAND JEANS, of St. Kilda, Vic-
toria, Plumber and Gasfitter, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for an improved high-pressure
portable water-heater, adapted to be used with or without a
spray-shower or douche.

No. 4104. - THE UNIVERSAL COMPOSITOR COMPANY
(LIMITED), of Temperance Buildings, Swanston Street, Mel-
bourne, Victoria, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for improvements in printing type, to be
called "Quadrate Self-justifying Type" (a communication
partly from Watkin Wynne, of Sydney, New South Wales,
Journalist, and partly from John Robert Topliss, Journalist,
and Joshua Alexander Kay, Consulting Mechanician, both
temporarily residing at London, England.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 4th day of March
next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear
the said applications and all objections thereto; and I require
all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of any
such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 17th day of
February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to any of the said applications, otherwise they
will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Notice of Hearing of Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1889.

Nº 4105. - ALBERT LIVINGSTON BLACKMAN, of Nash-
ville, Tennessee, United States of America, Engineer,
at present residing at London, England, has deposited at
this office a specification of an invention for improvements
in or relating to hydraulic compressers.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 11th day of February
next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear
the said application and all objections thereto; and I re-
quire all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of
such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 27th day of
January next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be
precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of November, 1889. Altitude above the sea,
140 feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

From self-registering Istruments, for
Twenty-four Hours previously.

Date.
Barometer reduced
and corrected, in
inches.
Max. Temp.
in shade.
Min. Temp.
in shade.
Mean Temp.
in shade.
Solar Radia-
tion.
Terrestrial
Radiation.
Rainfall, in
inches.
Veloc. Wind,
in Miles.
Amount of Cloud,
0 to 10.
Direction of Wind.
1 30-121 59.0 46.0 52.5 116 39 . . 150 2 S.E.
2 30-118 60.1 43.0 51.5 119 39 . . 60 3 S.
3 30-130 64.0 45.0 54.5 121 35 . . 140 2 N.W.
4 30-204 67.0 49.0 58.0 125 41 . . 165 2 N.W.
5 30-085 68.0 57.0 62.5 125 48 . . 205 4 N.W.
6 29-803 69.5 56.0 62.7 106 50 . . 180 2 Calm
7 29-718 72.0 56.0 64.0 127 52 .290 030 155 6 N.W.
8 30-013 62.5 49.0 55.7 133 47 .030 155 4 S.
9 30-265 64.0 47.8 55.9 128 41 . . 140 2 S.E.
10 30-340 60.3 45.0 52.6 124 37 . . 150 4 S.E.
11 30-270 65.0 45.0 55.0 130 35 . . 115 4 N.E.
12 30-008 68.0 47.0 57.5 130 41 . . 135 3 N.
13 29-836 72.0 49.0 60.5 130 42 . . 100 3 N.W.
14 29-904 68.5 48.0 58.2 122 45 . . 050 170 5 S.E.
15 29-882 62.3 46.0 54.1 113 43 .130 100 5 S.
16 29-877 57.0 45.3 51.1 120 40 .230 240 5 S.E.
17 29-929 56.5 46.0 51.2 123 40 .170 250 5 S.E.
18 30-097 61.0 43.0 52.0 122 35 .020 160 4 N.W.
19 30-204 66.0 50.0 58.0 135 44 . . 160 4 N.W.:
20 30-223 66.3 53.0 59.6 130 49 . . 290 4 N.W.
21 30-110 64.0 53.0 58.5 124 49 . . 400 4 N.W.
22 30-096 72.0 55.0 63.5 129 49 . . 350 4 N.E.
23 30-104 72.5 50.3 61.4 138 44 . . 200 3 N.
24 29-960 69.0 57.0 63.0 128 51 . . 350 5 N.W.
25 30-030 65.0 55.0 60.0 125 49 . . 450 4 N.W.
26 30-154 67.0 55.0 61.0 126 47 . . 410 5 S.
27 30-148 64.0 51.5 57.7 115 40 . . 110 5 S.
28 30-323 60.5 47.0 53.7 125 42 .025 240 4 S.E.
29 30-281 58.0 44.0 51.0 125 35 . . 150 4 S.E.
30 30-118 63.5 40.0 51.7 120 33 . . 105 3 N.W

• 30-078 64.8 49.1 56.9 124.4 42.7 945 203 3.8
  † 29-836 . . . 56.5 . . . 4.166
  10 dys.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

REMARKS. - Fine weather up to 7th, and moderate northerly
winds, then showery for two days, followed by fine weather
up to 14th, when light rain commenced, and continued
showery until 18th, chiefly from S.E., remainder of month
very fine and dry, but strong N.W. wind from 20th to 25th;
the maximum rain recorded on 7th, 29in. Maximum
temperature in shade, 72.5; minimum, 40. Mean tempera-
ture of dewpoint, 47.1; mean humidity, 70. Slight earth-
quake on 29th, at 10 p.m.

R. B. GORE,
Observer.