Numb. 40. 607

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1891.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1891.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1891.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-men-
tioned applications for Letters Patent have been
accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office.
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 any such patent, stating in
such notice the particular grounds of his objection. A fee
of 10s. is payable with such notice:—

No. 4986.—JAMES WALTER OLIVER, of Greenstreet, Canter-
bury, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. An invention
for a relieved rotary slide-valve for a cut-off valve for steam-
engine governors or other purposes, to be called "The Oliver
Governor Valve." (Specification, 4s.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 4987.—WILLIAM WHITE MANSFIELD, of Martin Street,
Wellington, New Zealand, Draper. An invention for im-
provements in hose-reels, to be called "Mansfield's Patent
Ever-ready Hose-reel." (Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings,
10s.)

No. 4988.—JAMES HILLS HARTBRIDGE, of Ryland Road,
Middlesex, England, Manufacturing Chemist and Soap-
maker. An invention for improvements in boxes. (Specifi-
cation, 3s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 4989.—ROBERT COCKERELL, of Invercargill, New Zea-
land, Blacksmith. An invention entitled "R. Cockerell's
Patent Drag Anchor Picks for Dredging and other Pur-
poses." (Specification, 1s. 6d.)

No. 4990.—WILLIAM CHARLES PAGE, of Ashburton, Can-
terbury, New Zealand, Carpenter. An invention for a wire-
strainer to strain wire without boring holes in the straining-
post, to be called "Page's Patent Speedy Wire-strainer."
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 4991.—JOHN FRANCIES KITTO, Jun., of Ettrick, Otago,
New Zealand, Miner. An invention for improvements in
gold-saving apparatus. (Specification, 5s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 4992.—CHAPMAN EWEN, of Tamahere, Auckland, New
Zealand, Farmer. An invention for a combined potato-
raiser and scarifier for the purpose of raising potatoes from
the soil, and tillage for carrots, turnips, beans, mangolds,
and all crops where scarifiers are used between the ridges
in which the plants grow, to be called "Ewen's Patent
Combined Potato-raiser and Scarifier." (Specification, 3s.;
drawings, 6s.)

No. 4993.—DAVID COLIN COOMBES, of Lewisham, near
Sydney, New South Wales, Railway-signalman, and WILLIAM
ROWE, of Marrickville, near Sydney aforesaid, Railway In-
terlocking-gear Mechanician. An invention for improve-
ments in telegraph block systems of railway-traffic control.
(Specification, £1 2s. 6d.; drawings, 15s.)

No. 4994.—FREDERICK HENRY SYMONS, of Boylan Road,
Normanby, Taranaki, New Zealand, Settler. An invention
for a machine for cleaning cocksfoot or any other seed or
grain, to be called "The Egmont Seed-cleaner." (Specifica-
tion, 7s. 6d.; drawings, 15s.)

No. 4995.—FREDERICK YORK WOLSELEY, of the Union
Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Gentleman. An invention
for an improved comb for sheep-shearing machines. (Speci-
fication, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 7s. 6d.)

No. 4999.—ALBERT PARSONS MASSEY, of Watertown, Jef-
ferson, New York, United States of America, Mechanical
Engineer. An invention for improvements in automatic
brakes for railway-trains. (Specification, £1 7s. 6d.; draw-
ings, £2 5s.)

No. 5000.—ROBERT EDWARD EVENDEN, of Sydney, New
South Wales. An invention for an improved butter-churn.
(Specification, 17s.; drawings, £1 5s.)

No. 5001.—JAMES YORK, Maltster, and JOHN FLETCHER,
Bag Merchant, both of Sydney, New South Wales. An
invention for an improved fire-bar. (Specification, 4s. 6d.;
drawings, 3s.)

No. 5002.—REGINALD BAYLEY, of Wellington, New Zea-
land, Draughtsman. An invention for an improved method
of protecting the walls of buildings and other similar struc-
tures from the action of the weather, and of disinfecting the
same. (Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 5003.—HUMPHRY GEORGE PITCHER, of Hawera, New
Zealand, Watchmaker. An invention for an improved watch-
pendant and bow. (Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 5004.—GEORGE HENRY LETHABY, of Dunedin, New
Zealand, Umbrella Manufacturer. An invention entitled
"The Electric Sharpening-stone." (Specification, 1s.)

No. 5005.—FREDERICK NOKES, Bootmaker, and JAMES
PAULING, Blacksmith, both of Ashburton, New Zealand.
An invention for a portable folding-ladder for the use of fire-
brigades and other purposes, to be called "Nokes and
Pauling's Folding-ladder." (Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 5006.—BRISBANE DOYLE, of No. 4, Thurlow Street,
Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Gentleman, HENRY
COOKE, of Spring Street, Waverley, Sydney aforesaid, Gentle-