962.                                                             THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                                 [No. 50

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1893.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-men-
tioned applications for Letters Patent have been ac-
cepted, 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. 5769.—13th September, 1892.—DAVID RANKEN SHIR-
REFF GALBRAITH, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of
Great Britain and Ireland, and PIERCE LANIGAN, Contractor,
both of Auckland, New Zealand. An invention for "The
Galbraith Gold- and Silver-extraction Process." (Specifica-
tion, 6s. 6d.)*

No. 5800.—29th September, 1892.—WILLIAM SOLTAU PIL-
LANS, of Manuka Island Station, Balclutha, New Zealand,
Sheep-farmer. An invention for laying poisoned grain for
rabbits, called "Pillans's Rabbit-poison Layer." (Specifica-
tion, 6s. ; drawings, 7s. 6d.)*

No. 6159.—1st May, 1893.—FRANCIS WILSON NIVEN and
HENRY NINIAN NIVEN, trading under the name or style of
"F. W. Niven and Company," at Nos. 56 and 58, Lydiard
Street, Ballarat, Victoria, as Artistic Printers (assignees of
Henry Crisp, of Lydiard Street, Ballarat, aforesaid, Photo-
grapher). An invention for an improved gelatine printing-
plate. (Specification, 11s.)

No. 6224.—9th June, 1893.—ANDREW WORTHINGTON BIL-
LINGS, of 997, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United
States of America, Chemist. An invention for an improved
method of, and means for, manufacturing beer and ale.
(Specification, 17s. ; drawings, 17s. 6d.)

No. 6225.—9th June, 1893.—ANDREW WORTHINGTON BIL-
LINGS, of 997, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United
States of America, Chemist. An invention for improvements
in apparatus for the manufacture of malt liquors. (Specifica-
tion, 18s. ; drawings, £1 5s.)

No. 6227.—9th June, 1893.—ELIHU THOMSON, of Swamp-
scott, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America,
Electrician. An invention for lightning-arresters and dis-
charge-protectors. (Specification, 11s. 6d. ; drawings, 7s. 6d.)

No. 6228.—9th June, 1893.—ELIHU THOMSON, of Swamp-
scott, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America,
Electrician. An invention for lightning-arresters. (Specifica-
tion, 16s. ; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6229.—9th June, 1893.—ROBERT FERGUSSON STRONG,
of 26, Billiter Street, London, England, Civil Engineer, and
ALEXANDER GORDON, of 27, Cheapside, London, aforesaid,
Merchant. An invention for improvements in the manufac-
ture of artificial fuel. (Specification, 11s.)

No. 6230.—9th June, 1893.—GEORGE JOHN ALTHAM, of
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America,
Mechanical Engineer. An invention for improvements in
steam-turbines. (Specification, 14s. 6d. ; drawings, £2.)

No. 6231.—18th May, 1893.—JOHN O'BRIEN, of Puhipuhi,
Auckland, New Zealand, Hotelkeeper. An invention for
"O'Brien's Kettle for Heating Compresses or Poultices."
(Specification, 2s. ; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6232.—9th June, 1893.—THOMAS WILLIAM FELTON, of
Addington, Canterbury, New Zealand, Government Work-
shops Manager. An invention for an improved tube-plate
hole-cutter. (Specification, 4s. 6d. ; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6234.—12th June, 1893.—WILLIAM COLLIE, of George
Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Machinist (assignee of Thomas
Hardcastle, of Northcote, Victoria, Machinist). An invention
for improvements in a combination mopping, mop-wring, and
scrubbing device. (Specification, 4s. 6d. ; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6238.—15th June, 1893.—THE WHITECROSS COMPANY
(Limited), of Warrington, Lancashire, England, Wire-
manufacturers, and WALTER MILNER, Secretary of the said
company, of Warrington aforesaid. An invention for im-
provements in and connected with the manufacture of wire-
netting. (Specification, 11s. 6d. ; drawings, 10s.)

No. 6240.—14th June, 1893.—FRANCIS LEE NICHOLLS, of
Napier, New Zealand, Waterworks Engineer. An invention
for an improved street-hydrant valve. (Specification, 4s. 6d. ;
drawings, 10s.)

No. 6241.—12th June, 1893.—HERBERT ALEXANDER ROSS,
of Dunedin, New Zealand, Plumber. An invention for im-
provements in portable boilers as used for domestic purposes,
generally termed "copper and case," to be known as "Ross's
Self-contained Fire-box." (Specification, 2s. ; drawings, 3s.)

No. 6243.—17th June, 1893.—DAVID WEBSTER COPELAND,
of Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Inventor.
An invention for improvements in roller-bearings. (Specifi-
cation, 10s. 6d. ; drawings, £1 10s.)

No. 6244.—17th June, 1893.—THEODORE GUILLEAUME, of
Cologne, German Empire, Cable-manufacturer. An inven-
tion for improvements in electric cables. (Specification,
11s. ; drawings, £1 7s. 6d.)

No. 6245.—17th June, 1893.—LEVI HILDRETH YOUNG, of
22, Paddock Street, St. John, Canada, Manufacturer. An
invention for improvements in locking nuts on bolts used in
fastening the fish-plates on the rails of railroads, and for like
purposes. (Specification, 7s. ; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6246.—14th June, 1893.—WILLIAM ALEXANDER, of
Marion Street, Caversham, New Zealand, Baker. An inven-
tion for a washing-machine, to be entitled "The Premier
Roller Washer." (Specification, 3s. ; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6248.—15th June, 1893.—JOHN CAMERON FRASER, of
Coromandel, New Zealand, Sawmill Proprietor. An inven-
tion for "J. C. Fraser's Battery Silent Overflow and Screen
or Grating Substitute." (Specification, 3s. 6d. ; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6249.—19th June, 1893.—WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Kaiapoi,
New Zealand, Engineer and Smith. An invention for im-
proved compressed spiral-spring draw-bar. (Specification,
2s. ; drawings, 3s.)

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

NOTE.—The cost of transcribing the specification and an
estimate of the amount required for copying the drawings
have been inserted after the notice of each application. Any
order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-
office order or postal notes for the cost of copying.

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an in-
vention for which a provisional specification has been already
lodged.

The date of acceptance of each application is given after
the number.

Provisional Specifications accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1893.

NO. 6183. —15th May, 1893. — VICTOR CARANDINI,
F.R.V.I.A., of 34, Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria,
Architect and Civil Engineer. An invention for an improved
portfolio advertising ticket, card, or pass.

No. 6223.—8th June, 1893.—BENJAMIN SAMUEL DANKS, of
43, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand, Door-mat
Manufacturer. An invention for a grooved door-mat.

No. 6226.—9th June, 1893.—GEORGE W. STEVENS, of San
Francisco, California, United States of America, Manufac-
turer. An invention for fruit-carrier.

No. 6233.—10th June, 1893. — WILLIAM HODGE, Black-
smith, and JOHN PEARSON, Contractor, both of. Timaru,
New Zealand. An invention for an easily adjustable and
practically unbreakable hook for harness and general use, to
be called "The Split-link Centre-pin Hook."

No. 6235.—13th June, 1893.—JOHN VORBACH, of Renwick-
town, Marlborough, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An inven-
tion for "Vorbach's Potato-digger."

No. 6236.—15th June, 1893.—THOMAS ALLAN BRYCE, of
Kiwitea, near Feilding, New Zealand, Station-manager. An
invention for an adjustable feed-trough for sheep.

No. 6237.—15th June, 1893.—THOMAS ALLAN BRYCE, of
Kiwitea, near Feilding, New Zealand, Station-manager. An
invention for a tonic and vermifuge for sheep, to be called
"Sanitas Ovibus," or "The Perfect Sheep-lick."

No. 6239.—16th June, 1893.—ROBERT ORR, of the Lower
Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, Law Clerk. An invention
for further-improved scraping machinery for dressing New
Zealand flax and other fibrous plants.

No. 6242.—12th June, 1893.—WILLIAM JAMES ALEXANDER,
of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, Joiner. An inven-
tion for improvements in apparatus for straining wire-mat-
tresses, and attaching the same to bedsteads.

No. 6247. — 17th June, 1893. — JOHN GREENSLADE, of
Prebbleton, Canterbury, New Zealand, Engineer. An in-
vention for improvements in clover-shellers.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

NOTE.—Provisional specifications cannot be inspected, or
their contents made known by this office in any way, until
the complete specifications in connection therewith have
been accepted.

The date of acceptance of each application is given after
the number.

Design registered.

NO. 20.—14th June, 1893.—Walter Chapman, of Coffee
Palace, Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand, Manu-
facturer. Class No. 5.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.