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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1894.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1894.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1894.

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 the
particular grounds of his objection. A fee of 10s. is payable
with such notice:—

No. 6417.—12th September, 1893.—John Russell, of
Christchurch, New Zealand, Cooper. An invention for a
chiming- and -crozing machine. (Specification, 10s. 6d.;
drawings, 15s.)*

No. 6494.—21st October, 1893.—John Storer, of Sydney,
New South Wales, Consulting Chemist, and Benjamin
Thomas Lacy, of San Francisco, California, United States
of America, Mining Engineer. An invention for an improved
method of and apparatus for dissolving, leaching, and filter-
ing. (Specification, 12s. 6d.; drawings, 15s.)

No. 6635.—23rd January, 1894.—Ernest Rawson, of Wel-
lington, New Zealand, Surgeon. An invention for the pro-
tection of young plants and seedlings from destruction by
slugs and snails. (Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)*

No. 6672.—13th February, 1894.—John Gwynne, of
Hammersmith Ironworks, Hammersmith, Middlesex, Eng-
land, Engineer. An invention for improvements in dredging
apparatus. (Specification, 8s.; drawings, £1 5s.)

No. 6673.—15th February, 1894.—Thomas Hargreaves
Brigg, of Thornton Road, Bradford, England, Engineer.
An invention for improved means of connecting draught
animals to vehicles and the like. (Specification, 15s.; draw-
ings, £1 15s.)

No. 6674.—15th February, 1894.—Thomas Hargreaves
Brigg, of Thornton Road, Bradford, England, Engineer.
An invention for improved means of connecting draught
animals to vehicles and the like. (Specification, 5s. 6d.;
drawings, 17s. 6d.)

No. 6675.—15th February, 1894.—John Brown Scott, of
"Belmont," Malvern Road, Malvern, near Melbour
Victoria, Gentleman. An invention for improved mechanical
contrivances for use in starting races. (Specification, 10s. 6d.
drawings, £1.)

No. 6676.—16th February, 1894.—Edward Bailey, of 15,
Broadmead Terrace, Folkestone, Kent, England, Saddler.
An invention for improvements in the means of attaching
animals to and detaching them from the poles of carriages,
vans, and other vehicles. (Specification, 7s.; drawings, 15s.)

No. 6678.—16th February, 1894.—Benn Whitham, of
Ohoka, Canterbury, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An inven-
tion for a new or improved adjustable skeith-centre for
ploughs. (Specification, 3s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6679.—16th February, 1894.—Michael Scott Camp-
bell, of Papanui, Canterbury, New Zealand, Gentleman.
An invention for improvements in the method of hanging
and fastening gates for drafting-yards, woolsheds, and other
purposes. (Specification, 4s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 6683.—20th February, 1894.—John Belk, of Feilding,
New Zealand, Engineer, and William Reeve Haselden, of
Wellington, New Zealand, Solicitor. An invention entitled
"Belk's Grooved Railway-joint," being a new and improved
method of joining railway-rails. (Specification, 4s. 6d.;
drawings, 5s.)

No. 6685.—21st February, 1894.—Gunder Tellefsen,
Miner, and Henry Hughes, Consulting Engineer and Patent
Agent, of 42, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand.
An invention for improved apparatus for collecting auriferous
sand. (Specification, 5s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6687.—19th February, 1894.—John Christie and
Thomas Reid Christie, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Sanitary
Engineers. An invention for improvements in disinfecting
closets, drains, and suchlike, and entitled "Christie's Auto-
matic Disinfector." (Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 6688.—19th February, 1894.—James Brokensha, of
Campbelltown, Otago, New Zealand, Fishmonger. An in-
vention entitled "Brokensha's Belt-fastener," for securing the
ends of machine-beltng. (Specification, 2s.; drawings, 5s.)