No. 6691.-26th February, 1894.-JEAN ERCOLE PELLE-GRINI, of 75 and 77, Calle Cazanova, Barcelona, Spain, Chemist. An invention for improvements in the manufacture of sugar and in the apparatus employed therein. (Specification, 15s. 6d.; drawings, 12s. 6d.)

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 invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

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

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 1st March, 1894.

A PPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:-

No. 6666.-9th February, 1894.-JAMES EDMUND HARRIES, Carpenter, and EDWARD HENRY FEATON, Draughtsman, both of Gisborne, New Zealand. An invention entitled "The Rapid Automatic Sheep-dipper."

No. 6671.-13th February, 1894.-JOHN HENRY HILL DUNCAN, of 39, Coleman Street, London, England, Chartered Accountant. An invention for improvements in or relating to apparatus for use in the manufacture of butter.

No. 6677.-12th February, 1894.-JOSEPH WRAITHER MOORE, of Pitt Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Gentleman. An invention for an improved hair-dye.

No. 6680.-19th February, 1894.-GEORGE JOHN NORTON, of Waterloo Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Racing-boat Builder. An invention for improved foot steering-gear for coxswainless boats.

No. 6684.-21st February, 1894.-WALTER STEPHEN DUDSON, of Carterton, New Zealand, Wheelwright. An invention for double-action crank axle brake for light vehicles.

No. 6689.-21st February, 1894.-JOHN BINSTED, of Seymour Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Carriage-builder. An invention for automatic brake for wheeled vehicles.

No. 6690.-26th February, 1894.-GEORGE BODLEY, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Confectioner. An invention for a new or improved metal water-tap for household or other purposes.

No. 6692.-27th February, 1894.-JOHN SMITH, of North Sydney, New South Wales, Coachbuilder, and CHARLES PRATTEN, of Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Manager of the Farmers' and Dairymen's Milk Company. An invention for improvements in gear for operating and locking sliding doors and windows.

No. 6694.-27th February, 1894.-PERCY JOHN OGLE, of 4, Bishopsgate Street Within, London, England, Engineer. An invention for improvements in wrappers, envelopes, and other enclosing or securing devices.

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.

Letters Patent sealed.

IST of Letters Patent sealed from the 16th February, 1894, to the 1st March, 1894, inclusive:-

No. 6070.-R. Easton, flax-dresser.

No. 6544.-W. Bayne, protectors for upholstery springs.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Further Fees paid.

ETTERS Patent on which the further fees have been paid (the dates of payment are noted at the end):-

Renewal-fees under "The Patents Act, 1883":-

No. 3552.-Australian Russell Process Company (E. Waters), removing precious metals from ores, &c. 15th February, 1894.

No. 3553.-Australian Russell Process Company (E. Waters), extracting metals from ores, &c. 15th February, 1894.

No. 3571.-Edison United Phonograph Company (T. A. Edison), recording and reproducing sounds. 22nd February, 1894.

No. 3572.-Edison United Phonograph Company (T. A. Edison), phonographs. 22nd February, 1894.

No. 3573.-Edison United Phonograph Company (T. A. Edison), recording and reproducing sound. 22nd February, 1894.

Fees for second term under "The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889":-

No. 4073.-J. A. Jagger, purifying sewage, &c. 15th February, 1894.

No. 4123.-The Castle Salt Company (Limited), manufacturing salt. 15th February, 1894.

No. 4242.-H. Arrow, fire-escape. 19th February, 1894.

No. 4255.-A. S. Minett and I. Jones, treating ironsand. 24th February, 1894.

No. 4342.-M. F. Castelnau, separating mixed ore. 15th February, 1894.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

IST of applications for Letters Patent (with which complete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from the 16th February, 1894, to the 1st March, 1894, inclusive:-

No. 5719.-E. Ackroyd and J. and T. Christie, stoves.

No. 5722.-L. R. Gillanders, windmill.

No. 5729.-F. W. Paterson, boat-seat.

No. 5730.-H. M. McNeill, axe-handle.

No. 5732.-W. Robinson and F. D. Fergusson, sack-barrow.

No. 5734.-N. Oates, brake for cycles.

No. 5738.-J. G. Dudeck and J. Rose, motor.

No. 5741.-F. D. Fergusson, blotter.

No. 5743.-W. Andrews and A. W. Beaven, clover- and seed-cleaner.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Letters Patent lapsed.

IST of Letters Patent lapsed from the 16th February, 1894, to the 1st March, 1894, inclusive:-

Through non-payment of renewal-fee of £7, under "The Patents Act, 1883":-

No. 3376.-N. L. Raber, amalgamation, &c.

No. 3380.-W. N. Blair and P. S. Hay, gold-dredger.

No. 3386.-H. S. Lough, press.

No. 3387.-M. Scott, dredging-machines.

No. 3388.-H. Bryant, railway horse-boxes.

No. 3390.-D. McL. Wallace and G. W. Graves, wire-fastener.

No. 3393.-W. J. Dalton, boot.

No. 3394.-H. R. Richmond, crockery and glass drainers.

No. 3395.-W. Craig, hose-reel.

No. 3396.-P. C. Du Bois, amalgamating.

No. 3400.-D. Macrae, drying clothes.

No. 3401.-T. Ellis, candle-extinguisher.

No. 3402.-A. Cornwell, galvanic batteries.

No. 3406.-E. Snowball, butter-worker.

Through non-payment of fee of £5 for second term, under "The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889":-

No. 4074.-E. L. Mabee, washing clothes.

No. 4078.-J. Skerman, commode.

No. 4081.-J. D. Acland, fencing-standard.

No. 4086.-J. H. Noding, oil.

No. 4087.-N. Sutherland, manure.

No. 4088.-M. Hogan and G. Wixcey, wire-strainer.

No. 4090.-T. Firth, ventilator.

No. 4091.-J. Carter, potato-planter.

No. 4094.-D. Rylands, bottles.

No. 4102.-H. N. Quick, scissors.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Applications for Registration of Trade-marks.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 1st March, 1894.

A PPLICATIONS for registration of the following trade-marks have been received. Notice of opposition to the registration of any of them can be lodged at this office within two months of the date of this Gazette. Such notice must be in duplicate, and accompanied by a fee of £1.