No. 6837.—12th May, 1894.—JAMES McMURRAY, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker and Joiner. An invention for an improved artists' easel. (Specification, 6s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6841.—9th May, 1894.—CHARLES HALLAM, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Coachbuilder. An invention for improvements in carriage-seats, to be known as “Worcester Adjustable Carriage-seat.” (Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 6844.—15th May, 1894.—HENRY CECIL FELLOWES and WILLIAM ROBERT CROZIER, both of Leadenhall Buildings, 1, Leadenhall Street, London, England, Merchants, and HENRY FERGUSON, of 60, Ranelagh Road, Leytonstone, late of 10, Cleveland Terrace, Ranelagh Road, Leytonstone, Essex, England, Engineer. An invention for improvements in the extraction and preparation of the fibre of rhea and other grasses and fibrous vegetables. (Specification, 18s.; drawings, £1 5s.)

No. 6845.—15th May, 1894.—JAMES NICHOLAS, of Waterloo, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, England, Manufacturing Chemist. An invention for improvements in obtaining gold and silver from ores and other compounds, and apparatus therefor. (Specification, 9s.; drawings, 10s.)

No. 6849.—11th May, 1894.—ALFRED LANCELOT JAMES TAIT, of Alexandra Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Food Specialist, Professional Masseur, Medical and Mechanical Electrician. An invention for an improved method of, and apparatus for, making butter, butterine, condensed milk, and cheese, and entitled “Tait's Champion Churn.” (Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 6851.—11th May, 1894.—JOSEPH JOHNSTON, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Ironfounder. An invention entitled “Johnston's Self-oiling Pillow-block.” (Specification, 2s.; drawings, 7s. 6d.)

No. 6852.—16th May, 1894, FRANK SMITH, Watchmaker, and CHARLES AMANDUS SEEBECK, Doctor of Medicine, both of Sydney, New South Wales. An invention for an improved rotary engine. (Specification, 10s.; drawings, 12s. 6d.)

No. 6835.—10th May, 1894.—EDWARD BEVAN JONES, Chemist, of Dee Street, and WILLIAM ARKINSTALL ASHLEY, Carpenter, of Don Street, both of Invercargill, New Zealand. An invention entitled “Victor Window-fastener.” (Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 10s.)

No. 6858.—17th May, 1894.—WALTER WILLIAM CRAWFORD, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer, &c. An invention for mechanical blender and temperature-regulator for liquids. (Specification, 4s.; drawings, 7s. 6d.)

No. 6862.—14th May, 1894.—HENRY EDWIN McDONALD, Merchant, and FRANCIS JOHN McDONALD, Farmer, both of Invercargill, New Zealand. An invention entitled “Dalvon Ditching and Waterway Plough.” (Specification, 10s. 6d.; drawings, £2.)

No. 6863.—16th May, 1894.—SAMUEL BARNINGHAM, THOMAS McCORMACK, and EDWARD THOMAS O'CONNELL, trading as “Barningham and Co.,” all of Dunedin, New Zealand, Ironfounders. An invention for improvements in cooking and heating apparatus, to be known as “The Improved Zealandia Range.” (Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawings, 12s. 6d.)

No. 6864.—19th May, 1894.—ALFRED LIARDET MACDONALD, of Brunswick, Wanganui, New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for improved sheep-brand. (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 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, 25th May, 1894.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 6807.—1st May, 1894.—ALBERT CHARLES PRENTICE, of Masterton, New Zealand, Settler. An invention entitled “The Prentice Stump-extractor.”

No. 6814.—2nd May, 1894.—JOSEPH ANDERSON, Jun., of Bank Street, Clayton, Manchester, England, Manufacturing Chemist. An invention for improvements in the method and means of washing wool and similar substances for extracting greasy, oily, and other fatty matters therefrom, and recovering valuable products from such fatty matters.

No. 6830.—9th May, 1894.—JOHN FRANKLIN KNIGHT, of 136, Primrose Street, Essendon, Victoria, Miner. An invention for an improved reciprocating gold-separator for either the wet or dry treatment.

No. 6831.—7th May, 1894.—JOSHUA HENRY HARPER, of St. John's Hill, Wanganui, New Zealand, Foreman of Sawmill. An invention for an improvement in beaters and drums of flax-machines.

No. 6832.—10th May, 1894.—WALTER STEPHEN DUDSON, of Carterton, New Zealand, Wheelwright. An invention for an improved stump-extractor.

No. 6846.—15th May, 1894.—WILLIAM BARKER MASON, of 27, Martin's Lane, London, E.C., Wholesale Druggist. An invention for an improved vaporising apparatus.

No. 6847.—15th May, 1894.—WILLIAM BARKER MASON, of 27, Martin's Lane, London, E.C., Wholesale Druggist. An invention for an improved composition for producing vapour for disinfecting and therapeutic purposes.

No. 6848.—15th May, 1894.—JOHN THOMAS MCCOY, of Tennyson Street, Kensington, Victoria, Engineer. An invention for improvements in furnace-grates.

No. 6853.—17th May, 1894.—OSWALD MAX KREISSIG, of No. 83, Upper Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. An invention for preventing window-glass from getting “foggy” or “misty.”

No. 6854.—15th May, 1894.—MATTHEW GRAINGER, of 23, Albert Street, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An invention for an improvement in the gear-case of bicycles or tricycles, to be called “The Simplex Gear-case.”

No. 6856.—18th May, 1894.—JAMES COVENTRY, of Wellington, New Zealand, Tinsmith. An invention for improved self-entering kerosene-pump.

No. 6859.—18th May, 1894.—CHARLES BRISTOW, of Marton, New Zealand, Settler. An invention for an improved shaft-tug for harnessing horses to carriages.

No. 6860.—19th May, 1894.—EDWARD PURSER, of High Street, Blenheim, New Zealand, Rate-collector. An invention for the making of briquettes from Taranaki ironsand.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Letters Patent sealed.

IST of Letters Patent sealed from the 11th May, 1894, to the 25th May, 1894, inclusive:—

No. 6074.—W. W. Crawford, butter-dryer.

No. 6076.—B. Dawson, labels for produce.

No. 6110.—F. E. Hedger, brand for meat, &c.

No. 6144.—W. H. Gaze, leaching gold-ores.

No. 6493.—E. Schöneberg, barbed wire.

No. 6601.—A. G. Holroyd, E. Hughes, J. S. Pirrie, and E. J. Rigby, concentrator and classifier.

No. 6657.—N. W. Russ, draught-preventing.

No. 6662.—A. Harvey, tin for preserves, &c.

No. 6669.—J. Maclellan, fastening stoppers in bottles, &c. (A. P. Dowell).

No. 6672.—J. Gwynne, dredging apparatus.

No. 6676.—E. Bailey, attaching horses to and detaching them from vehicles.

No. 6681.—R. H. Austin, hanging sashes.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Further Fees paid.

LETTERS 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. 3689.—J. Forsyth, protection from accident by trains, &c. 14th May, 1894.

No. 3698.—A. Sanford, preparing fish. 16th May, 1894.

No. 3706.—S. Hodgson, dyeing, scouring, &c. 15th May, 1894.

No. 3753.—R. Stanley, boring or tunnelling. 15th May, 1894.

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

Nil.

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 11th May, 1894, to the 25th May, 1894, inclusive:—

No. 5894.—A. G. Howland, phaeton.

No. 5905.—J. Marshall, coiling and running out wire.