No. 7012.—5th July, 1894.—RICHARD WHITTINGHAM, of Gore, Otago, New Zealand, Brewer. An invention for improvements in or relating to water-pipes for sluicing and some other purposes. (Specification, 10s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 7013.—27th July, 1894.—JOHN ADAM HANSMANN, Hotelkeeper, and LOUISA SHULZ, wife of August Shulz, Blacksmith, both of Christchurch, New Zealand. An invention for a composition of matter to be used as yeast for the preparation of bread, cakes, and the like. (Specification, 3s. 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, 2nd August, 1894.

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

No. 6774.—20th November, 1893.—WILLIAM SHAW SMITH, of 20, Tanfield Chambers, Bradford, England, Traveller, and JAMES FREDERICK NUGENT, of Connaught Mansions, 34, Victoria Street, Westminster, England, Manufacturer. An invention for improvements in incandescent electric lamps. [This is an application in accordance with section 106 of “The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889,” the date given being that of the application in Great Britain.]

No. 6984.—23rd July, 1894.—HENRY GLANVILLE SHANNON, of Umataooroa, near Danevirke, New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for a combination stumper and logger.

No. 6986.—19th July, 1894.—GEORGE JAMES ADDISON RICHARDSON, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Accountant. An invention entitled “Richardson’s Improved Mortise-lock for Direct-push Lever-action Handles and Levers.”

No. 6987.—23rd July, 1894.—JOHN STEWART MACARTHUR, of 12, Knowe Terrace, Pollokshields, Renfrew, North Britain, Technical Chemist. An invention for improvements in precipitating precious metals from cyanide or similar solutions.

No. 6990.—23rd July, 1894.—MICHAEL WILLIS FERGUSSON, of Nos. 56 to 62, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Manufacturing Stationer (assignee of Armand Mauchain, of 28, Grand Quai, Geneva, Switzerland, General Merchant). An invention for an improved school, office, or study desk.

No. 6991.—23rd July, 1894.—THOMAS ALEXANDER ALLAN, of South Melbourne, Victoria, Gentleman. An invention for an improved apparatus for effecting the amalgamation of precious metals from finely-divided material containing them.

No. 6992.—23rd July, 1894.—GEORGE THOMAS BOOTH, of Sydenham, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for improvements in ploughs.

No. 6993.—20th July, 1894.—GEORGE WILLIAM TIFFEN, of Makaraka, Poverty Bay, New Zealand, Sheepfarmer. An invention entitled “The Lever Rest Wire-tightener.”

No. 6994.—24th July, 1894.—DANIEL EDWARD SMITH, Bootmaker, and JAMES PALMER, Contractor, both of Masterton, New Zealand. An invention for an improved stump-extractor.

No. 6995.—23rd July, 1894.—ROBERT CHRISTOPHER LAWS, of Napier, New Zealand, Pattern-maker. An invention for improved method of connecting hose-couplings to hose.

No. 6997.—25th July, 1894.—FRANCIS FORD, of Wellington Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for cooling milk, called “Ford’s Atmospheric Milk-Cooler.”

No. 6998.—23rd July, 1894.—JAMES WALTER OLIVER, of Greenstreet, Canterbury, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. An invention for an improvement in clover threshing and shelling machines.

No. 7003.—27th July, 1894.—GEORGE THOMAS BOOTH, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer, and JOHN WHALL, of Darfield, Canterbury, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An invention for improvements in hedge-cutting machines.

No. 7004.—27th July, 1894.—CHARLES BYERS, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Baker. An invention for an improved apparatus for making pie-shells.

No. 7007.—28th July, 1894.—ALEXANDER IRONSIDE LITTLEJOHN and PETER STILL, trading as “W. Littlejohn and Son,” of Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Watchmakers and Jewellers (assignees of William George Entwistle, of Luxford Street, Wellington, aforesaid). An invention for an improved traversing and levelling head for certain surveying and engineering field-instruments.

No. 7008.—23rd July, 1894.—FREDERICK JAMES PORTER, of Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand, Dyer and Cleaner. An invention for pressing cloth, linen, or anything that needs pressing, or for laundry-work, to be called “Porter’s Quick and Effective Presser.”

No. 7011.—26th July, 1894.—JOHN HOLLIDAY, of Wellington, New Zealand, Harbourmaster, and ANGUS CAMERON, of Leith Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Marine Superintendent, Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. An invention for an improved anti-fouling paint.

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.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 20th July, 1894, to the 2nd August, 1894, inclusive:—

No. 6132.—F. Gillett and M. Beck, preventing locomotives, &c., leaving the rails.

No. 6257.—H. Williams and T. L. Fisher, rotary engine.

No. 6278.—H. and H. B. Watts, cutting bands of sheaves, &c.

No. 6494.—J. Storer and B. T. Lacy, dissolving, leaching, and filtering.

No. 6557.—W. Ward, wire strainer.

No. 6748.—C. E. Chapman and T. F. Whitford, recovery of metals.

No. 6749.—R. J. Craggs, H. Edwards, M. E. & Beckett, A. Horrocks, and A. H. Craggs, drying skins, &c.

No. 6776.—C. and H. Burgon, shearing and clipping.

No. 6777.—C. and H. Burgon, friction gear.

No. 6815.—W. F. and W. Roberts, extraction of gold.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Letters Patent void.

LIST of Letters Patent void from the 20th July, 1894, to the 2nd August, 1894, inclusive:—

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

No. 3646.—G. W. Shailer and G. W. Fowles, photographic changing box.

No. 3647.—W. Birchall, fire-alarm.

No. 3648.—S. B. Stretton, supplying feed to mangers.

No. 3649.—G. Frederick and F. Kemp, disinfecting and deodorising compound.

No. 3652.—W. Hornsby and P. J. Ogle, pulverising minerals.

No. 3653.—C. Chambers, boots, shoes, &c.

No. 3657.—W. and J. Butler, lift.

No. 3658.—E. Müller, coupling for railway vehicles.

No. 3660.—M. Ferguson, pipe-coupling.

No. 3661.—C. H. Eyres and W. Sargeant, fastener for belts, bands, &c.

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

No. 4343.—R. L. Cousens, extracting metals.

No. 4345.—H. Scott, tram-wheel guard.

No. 4351.—J. Coupland, rein.

No. 4358.—J. Alves, concentrating-table.

No. 4362.—E. Braiser, treating fibrous materials.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent (with which complete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from the 20th July, 1894, to the 2nd August, 1894, inclusive:—

Nil.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks

Design registered.

A DESIGN has been registered in respect of the class mentioned, in the following name (the date of registration is noted at the end):—

No. 27.—Toomer Brothers and Co., of Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers. Class No. 6. 2nd August, 1894.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.