No. 7114.—7th September, 1894.—JAMES FERGUSON, of Avondale, near Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for an improved weed-extractor. (Specification, 4s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 7115.—7th September, 1894.—JAMES BEATTIE COTLAND, Engineer, and EDWARD CROSBY PEERS, Contractor, both of Wellington, New Zealand. An invention for improvements in switchback railways. (Specification, 4s.)

No. 7116.—8th September, 1894.—FREDERICK BROADLEY FARMAR, of Wellington, New Zealand, Merchant. An invention for improvements in butter-packing cases. (Specification, 4s.)

No. 7119.—5th September, 1894.—ALEXANDER STORRIE, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement-maker. An invention entitled “The Colonial Feed-regulating Roller”—an improved roller for regulating the flow of any kind of seed from the hopper of any kind of seed-sowing machine to the place from whence it is lifted by the spoons or other contrivances and deposited on the ground. (Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 7120.—5th September, 1894.—JAMES DUNBAR, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention entitled “The Colonial Force-feeder and Safety-spring Regulator”—an improved force-feeder for distributing all kinds of grain and seed in any kind of seed-sowing machine. (Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawings, 10s.)

No. 7121.—5th September, 1894.—JAMES MACALISTER, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention entitled “The Colonial Adjustable Coulter-clip”—an improved clip for the purpose of attaching coulter-bars to the drag-bar of any drill or seed-sower, or any kind of implement requiring a clip-fastening. (Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 7122.—5th September, 1894.—JAMES MACALISTER, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention entitled “The Colonial Conical Manure-distributor”—an improved conical feeder and distributor for fertilisers and manures of all kinds. (Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 10s.)

No. 7123.—5th September, 1894.—ALEXANDER STORRIE, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement-maker. An invention entitled “The Colonial Speed-device”—an improved speed-device for regulating the quantities of seed or manure sown by any machine used for the purpose of sowing any such substances. (Specification, 2s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 7124.—7th September, 1894.—WILLIAM PALMER CHAPMAN, of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand, Gentleman. An invention for a new or improved portable baby-fold. (Specification, 4s.; 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, 13th September, 1894.

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

No. 7070.—17th August, 1894.—ALBERT WILLIAM BEARD, of “Wabun,” Miller Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Gentleman. An invention for fastening lid of butter-box.

No. 7094.—23rd August, 1894.—FREDERICK WILLIAM LUICK, Metallurgist, and JOHN WYLIE McPEAKE, Assayer, both of Thames, New Zealand. An invention for an improved method of extracting gold and silver from their ores by any leaching process.

No. 7095.—29th August, 1894.—GEORGE TUCKER, of Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand, Wireworker. An invention for stand for boots and shoes, to be called “The Eclipse Stand for Boots and Shoes.”

No. 7097.—31st August, 1894.—JOHN CHARLES WILLIAM GULLEFORD, of London Street, Richmond, Christchurch, New Zealand, Boot- and Shoe-maker. An invention for an improved toe-stiffener for boots, shoes, and the like.

No. 7098.—3rd September, 1894.—HENRY COLLIER, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Piano Importer. An invention for an improved glove for washing purposes.

No. 7099.—3rd September, 1894.—HENRY STEPHEN WOOLCOT, Plumber, and GEORGE VINCENT KEMSLEY, Captain of Fire Brigade, both of Wellington, New Zealand. An invention for improvements in drain-pipes.

No. 7101.—5th September, 1894.—WILLIAM THOMAS NUTTALL, of Danevirke, New Zealand, Tinsmith. An invention for an improved cooking-pot.

No. 7104.—5th September, 1894.—GEORGE PERCY HAUSMANN, of Masterton, New Zealand, Painter and Decorator. An invention entitled “Hausmann’s Improved Stumping-machine.”

No. 7106.—6th September, 1894.—JOHN EDWARD BUCHAN, of Bath Corner, Bendigo, Victoria, Tailor and Outfitter. An invention for improvements in and relating to movable and reversible cuffs for shirt-sleeves.

No. 7107.—6th September, 1894.—JOSEPH NORTH COCKER, of West Devonport, Tasmania, Farmer. An invention for improvements in potato-harvesters.

No. 7110.—5th September, 1894.—JOSEPH CARDER, of 282, Cashel Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Customs Agent. An invention for an improved whisk.

No. 7111.—5th September, 1894.—GEORGE PERCY, of Ellice Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Printer (Assignee of Henri Hampton Rayward, of 179, Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer). An invention for an improved ticket-delivering contrivance.

No. 7118.—10th September, 1894.—WALTER REGINALD CLAUDE FOX (Manager for Messrs. B. Birnbaum and Son, Limited), of Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand. An invention for improved ventilator for gentlemen’s waterproof garments.

No. 7125.—6th September, 1894.—JOSEPH LOWDEN, of Eglington Road, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. An invention for an improved apparatus for detecting variations of temperature in coal-bunkers and some other places.

No. 7126.—6th September, 1894.—RANALD MACINTOSH MACDONALD, of 32, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for improvements in well-sinking and apparatus therefor.

No. 7127.—11th September, 1894.—ALBERT PRUDEN, of Foxton, New Zealand, Gardener. An invention for a new or improved lamp-wick.

No. 7128.—10th September, 1894.—WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER, of Blenheim, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for a machine for scraping New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) or other fibre.

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.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent (with which complete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from the 31st August, 1894, to the 13th September, 1894 (inclusive):—

No. 6077.—P. and D. Duncan, grubber-share.

No. 6078.—J. Webster, spring couple for traces, &c.

No. 6081.—R. Jenkinson, jun., construction of buildings.

No. 6084.—J. Stevenson and J. E. Hawkins, weed-eradicator.

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 inserted in brackets):—

No. 31.—Phillip John De La Cour, of Christchurch, New Zealand, boot and shoe manufacturer. Class No. 6. [31st August, 1894.]

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Further Fees paid.

LIST of Letters Patent on which the further fees have been paid from the 31st August, 1894, to the 13th September, 1894, inclusive:—

Renewal-fees of £7 under “The Patents Act, 1883”:—

No. 3873.—W. Andrews and A. W. Beaven, bagging chaff, bran, &c.

No. 3949.—A. F. and W. J. Allchin and S. Morrell, leggings.

No. 3954.—C. Langdon-Davies, generation of electric currents.

Second term’s fees of £5, under “The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889”:—

No. 4593.—W. S. McLean, grubber and harrow.

No. 4612.—H. Fenwick, grass-stripping.

No. 4728.—C. Burgon, sheep-shearing.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.