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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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facilitate their opening. (Specification, 7s. 6d.; drawings,
5s.)
No. 7728.—4th July, 1895.—CHARLES PHILLIPS, of 11,
Tivoli Road, South Yarra, Victoria, Mining Engineer. An
invention for a dry ore-dressing and gold-separating apparatus.
(Specification, 8s. 6d.; drawings, 12s. 6d.)
No. 7732.—8th July, 1895.—DAVID STRANG, of Invercargill,
New Zealand, Merchant. An invention for a new or
improved method of treating and preparing cocoa, and of
blending the same for liquor ing together with pure ground
coffee, or coffee and chicory, or with chicory and other sub-
stances for which such prepared cocoa is applicable. (Speci-
fication, 4s. 6d.)

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

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 in-
vention 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, 9th July, 1895.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional
specifications, have been accepted as under:—
No. 7703.—26th June, 1895.—EDWIN THOMAS, of Waring
Taylor Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Sailor. An inven-
tion for improvements in apparatus for launching boats.
No. 7704.—21st June, 1895.—JOHN COLQUHOUN, of Cleve-
don, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for a
butter-printing machine.
No. 7706.—27th June, 1895.—JOSEPH BISPHAM LEATHER-
BARROW, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. An inven-
tion for "The Eccentric Window-wedge."
No. 7708.—28th June, 1895.—HECTOR NORMAN McLEOD,
Clerk, Secretary's Office, General Post Office, Wellington,
New Zealand. An invention for a process for coating
electrically-non-conducting articles with an electrically-
conducting substance.
No. 7710.—29th June, 1895.—WILLIAM PAGE, of Win-
chester, Canterbury, New Zealand, Labourer. An invention
for a strainer for wire-fencing, and to repair broken wire in
any part of the fence, to be called "Page's Eclipse Wire-
strainer and -repairer."
No. 7711.—27th June, 1895.—ALFRED EDGAR BROWN, of
Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Fruiterer. An
invention for an improved rat-trap.
No. 7713.—1st July, 1895.—JOSEPH CHARLES HUSBAND, of
42, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Settler. An
invention for an improved device for broiling meat and the
like.
No. 7724.—4th July, 1895.—ALBERT ARTHUR ADOLPH,
Mechanic, GEORGE THOMAS SMITH, and HENRY GEORGE
JOHNSON, Auctioneer, all of Birchip, Victoria. An invention
for an improved washing-machine.
No. 7725.—4th July, 1895.—JOSEPH NORTH COCKER, of
West Devonport, Tasmania, Farmer. An invention for
improvements in potato-harvesters.
No. 7726.—4th July, 1895.—ARTHUR DUDLEY DOBSON, of
Lava Street, Warrnambool, Victoria, Engineer. An inven-
tion for an improved combined starting, stopping, and re-
versing gear for hoists.
No. 7729.—2nd July, 1895.—JOHN HENRY PLEDGER, of
Albert Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Painter. An inven-
tion for a method for utilising the rise and fall of tides as a
motive-power for generating electricity, &c.
No. 7731.—4th July, 1895.—FREDERICK REVANS CHAP-
MAN, Barrister, of Leith Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, and
CLARA JANE CHAPMAN, Gentlewoman, of the same place, wife
of the said Frederick Revans Chapman. An invention for
an improved standard or carrier for and form of garden and
other labels.
No. 7733.—8th July, 1895.—RICHARD TOLLEY, of 42, Lamb-
ton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Electrician. An in-
vention for an improved electrical device for detecting the
removal of articles from hooks, nails, shelves, and the like.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

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.

Further Fees paid.

LETTERS PATENT on which the second term's fee
has been paid (the dates of payment are noted at the
end):—
No. 5081.—The Victorian Farmers' Loan and Agency
Company (Limited) (R. P. Park), fumigating plants, &c.
(S. Lowe and R. P. Park). 4th July, 1895.
No. 5123.—A. H. R. Guiley, electrical block systems for
railways. 4th July, 1895.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Dealings with Letters Patent registered.

LIST of subsequent proprietors of Letters Patent regis-
tered (the names of the patentees are given in
brackets, and the dates of registration at the end):—
No. 5683.—The Valveless Gas Engine Syndicate (Limited),
of Westminster, England. Gas-engine. [J. Day.] 28th
June, 1895.
No. 6666.—Edward Patricks Joyce, of Gisborne, New
Zealand, Land Agent. Sheep-dipper. [J. E. Harries and
E. H. Featon.] 3rd July, 1895.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent (with which com-
plete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from
the 27th June, 1895, to the 9th July, 1895, inclusive:—
No. 6602.—J. Osborne, sinking artesian wells.
No. 6604.—J. Osborne, sinking artesian wells.
No. 6608.—W. H. Smith, sheep-hurdle.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Letters Patent void.

LIST of Letters Patent void through non-payment of fee
for second term, from the 27th June, 1895, to the 9th
July, 1895, inclusive:—
No. 4913.—A. F. G. Brown, rotary engines.
No. 4915.—C. A. and A. Barrett, coin-freed dynamometers.
No. 4916.—A. Spies, churns.
No. 4917.—J. Reid and J. G. Howard, ploughs.
No. 4920.—E. Fahrig, insulating composition.
No. 4921.—J. Richards, blight-cure.
No. 4922.—O. Flohr, railway couplings.
No. 4926.—R. Withell, butter-print.
No. 4929.—H. H. Smith, combined oven and fruit-dryer.
No. 4930.—A. McVicar and E. Krause, drying and prepar-
ing wool.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 27th June, 1895,
to the 9th July, 1895, inclusive:—
No. 6712.—W. J. Pallant, boots.
No. 6926.—T. C. Bayldon and G. P. Hilton, diminution of
skin-resistance of floating bodies.
No. 7315.—W. Hinrichs, crushing and mixing minerals,
seeds, &c. (F. A. Wheeler).
No. 7359.—J. Bear, combined advertising booklet and
envelope.
No. 7425.—J. J. Hood, extracting metals.
No. 7490.—T. L. Willson, production and consumption of
hydrocarbon gas.
No. 7491.—W. J. Warner and W. Cowan, gas-meters.
No. 7492.—J. J. Allen, feeding paper to printing-presses, &c.
No. 7493.—J. W. Newall, clipping hair or wool.
No. 7494.—J. J. Varley, stoppering bottles.
No. 7495.—A. A. Walters, preparing auriferous material
prior to treating it for gold-extraction.
No. 7497.—A. A. Walters, concentrating auriferous
materials.
No. 7509.—C. J. Wollaston, electric batteries.
No. 7511.—J. A. Gunn, distributing doughy material in
paddocks.
No. 7512.—S. W. Vale, E. W. Griffiths, and H. E. Moore,
concentrating-machine.
No. 7523.—G. J. Altham, fuel.
No. 7524.—W. Duffy, wood-block paving.
No. 7525.—D. H. and E. J. Burrell, cheese-presses (C. J.
Lundstrom).

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.