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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for im-
provements in the driving gear of cycles, to be called
"Speight's Double-centre Crank for Cycles." (Specifica-
tions, 3s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 8346.—9th March, 1896.—Adolphus Bergin, of 135,
Victoria Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Confectioner. An
invention entitled "Bergin's American Boss Chewing-toffee."
(Specification, 1s.)

No. 8347.—11th March, 1896.—August Charles Koch, of
the Public Works Department, Auckland, New Zealand,
Civil Engineer. An invention for the screwing-up or un-
screwing of fang-bolts which connect sleepers to rails,
particularly in the construction of railways and tramways,
to be called "Koch's Duplex Spanner." (Specifications, 7s.;
drawings, £1.)

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. An
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, 18th March, 1896.

A PPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional
specifications, have been accepted as under:—
No. 8165. — 30th December, 1895. — William Ernest
Hughes, of 42, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand,
Registered Patent Agent (nominee of William Wells, of
the New Primrose Gold-mining Company, Limited, of
Germiston, near Johannesburg, South African Republic,
Engineer). An invention for an improved machine for
breaking or crushing ore, rock, and the like.

No. 8237.—6th March, 1896.—David Ranken Shirreff
Galbraith, of Victoria Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New
Zealand, Analytical Chemist. An invention entitled "The
Model Confectionery Advertising Medium."

No. 8304.—28th February, 1896.—William Hinson, of
Block Arcade, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Agent
(nominee of Herbert Stone, of Bracebridge Street, Birming-
ham, England, Manufacturer). An invention for improve-
ments in clips for bicycles and the like.

No. 8330.—4th March, 1896.—Walter William Curties,
of 71, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, New Zealand, Bi-
cycle-manufacturer. An invention for improvements in the
driving mechanism of safety bicycles.

No. 8333.—7th March, 1896.—Walter Norgrove, of Wel-
ington, New Zealand, Builder. An invention for improve-
ments in rotary motor-wheels.

No. 8334.—5th March, 1896.—Isaac Lewis, of Reefton,
New Zealand, Metallurgist. An invention for a novel
motor-wheel.

No. 8335.—6th March, 1896.—Edward Smethurst, of 71,
Cathedral Square, Christchurch, New Zealand, Agent. An
invention for improved method of and apparatus for stop-
ping and turning vessels.

No. 8340.—11th March, 1896.—Alfred Hart, Poultry Ex-
pert, and Charles Alfred Bramwell, Clerk, both of the
Freezing-works, City Markets, Flinders Street, Melbourne,
Victoria. An invention for an improved export butter-box.

No. 8343.—7th March, 1896.—Isaac Lewis, of Reefton,
New Zealand, Metallurgist. An invention for an improved
method for removing large stones.

No. 8348.—12th March, 1896.—William Armstrong, of
Te Uku, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zea-
land, Gardener. An invention for the prevention and eradi-
cation of codlin-moth, woolly aphid, and root-fungus.

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.

Notice of Request to amend Specification.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 1896.

A REQUEST to be allowed to amend the specification
relating to the under-mentioned application for
Letters Patent has been received, and is open to public in-
spection at this office. Any person may, at any time within

one month from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in
writing of opposition to the amendments. Such notice
should be in duplicate, and be accompanied by a fee of
10s.:—

No. 8090.—27th November, 1895.—Emil Lawrence Opper-
mann, of 132, Hanley Road, Finsbury Park, London, Eng-
land, Electrician, Ewald Fischer, of 25, Listria Park, Stoke-
Newington, London, England, Engineer, and Carl Tunstill
John Oppermann, of 2, Wynnyatt Street, London, E.C., Eng-
land, Electrical Engineer. An invention for an improved
process for effecting the amalgamation of gold and the like
metals in ores.

The nature of the proposed amendments is as follows,
viz.:—
(1.) To strike out the words "may be," line 24, page 1,
and substitute therefor the word "is."
(2.) To insert between the words "by" and "suitable,"
line 24, page 1, the words "means of a jet of steam through."
(3.) To strike out the word "to," line 25, page 1, and to
substitute therefor the words "and forced into."
(4.) To insert between the words "ore" and "so," line 26,
page 1, the words "under pressure."
(5.) To strike out the present claims, and to insert in
place thereof the following, viz.:—
"1. The improved process for effecting the amalgamation
of gold and other metals in ores, consisting of heating mer-
cury in a closed receptacle until it vapourizes, the vapour
being then drawn through a pipe or pipes by means of an
injector actuated by steam, hot compressed air, or other
suitable gas, and forced thereby into the body of ore to be
treated."

The applicants state: "Our reasons for making this
amendment is to more clearly describe the invention and
claim."

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Letters Patent void.

L IST of Letters Patent void through non-payment of fee
for second term, from the 5th March, 1896, to the
18th March, 1896, inclusive:—
No. 5326.—W. C. Alexander, separating ironsand.
No. 5332.—F. Langworthy, coal-dust briquettes.
No. 5334.—J. Duff and E. Margetts, shirt-ironing board.
No. 5336.—T. F. Brenchley, insecticide.
No. 5337.—A. Melchior, sheep-shearing.
No. 5338.—T. Ferguson, bottling.
No. 5345.—P. J. Henley, grain-pickling.
No. 5346.—M. Ferguson, uniting metal plates (J. C.
Bayles).
No. 5347.—M. Ferguson, metallic pipes or tubes (J. C.
Bayles).
No. 5348.—W. and T. Hawkins, generating fluid pressure.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

L IST of applications for Letters Patent (with which com-
plete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from
the 5th March, 1896, to the 18th March, 1896, inclusive:—
No. 7109.—F. Ryding, legging-fastener.
No. 7112.—T. F. Allan, trap for rabbits, &c.
No. 7114.—J. Ferguson, weed-extractor.
No. 7115.—J. B. Copland and E. C. Peers, switchback
railway.
No. 7116.—F. B. Farmar, butter-case.
No. 7126.—R. M. Macdonald, well-sinking.
No. 7134.—E. R. Atkin, vehicle-seat.
No. 7136.—J. and T. Christie, drain-trap.
No. 7137.—P. Nolan, deepening bars, river, &c.
No. 7139.—E. L. Grigg, siphon.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Dealings with Letters Patent registered.

S UBSEQUENT proprietors of Letters Patent registered
(the name of the patentee is given in brackets, and
the date of registration at the end):—
No. 7288.—The Collier Two-speed Cycle Company of
New Zealand (Limited), a duly-registered company, having
its registered office in Johnston Street, Wellington, New
Zealand. Driving mechanism for bicycles, &c. [A. O. Col-
lier.] 10th March, 1896.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.