1022 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 49

Licensed Patent Agent (nominee of Benjamin Howarth Thwaite, of 29, Great George Street, Westminster, London, England, Civil Engineer). An invention for improvements in the generation of gaseous fuel, especially in its application to motive-power purposes. (Specification, £3 7s. 6d.; drawings, £3.)

No. 8572.—11th June, 1896.—John Senior Woodhouse, of Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand, Gentleman. An invention for an improved rail-joint. (Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 7s. 6d.)

No. 8573.—12th June, 1896.—Matthew Belk, of Palmerston North, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for improvements in and relating to brakes for wheeled vehicles. (Specification, 8s.; drawings, £1.)

No. 8577.—13th June, 1896.—Frederick Walter Page, of Chertsey, Canterbury, New Zealand, Labourer. An invention for an improvement in grass-seed strippers. (Specification, 3s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 8579.—11th June, 1896.—John Franklin Eustace, of Okato, Taranaki, New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for carrying reels of barbed fencing-wire, to be called "Eustace's Wire-spool." (Specification, 5s.; drawings, 10s.)

No. 8581.—16th June, 1896.—Robert Young, of Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer. An invention for an improved dry-amalgamator. (Specification 10s.; drawings, 10s.)

No. 8582.—16th June, 1896.—Edward Davies, Architect, and Arthur Harrison, Clerk, both of 21, King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia. An invention for an improved protector for pneumatic and other similar tires. (Specification, 3s.; drawings, 7s. 6d.)

No. 8585.—13th June, 1896.—Josiah Clifton Firth, of Auckland, New Zealand, Pumice Merchant. An invention for an automatic coal-distributor, when loading vessels with coal, for the purpose of preventing spontaneous combustion of the coal. (Specification, 8s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 8586.—15th June, 1896.—Samuel Robinson, of Hugon House, Newport, Salop, England, Mechanical Engineer. An invention for improvements in steam and other fluid pressure engines. (Specification, £1 17s.; drawings, £1 15s.)
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. 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 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, 24th June, 1896.

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

No. 8568.—11th June, 1896.—Walter Peck, of 54, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for an improved apparatus for and method of thawing frozen meat and produce.

No. 8569.—12th June, 1896.—William Henry Tisdall, of 54, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Gunsmith. An invention for an improved gun-sling.

No. 8571.—10th June, 1896.—James Gray, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for an improved double-action deepening-adjust for ploughs.

No. 8575.—12th June, 1896.—William Fairweather, of Blenheim, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for a machine for scraping New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) or other fibre.

No. 8576.—15th June, 1896.—John Law Kirkbride, of 54, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Settler. An invention for an improved cam for lifting the stamps of stamp-batteries.

No. 8580.—12th June, 1896.—Thomas Martin Lewington, of Winchester Street, Lyttelton, New Zealand, Carpenter. An invention for sanitary self-closing ventilator for water-closets, for preventing smells and draughts.

No. 8583.—16th June, 1896.—Frank Thompson, of Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Accountant. An invention for a mercantile bulletin, tram-guide, and directory.

No. 8584.—12th June, 1896.—James Macalister, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention entitled "The Colonial Turnip and Rape Sower."
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.

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 11th June, 1896, to the 24th June, 1896, inclusive:—

No. 7453.—R. Bright and H. Morison, starting races.
No. 7540.—W. H. Gaze, testing milk.
No. 7668.—H. H. Hanmer, coin-sorting.
No. 7908.—C. E. D. Usher, cycle-gear.
No. 8218.—W. H. Coward, concentrating ores.
No. 8241.—C. Wurster, incandescent burners.
No. 8259.—E. Smethurst, turning vessel at sea.
No. 8316.—Deere and Co., disc plough (S. D. Poole).
No. 8317.—A. L. Bricknell, cycle.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Letters Patent on which Second Term Fees have been paid.

[Note.—The dates are those of the payments.]

NO. 5601.—O. Brünler, petroleum motor device. 17th June, 1896.
No. 5618.—E. Gibbons, washing-machine. 16th June, 1896.
No. 5632.—W. Wilson, chimney-cowl. 19th June, 1896.
No. 5638.—J. M. Ponton, vehicle. 24th June, 1896.
No. 5639.—G. H. and H. F. Cook and D. H. Ross, method of catching whales. 13th June, 1896.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent registered.

[Note.—The name in italics is that of the patentee, and the date that of the registration.]

NO. 5512. — The Newall-Cunningham Sheep-shearing Machine Syndicate (Limited), whose registered office is at No. 73, Cheapside, London, England. Apparatus for clipping hair or wool. J. W. Newall. 22nd June, 1896.

No. 6397. — The Newall-Cunningham Sheep-shearing Machine Syndicate (Limited), whose registered office is at No. 73, Cheapside, London, England. Sheep-shearing machine. J. W. Newall. 22nd June, 1896.

No. 6822. — The Newall-Cunningham Sheep-shearing Machine Syndicate (Limited), whose registered office is at No. 73, Cheapside, London, England. Apparatus for grinding cutters of sheep-shearing machine. J. W. Newall. 22nd June, 1896.

No. 7493. — The Newall-Cunningham Sheep-shearing Machine Syndicate (Limited), whose registered office is at No. 73, Cheapside, London, England. Apparatus for clipping hair or wool. J. W. Newall. 22nd June, 1896.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent (with which complete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from the 11th June, 1896, to the 24th June, 1896, inclusive:—

No. 7333.—R. Cockerell, dredging-cradle.
No. 7336.—E. R. Sincock, candle-holder.
No. 7341.—J. Voice, harrow.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Letters Patent void.

LIST of Letters Patent void through non-payment of fee for second term, from the 11th June, 1896, to the 24th June, 1896, inclusive:—

No. 5471.—H. F. Brown, ore-roasting furnace.
No. 5472.—E. Lottinga, go-cart.
No. 5474.—W. Glaister, two-wheeled vehicle.
No. 5477.—J. D. Curtis, barbed wire.
No. 5481.—T. Obbinson, advertising.
No. 5482.—J. H. Parkinson, converting heat into work.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Registrar.

Applications for Registration of Trade Marks.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1896.

APPLICATIONS for registration of the following trade marks have been received. Notice of opposition to the registration of any of them can be lodged at this office within two months of the date of this Gazette. Such notice must be in duplicate, and accompanied by a fee of £1.