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must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 11944.—29th August, 1899.—ERNEST ROBERT GODWARD, of Invercargill, in the Colony of New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in pins.

The nature of the proposed amendments is as follows:—

1. To strike out “spiral,” line 13, page 1.
2. To substitute—
   (a.) “a” for “an ascending,” line 2, page 2.
   (b.) “coils” for “involved circles,” line 5, page 2.
   (c.) “head” for “cap,” lines 7, 8, 16, 20, 21, 25, 28, 30, page 2.
   (d.) “to coincide with the axis of the spiral or spirals” for “opposite the centre or centres of the involved circles, which end or ends are again bent longitudinally outwardly from the circles,” lines 14, 15, 16, page 2.
   (e.) “shank” for “neck,” lines, 16, 17, 18, page 2.
   (f.) “securely” for “firmly,” line 18, page 2.
   (g.) “or” for “and,” line 27, page 2.
3. To insert the following matter between the present description and the claims:—
   “The details of the invention will be described by reference to the accompanying drawing. Fig. 1 is a view of a pin with a head adapted to carry a single spiral. Fig. 2 is another form of the same shown partly in section. Fig. 3 illustrates the form of a pin with two spirals. Fig. 4 is a detail of a pivot, on a larger scale. Similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts. Upon the drawing (1) is the spiral and (2) the head, which may be ornamented in any desired manner, or modified in form. The spiral is pivoted into the head, as shown by the section, Fig. 2, by forming a head 3 upon the shank 4 of the spiral, and a socket made in the head 2, to admit the said head 3. The material of the head 2 is afterwards pressed into the groove below the head 3, leaving the spiral free to revolve easily. The axis of the shank 4 corresponds with the axis of the spiral. The end of the spiral may be guarded by a ball point 5, as shown on Fig. 1, or sharpened as shown at 6 on the other figures. The ball point is used in pins employed for holding the hair, and the sharp point for pins designed for pressing through fabrics. In a pin as shown by Fig. 2 the end 7 may be made any desired length, and will assist in holding the hair. In using the pin, the head 2 is grasped by the thumb and finger, and the point 5 or 6 is presented to and the spiral forced into the hair or material. In its progress the spiral revolves, and inserts itself into the hair or material so that it cannot be withdrawn unless revolved in a reverse direction. To withdraw the pin the head 2 is grasped and pulled, when the spiral will revolve in a direction reverse to that by which it entered, and will release itself from the material. The pin is thus easily introduced and withdrawn, but will not fall out unless the head is pulled to revolve the spiral. The pitch of the spiral is such that the pin will revolve when entering a woman’s hair or other material, and this pitch may be varied to suit the material in or upon which the pin is to be used. The coils of the spiral may be of even diameter throughout, as shown by Figs. 1 and 3, or with graduated diameters increasing from the ends towards the middle part, as shown by Fig. 2.”
4. To insert the following in place of the present claims:—
   “(1.) In improvements in pins such as described herein, a wire formed into a spiral and pivoted into a head, substantially as and for the purpose set forth herein. (2.) In improvements in pins such as described herein, a wire formed into a spiral, and pivoted into a socket in a head by means of a head formed upon the wire, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. (3.) In improvements in pins such as described herein, a wire formed into a spiral and pivoted into a head, and a ball point on the free end of the wire, substantially as and for the purpose set forth herein. (4.) In improvements in pins such as described herein, a wire formed into a spiral and pivoted into a head, the diameters of the coils of the spiral gradually increasing from the ends towards the middle part, substantially as and for the purpose set forth herein. (5.) In improvements in pins such as described herein, a head shaped to receive two pivoted wires formed into spirals, substantially as and for the purpose set forth herein. (6.) In improvements in pins such as described herein, a head provided with a pivoted spiral wire or wires, so that, when the wire or wires is or are forced by means of the head though hair or other materials mentioned herein, the spiral wire or wires will revolve, substantially as herein set forth. (7.) The improvements in pins such as described herein, consisting of parts constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth herein.”
5. To file drawings containing four figures.
   The applicant states that “My reasons for making this amendment are to fully describe and ascertain my invention, and to better define its novel features.”

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent (with which complete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from the 6th December, 1899, to the 18th December, 1899, inclusive:—
No. 10675.—T. Morrison and W. J. T. Ranger, dry-earth closet.
No. 10679.—W. Smith, match-box.
No. 10684.—J. R. Melville, threshing-mill.
No. 10691.—E. H. Schnackenberg, wire-strainer.
No. 10694.—J. Pomeroy and M. G. Raymond, thimble.
No. 10697.—A. E. Bagnall, ploughshare-extension attachment.
No. 10698.—F. J. Leonard, paper-cutter.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Letters Patent void.

LIST of Letters Patent void through non-payment of fees from the 6th December, 1899, to the 18th December, 1889, inclusive:—

THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF SECOND-TERM FEES.
No. 7879.—W. McLean, electric lighter (B. Wolinski).
No. 7887.—J. C. Alexander and R. C. Beveridge, treating shale.
No. 7889.—W. White and J. A. Wallace, lighting street-lamps.
No. 7903.—J. Gray, chaff-discharge for thresher.

THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF THIRD-TERM FEES.
No. 5758.—J. Lawson, lifting water.
No. 5769.—D. R. S. Galbraith, P. Lanigan, and S. C. Macky, extracting gold and silver.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Applications for Registration of Trade Marks.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1899.

APPLICATIONS for registration of the following trade marks have been received. Notice of opposition to the registration of any of these applications may 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.

No. of application: 2669.
Date: 26th May, 1899.

TRADE MARK.

[Image: Circular trade mark label with text “W. HEXAGON BRAND BOTTLED BY” surrounding a central “W” in a hexagon]

The essential particulars of this trade mark are the device of and word “Hexagon,” and the distinctive label; and the applicants disclaim any right to the exclusive use of the added matter except their name.