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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 11418.—3rd March, 1899.—GUSTAV BARTHEL, of 27, Kyffhauserstrasse, Dresden, Germany, Chemist; OTTO HENCKELS, of 35, Grosse Burstah, Hamburg, Germany, Merchant; and WALTER DE HAAS, of 35, Grosse Burstah, Hamburg aforesaid, at present residing in Australia, Merchant. Improvements in or relating to burners for petroleum and other hydrocarbons. (Specification, 9s.; drawings, 10s.)

No. 11421.—7th March, 1899.—GEORGE COATES, of Ngaire, Taranaki, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved wire-strainer. (Specification, 10s.; drawings, 12s. 6d.)

No. 11422.—2nd March, 1899.—ALFRED LAUNCELOT JAMES TAIT, of 31, Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand, Inventor. Improved machinery for dressing fibres and the like. (Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 8s.)

No. 11423.—3rd March, 1899.—PERCY ADOLPHUS VAILE, Solicitor, and ERNEST BERTHOLD VAILE, Estate Agent, both of Auckland, New Zealand. An improved envelope for photographs, cards, and similar articles. (Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 2s. 6d.)

No. 11424.—7th March, 1899.—THE GENERAL LIQUID-AIR AND REFRIGERATING COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, United States of America (assignees of Oscar Patric Ostergren and Moriz Burger, of New York, United States of America). Improved apparatus for refrigerating or liquefying aeriform fluids or gases. (Specification, £2 4s.; drawings, £1 10s.)

No. 11425.—7th March, 1899.—GILBERT WRIGHT, of 409, Ross Avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Electrical Engineer. Improvement in switches for electric circuits. (Specification, 4s.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 11426.—7th March, 1899.—GEORGE FISCHER, of 27, Martin’s Lane, Cannon Street, London, E.C., England, Engineer. A new or improved method or means for the concentration or separation and amalgamation of crushed ores or mineral slimes. (Specification, 16s. 6d.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 11433.—9th March, 1899.—WALTER EDWARD KIMBER, of 28, Nugget Street, Johannesburg, South African Republic, Engineer. Improvements in machines for sharpening rock-drills, rock-drilling-machine bits, and the like. (Specification, 13s.; drawings, 17s. 6d.)

No. 11434.—9th March, 1899.—PETER E. MALMSTROM, of 321, East 25th Street, New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, and OTTO WALDEMAR ACKERMAN, of 590, First Avenue, New York aforesaid, Manufacturer. Apparatus for carbonating liquids, and process for same. (Specification, £1 10s.; drawings, £1.)

No. 11436.—11th March, 1899.—WILLIAM RICHARD SUMPTION JONES, of 4, Whitehall Court, Whitehall, London, England, Engineer. Improvements in and relating to central buffer and draw-gear apparatus for railway and like vehicles. (Specification, £1 17s.; drawings, £5.)

No. 11442.—2nd March, 1899.—WILLIAM HENRY TRAVIS, of 122, St. Asaph Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Harness-maker. An improvement relating to horse-cover fastenings. (Specification, 2s.; drawings, 2s. 6d.)

F. WALDEGRAVE,
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, 15th March, 1899.

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

No. 11385.—17th February, 1899.—DANIEL HOLLY WILLIAMSON, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Farmer. An apparatus for the rapid issue of railway and other tickets.

No. 11399.—24th February, 1899.—FRANCIS THEODORE BOYS, of Ocean Beach, Invercargill, New Zealand, Manager Freezing-works. An improved method of and devices for packing rabbits and the like.

No. 11402.—24th February, 1899.—JOHN PATCHETT, of Dumbeath Street, Blenheim, New Zealand, Engine-driver, and TOM PATCHETT, of Market Street, South Blenheim, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An improved folding ladder for fire-escape purposes.

No. 11408.—27th February, 1899.—HENRY SANKEY, Settler, and EDWARD BROOKE-SMITH, Business Manager, both of 103, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand. An improved process for treating Phormium tenax and its waste products.

No. 11409.—28th February, 1899.—WALTER CUTTEN, of 2, Commercial Chambers, Manse Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in suction elevators.

No. 11410.—28th February, 1899.—WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWN, of 2, Commercial Chambers, Manse Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Rope- and Twine-maker. An improved fire-escape.

No. 11419.—1st March, 1899.—RICHARD ZINSLI, of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand, Saddler. Improvements in horse-covers.

No. 11427.—7th March, 1899.—WILLIAM ANGUS, of 183, Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in hydraulic rams.

No. 11428.—7th March, 1899.—RICHARD STEVENS, of 183, Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Cooper. Improved means for preventing a person’s foot from becoming wedged in railway-points and check-rails.

No. 11429.—6th March, 1899.—CHARLES ERNEST PAGE, of Hanmer Street, Linwood, Canterbury, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. A combined step-ladder and shelf.

No. 11431.—9th March, 1899.—THOMAS WHITEHORN, Mechanic, and HENRY NICHOLSON BRADY, Stationer, both of 132, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria. Improvements in cigarette-mouthpiece-making machines.

No. 11440.—10th March, 1899.—ROBERT ARCHIBALD CROOK, of 183, Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved method of and apparatus for punching fencing-standards.

No. 11441.—13th March, 1899.—ARCHIBALD DUDDINGTON WILLIS, Printer, and LUTHER WASHINGTON MENCE, Photographer, both of Wanganui, New Zealand. Improvements in or relating to photographic cameras.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
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 on which Fees have been paid.

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

SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 7480.—J. T. Andrews, stair-tread. 9th March, 1899.

No. 7490.—W. Tyree, hydrocarbon gas (T. L. Willson). 9th March, 1899.

No. 7605.—Blanton Patents Syndicate, Limited, fastener for cams of stamp-mills (E. A. Blanton). 3rd March, 1899.

THIRD-TERM FEE.

No. 5480.—S. Nicholson and J. Gray, milking-machine. 3rd March, 1899.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent registered.

[NOTE.—The name of the patentee is given in brackets; the date is that of registration.]

No. 8522.—Biernatzki and Company, of Hamburg, Germany, Manufacturers, refrigerating apparatus. [The Economical Refrigerating Company—G. F. Knox and E. L. Sharpneck.] 10th March, 1899.

No. 10094.—Albert Tomlinson Wright, of 17, Water Street, Liverpool, England, Solicitor, electrolyser. [J. G. A. Rhodin and A. R. Harvey.] 10th March, 1899.

No. 10993.—The Vegetable Textile Fibre Syndicate, Limited, whose registered office is at 47, Crosby Buildings, Great St. Helens, London, England, treating fibre. [O. Wetherwax.] 13th March, 1899.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent (with which complete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from the 2nd March, 1899, to the 15th March, 1899, inclusive:—

No. 9842.—J. Marshall and J. C. Thomson, butter-worker.

No. 9846.—W. Hyde, jug-cover.

No. 9849.—J. H. Howe, cycle-driving mechanism.

No. 9865.—G. H. Buckeridge, P. Marks, and C. F. Cork, egg-preservative.

No. 9872.—A. F. W. Goodwill, life-buoy and life-belt.

No. 9883.—E. M. Brissenden and J. S. Lane, pulveriser.

No. 9907.—G. McKenzie and H. P. Norton, rudder.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.