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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

and Trade-marks Act, 1883,” or any British possession with
which arrangements have been made in pursuance of sec-
tion 107 of the Act of the Legislature of New Zealand
intituled “The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889,”
and if more than one foreign application has been made as
regards the same invention, and by the same person, means
the first of such applications.

An application in New Zealand for a patent in respect of
which a foreign application has been made shall contain a
statement that such foreign application has been made, and
the official date and number thereof respectively, and shall
be signed in the manner prescribed by the said Act and these
regulations with respect to ordinary applications.

The application in New Zealand shall be made in the
form in the Schedule hereto, and, in addition to the usual
requirements of the said Act and regulations, must be
accompanied by a copy of the foreign application, including
specification and drawings, if any, bearing the official date of
such application, and duly certified by the official chief or
head of the Patent or other office in which such application
was filed, or otherwise verified to the satisfaction of the
Registrar, and, if required by the Registrar, a statutory
declaration as to the identity of the invention in respect
of which the application is made, with the invention in
respect of which the foreign application was made; and, if
the documents be in a foreign language, a translation there-
of shall be annexed to and verified by such statutory decla-
ration.

Such application shall be entered in the Register of
Patents as on the date on which the foreign application
was made, and the payment of renewal fees and the
expiration of the patent shall be reckoned as from the date
of the foreign application.

AMENDMENT OF TABLE OF FEES.

9. The fees set out in the Second Schedule to “The
   Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889,” are hereby
   amended as follows:—
   The fees—

On application for enlargement of time
for deposit of specification .. .. 1 0 0
On obtaining such enlargement of time,
in addition to or otherwise payable .. 5 0 0
On lodging application for enlargement of
time of any payment .. .. 1 0 0
On obtaining enlargement of time, in ad-
dition to fee otherwise payable .. 3 0 0
Search and inspection: For each book or
specification .. .. .. 0 1 0
Copy or extract from register under seal.. 0 10 0
Copy or extract of any writing, per com-
mon-law folio .. .. .. 0 0 6

are hereby abolished, and the following fees are substituted
therefor:—

On application for any enlargement or ex-
tension of time .. .. .. 0 10 0
On obtaining such enlargement or exten-
sion, in addition to fee otherwise pay-
able .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
For each search or inspection not exceed-
ing one hour .. .. .. 0 1 0
For each subsequent hour or fraction of
hour .. .. .. .. 0 1 0
For copies or extracts of any writing, per
folio of seventy-two words .. .. 0 0 3
For certificate of Registrar .. .. 0 5 0
For certifying office-copies, for each copy 0 1 0

10. These regulations, with the exception of regulation
    No. 4, shall come into force on the 11th day of May next;
    and regulation No. 4 shall come into force on the 1st day
    of September next.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR LETTERS PATENT UNDER INTERNATIONAL
AND INTERCOLONIAL ARRANGEMENTS.

I [or We], [Insert name or names in full], of [Insert ad-
dress and calling], declare that in possession of an
invention for [Insert title of invention], that the
true and first inventor thereof, that first made ap-
plication (No. ) for the protection of the same in
, and
that the official date of such application is
, and
that such invention was not in use in the Colony of New Zea-
land by any other person or persons before the to
the best of knowledge and belief; and request
that a patent, bearing date as of the said , may be
granted to for the said invention, as described in the
specification herewith.

Dated this day of , 18 . [Signature.]

Witness to signature—

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1899.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-men-
tioned applications for Letters Patent have been
accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office.
Any person may, at any time within two months from the
date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition
to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth
the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A
fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 10909.—24th August, 1898.—LUENDAH ELIZA ABER-
CROMBIE, Wife of John Abercrombie, of George Street,
Richmond, near Christchurch, New Zealand. An improved
abdominal support.*

Claim.—The described abdominal support, consisting of a
pair of braces A, to the back extremity of which one end of
a cushion or pad B is attached, preferably by means of an
elastic band or bands a, the other end (after being passed
between the legs of the wearer) being fastened by means of an
elastic loop or loops b to a button or buttons c upon the front
extremity of braces, such cushion or pad having (preferably)
a detachable casing or slip C, substantially as and for the
purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11432.—9th March, 1899.—EDWARD HARRISSON JULL
and HENRY AUGUSTUS JULL (trading together under the style
of “Jull Bros.”), of 103, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zea-
land, Commission Agents (nominees of Alfred Young, Tra-
veler, and Carl Anthon Falk, Importer, both of Sydney, New
South Wales). An improved combined bicycle-stand and
tool-chest.

Claims.—(1.) A combined bicycle-stand and tool-chest,
consisting of a rectangular frame, one side of which is ex-
tended upwards and is provided with a slot or recess in its
top edge, and the top horizontal side of which is provided
with an adjustable stud or projection, the lower part of the
frame being fitted with a tray and a drawer, box, or other
similar receptacle, as and for the purposes specified. (2.) The
general arrangement, construction, and combination of
parts in our improved combined bicycle-stand and tool-chest,
as specified, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11514.—6th April, 1899.—MELVIN JOSEPH FOYER, of
Mutual Life of New York Buildings, Martin Place and
Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, General Manager
in Australia of the Bostedo Pneumatic Tube Company.
Improvements in pneumatic cash and parcel carrier systems,
and in apparatus therefor.

Claims.—(1.) The improvements in pneumatic cash and
parcel carrier systems, consisting of or involved in the use
of a multiple series of despatching-tubes with air return
connections, and an air and carrier return-tube, with or
without a subsidiary independent return-tube system, sub-
stantially as described and explained, and as illustrated
in Fig. 1 of the drawings. (2.) The particular construc-
tion of terminal or receiver, substantially as described
and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the
drawings. (3.) The particular construction of terminal
or receiver-despatcher, substantially as described and ex-
plained, and as illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 of the
drawings. (4.) The particular construction of junction
and collision-preventer, substantially as described and ex-
plained, and as illustrated in Figs. 12 and 13 of the draw-
ings. (5.) The particular construction of receiver and offset
chute, substantially as described and explained, and as
illustrated in Figs. 14a, 15, 16, and 17 of the drawings.
(6.) The particular construction of terminal or receiver,
substantially as described and explained, and as illus-
trated in Figs. 18 and 19 of the drawings. (7.) The par-
ticular construction of intake-doors in series substantially
as described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs.
20, 21, 22, and 23 of the drawings. (8.) The particular
construction of carrier or cartridge substantially as de-
scribed and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 28 and 29
of the drawings. (9.) The particular construction of
receiving-desk or till substantially as described and ex-
plained, and as illustrated in Figs. 30, 31, and 32 of the
drawings. (10.) The particular construction of terminal or
receiver-despatcher substantially as described and explained,
and as illustrated in Figs. 33, 34, and 35 of the drawings.
(Specification, 14s. 6d.; drawings, £1 1s.)