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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1899.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1899.

Patent Agent registered.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that

EDWARD HENRY FEATON

of Gisborne, New Zealand, draughtsman, has been registered
as a Patent Agent.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 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. 10662.—8th June, 1898.—QUENTIN MUIR, of Grantham,
Hawera, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved method of
and an apparatus for, ploughing couchy or other grass
land.*

Claims.—(1.) The method of cutting up any sod by means
of rotary cutters substantially as described, and as illus-
trated by the drawings. (2.) The share D, for purpose in-
dicated. (3.) The gratings E, hinged or rigid, for purpose
indicated. (4.) The knives or cutters C, of different shapes,
for the purpose indicated. (5.) The driving-wheel G, so
fixed or upheld as to follow the inequalities of the ground.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 8s.)

No. 11062.—13th October, 1898.—JOHN JAMES FREDERICK
WALKER, Manufacturing Chemist, and JAMES SUTHERLAND,
Boot Salesman, both of 183, Hereford Street, Christchurch,
New Zealand. Improved apparatus for making toast.*

Claim.—Improved apparatus for making toast, consisting of
the metal diaphragm, to which is attached a wire grid, said grid
being formed with a handle by which the apparatus may be
manipulated, substantially as and for the purposes described,
and illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11637.—16th May, 1899.—JOHN STUART WHITE, of 31,
Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand, Cement-works Manager.
Improvements in funnels used in filling narrow-necked ves-
sels and suchlike.

Claim.—In funnels for decanting or filling receptacles
with liquids, the forming of the part of the funnel that sits
on the neck of the vessel to be filled of other shape than
such neck, for the purpose of allowing the confined air to
escape outwards, substantially as described and explained.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.)

No. 11673.—6th June, 1899.—HORACE FINLAY MALCOLM,
of 691½, George Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Watch-
maker. An improved mailbag-fastener.

Claims.—(1.) A secure mailbag-fastener, requiring only a
paper seal or a seal made of other material of a similar
thickness, to detect if it has been tampered with in transit,
and being so arranged that the seal is protected from being
accidentally injured or soiled, by means of a glass or other
covering of a transparent nature, substantially as and for
the purpose specified, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(2.) The construction and arrangement of parts constituting
an improved mailbag-fastener, said parts being constructed
and arranged substantially as and for the purpose aforesaid,
and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 11755.—29th June, 1899.—FREDERICK JAMES WATTY,
Settler, and THOMAS GORDON, Blacksmith, both of Wanga-
nui, New Zealand. An improved fire-escape ladder.

Claim.—A ladder made in sections and jointed with a
stop-joint, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8; a ladder made in
sections, that will fold up, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and
having stop-joints, and also having links to hold same at the
top, one of which has a rung, kept off the sill by a strut at
G, Fig. 1.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 6s.)