Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2193

No. 12162.—10th November, 1899.—McKAY SHOE MA-
CHINERY COMPANY, of Portland, Maine, a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Maine, and hav-
ing its principal place of business at 76, Lincoln Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignee
of William Henry Cuff, of Franklin Street, Braintree,
Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in jacks
for nailing- and slugging-machines.

No. 12165.—11th November, 1899.—HENRY SANKEY, of
28, Franklin Road, Auckland, New Zealand, Settler, and
EDWARD BROOKE SMITH, of 103, Queen Street, Auckland
aforesaid, Business Manager. An improved process for
treating Phormium tenax.

No. 12166.—11th November, 1899.—GEORGE HILLERY
ANDERSON, of Waiau, Amuri, Marlborough, New Zealand,
Contractor. Improved weatherboarding.

No. 12170. — 10th November, 1899. — JOSHUA THOMAS
JOHNS, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, Mechanic,
and DAVID RANKEN SHIRREFF GALBRAITH, of Remuera,
Auckland aforesaid, Analytical Chemist. Improvements in
ocean-going steamships.

No. 12171. — 14th November, 1899. — JAMES DANIEL
WALSH, of Otakia, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved
instrument for slaughtering cattle.

No. 12172. — 13th November, 1899. — JOSEPH HENRY
ELSTOB, of Madras Street, Christchurch, New Zealand,
Moulder. An improved bicycle-support.

No. 12177.—15th November, 1899.—JOHN JAMES ROTH, of
211, Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Importer.
An improved combined soap-cake and advertising or notify-
ing tablet.

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 sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 10th November,
1899, to the 22nd November, 1899, inclusive:—

No. 10956.—T. Ballinger and W. Milligan, spouting-
bracket.

No. 11043.—W. Jones, cartridge-wad.

No. 11900.—W. Lanwer and E. Rüping, preserving food.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

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

SECOND-TERM FEES.

NO. 8005.—J. B. Jackson, sheep-shearing machine. 13th
November, 1899.

No. 8077.—A. Storrie, force-feed for seeder. 19th Novem-
ber, 1899.

No. 8103.—E. W. Cornell and F. H. Knapp, can-labelling
machine. 10th November, 1899.

THIRD-TERM FEES.

No. 5882.—W. Toogood, fibre dresser and hackler. 7th
November, 1899.

No. 5899.—H. Dixson, cigarette-machine. 8th November,
1899.

No. 5900.—J. G. Nash, shearing-machine driving-gear.
8th November, 1899.

No. 3019.—The Dunlop Pneumatic Tire Company, Li-
mitted, rubber tires and rims (the Pneumatic Tire and
Booth’s Cycle Agency, Limited). 20th November, 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. 11127.—Philip Henry Dixon, of Campbelltown, New
Zealand, Meat-preserver, freezing meats. [G. J. A.
Richardson.] A four-fifths interest. 10th November, 1899.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Notice of Request to amend Specification.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1899.

A REQUEST for leave to amend the specification re-
lating to the under-mentioned application for Letters
Patent has been received, and is open to public inspection
at this office. Any person may at any time within one
month from the date of this Gazette give me notice in
writing of opposition to the amendments. Such notice must
set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in
duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 11558.—26th April, 1899.—Henry Marles, of 72,
Cobden Road, Brighton, Sussex, England, Mechanic, and
George Weller Butt, of Wilbury, Littlehampton, Sussex
aforesaid, Manufacturer. Improvements in carving-machines.

The nature of the proposed amendments is as follows,
viz.:—

(1.) To insert the following words:—

(a.) “the step-by-step increasing depths to which they
operate in the moulding and in consequence of ”
between the words “in consequence of” and
“the consecutive feed,” line 28, page 1.

(b.) “but so as to cut to depths increasing step by step ”
between the words “other” and “resting,” line
35, page 3.

(c.) “their operating to step by-step increasing depths
in the moulding and in consequence of ” between
the words “of” and “the,” line 6, page 4.

(2.) To insert the following as the first claim, viz.:—

“(1.) A machine for carving wood mouldings, said ma-
chine provided with reciprocated slides C and D,
each carrying easily removable and adjustable
chucks H, in which the several tools are
separately adjustable, the said tools being set at
different heights and therefore not completing
the pattern in the moulding by one cutting opera-
tion, but by a series of successive cuts, while the
moulding is fed stepwise through the machine.”

(3.) To insert the words,—

(a.) “one or more sets of tools abreast in said device, the
tools in each set arranged to operate to depths
increasing step by step in the moulding, in order
to complete the pattern by consecutive ‘cutting
operations,’ ” between the words “slide” and “a,”
line 6, claim 1.

(b.) “and operate to depths increasing step by step in
the moulding” between the words “other” and
“for,” lines 6 and 7, claim 4.

(c.) “the step-by-step increasing depths to which they
operate in the moulding, and in consequence of,”
between the words “of” and “the,” line 5,
claim 9.

(4.) To alter the numbers of the claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9 to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, respectively.

The applicants state:—

“Our reasons for making this amendment are as follow:
To convey more clearly the idea or mode of operation of the
tools. Various parts of the specification—especially the de-
scription of Fig. 5 on page 5 and that figure itself—set forth
the mode of operation of the tools; but the description
should be made clearer, and the proposed amendments re-
strict the scope of the invention.”

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Application for Letters Patent withdrawn.

NO. 10863.—W. C. Greig, fencing-hanger. (Acceptance
of complete specification advertised in the Supple-
ment to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 48, of the 8th June,
1899.)

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent (with which com-
plete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from the
10th November, 1899, to the 22nd November, 1899, inclu-
sive:—

No. 10588.—J. Hardcastle, charging reservoir-pens.

No. 10590.—A. Ross, drying-apparatus.

No. 10592.—H. E. Duncan, ventilating-screen.

No. 10605.—W. and A. Ross, treating flax.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.