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1099

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1900.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1900.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1900.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-mentioned 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. 11728.—16th June, 1899.—ARTHUR EBENEZER HIGHT, of Brockside, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. An appliance for cleaning watercourses.*

Description.—The appliance is for cleaning watercourses by horse, steam, or other power. The drag to consist of a centre bar, a number of tines, two V-shaped bows, and a chain to draw by. The centre bar to be straight, with a number of square holes in it for the tines to be fixed in. The tines to be made of iron or steel, on one end of which a nut is screwed or riveted to secure it to the centre bar; the portion which passes through the centre bar to be squared and slightly dovetailed to hold the tine securely in its place; the tine to project for a distance from the centre bar and then curved to an angle downwards to form the drag, as shown in drawings. The V-shaped bows are to draw from; to have a hole in each end to pass on to the tines so that it can be securely fixed to the centre bar by the tine-nuts or rivet. The chain to be attached to the V-shaped bows at the junction by a shackle to draw by.

Claim.—The drag for cleaning watercourses, substantially as described, and as illustrated by drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11855.—3rd August, 1899.—WILLIAM BURRELL, of 193, Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Stonemason, and JAMES WILLIAM STORY, of 201, William Street, Melbourne aforesaid, Merchant. An improved rabbit-export crate, and mode of packing same.*

Claims.—(1.) An improved rabbit-export crate, having longitudinal or transverse bars B, B (or the like), supporting hooks C engaging in the slits in the bellies, air-spacing battens D, end pieces E cut away at their outer edges as at e, and bars F, all arranged substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) The mode or method of packing rabbits for refrigeration and export consisting in arranging them in two parallel rows, those in each row being placed alternately one back outwards and one belly outwards, and maintaining an air-passage on both sides of each row, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (3.) In packing rabbits for refrigeration and export, the method of suspending same in rows by hooks engaging in the slits of the bellies, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11870.—5th August, 1899.—PIERCE LANIGAN, of Rose Road, Surrey Hills, Auckland, New Zealand, Contractor. An improved gold-dredging diving-gear.*

Description.—I provide an air-chamber of suitable material and dimensions, which I lower into the river-bed or other desired locality, such air-chamber being capable of accommodating within it one or more workmen, with the necessary tools and other appliances which may be required, and also capable of being charged with atmospheric air from the surface and of discharging its foul air when submerged. This air-chamber may have strong glass windows for the admission of light, or it may be lighted by means of suitable electric lamps or by other means.

Claim.—A vessel or apparatus (containing an air-chamber) constructed substantially as and for the purposes described.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11955.—4th September, 1899.—WILLIAM HENRY HEARD, of 357, Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada, Plumber. Improvements in spray-pumps.*

Claims.—(1.) In a pump, a base casting having two passages formed therein, in combination with a plunger-tube and suction-tube connecting with one passage, an air-chamber and a discharge-pipe connecting with the other passage, a valve between the two passages, a valve between the first-mentioned passage and the opening of the suction-pipe, and a pipe communicating with the said passage, substantially as and for the purpose specified. (2.) In a pump, a base casting having two passages formed therein, in combination with a plunger-tube and suction-tube connecting with one passage, an air-chamber and a discharge-pipe connecting with the other passage, a valve between the two passages, a valve between the first-mentioned passage and