JULY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1329

No. 12690.—19th June, 1900.—JOHN MATHESON, of Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand, Farmer. An invention for the poisoning and extermination of rabbits and other animals.

No. 12692.—19th June, 1900.—THOMAS WALSH, of Kuri Bush, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved mixture for the cure of toothache.

No. 12693.—19th June, 1900.—JOHN LAW KIRKBRIDE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Settler. Improvements in window-sash fasteners.

No. 12694.—19th June, 1900.—HENRY DONKIN, of 167, Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand, Bag- and Tent-maker. A new or improved safety pocket for wearing-apparel.

No. 12695.—16th June, 1900.—DAVID CHARLES STREETER, of Halswell, Canterbury, New Zealand, Inventor. Improved automatic steam-pressure regulator.

No. 12702.—16th June, 1900.—GEORGE ALEXANDER COLES, of Eden Terrace, Auckland, New Zealand, Boot-manufacturer. Improved military boot.

No. 12705.—21st June, 1900.—GEORGE ROBINSON, of Pahiatua, Wellington, New Zealand, Farrier, Blacksmith, &c. Improvements in slashers, billhooks, and suchlike tools and implements.

No. 12706.—29th June, 1900.—THOMAS MOORE BRYANT, of Whangarei, New Zealand, Salesman. An improved oscillating easy-chair.

No. 12708.—22nd June, 1900.—HUGO FISCHER, of 70, Hindley Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Wholesale Saddler. Improved brake block.

No. 12711.—21st June, 1900.—ROBERT PATRICK GRANT, of Swannanoa, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. Improved machine for cleaning water-races.

No. 12713.—22nd June, 1900.—WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Lithographic Artist, and WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Invercargill aforesaid, Miner. Improvements in gold-saving appliances.

No. 12716.—22nd June, 1900.—NEWTON ROBERTS GORDON, of 535, Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria, Engineer. Improvements in rotary engines.

No. 12717.—22nd June, 1900.—HERBERT ROSE, of 15, Surrey Road, South Yarra, Victoria, Geologist, and WILLIAM HOCKIN, of 20, Avoca Street, South Yarra aforesaid, Gentleman. An improved automatic or self-acting gravity wheel.

No. 12718.—22nd June, 1900.—EBENEZER MAXWELL, of Opunake, New Zealand, Sheep-farmer. An improved apparatus for maintaining a uniform tension on wire ropes or other cable-ways for loading and unloading vessels, and for similar operations.

No. 12719.—22nd June, 1900.—WILLIAM SIM, of Underwood, near Wallacetown, Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved milk feeder and heater.

No. 12728.—23rd June, 1900.—JAMES GITSHAM, of 445, Punt Road, Richmond, Victoria, Metallurgist, and JOHN JONES, of 61, Robe Street, St. Kilda, Victoria, Electrical Engineer. Process for making zinc-oxide from the prepared ores, and the regeneration of the solutions employed in such process.

No. 12729.—25th June, 1900.—EDWARDS ALBERT GEORGE HAMLIN, of Reefton, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. Silt-separator for dredges.

No. 12730.—21st June, 1900.—LAWRENCE PETER HALCROW, of Dacre, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in spark-arresters.

No. 12731.—25th June, 1900.—JOHN LAW KIRKBRIDE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Settler. Improvements in tap-pet-heads.

No. 12732.—21st June, 1900.—FRANCIS RICHARD CLAUDE, of Papatoitoi, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer. A shield for preventing injury to the forefinger when using knives.

No. 12733.—21st June, 1900.—WILLIAM ALFRED HOLMAN, of 215, Victoria Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Architect. A spouting-strap.

No. 12736.—26th June, 1900.—WILLIAM SIM, of Wallacetown, near Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer, and JAMES HARVEY STEWART, of Invercargill aforesaid, Plumber. An improved milking-machine.

No. 12738.—25th June, 1900.—FRANCIS RAPER, Jun., of Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Tinsmith. A railway speed-indicator.

No. 12740.—28th June, 1900.—JOHN ROBERTSON, of Halcombe, Wellington, New Zealand, Settler. An improved office novelty or device for moistening adhesive and other surfaces.

No. 12742.—29th June, 1900.—THOMAS BURRELL, of 193, Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Stonemason. An improved adjustable handcuff.

No. 12745.—29th June, 1900.—WILLIAM THOMPSON PURVES, of 47, York Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, Civil Engineer. Improvements in carburetters.

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 21st June, 1900, to the 4th July, 1900, inclusive:—
Nil.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

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

SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 8599.—R. C. and A. M. Lindsay, condensing and sterilising milk. 21st June, 1900.

No. 8623.—W. S. Williams, mixing and spraying kerosene and water. 28th June, 1900.

No. 8645.—The Textile Cleaning Company, Limited, degreasing and cleansing wool, &c. (F. N. Turney). 22nd June, 1900.

No. 8714.—C. A. MacDonald, cooling, purifying, and drying air. 22nd June, 1900.

THIRD-TERM FEES.

No. 6189.—F. Brown, music-stool. 17th May, 1900.

No. 6254.—The American Tobacco Company of New Zealand, Limited, box forming and filling machine (E. Waters—W. H. Butler). 20th June, 1900.

No. 6298.—Ogdens, Limited, sealing cans (R. A. Sloan and J. E. L. Barnes). 22nd June, 1900.

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. 11514.—Lamson Store Service Company, Limited, of 20, Cheapside, London, E.C., England, cash- and parcel-carrier system (M. J. Foyer). 3rd July, 1900.

No. 12348.—Maponite, Limited, a company registered under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1890, whose registered office is situate at 13 and 14, Abchurch Lane, London, England, producing a rubber-like substance (W. E. Hughes—C. Ives). 3rd July, 1900.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Clerical Error corrected.

THE request to correct clerical error in application No. 12390—D. Lichtenberg Madsen, reproduction of cliches and stamps in celluloid—advertised in Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, No. 46, of the 25th May, 1900, has been allowed.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Application for Letters Patent withdrawn.

No. 12686.—W. A. Holman, spouting-strap (advertised in the Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, No. 54, of the 21st June, 1900).

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Applications for Letters Patent abandoned.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent (with which provisional specifications only have been lodged) abandoned from the 21st June, 1900, to the 4th July, 1900, inclusive:—

No. 11910.—J. T. Murphy, harness.

No. 11911.—A. A. Whitelaw, linotype-treadle attachment.

No. 11914.—A. Baker, sleeve-link.

No. 11915.—F. Isitt, gas- and air-compressor.

No. 11916.—A. J. Cuming, dehairing hides.

No. 11917.—H. Dalton, chimney.

No. 11918.—W. J. Stevens, cab-door operating appliance.

No. 11924.—G. Moros, coupling-chain.

No. 11925.—G. J. A. Leslie, window fastener.

No. 11926.—J. Mitchell, producing lettering for placards, &c.