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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1900.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1900.

Accession of Japan to International Convention.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1900.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

T. THOMPSON.

(New Zealand.—General.)
Downing Street, 1st November, 1899.

My Lord,—I have the honour to state, for the information of your Government, that the Empire of Japan acceded on the 15th July last to the International Convention for the protection of industrial property of the 20th March, 1883, and that an Order of the Queen in Council was issued on the 7th of October last for giving effect in this country to the accession of Japan to the Convention.

I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Governor the Right Honourable
the Earl of Ranfurly, K.C.M.G., &c.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 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. 11448.—14th March, 1899.—ESTELLE HAYHURST, of 183, Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Journalist. An improved conveyance particularly useful for debt-collectors and persons of similar occupation.*

Claims.—(1.) A covered delivery-wagon provided with a hooded platform upon its rear, said platform being secured to the wagon by pivots or hinges whereby it can be turned over with its hood into the interior of the wagon, as specified and illustrated. (2.) The improved conveyance constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described and illustrated.

(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11543.—18th April, 1899.—JOHN TAYLOR, of 2, Commercial Chambers, Manse Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Rabbit-exporter. An improved crate for packing rabbits.*

Claims.—(1.) In a crate for packing rabbits, a bar of wood permanently fixed inside and centrally near the top of the crate, and holes in the ends of the crate for ventilation, substantially as set forth. (2.) The improvements in rabbit-crates consisting of parts constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11560.—26th April, 1899.—WILLIAM ERNEST HUGHES, of 54, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of Thomas Kyffin Freeman, of 200, Phoenix Street, St. Pancras, London, England, the assignee of Thomas Elves, of Ongar, Essex, England, Merchant). Improvements in the preservation of milk and other liquids, and apparatus therefor.*

Claims.—(1.) The improved process for the preservation of milk and other liquids, without the aid of antiseptics or boiling, consisting essentially in subjecting the cold or cooled liquid to agitation, in order to release the dissolved air therefrom, and then charging the same with carbonic-acid gas mixed with oxygen gas, at a pressure of at least 30 lb. per square inch, and hermetically sealing the vessel containing the said liquid under such pressure. (2.) In the process set forth in claim 1, causing the carbonic-acid gas to react first upon the aerobic germs or organisms, and then adding the oxygen gas to complete the sterilisation in respect to the anaerobic germs or organisms, substantially as described.

(Specification, 6s.; drawings, 8s.)

No. 11695.—8th June, 1899.—WILLIAM ERNEST HUGHES, of Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of Harry Phillips Davis, of 327, Neville Street, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Electrical Engineer). Improvements in fuse-blocks for electric circuits.*

Claims.—(1.) A fuse-block for electric circuits in which a filling of loosely packed non-combustible material is provided at each end of the fuse-chamber, and having followers for normally retaining the filling in place. (2.) A fuse-chamber constructed of alternate layers of wire and insulating material substantially as described. (3.) A fuse-block in which the fuse-chamber is strengthened by end plates connected by insulating clamping-bolts substantially as described. (4.) Fuse-blocks constructed substantially as described with reference to the drawings.

(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 10s. 6d.)