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and as described, and illustrated by drawings. (6.) The combination and arrangement of parts forming the tinning and printing machine for butter and other analogous substances as described, and illustrated by drawings.
(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 15837.—5th January, 1903.—JOHN EDWIN PALMER, of Otokia (postal address: Box 164, Dunedin Post-office), New Zealand, Gentleman. An improved branding-compound.*

Claims.—(1.) A branding-composition consisting of a sulph-metallic compound of the copper or arsenic groups in combination with an alkali, incorporated with glycerine to form a homogeneous solution, with or without boiling, with the addition of tannin or tannic compounds, and made thinner by being mixed with a liquid organic oil, tar, or tar-oil, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) A branding-composition consisting of a sulph-metallic compound of the arsenic or copper groups in combination with either potash or soda, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) A branding-composition consisting of a sulph-metallic compound of the arsenic or copper groups in combination with either potash or soda and a sulpo-cyanide of the earthy alkalies or alkalies substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (4.) A branding-composition consisting of sulph-arsenite of potash, sulpo-cyanide of barium, sulpo-cyanide of potassium, glycerine, tannin, and tar or oil, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (5.) The branding-composition consisting of sulph-arsenite of potash eight parts, sulpo-cyanide of barium three parts, sulpo-cyanide of potassium one part, glycerine thirty parts, tannin one part, tar or oil twenty parts, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 4s.)

No. 15978.—11th February, 1903.—FREDERICK WILLIAM BARTON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Gardener. Improved animal-trap.*

Claims.—(1.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts composing my improved animal-trap, all substantially as and for the purposes described. (2.) In a trap of the class described, the use of indented rubber pieces secured to strips attached to the lugs of said trap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 16023.—25th February, 1903.—THOMAS WILKINS, of Peel Street, Lawrence, New Zealand, Carpenter. An improved knife-cleaner.*

Claims.—(1.) A knife-cleaner comprising a base provided with side walls, a layer of carpet upon said base brought over and beneath the front edge thereof and a batten beneath said front edge, a back piece secured to the base and the side walls, a top hinged to said back piece, and a layer of carpet upon the back piece brought over the front edge thereof and secured in position, substantially as specified. (2.) A knife-cleaner consisting of the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16034.—26th February, 1903.—JAMES WEBB, of Arrowtown, New Zealand, Carpenter. Apparatus for luring birds to take poison.*

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for luring birds to take poison, consisting of a large cage with meshes sufficiently large to admit birds to be poisoned, surrounded at its base with a deep batten, a platform within the cage, and a small fine-meshed cage adapted to contain decoy birds and rest on said platform, substantially as described. (2.) Apparatus for luring birds to take poison, consisting of a large cage with meshes sufficiently large to admit birds to be poisoned, surrounded at its base with a deep batten, a platform within the cage, a small fine-meshed cage adapted to contain decoy birds and rest on said platform, and a trough to contain poisoned water adapted to rest outside said small cage and on said platform, substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16045.—4th March, 1903.—HENRY AGAR, of East Devonport, Tasmania, Inventor. Improved height-adjusting anti-rattling window-attachments.*

Claims.—(1.) In window-attachments, a barrel or wheel arranged to be pressed as indicated against a stile, and containing a coiled spring adapted to be compressed in opening

or letting down the window and to uncoil in raising it, in combination with a ratchet wheel and pawl, substantially as illustrated for the purposes set forth. (2.) In window-attachments, the combination of the described parts C to N. (3.) In window-attachments, the combination of the described parts E to O. (4.) In window-attachments, the combination of the described parts C to P. (5.) In window-attachments, the combination of the described parts B to Q.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 16055.—6th March, 1903.—HARRY ERNEST JAMES MORGAN, of Midland Junction, Western Australia, Engineer. An improved tobacco-pipe.*

Claims.—(1.) In tobacco-pipes, a split or divided tube comprised of halves as d and e, and which half-tubes are pivoted together at one end for closing such halves into a united tube for insertion into the stem and mouthpiece of the pipe, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In tobacco-pipes, a split or divided tube as above claimed made of a taper formation, and with a screw thread whereby the mouthpiece of the pipe is secured to the tube in its united form, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In tobacco-pipes, a divided tube having its upper half formed with a vent whereby the bowl of the pipe communicates with the bore of the united tube, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (4.) A split tube, as d and e, made of a taper form, in combination with a tobacco-pipe, and arranged so as to be telescopic and replaceable in connection with such tobacco-pipe, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16065.—9th March, 1903.—GEORGE SYMONS BUDGE, of Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand, Gentleman. A device for holding the leaves of books.*

Claims.—(1.) A device for holding the leaves of books, the same consisting of a base clip adapted to be secured upon the book-cover, a plate hinged to the base and provided with a longitudinal slot, a sliding-piece adapted to slide along such slot and to be secured at any point therein, and a plate hinged to the sliding-piece, substantially as set forth. (2.) In means for holding the leaves of books, a base clip composed of two plates hinged together and provided with means for forcing their adjacent faces together, a plate hinged to the base and provided with a longitudinal slot therein, a sliding-piece adapted to slide along the slot and provided with means for securing it at any point therein, and a plate hinged to the sliding-piece and adapted to lie at right angles thereto, substantially as specified. (3.) In means for holding the leaves of books, a base clip adapted to be secured upon the book-cover, a plate hinged to the base and capable of being held at right angles thereto, a longitudinal slot formed within the plate, a sliding-piece fitting within the slot, a spring plate secured to the outer side of the sliding-piece by means of a set-screw and having its ends bearing against the plate, and a plate hinged upon the inner side of the sliding-piece and capable of being held at right angles thereto, as specified. (4.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my device for holding the leaves of books, as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16225.—14th April, 1903.—THOMAS QUARTERMAINE EAST, of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Master Mariner. Improvements in ships’ ventilators.*

Claims.—(1.) The combination with a ship’s ventilator of a perforated cone arranged within the said ventilator, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) For the purpose indicated, the combination with a ship’s ventilator of a perforated cone arranged within said ventilator, a gutter being provided around the base of said cone, and openings in the ventilator for the discharge of water or the like therefrom, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16358.—15th May, 1903.—CARL FERDINAND BÜNZ, of 173, Armagh Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Professor of Music (assignee of Francis J. Rottman, of 167, New Bond Street, London, England, Medical Electrician). An improved instrument for the treatment of nervous and other constitutional diseases.*

Claims.—(1.) A vibrating instrument comprising in its construction a hollow casing having a lid enclosing an