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compartment and arranged to be placed over one another in a wall shape, with slots or holes for the plants to grow out of, all substantially as shown and as described and explained. (2.) In pots or boxes for growing plants, the combination of boxes or of compartments of boxes, arranged to be built up as a wall, with spaces left for plants bedded in said compartments to be grown through, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) Pots or boxes for growing plants arranged for being placed over each other, with openings in the sides for the plants to grow through, all substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17859.—26th April, 1904.—JOHN JAMISON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Inventor. Sash-adjuster and automatic burglar-proof fastener.

Claims.—(1.) In the adjusting or retaining of window-sashes in a number of positions as required, the combination with ordinary sashes of a rod having a loop which would automatically prevent said sashes opening more than to said loop if the said rod were carelessly left unsecured, said loop also being of a size that would jamb between sash and inner bead, thus assist to prevent rattling of sash, and other loops on said rod at intervals for passing over a staple in the frame and also one of the hooks in the lower or other sash, thus securing both sashes either closed or partly open as desired, all substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (2.) In the adjusting and retaining of sashes in any required position out of several as arranged for, depending on the number of loops B8 in the rod B, and the number of hooks in the lower sash D, the combination of said hooks and loops with a staple C in the frame for securing and locking, if desired, with a padlock, all substantially as set forth. (3.) In the adjusting of the top sash or of both sashes of a window or suchlike, the method of sliding the rod B along the horizontal rod A to about the centre of the top sash and enabling it to be moved up or down as desired, all substantially as set forth and as shown on the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

NOTE.—The cost of copying the specification and drawings has been inserted after the notice of each application. An order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-office order or postal note for the cost of copying.

The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1904.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 17796.—18th April, 1904.—ALFRED KILCKMANN, of 113A, Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand, and ROBERT THOMSON, of Ngahauranga, New Zealand, Butcher. An improved gambrel.

No. 17830.—25th April, 1904.—ALFRED MORRIS, of Clinton, Otago, New Zealand, Builder, &c. Waterproof dubbin.

No. 17849.—28th April, 1904.—EDWARD BROOKE-SMITH, of Auckland, New Zealand, Business-manager. An improved exhaust-muffler for gas and other explosive engines.

No. 17852.—29th April, 1904.—MARTHA HELENBELLE BUTCHART, of 72, Sutherland Road, Armadale, Prahran, Bourke, Victoria, Australia, Spinster. An improved expanding cover for protecting Japanese cane baskets and the like from rain and dust.

No. 17861.—30th April, 1904.—WILLIAM JOHNSON, Builder, and CHARLES TANDY, Coachbuilder, both of Wellington, New Zealand. Improvements in or relating to the construction of building cornices and other analogous structures.

No. 17863.—2nd May, 1904.—JOHN HOWCROFT, of 14, Gladstone Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, Inventor. Improvements in or connected with machine milking-appliances.

No. 17864.—2nd May, 1904.—STUART REID, of Eddington, near Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, Grazier, and ALEXANDER BASIL REID, of the same place, Engineer. An improved chaff-cutting machine.

No. 17865.—18th May, 1904.—HORACE ANDLEY FRY, of Riwaka, Nelson, New Zealand, Farm-labourer. Means for use in teaching young calves to drink.

No. 17871.—30th April, 1904.—WILLIAM ARTHUR, of Gisborne, New Zealand, Contractor. An improved cultivator.

No. 17874.—2nd May, 1904.—WILLIAM STEVENSON, of Grey Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, Photographer. A combination dining and billiard table.

No. 17876.—6th May, 1904.—KEITH STEWART MCKINNA, of Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand, Miner. Improved means for retaining hat-pins in position and for protecting the hats from the wear incidental to the use of such pins.

No. 17877.—6th May, 1904.—JOHN BAILE ROBINSON DAVIDSON, Builder, and JOHN WILLIAM BORLAND, Coachsmith, both of Yarragon, Buln Buln, Victoria, Australia. An improved machine for winding, unwinding, fixing, and straining wire for wire fences.

No. 17878.—30th April, 1904.—JAMES MORRISON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved insole.

No. 17879.—3rd May, 1904.—JOHN DARLING DOUGLAS, of Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in and relating to dredging machinery.

No. 17881.—7th May, 1904.—PERCY ROBERT HUDSON, of 60, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Mercantile Agent (assignee of Alfred Bruckner, of 42A, Lousbergstrasse, Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany). Improvements in the construction of walls.

No. 17882.—7th May, 1904.—DUGALD MCDONALD ROBERTSON, of 277, South Belt, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Storeman. An improved totalisator.

No. 17885.—5th May, 1904.—EDWARD CORNWALL-COOK, of Barrington Place, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, Mechanic. An improved bell-sounding instrument for punching, classifying, and recording tickets.

No. 17889.—10th May, 1904.—THOMAS HALL, of Elizabeth Street, Wadestown, Wellington, New Zealand, Clerk, and FRANK ELVINES, of Aurora Terrace, Wellington aforesaid, Boilermaker. Improved non-silt able mat.

No. 17891.—6th May, 1904.—GEORGE MCINTOSH SCOTT, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Manufacturer. Improvements in railway signalling-apparatus.

No. 17892.—7th May, 1904.—HELENA SELWOOD, of Kingston, New Zealand, Hotelkeeper. Improved holder and marker for books.

No. 17893.—11th May, 1904.—EDWARD DUNCAN RICHARDS, of Palmerston North, New Zealand, Agent (assignee of Frank E. A. Gordon, of the Bluff, New Zealand, Poultry-farm Manager). Improvements in or relating to hammocks.

No. 17894.—11th May, 1904.—JOHN HENRY HARRISON, of 103, Errol Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Grazier, and WILLIAM MATTHEW MCILWRICK, of 436, Chancery Lane, Melbourne, Victoria aforesaid, Solicitor. Improved snips or hand-shears.

No. 17896.—11th May, 1904.—IVAR FREDRIK WITTING, of Yangan, Warwick, Queensland, Dairy Expert. Destruction of bacteria in milk and preserving of milk by the use of hydrogen-peroxide.

No. 17899.—11th May, 1904.—N. GUTHRIDGE, LIMITED, of 486, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Merchants (assignees of William Legrand Card and Frank Smith Card, both of Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Mechanical Engineers). Improvements in connection with shaking-table ore-concentrators whereby an auxiliary appliance is provided.

No. 17900.—11th May, 1904.—BERNARD FRANCIS DUNN, of Auckland, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. Means for automatically scouring the bottoms of rivers or harbours to prevent the silting up thereof.

No. 17901.—11th May, 1904.—ANDREW GRAINGER, of Taihape, Wellington, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved method of destroying noxious weeds.

No. 17906.—11th May, 1904.—JOHN WATSON, of High Street, Hotelkeeper, and WILLIAM MACKAY, of 29, Moray Place, Chemist, both of Dunedin, New Zealand. A chemical process for treatment of flax and suchlike.

No. 17909.—16th May, 1904.—JAMES TURNBULL, Saddler, and SAMUEL NICHOLSON, Sailmaker, both of Gore, New Zealand. An improved compound for the manufacture of soles of boots, tires of motor-cars, and other vehicles.

No. 17910.—16th May, 1904.—ANDREW MCLEOD, care of Trocadero Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved diving-dress.

No. 17912.—17th May, 1904.—THOMAS BOULTON, of Kirwee, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in fences.

No. 17914.—12th May, 1904.—JOHN THOMAS HARRIS, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Hotelkeeper. Improvements in boot-lace fastenings.

No. 17915.—14th May, 1904.—FREDERICK WALTER PATERSON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Boatbuilder. Vote-recorder.

No. 17916.—14th May, 1904.—WILLIAM WOOD, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Baker. Improvements in pie-making machines.