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vided at the extremities of said spring protrude in slits or
engage with catches or other devices answering the same
purpose formed in or connected with said stationary holders.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted
in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; 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 drawing
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.
J. C. LEWIS,
Deputy Registrar.

Provisional Specifications accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1905.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional
specifications, have been accepted as under:—
No. 19731.—F. J. W. Gascoyne, tire-protector.
No. 19781.—R. Wales, cramp and mitre-box.
No. 19783.—E. G. Ward, draught and dust excluder.
No. 19833.—A. A. Withers, valve and valve-connection for
tire.
No. 19858.—D. Urquhart and C. Sloper, paunch-cutting,
washing, and delivering machine.
No. 19876.—A. Martin, hat-stand.
No. 19879.—C. F. F. Allan, hot-water boiler.
No. 19891.—T. F. Brown, D. Solomon and J. Solomon,
studless house.
No. 19893.—F. A. Burkitt, pneumatic-tire cover.
No. 19897.—R. W. de Montalk, measuring-rule.
No. 19900.—G. Capstick, ship-hull scrubber (R. N. Adams).
No. 19901.—W. H. Pearson, shot-making machinery.
No. 19905.—D. Urquhart and C. Sloper, drive for hydro-
extractor.
No. 19906.—T. Garland, kettle.
No. 19907.—J. E. Brown, metal-glazing bars.
No. 19912.—A. Adcroft, safety gas-burner.
No. 19915.—C. A. Johnson, J. Lloyd, and C. H. Under-
wood, animal-trap.
No. 19918.—E. M. Payne, bagatelle-playing apparatus.
No. 19919.—J. Wilson, letter-file cover.
No. 19921.—H. Luks, switch-block.
No. 19929.—R. P. Park, closing and locking lift-doors.
No. 19936.—A. E. Lowe, flower-pot.
No. 19937.—H. S. McCully, hillside plough.
No. 19940.—M. Heeb, turbine.
No. 19943.—C. H. Carter, motor.
No. 19945.—C. J. R. Richardson, tape for venetian-blind.
No. 19947.—J. H. Adams, medical syringe.
No. 19948.—H. Norgrove, steam-boiler furnace.
No. 19949.—F. G. England, washing-apparatus for
photographic prints.
No. 19950.—A. Troup, movable shower-bath.
No. 19951.—J. B. McCubbin, handle-attachment to broom,
brush, &c.
No. 19952.—A. J. J. Bolton and T. Rand, composition for
manufacture of trays, butter-boxes, &c.
No. 19954.—H. T. Griffiths and G. E. Andrew, package
for food-stuffs.
No. 19956.—J. Dawson, suspension-bridge.
No. 19957.—M. I. Ballinger, horse-release.
No. 19959.—H. Weingott, waterproof overcoat.
No. 19964.—F. W. Armstrong, pipe-cleaning apparatus.
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 24th August to
the 6th September, 1905, inclusive:—
No. 17634.—A. C. Wolff and A. Mutch, washing-boiler.
No. 17865.—H. A. Fry, teaching young calves to drink.
No. 17882.—D. M. Robertson, totalisator.
No. 17934.—A. M. Normanby, ladies’ protector.
No. 17936.—T. McDonald, skim-coulter.
No. 17962.—S. F. Clare, axes.
No. 18021.—F. T. Page, shackle.
No. 18256.—A. J. Fisher, paint.

No. 18298.—United Shoe Machinery Company, mould for
heel-compressing machine (C. L. Whiting).
No. 18299.—United Shoe Machinery Company, mould for
heel-compressing machine (B. F. Mayo).
No. 18300.—United Shoe Machinery Company, mould for
heel-compressing machine (T. Lund).
No. 18371.—E. Schulze, catamenial appliance.
No. 18567.—H. Read, rail bed-plate.
No. 18949.—J. S. Hull and E. T. Morland, pneumatic
horse-collar.
No. 19182.—T. L. Willson, gas-buoy.
No. 19356.—H. M. Butler, vehicle-axle.
No. 19362.—The Empire Oil Engine Syndicate, Limited,
internal-combustion engine (J. Clay).
No. 19391.—H. M. Gail, telephone-transmitter.
No. 19393.—W. E. Hughes, bottle-seal and head for
applying same (G. H. Gillette).
No. 19398.—A.B.C. Coupler, Limited, buffer-coupler (J. T.
Jepson).
No. 19399.—A. H. Burt, H. Jackson, and C. A. Finch,
extracting grease from wool.
No. 19447.—W. J. H. Berry, blind-bracket.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

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

SECOND-TERM FEES.

NO. 13958.—F. W. Page, fencing-dropper. 30th August,
1905.
No. 13984.—W. E. Hughes, refuse-furnace (J. J. Meldrum).
31st August, 1905.
No. 13992.—The General Cement Company, Limited,
cement-manufacture (H. Passow). 31st August, 1905.
No. 14044.—J. C. Hansen-Eilehammer, filling cigarette-
tube with tobacco. 28th August, 1905.
No. 14135.—United Shoe Machinery Company, shoe-sew-
ing machine (H. Briggs). 23rd August, 1905.
No. 14157.—United Shoe Machinery Company, shoe sew-
ing machine (H. Briggs). 23rd August, 1905.
No. 14158.—United Shoe Machinery Company, shoe-lasting
machine (S. W. Ladd and E. A. Stiggins). 23rd August,
1905.

THIRD-TERM FEES.

No. 10893.—G. Sigley, gig spring. 18th August, 1905.
No. 10956.—T. Ballinger and W. Milligan, bracket for
O.G. spouting. 2nd September, 1905.
No. 10977.—F. Lobnitz, rock-breaking apparatus. 23rd
August, 1905.

Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent registered.

[NOTE.—The name of the patentee is given in brackets;
the date is that of registration.]

NO. 15308.—Joseph Andrew Stacey, of the City of Auck-
land, in the Provincial District of Auckland and
Colony of New Zealand, Cook and Confectioner, registered
as proprietor of one-twelfth part. Medicated sweetmeat.
[M. Bjornstad and J. Stacey.] 5th September, 1905.
No. 17341.—Aubrey Field Billing, of Auckland, in the
Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zea-
land, Advertising Agent. Frying-pan cover. [S. Whitburn.]
5th September, 1905.

Applications for Letters Patent abandoned.

LIST of applications with which provisional speci-
fications only have been filed, abandoned (i.e.,
complete specifications not lodged) from the 24th August
to the 6th September, 1905, inclusive:—
No. 18658.—J. B. Waters, egg-tester.
No. 18660.—F. Cooper, disc ridger.
No. 18662.—H. Corbett, siphon (F. J. Corbett).
No. 18667.—D. Matheson, overcoat.
No. 18669.—M. Aldis, billy-can.
No. 18673.—J. T. Rodgers, securing shafts to vehicles.
No. 18676.—A. Taylor, cistern.
No. 18677.—C. W. Ziele, shirt-cuff protector.
No. 18678.—E. D. Smith and J. T. Partridge, weed-
eradicator.
No. 18683.—A. Strain, utilising resistance of motion.
No. 18686.—J. D. Jackson, bath-heater.
No. 18696.—C. Jerome, incandescent oil-lamp.
No. 18701.—T. Ashcroft, increasing speed and economizing
fuel in vessels.