Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3133

TRADE MARKS.
(Search fee, 1s. each quarter of an hour.)

1. The files relating to all applications for registration of trade marks.
2. Register of Applications for Registration of Trade Marks.
3. Register of Trade Marks.
4. Index of Applicants for Registration of Trade Marks(a).
5. Index of Trade Marks.
6. Classified Representations of Trade Marks, with indexes.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Register of Patent Agents.

FORMS AND PUBLICATIONS.

The following forms, &c., may be had on application at the Patent Office, Wellington, or at any of the local Patent Offices named below:—
Application for letters patent.
Provisional specification.
Complete specification and copy thereof.
Application for registration of design.
Application for registration of trade mark.
Applications for extension of time.
Requests by subsequent proprietor to enter name on Register of Patents and Trade Marks.
Printed sheets of information as to fees and procedure to obtain letters patent and to register a trade mark(b).

• Pamphlet containing Act and Regulations (price 1s.).

(a) Names of applicants for registration and proprietors of trade marks are indexed at the beginning of the Registers up to 31st December, 1889; in separate volume up to 5th September, 1904; and since the latter date in card index.
(b) May also be obtained at any local Patent Office or money-order office.

Official Publications.

THE following publications may be obtained from the Government Printer, Wellington:—
Printed specifications to the end of the year 1879.
Annual lists of letters patent and letters of registration applied for, and particulars of applications lapsed, and patents lapsed, from 1880 to 1893 inclusive. (The lists for the last four of these years are contained in the Annual Reports of the Registrar.)
Annual reports of the Registrar, containing alphabetical indexes of applicants for letters patent and of subject-matter of inventions patented from 1894 to 1906 inclusive.
The Patents Supplement to Gazette (containing notifications, applications for letters patent, abridged descriptions and drawings of inventions, &c.), published fortnightly.

Local Patent Offices.

LOCAL Patent Offices for the reception of applications, supply of forms, &c., have been established at the following places:—
Auckland—Supreme Court. (E. W. Cave, agent.)
Whangarei—Courthouse. (W. J. Reeve, agent.)
Thames—Courthouse. (J. Jordan, agent.)
Waihi—Courthouse. (J. McIndoe, agent.)
Hamilton—Courthouse. (H. J. Dixon, agent.)
Gisborne—Courthouse. (G. J. A. Johnstone, agent.)
New Plymouth—Courthouse. (J. Terry, agent.)
Napier—Courthouse. (A. Trimble, agent.)
Wanganui—Courthouse. (C. A. Barton, agent.)
Taihape—Courthouse. (W. Baker, agent.)
Palmerston North—Courthouse. (C. J. Hewlett, agent.)
Masterton—Courthouse. (M. Foley, agent.)
Nelson—Courthouse. (E. C. Kelling, agent.)
Blenheim—Courthouse. (F. W. Hart, agent.)
Westport—Courthouse. (O. E. Bowling, agent.)
Greymouth—Courthouse. (B. Harper, agent.)
Hokitika—Courthouse. (J. N. Nalder, agent.)
Christchurch—Supreme Court. (W. W. Samson, agent.)
Ashburton—Courthouse. (J. Fitzgerald, agent.)
Timaru—Courthouse. (T. W. Tayler, agent.)
Oamaru—Courthouse. (A. A. Mair, agent.)
Dunedin—Supreme Court. (T. E. Roberts, agent.)
Clyde—Courthouse. (F. T. D. Jeffery, agent.)
Gore—Courthouse. (G. H. Lang, agent.)
Queenstown—Courthouse. (A. J. Thompson, agent.)
Invercargill—Courthouse. (J. R. Colyer, agent.)

Name Index.—Patents.
Vol. I, 1861 to 1889.

MAY be obtained from the GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
PRICE, 2s. 6d.

Classified Abridgments of New Zealand Inventions open to inspection at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

CLASSIFIED abridgments of complete specifications gazetted from the 1st January to the 30th September, 1908, are open to public inspection at the local Patent Offices at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th November, 1908.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Friday, the 25th December, Saturday, the 26th December, and Monday, the 28th December, 1908, and Friday, the 1st January, and Saturday, the 2nd January, 1909, will be observed as holidays in the public offices of the Government of New Zealand.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Christmas and New Year Holidays.—Local Patent Offices.

LOCAL Patent Offices throughout the Dominion will be closed from the 24th December, 1908, to the 2nd January, 1909, both days inclusive.

Foreign Patent Laws.

THE following Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Acts have been received, and may be inspected at this office:—
CEYLON.
GOLD COAST.
INDIA.
NEWFOUNDLAND.

Applications for Letters Patent filed.

LIST of applications for Letters Patent filed. (Where a complete specification accompanies an application an asterisk is affixed; in all other cases a provisional specification has been lodged. In all cases where the applicant is not the inventor the name of the latter appears in italics after the title.)

No. 25253.—23rd November.—J. S. Ferguson and J. Davidson, Ottawa, Canada.
Container box, &c.*

No. 25254.—23rd November.—R. Walker, Wellington, N.Z.
Fusible plug.

No. 25255.—23rd November.—R. W. Gallagher, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Statement delivery apparatus for gas-meters.*

No. 25256.—24th November.—G. T. and H. H. Stewart, Featherston, N.Z.
Searing and docking knife.

No. 25257.—19th November.—J. J. Daily, Christchurch, N.Z.
Pneumatic saddle-cover.

No. 25258.—24th November.—G. T. and H. H. Stewart, Featherston, N.Z.
Variable gear.

No. 25259.—24th November.—G. E. Taylor, Englefield Green, Eng.
Sterilising, &c., tablets.* (Date applied for under section 106, 13th December, 1907.)

No. 25260.—24th November.—M. Clayton, Buckland, N.Z., and F. Hitchcock, Auckland, N.Z.
Cooler and aerator.