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pipes for spraying the filtering-surfaces while over the dump-
ing-space, as described and illustrated in the drawings.
(4.) An annular trough or tank or series of segmental troughs
fitted with agitators, drying-space, and dumping-hopper,
in combination with a concentrically revolving carriage
fitted with adjustably suspended filtering-frames; chain
and axle and lever or quadrant gear as means of automatic-
ally immersing the said filtering-frames in the said trough
or troughs and raising them therefrom; guiding-tracks for
actuating same; a central revolving column having separate
compartments, connections therefrom having valves auto-
matically opened and closed by tracks, plates, or rollers
as means of conveying a vacuum, compressed air, or water
to the filtering-frames, also spraying-pipes in juxtaposition
to filtering-frames over the dumping-space, thereby filtering
pulp, washing, drying, and dumping same automatically
and continuously, as described and illustrated in the draw-
ings.
(Specification, £1; drawing, 3s.)

No. 24144.—18th March, 1908.—ARTHUR LAWTON, of Vogel-
town, Wellington, New Zealand, Mechanic. A novel and im-
proved bracket and hook suitable for supporting a platform
or scaffold or the like.

Claims.—(1.) A bracket for scaffolding or the like, com-
prising, in combination, a short flat bar formed to a hook
by having a stud or pin secured to same, substantially as
set forth. (2.) A horizontal member having a channel
formed at its wall-end and adapted to fit to said flat bar
and stud or hook that is formed substantially as set forth.
(3.) A gusset-plate firmly securing the outer ends of the
horizontal and diagonal members together, substantially as
set forth. (4.) A scaffolding bracket and hook consisting
of the parts constructed, combined, arranged, and operating
substantially as specified and described, and illustrated by
the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; 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,
Registrar.

Provisional Specifications accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1908.
APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional
specifications, have been accepted as under:—
No. 23962.—C. J. Swann, wire-rope gripper.
No. 24067.—W. E. Kinnerney, fire-extinguisher.
No. 24077.—C. F. Snell, iron and polishing-machine.
No. 24093.—W. H. Hennah and A. K. W. Rissel, ship's
course recorder.
No. 24099.—R. N. R. Lindsay, adjustable compass.
No. 24105.—A. C. Murray, bucket-handle for kerosene-
tins, &c.
No. 24106.—R. Millis, flax-stripper.
No. 24107.—R. Dunne, mitre-cutter.
No. 24108.—J. Thompson, whole-back-boot manufacture.
No. 24109.—R. H. Knox, harvester-reel blade.
No. 24110.—A. E. Maxwell, telephone call or number re-
corder.
No. 24111.—O. Bredehorst, spring cart.
No. 24112.—W. A. Campbell and J. H. Kerr, moisture-
detector.
No. 24116.—J. H. Hutchinson, merchandise-transporter.
No. 24120.—J. M. Landon, talking-machine.
No. 24122.—N. Guthridge, ore-concentrator. (W. L. and
F. S. Card.)
No. 24123.—W. T. Auckram, sewing-machine.
No. 24125.—H. Burrows, desiccated eggs.
No. 24128.—D. Mulcahy, railway-ticket issuer. (W.
Watts.)
No. 24129.—A. F. Crosse, gold-extraction from slimes.
No. 24130.—F. R. Kron, leather.
No. 24134.—G. J. Brown, feed-bag for animals.
No. 24137.—J. Mackey, tongs for handling cooking-uten-
sils.
No. 24140.—E. Henshall and W. E. S. Ramsay, cow-bail.
No. 24143.—J. Marks, turbine.
No. 24148.—A Gillies, teat-cup mouthpiece.
No. 24151.—J. Betty, stay and lock for window-sash.
No. 24152.—J. Betty, gate-latch.
No. 24153.—R. Luke, surface dresser for seeds.
No. 24154.—W. G. Richardson, flax-stripper machinery.
No. 24155.—J. A. Berg, steel-framed gig.
No. 24157.—J. Welsh, soap-saver.
No. 24162.—H. B. Courtis, carburetter.
No. 24163.—C. H. Matthews, billiard-table.
No. 24165.—J. M. Dowd, plough.
No. 24168.—B. S. and J. H. Nicholls, cooking-range.
No. 24170.—W. Sim, milking-machine.
No. 24171.—United Shoe Machinery Company, assembling
parts of boots and shoes. (O. Ashton.)
No. 24172.—United Shoe Machinery Company, pulling-
over machine. (O. Ashton.)
No. 24173.—United Shoe Machinery Company, sewing-
machine. (J. R. Scott.)
No. 24180.—H. H. Raymond and E. S. Baldwin, filter-
press. (A. J. Arbuckle and A. Osborn.)
No. 24202.—H. G. Hibberd, raising water, mineral slimes,
&c.
No. 24214.—M. G. Newbould, cut-off for electrical con-
ductor.
No. 24141.—J. Harrison and G. P. Martin, animal-cover.
No. 24149.—L. Marks, cloth-stretcher.
No. 24177.—A. Philpott, milk-cooler.
No. 24183.—G. T. Coombes, velocipede.
No. 24184.—W. W. Callender, vehicle-wheel.
No. 24190.—J. E. L. Cull, electric smelting-furnace.
No. 24193.—J. C. Dromgool, slimes-filter.
No. 24194.—H. H. Hesketh, time-alarm and gas cut-off.
No. 24197.—J. Stephens, mouse and rat trap.

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 28th March,
1908, to the 10th April, 1908, inclusive:—
No. 21685.—F. Henry, flax-dressing method.
No. 22240.—J. B. Davies, spouting-bracket.
No. 22396.—W. McEachern, measured-charge delivery
device.
No. 22451.—T. Rolley, operating casement-windows.
No. 22472.—A. W. Stone, hide- or skin-measuring machine.
No. 22664.—J. A. Horton, wire-drawing drum.
No. 22757.—J. B. Hammond, dredge-bucket.
No. 23087.—H. Severin, manufacture of hollow-glass
articles.
No. 23260.—J. M. Sutherland, opening and closing field-
gates.
No. 23276.—H. D. P. Huizer, drinking-vessel made of ice.
No. 23349.—A. C. Bartlett, preventing escape of dust from
mining-drills.
No. 23469.—O. Coates, shifting-points for tram-lines.
No. 23579.—L. Dunne, haystack-cover.
No. 23604.—B. F. Keating, talking-machine attachment.
No. 23661.—E. Bellini and A. Tosi, wireless telegraphy.
No. 23700.—S. P. Evans, rolling-stock wheel.
No. 23707.—F. Fraser, pick-head. (J. Mazlin.)
No. 23712.—C. J. Reilly, separator.
No. 23764.—A. Soderling, ore-treatment.
No. 23767.—R. D. Lewers and F. S. Greer, rabbit-trap.
(F. Gerson and W. G. English.)

New Patent granted.

NEW Letters Patent, No. 6545, have been granted to
JOHN WILLIAM WADE, of Gisborne, New Zealand,
Plumber and Tinsmith, in respect of his invention for
"Wade's Improved Iron Skylight-frame," for a term of three
years from the 13th November, 1907, subject to the follow-
ing special conditions, viz.:—
(1.) That the patentee be at liberty to give exclusive licenses
for the manufacture and sale of the said invention to all or
any of the existing licensees—viz., Ballinger Bros., of the
City of Wellington, plumbers, A. and T. Burt, of the City of
Dunedin, plumbers, Henry Williams, of Napier, plumber,
and Fowler Bros., of Auckland, plumbers—upon the con-
dition that such licensees agree to pay a royalty of not less
than 2d. per foot for each foot of skylight manufactured and
sold under such license. (2.) That the petitioner and his
assigns shall not charge for skylights manufactured and sold
by him or them at a greater rate than 2s. 6d. for each foot of
skylight so manufactured and sold by him or them, and that