Sept. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2483

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 appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the offices of the Magistrate’s Court at the undermentioned places to be local Patent Offices under “The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1908.”

Whangarei. Masterton.
Waihi. Gore.
Hamilton. Clyde.
Taihape.

J. McGOWAN.

Patent Office Agents appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

James McIndoe, Waihi;
Cecil John Hewlett, Palmerston North;
Michael Foley, Masterton;
William Jesse Reeve, Whangarei;
Henry James Dixon, Hamilton;
George Hutchison Lang, Gore;
Frederick Thomas Duke Jeffery, Clyde;
William Baker, Taihape;

to be Patent Office agents at the places set opposite their names.

J. McGOWAN.

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. (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.)

Government Offices to be closed on 26th September (Dominion Day).

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1908.

THE Government offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Saturday, the 26th instant, being the first anniversary of the date on which the Colony of New Zealand was created a Dominion.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

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. 24861.—28th August.—F. C. Brown, Waihi, N.Z.
Ore-treatment.

No. 24862.—28th August.—A. I. Carr, Te Karaka, N.Z.
Fencing-batten.*

No. 24863.—1st September.—D. Gibbins, Adelaide, S. Aust.
Rabbit-trapping device.

No. 24864.—1st September.—Westinghouse Metal Filament Lamp Company, Limited, London, Eng.
Electric-lamp filament.* (A. Lederer.)

No. 24865.—1st September.—Westinghouse Metal Filament Lamp Company, Limited, London, Eng.
Electric-lamp filament.* (A. Lederer.)

No. 24866.—1st September.—H. W. Hardinge, Manhattan, U.S.A.
Ore-disintegrator.*

No. 24867.—1st September.—The Zone Dynamo and Motor Patents Company, Limited, London, Eng.
Dynamo electric machine.* (J. W. Burleigh.)

No. 24868.—1st September.—M. Rutty, Sydney, N.S.W.
Smoking-pipe. (M. Jeantet.)

No. 24869.—1st September.—W. R. Smith, London, Eng.
Colouring-paper and linen manufacture.

No. 24870.—1st September.—E. O. Blackwell, Wynyard, Tas.
Can-opening attachment.

No. 24871.—1st September.—F. J. Cullen, Napier, N.Z.
Sheep-shearing machine.

No. 24872.—3rd September.—E. C. Wood, Christchurch, N.Z.
Race-starting machine.*

No. 24873.—2nd September.—T. D. Smith, Mapleton, Qnsld.
Boarding-clamp.

No. 24874.—2nd September.—F. O. Linstrom, Blenheim, N.Z.
Digger-plough.

No. 24875.—2nd September.—J. C. Preston, Sydney, N.S.W.
Incandescent oil-lamp.*

No. 24876.—2nd September.—T. Pennal, Christchurch, N.Z.
Plough.*

No. 24877.—2nd September.—C. F. F. Allan, Sydney, N.S.W.
Insulated cabinet oven.*

No. 24878.—31st August.—H. E. Wilson, Auckland, N.Z.
Trolly-pole retriever.

No. 24879.—31st August.—E. Le Roy, Devonport, N.Z.
Hammock and swing-cot.

No. 24880.—3rd September.—F. Cotterell, Melbourne, Vic.
Glass-bevelling machine.*

No. 24881.—3rd September.—A. F. Kinney, Rockdale, N.Z.
Sheep-dipping apparatus.

No. 24882.—31st August.—C. F. Millward, Wanganui, N.Z.
Sack-filling device.

No. 24883.—4th September.—T. W. Rapley, Wellington, N.Z.
Magnetic separator.

No. 24884.—3rd September.—F. O. Von Rome and G. Hutchinson, Christchurch, N.Z.
Cool-storage safe.

No. 24885.—1st September.—J. H. Hutchinson, Auckland, N.Z.
Tipping-lorry.

No. 24886.—4th September.—C. E. Gane, Normanby, N.Z.
Milking-machine.

No. 24887.—4th September.—G. E. Humphries, Wellington, N.Z.
Platform-support.