No. 25401.—29th October, 1908.—JOHANNES JACOBUS LOKE, of Nieuwe, Parklaan, 179 Scheveningen, Holland, Sub-Manager of the Movement and Traffic Department of the Government Railway of Java. Improvements in and in the manufacture of tiles, slabs, or other finished products of hard material.

[NOTE.—This is an application under the International and Inter-colonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Great Britain.]

Extract from Specification.—The invention consists in subjecting the titaniferous ironsand or titaniferous iron-ore, mixed or not, with a certain quantity of silica, limestone, or other additional material—for instance, titaniferous slag or gangue—to such a degree of heat as to melt it, and then allowing the molten metalliferous compound to run into suitable moulds, the combined iron-oxide, titanic oxide, and silica particles being preferably first separated from the gangue by suitable means. The invention also consists in tiles, slabs, and other finished products of hard material prepared from a mixture which contains a high percentage of iron-oxides, titanic oxides, and silica.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

No. 25592.—23rd February, 1909.—JESSE JOB WILTON, of Masterton, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved appliance for use in picking fruit.

Extract from Specification.—The means devised consist of a pair of cup-shaped jaws that are hinged together with their rims adjacent to each other in such a manner as to be capable of opening to allow of them being passed over the fruit to be picked, and then closing together so as to grip the stalk between the rims. One of these jaws is fixed to the end of a handle-bar of any desired length, while the other jaw is connected, by means of a link, with a rod that is mounted in guides upon the handle-bar in such a manner as to be free to slide to and fro thereon.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 2s. 9d. ; drawing, ls.)

No. 25663.—12th March, 1908.—RICHARD BOWEN, of Evesham Road, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England, Cement Specialist and Engineer. Apparatus to be employed in building walls of concrete or the like.

[NOTE.—This is an application under the International and Inter-colonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in England.]

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus to be employed in building walls of concrete or the like, the combination of a permanently used mould-end having a base by which it is supported on a lower course of work, mould-sides pivoted to said base by vertical pivots and capable of being moved thereon in a horizontal plane, a temporary end, and means for clamping the sides upon the ends and work. (2.) The construction of apparatus as above claimed with mould-sides deeper and longer than the blocks to be moulded on the second and upper courses of work, said mould-sides and permanently used end being adapted to enclose a moulding-space bounded on the bottom and one end by the work done, and to grip a part of the last-moulded block and a part of the next lower course of work.

[NOTE.—Here follow five other claims.]

(Specification, 9s. 6d. ; drawing, 3s.)

No. 25723.—23rd March, 1909.—ALBERT JONAS DAY, of 101 Kilmore Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Brass-moulder. An improved cinder-sifter.

Claims.—An improved cinder-sifter comprising, in combination, a box having a hinged lid, lugs fixed to the sides of the box and in the interior thereof, a tray supported by the lugs and by a handle passing through a gap in the box, a bottom of wire-mesh or the like to the tray, and an outlet at the bottom of the box, substantially as set forth. (2.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improved cinder-sifter, substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 2s. ; drawing, ls.)

No. 25884.—8th May, 1908.—ARTHUR REGINALD ANGUS, of Barry Street, Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Solicitor. Improvements in and relating to devices for preventing collisions between railway-trains.

[NOTE.—This is an application under the International and Inter-colonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Australia.]

Extract from Specification.—This invention consists in part of appliances affixed to or placed on or about or adjacent to the permanent-way or railway-track, and in part of appliances which may be affixed or placed on or about the locomotive or train, or either or both, or any part thereof.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, £2 ; drawing, 3s.)

No. 25890.—28th April, 1909.—MONOTYPE MACHINE (COLONIAL PATENTS) SYNDICATE, LIMITED, of 43 Fetter Lane, London E.C., England (assignee of John Sellers Bancroft and Mauritz C. Indahl, of Philadelphia, United States of America, Engineers). Improvements in justifying-mechanism for pattern-controlled composing-machines.

Extract from Specification.—In a companion application there is disclosed a novel method or system of dealing with the problem of automatic justification as applied to pattern-controlled automatic composing-machines, wherein and whereby the pattern or record-strip is provided with line-deficiency and space-number signals, and the automatic composing-mechanism is equipped with apportioning and distributing devices controlled by said line-deficiency and space-number signals, and operating to automatically distribute the line-deficiency among the indicated spaces as the latter are produced. The present invention relates to improvements in the apportioning and distributing mechanism for an automatic composing-machine of the kind indicated, and includes the several novel combinations, constructions, arrangements, and adaptations of parts.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, £2 ; drawing, 11s.)

No. 25894.—27th April, 1909.—HAMILTON McMURDIE, of 40 High Street, Windsor, Victoria, Australia, Importer (assignee of Wilhelm Bartholdt Didrick Ponninghaus, of 26 Nottingham Street, Prahran, Victoria, Australia, Machinery Importer). An improved appliance for feeding boilers.

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention, in the casing adjoining the boiler, steam is admitted by a water-and-steam-controlling mechanism, hereinafter described, and which mechanism is actuated by a float. Upon the water and float falling to a low level, admittance of steam is cut off, and the steam in the casing allowed to escape through the mechanism aforementioned, and become condensed as described. A partial vacuum is formed by the condensation inside the said casing, and feed-water enters. The float rising with the water operates the mechanism, allowing steam from the boiler to again enter the casing and force the water into the said boiler. The appliance is simple in construction, has but few parts, is not liable to derangement, and can be easily repaired when occasion requires. In addition to the foregoing, it is easily installed, calls for no special attention, and will act under any pressure of steam. By slight modifications it may be used for portable traction, or other more rapidly travelling prime movers.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 12s. 6d. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 25898.—30th April, 1909.—ADOLPH GUSTAV BECKMAN, of 323 South Mount Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Broker. Fluid-pressure regulators.

Claims.—(1.) In a fluid-pressure regulator, a tubular casing comprising two parts detachably fitted together, said parts having partitions provided with central guide-openings, and openings for the passage of the fluid, one of said parts having also a valve-seat, a valve-stem movable in said guide-openings, a valve on said stem of smaller diameter than the diameter of the adjacent wall of the casing, so as to provide an annular space for the flow of fluid around the periphery of the valve, said valve having its outlet side