Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4263

Lungley, C. F., Melbourne, Vic. .. .. .. Hide, &c., treatment ; 28848 ; 7th December.
Coates, C. C., Christchurch, N.Z. (Spirella Company) .. Wire garment-stays ; 28849 ; 6th December.
Bauert, W. H., Forbes, N.S.W. .. .. .. Railway-signal mechanism ; 28850 ; 8th December.
Wolf, J. D., London, Eng. .. .. .. Ore-separation ; 28851 ; 8th December.
Le Coutre, Worcester, U.S.A. .. .. .. Corset ; 28852 ; 18th December, 1909.†
Tesla, N., New York, U.S.A. .. .. .. Fluid-propulsion* ; 28853 ; 8th December.
Martin, W. W., Wellington, N.Z. (Catling, J. T.) .. Prevention of obstructive deposits in hydraulic mains ; 28854 ; 8th December.

Kuhn, E. W., London, Eng. .. .. .. Beer manufacture ; 28855 ; 8th December.
Kettle, H. G., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Milking-machine pipe ; 28856 ; 7th December.
Hurd, T., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Draught-preventer ; 28857 ; 7th December.
Cummings, A. J., Kyabram, Vic. .. .. .. Tailo1s’-chalk holder, &c. ; 28858 ; 7th December.
Elliott, H., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Shaping-machine spring and guard ; 28859 ; 7th December.
Lyell, A., Wellington, N.Z. .. .. .. Non-refillable bottle ; 28860 ; 9th December.
New Zealand Hemp Process and By-products Company, Limited, Foxton, N.Z. (Richardson, W. G.) .. Flax-catcher ; 28861 ; 9th December.
Wilkinson, W., Chertsey, N.Z. .. .. .. Axle ; 28862 ; 9th December
Burrell, C. M., Wanganui, N.Z. .. .. .. Bath ; 28863 ; 10th December.
Park, A. J., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Kitchen-utensil hanger ; 28864 ; 9th December.
Woods-Gilbert Rail Planer Company, Limited, Melbourne, Vic. (Little, J.) .. Rail-planing machine* ; 28865 ; 9th December.
Main, J. E., Christchurch, N.Z. .. .. .. Lawn-edge trimmer ; 28866 ; 12th December.
Wright, A. H., Newmarket, N.Z. .. .. .. Stamping, embossing, &c., machine ; 28867 ; 9th December.
Livesay, J. W., Ellerslie, N.Z. .. .. .. Flax-stripper towing-up preventer ; 28868 ; 10th December.
Moore, R. F., Auckland, N.Z. .. .. .. Oil-extraction from peat ; 28869 ; 10th December.

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications from the 26th November to the 9th December, 1910, inclusive :—
No. 27233.—R. D. Haworth, box.
No. 27343.—F. J. McDonald, steaming-valve.
No. 27363.—A. H. Wright, stamping, &c., machine.
No. 27386.—H. Greig, flax-stripper.
No. 27400.—W. A. McNaught, wool-classing chart.
No. 27437.—J. J. O’Doherty, vehicle-brake.
No. 27508. — W. J. Baskiville, harbour - channel, &c., sweeper.
No. 27553.—G. Hutchinson, seed-sower.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1910.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

The copies of claims and extracts from the specifications and drawings are merely intended to give some further indication of the invention than is disclosed in the title, and the complete specifications and drawings should be referred to for a description of the invention.

No. 26510.—1st September, 1909.—FREDERICK AUGUST FISCHER and ARTHUR PAUL FISCHER, both of Napier, New Zealand, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. An improved franking-machine.*

Extract from Specification.—Each stamp-die is mounted upon the end of a pivoted arm, which is caused to descend upon an impression-block arranged to receive the die, and impress its stamp upon a paper placed upon the block. These dies are adapted to be actuated independently of each other by means of suitably arranged levers or rods, and in their movements to actuate a counting or recording mechanism of any ordinary construction to record the total value of the stamps impressed by the machine. The machine comprises means whereby the stamp-dies may be inked, means whereby any reverse movement of the stamp-levers is prevented as they are caused to move up and down, means for preventing the fraudulent use of the stamps to obtain more than one impression at each downward movement thereof, and other details in construction.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 12s. 6d.)

No. 26978.—1st December, 1909.—LOUIS HENRY RAW, of Macaquee, Molesey Park Road, East Molesey, Surrey, England, Gentleman. Improvements in and relating to the treatment of ramie, China-grass, and other fibrous substances.*

Claim.—A process for the treatment of ramie or other similar fibrous substances, consisting in laying the raw fibre in a thin layer upon the surface of the ground, which is prepared and levelled to receive it, and then pressing the fibre in contact therewith, for the purpose and substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s.)

No. 26998. — 7th December, 1909. — TOSEF VINCENT BREJCHA, of Strassburg-Neudorf, Alsace-Lorrain, Germany. Engineer. Process for the production of boreholes with independent supports without tubes.

Claims.—(1.) Process for the production of boreholes with independent support in which a stiffening-medium is introduced into the borehole with the apparatus for introducing the material forms a closed system, substantially as described.
[NOTE.—Here follow five other claims.]
(Specification, 3s. 9d.)

No. 27025.—9th December, 1909.—JOHN THOMAS SHELDON, of “Olgate,” Fernhill Street, Fernhill, New South Wales, Australia, Brass-finisher. Improvements in stop-valves, taps, and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) Improvements in stop-valves and taps, consisting of the formation of a valve seat on each side of and surrounding the orifice in a diaphragm within the valve-casing, a valve on each side of said diaphragm designed to close on the respective seats, a stem provided upon the side of the supplementary valve remote from the diaphragm, such stem being adapted to slide in a cavity formed in the casing, a spring fitted within said stem, and a pin projecting from the face of one of the said valves and passing through the valve-orifice, bearing upon the face of the other valve, the arrangement being such that the supplementary valve will be permitted to seat itself before the maximum point of withdrawal of the valve is reached, substantially as and for the purpose specified. (2.) Improvements in stop-valves, taps, and the like, constructed, combined, arranged, and operating, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 4s. 9d.)

No. 27041.—14th December, 1909.—THOMAS JACKSON, of Opuawhanga, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved machine for cutting scrub.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for cutting scrub, a frame adapted to be drawn or travelled over the ground, an arm radiating from such frame adapted to be turned in a horizontal plane, a circular saw mounted in the end of such arm, a motor on the frame, and means whereby the saw may be driven by such motor, substantially as specified.
[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]
(Specification, 8s. 9d.)