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No. 27091.—23rd December.—E. J. Price and M. P. Considine, Sydney, N.S.W., and C. Cederberg, South Randwick, N.S.W.
Tap-filter.

No. 27092.—24th December.—F. C. Ottaway, Puha, N.Z.
Life-buoy boat.

No. 27093.—23rd December.—W. Cameron, Newmarket, N.Z.
Card-table top. (E. A. Leslie and J. Donald.)

No. 27094.—29th December.—A. Orr and N. McLeod, Sydney, N.S.W.
Cask-valve.

No. 27095.—29th December.—A. Orr and N. McLeod, Sydney, N.S.W.
Ice-cream freezer.

No. 27096.—29th December.—R. F. Moore, Auckland, N.Z.
Floating-race for generating power.

No. 27097.—29th December.—H. H. Greenway and H. L. Sulman, London, Eng., and A. H. Higgins, Broken Hill, N.S.W.
Ore-concentration.*

No. 27098.—29th December.—E. Wright, Pinner, Eng.
Decorticating the fibrous leaves or stems of plants.*

No. 27099.—23rd December.—E. S. Bennett and E. E. Burlingame.
Pump.*

No. 27100.—23rd December.—Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Limited, London, Eng.
Sighting-device.* (J. T. Peddie.)

No. 27101.—30th December.—T. Edwards, Ballarat, Vic.
Precipitating precious metals from solutions.*

No. 27102.—30th December.—G. W. Bray, Footscray, Vic.
Swingletree.

No. 27103.—30th December.—E. Brown, Bahnhofsweg, Switz.
Marine-turbine installation.*

No. 27105.—30th December.—E. Larcomb.
Culinary requisite.

No. 27106.—30th December.—G. Anderson, T. Pargeter, and E. Davis, Wanganui, N.Z.
Water-heater for gas-stove.

No. 27107.—30th December.—J. Johnston, Invercargill, N.Z.
Locomotive-engine driving-gear.

No. 27108.—31st December.—A. D. Wiseman, Sydney, N.S.W.
Wheel-lock. (P. Dooney.)

No. 27109.—4th January.—A. S. Ramage, Buffalo, U.S.A.
Recovering iron from ores.*

No. 27110.—4th January.—K. I. Lindstrom, Nykvarn, Sweden.
Device for changing the continuous movement of a pressure-medium into an intermittent one.*

No. 27111.—4th January.—J. P. Carmine, Westport, N.Z.
Tea-infuser.

No. 27112.—4th January.—T. A. Low, Renfrew, Canada.
Cream-separator.* (G. T. Soderstrom.)

No. 27113.—5th January.—G. Turner, Canterbury, N.S.W.
Manufacture of solid and semi-solid products from mineral oils.

No. 27114.—5th January.—J. N. Cook, Paddington, N.S.W.
Tobacco-pipe attachment.*

No. 27115.—5th January.—E. A. G. Hamlin, Napier, N.Z.
Ice-chest.

No. 27116.—4th January.—J. Laffey, Cromwell, N.Z., and D. L. Hutton, Dunedin, N.Z.
Water-main motor.*

No. 27117.—5th January.—A. N. Barrett and H. G. Finnerty, Wellington, N.Z.
Operating tramway-points.

No. 27118.—5th January.—H. W. Smith, Auckland, N.Z.
Hat-pin.

No. 27119.—6th January.—J. E. Metzenthin, Palmerston North, N.Z.
Pulsator-valve for milking-machine.

No. 27120.—7th January.—H. J. Vanstone, Little River, N.Z.
Bottle-stopper.

No. 27121.—7th January.—H. J. Vanstone, Little River, N.Z.
Aerated-water-bottle stopper.

No. 27122.—6th January.—L. A. Nicholls, Kyabram, Vic.
Securing lamps to road vehicles.

No. 27123.—8th January.—H. B. Hughes, Auckland, N.Z.
Apparatus for connection of pumps, &c., to pneumatic tires or other vessels.

No. 27124.—8th January.—N. Davies, Hokitika.
Fire-escape.

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

List of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications, from the 10th December, 1909, to the 10th January, 1910, inclusive:—
No. 25683.—A. Ridd, milking-machine.
No. 25689.—R. Walker, securing lids to milk, &c., cans.
No. 25711.—S. G. Roseman, fibre-bunching apparatus.
No. 25767.—A. J. Bert, advertising method. (C. J. Bert.)
No. 25780.—J. Hanna, apparatus for cleaning and separating seeds.
No. 25786.—M. Henderson, life-saving boat.
No. 25806.—T. O. Bennett, machine sheep-shears.
No. 25810.—W. Morris and W. P. Hambleton, water-jacket fire-box.
No. 25818.—C. Suttie and M. H. Wynyard, flax-dressing machine.
No. 25835.—A. Beveridge, furnace-door.
No. 26204.—P. Wilson and H. R. Pike, clip and suspender for reference-book.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 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. 25772.—1st April, 1909.—United Shoe Machinery Company, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the said State of New Jersey, carrying on business as Shoe-machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of James Cavanagh, Jun., of Boston aforesaid, Inventor, and Patrick Henry Doherty, of Avon, Norfolk, Massachusetts aforesaid, Commercial Traveller). Improvements in or relating to boots and shoes, and to methods of making them.*

Claims.—(1.) A boot or shoe that comprises an upper the edge of which is lasted in upon the heel end and turned out and stitched down along the remainder of a single sole that is provided at each side with a shoulder, against which shoulders abut the forward ends of the in-turned portion of the upper.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 7s. 6d.)

No. 25826.—13th April, 1909.—The Powers Safety Railway Appliance Company, a corporation of the State of New York, having its office and place of business at 71 Broadway, New York, United States of America (assignees of Edmund Burke Powers, of 20 McDonough Street, New York, United States of America, Engineer). Improvements in air-brakes for railway-trains.

Claims.—(1.) A casing connected to the train-pipe, means movable in said casing by pressure in the train-pipe, a valve in the casing actuated by such means and controlling an opening in the casing from the signal-pipe to the external air, and a spring in the casing acting upon such means in opposition to the train-pipe pressure, whereby an excess pressure in the train-pipe will lift the valve and open communication between the signal-pipe and external air, and thus operate a signal in the signal-pipe.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, 5s. 6d.)