JAN. 25.]

No. 30671.-C. Hargreaves and T. E. McMillan, flax-catcher trip gear.
No. 30676.-C. W. Anderson and R. Brown, ironing-board.
No. 30677.-S. R. Honey, railway-car coupling.
No. 30679.-T. O'Sullivan, plough.
No. 30680.-J. Winsley, floor-planing machine.
No. 30685.-H. Savage, breeching-strap keeper.
No. 30686.-United Shoe Machinery Company, boot-sewing machine. (L. E. Topham.)
No. 30687.-H. G. Bradley, glass-bevelling machine.
No. 30693.-J. Ross, gate-fastener.
No. 30698.-W. and A. Southee, blight-specific.
No. 30699.-T. H. Easterfield, ammonium-sulphate.
No. 30706.-L. Healey, vehicle-jack.
No. 30707.-F. Jackson, halter and tie-rope.
No. 30712.-J. Pearce, raft-chock, &c.
No. 30714.-P. Ellis, concrete-building construction.
No. 30718.-T. Coombe, fencing-tool.
No. 30719.-T. Coombe, fencing-tool.
[Note.-Provisional specifications cannot be inspected, or their contents made known by this office in any way, until the complete specifications in connection therewith have been accepted.]

Letters Patent sealed.
L IST of Letters Patent sealed from the 22nd December, 1911, to the 10th January, 1912, inclusive:-
No. 28546.-P. A. Nikolaison, plough.
No. 28617.-J. C. Fraser, disengaging-apparatus.
No. 28983.-R. W. and C. W. Collinson, animal-marking composition.
No. 29528.-E. E. Banes, ore-treatment.
No. 29892.-E. Wall, potato-planter.
No. 29932.-M. Carson, jun., and E. B. Hardie, pencil-sharpener.
No. 29945.-W. E. Harding and J. Hunter, drill-chuck.
No. 30025.-A Sturrock, wire-bound box. (H. W. Rice.)
No. 30075.-Peat Coal Investment Company (Limited), briquette fuel. (T. Rigby.)
No. 30076.-Peat Coal Investment Company (Limited), band press. (N. Testrup.)

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.
[Note.-The dates are those of the payments.]
SECOND-TERM FEES.
N O. 23898.-T. T. Cole, fire-escape door-bolt. 3rd January, 1912.
No. 23922.-P. H. Shailer and W. Sully, automatic coupling. 16th January, 1912.
No. 23943.-E. Coombs, plaster ceilings, &c. 9th January, 1912.
No. 24034.-W. Goodfellow and G. N. Baggett, teat-cup. (J. Blake.) 10th January, 1912.
No. 24119.-E. F. W. Alexanderson, alternating-current motor. 10th January, 1912.
THIRD-TERM FEES.
No. 18949.-J. Channon, pneumatic horse-collar. (J. S. Hull and E. T. Morland.) 11th January, 1912.
Subsequent Proprietors, &c., of Letters Patent registered.
[Note.-The name of the former proprietor is given in brackets; the date is that of registration.]
N OS. 24700 and 28802. Full and exclusive license entered on the Register to Indexed Information Limited, having its registered office at No. 26 Dowling Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, with the exception of the Provincial District of Auckland upon terms and conditions set out in deed. Advertising-appliances. (The Wright-Bell Company, Limited.--A. H. Wright.) 11th January, 1912.
No. 23767.-Charles Henry Collier, of Balclutha, New Zealand, Gentleman. Curative mixture for coughs, &c. (R. Collier.) 17th January, 1912.
Request to amend Specification allowed.
T HE request to amend specification and drawing No. 17822 - A. H. Wright, franking-machine (R. Wales)--advertised in Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, No. 58, of the 13th July, 1911--has been allowed.

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Applications for Letters Patent abandoned.
L IST of applications, with which provisional specifications only have been filed, abandoned (i.e., complete specifications not lodged) from the 5th to the 18th January, 1912, inclusive:-
No. 28938.-E. Trimming and G. W. Basley, milking-apparatus.
No. 29221.-M. J. N. McCarthy, brush-manufacture.
No. 29229.-J. Coulthard, handle-machine.
No. 29231.-E. P. Crowe, post-base block.
No. 29246.-T. S. Gurr and R. J. Hobbs, railway-signal.
No. 29248.-J. A. Joseph, railway fish-plate.
No. 29251.-W. C. S. Clydesdale, window-sash hanger and lock.
No. 29252.-C. Johanson, candle-extinguisher.
No. 29254.-W. Steer, waterproofing-composition.
No. 29255.-W. Garlick, coin-freed towel-storing apparatus.
No. 29261.-W. G. Joy, flax-crusher.
No. 29265.-T. Sherlock, railway-point.
No. 29268.-F. R. Millar, soot arrester and collector.
No. 29269.-F. A. Boyd, telephone-horn.
No. 29274.-A. E. McGregor, letter-wrapper.
No. 29278.-H. T. Parry, motor-belt transmission.
No. 29283.-L. E. Gummer, securing floor-mat in position.
No. 29285.-E. Casper, lime-kiln.
No. 29287.--E. Hodge, wood-turning machine.
No. 29292.-A. Juriss, rudder Y joint.

Applications for Letters Patent void.
A PPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with which complete specifications have been lodged, void owing to non-acceptance of such complete specifications, from the 5th to the 18th January, 1912, inclusive :-
No. 28597.-W. R. Williams, horse-hobble.
No. 28601.-A. Coffino, meat-softening and drying.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.
A PPLICATIONS for Letters Patent lapsed, owing to Letters Patent not being sealed, from the 5th to the 18th January, 1912, inclusive:-
No. 28032.-A. G. P. Morgan, froth-liquefying.
No. 28036.-H. Frith, securing brush to handle.
No. 28050.-H. H. L. Parker, manger.
No. 28054.-J. D. and A. McLaurin, tank or vat.
No. 28065.-O. A. Finlay, toaster.
No. 28067.-G. Claydon, flax-stripper.
No. 28069.-J. Mead, gas-generator.
No. 28082.-J. Morrison, hopper and delivery-vessel.
No. 28087.-E. A. Wilderspin, brazing cast iron.
No. 28089.-G. L. Burton, acetylene-generator.
No. 28093.-D. W. McLean, adding and scoring apparatus.
No. 28095.-C. Chapman, door and window ventilator.
No. 28100.-A. J. Day, boot-polish outfit.
No. 28363.-A. E. Moore, laundry-drainer.

Letters Patent void.
L IST of Letters Patent void through non-payment of renewal fees, and through expiry of term of fourteen years, from the 5th to the 18th January, 1912, inclusive :-
THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF SECOND-TERM FEES.
No. 23562.-J. H. McMahon, drainer for washing-boiler.
No. 23564.-W. G. Richardson, flax-stripper beater bar. (G. Watson and A. Wynd.)
No. 23566.-W. A. Cooke, remedy for sea-sickness.
No. 23570.-D. H. Batchen, roofing-tile.
No. 23573.-L. L. J. Parant and A. P. Pichon, decolouring tobacco-leaves.
No. 23574.--E. R. S. Larbalestier, preventing the cracking of glass-lamp chimneys.
No. 23575.-W. C. Stephens, rock-drill.
No. 23576.-E. C. Kilgour, gas-generator.
No. 23579.-L. Dunne, haystack-cover.
No. 23587.-A. H. Wood, washing-boiler.
No. 23589.-W. H. Cornford, military game.
No. 23600.-A. McMaster, lifting-jack.
No. 23603.-A. A. Friestedt, metal-sheet piling.
No. 23604.-B. F. Keating, talking-machine.