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436. (L.P.) 3rd April, 1880. Eichabd Knuckey, Mechanical Engineer, of Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand. —An invention for washing personal and household clothes, called the "Cornish Washing Machine." 437 (L.P.) 16th April, 1880. James Seed, of Eangiora, County of Ashley, New Zealand, Flaxdresser and Rope and Twine Manufacturer. —An invention for preparing twine or yarn made from Phormium tenax, and used in reajser and binder machines. 438. (L.E.) 26th April, 1880. William Dent Peiesthan and Samuel Peiestman, both of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the County of York, Engineers. —Improvements in the method of working self-acting grapple buckets and forks. 439. (L.E.) 26th April, 1880. Eobebt Geay Foed, of Union Street. Brighton, Victoria, Engineer. — Improvements in boilers for domestic and other purposes. 440. (L.E.) 28th April, 1880. William Mclntibe Ceanston, of No. 36, Worship Street, Tinsbury, County of Middlesex. —Improvements in apparatus for automatically binding cut crops into sheaves. 441. (L.E.) 28th April, 1880. Samuel Bueston, of Flinders Street East, Melbourne, Victoria, Maltster.—lmprovements in and relating to kilns for drying malt, grain, and other materials. 442. (L.E.) 4th May, 1880. Thomas Alya Edison, of Menlo Park, New Jersey, United States of America, Electrician. —Improvements in electric lamps, and in the method of manufacturing same. 443. (L.E.) sth May, 1880. Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimbee, of the Gas Motoren Fabrik, Deutz, at Deutz-on-the-Ehine, Germany, Engineer. —Improvements in gas motor engines. 444. (L.E.) sth May, 1880. Dayid Johnson, of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain, Manufacturing and Analytical Chemist. —Improvements in the manufacture of aerated and other beverages for restorative and medicinal purposes. 445. (L.E.) sth May, 1880. John Waed Giedlestone, of Alderley Lodge, Belvidere, Kent, England, Civil Engineer. —Improvements in dry closets, commodes, and urinals. 446. (L.E.) sth May, 1880. Lewis Heemann, of Dresden, Germany. —Improvements in floors for malt-kilns. 447. (L.P.) 18th May, 1880. Joseph Pipee, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Tinsmith.—An improvement in packing-tins. 448. (L.P.) Bth June, 1880. Edwaed Thomas O'Connell, of Dunedin, Otago, and Samuel Barmingham and Thomas McCoemack, of Dunedin, Ironfounders, trading as " Barmingham and Co."— Improvements in cooking-ranges, combined with fire-grate, oven, and boiler, the whole to be called and to be known as " The Zealandia." 449. (L.E.) 11th June, 1880. Thomas Denny and William Eobeets, of Bathurst, New South Wales, Engineers. —An invention for grinding quartz and other tailings, and amalgamating the gold extracted therefrom, to be called " Denny and Eoberts's Grinder and Amalgamator." 450. (L.E.) ]lth June, 1880. Heney Taewood Atteile and William Faemee, of New York, United States of America, Gas Engineers.—lmprovements in the manufacture of gas for heating and illuminating purposes, and in the means and apparatus connected therewith. 451. (L.E.) 11th June, 1880. Waltee Holland, of the Vulcan Iron Works, Worcester, England, Engineer. —Improvements in machinery or apparatus for working and interlocking points and signals on railways. 452. (L.E.) 11th June, 1880. Thomas Alta Edison, of Menlo Park, New Jersey, United States of America, Electrician.—lmprovements in electric lamps, and in the method of manufacturing the same. 453. 14th June, 1880. Geobge Simmons, Sen., of Kumara, Westland. —Improvements in the application of material more suitably adapted for manufacturing hydraulic hose, used by gold-miners and others. (Not proceeded with.) 454. (L.E.) 17th June, 1880. William Humble and Waed Nicholson, both of the Vulcan Foundry, Geelong, Victoria, Ironfounders. —Improvements in binding apparatus for attachment to reaping-machines. 455. (L.P) 23rd June, 1880. Joseph Maeie Fieubgant, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Stonemason.— A gold and sand extractor. 456. (L.P.) 29th June, 1880. John Eyans, of Kew, Southland, New Zealand, Builder.—An invention for sawing wood or other materials, whereby labour is saved, to be called " The Kew Double Cross-cut." 457 (L.E.) sth July, 1880. Petee Hetnee, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. . —lmprovements in railway systems. 458. (L.P.) 14th July, 1880. Andeew Smith Hallidie, of Auckland, New Zealand, and of San Francisco, California, United States of America, Engineer. —Improvements in wire tramways. 459. (L.P.) 14th July, 1880. Andeew Smith Hallidie, of Auckland, New Zealand, and of San Francisco, California, United States of America, Engineer. —Improvements in propelling, hauling, and operating cars on tracks, and propelling other vehicles and boats, and in the machinery and apparatus connected therewith. (Not granted, see No. 491.) 460. (L.P.) 19th July, 1880. John Pttschel and Chaeles Puschel, of Avonside, Canterbury, Tanners, and Heney Jauncy, of Christchurch, Gentleman. —The manufacture of pulp suitable for making papier-mache felt and other articles from the fibres of the Phormium tenax or New Zealand flax. (Not proceeded with.) 461. (L.E.) 16th July, 1880. Thomas Leayitt, of Everett, Massachusetts, United States of America. Machinist. —Improvements in machinery for post-marking, cancelling, or obliterating letters, postcards, and other articles. 462. (L.E ) 16th July, 1880. Ole O. Stoele and John G. Flint, Jun., of the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, United States.—lmprovements in knot tiers for grain-binders. 463. (L.P.) 21st July, 1880. Eobeet Eeid and James Geay, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineers, trading under the style or firm of "Eeid and Gray." —An invention for making sand moulds for iron, brass, and other castings.

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