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875. (L.P.) 27th July. Maemadukb Clarke, of Tomoana, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, Manager of Works.—An improved machine or apparatus for filling cans or tins with meat in the meat-preserving process. 876. (L.P.) 30th July. John Philp Kidd, of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand, Lime Merchant.—An invention for hydraulic cement, to be used for all purposes to which Portland cement is at present applied, namely, for concrete building purposes of all kinds, plastering, and other purposes of a like nature, and to be called and have the, title of " Kidd's Hydraulic Cement." 877. (L.P.) 23rd July. Samuel Pabkeb, of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand.—A galvanized lead-headed nail. 878. (L.P.) 31st July. Geoege Boss, of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer.—An invention for raising sunken ships or vessels of any description, and to be called "Boss's Patent Strain-equilibrium Ship-lifter." 879. (L.8.) 2nd August. Louis of Paris, in the Department of the Seine and Bepublic of Prance, Doctor of Medicine.—lmprovements in the treatment of quartz, auriferous sand and soil, and argentiferous and other ores, which may undergo amalgamation, and improved apparatus in connection therewith. 880. (L.8.) 2nd August. Leopold Hesse, of Argyle Street, St. Kilda, in the Colony of Victoria, Manufacturing Chemist. —Improvements in closets and in closet-pans, and in the process of and apparatus for deodorizing and converting offensive matters, such as excreta, offal, &c, into a fertilizing material. 881. (L.P.) 28th July. Ebenezeb Hadeill, of Howe Street, Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, Manufacturer.—An invention for coating locomotive and other steam-boilers, to be titled " Hadrill's Improved Non-conductor-of-heat Composition," with the object of effecting a considerable saving in the consumption of fuel. 882. (L.P.) 30th July. David Boss, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand.-—Boss's Patent Double-purpose Sanitary Self-acting Closet-seat. 883. (L.P.) 6th August. Waltek Booth, of Oamaru, in the Provincial District of Otago and Colony of New Zealand, Commission Agent, and Geokge Booth, of Oamaru aforesaid, Carpenter.—High-pressure drip-stone filter. 884. (L.P.) 4th August. Peteb Duncan and David Duncan, of Christchurch, in the Colony of New Zealand.—An elliptical draught-spring, for use with ploughs .and other agricultural implements which are liable to sudden jerks or strains when in use. 885. (L.8.) 10th August. Alfbed Kieby Huntington, of Hampstead, and Waltek Bdwaed Koch, of Kensington, both in the County of Middlesex, England.—A new or improved amalgamating apparatus. 886. (L.8.) 10th August. John Jameson, of Akenside Hill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the Kingdom of England, Consulting Engineer.—lmprovements in the manufacture of coke. 887. (L.P.) 11th August. Colin Mackay and Henby Walden, of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand.—Mackay's Wire-spinning and Beeling Machine, for facilitating the operations of spinning or twisting and reeling barbed, spiked, or other wires. 888. (L.P.) 15th August, William McLaughlin, of Puhinui, near Otahuhu, in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand, Engineer.—A land-clearer and hedgetrimmer. 889. (L.P.) 17th August. Thomas Wood, of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago and Colony of New Zealand.—Wood's Watertight Boot. 890. (L.P.) 18th August. Bichaed John Lovegeove, of Leeston, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand.—An invention for shifting reaping- and binding-machines, to be called a shifting carriage. 891. (L.8.) 22nd August. ■ David Macks, of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Merchant. —A perpendicular gas-generating burner for portable lamps, constructed to contain a reservoir of illuminating fluid. (W. Hooker.) 892. (L.P.) 20th August. William Henby Cutten, of Anderson's Bay, in the Provincial District of Otago and Colony of New Zealand, Engineer.—Cutten's Improved Coulter. 893. (L.P.) 21st August. John Aspinall, of Skipper's Point, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Miner.—Aspinall's Hand- or Motive-power Bock-drill. 894. (L.P.) 22nd August. Duncan William Macaethue, of Invercargill, in the Colony of New Zealand, Civil Engineer.—An invention for signalizing the approach of trains on railway lines or tramways at level crossings, sharp deep curves, tunnels, and so forth, to be styled " The Self-acting and -adjusting Bailroad and Tramway Sliding Lever-Bar, Double-action Combination Bell-lamp, and Semaphore Signal." 895. (L.P.) 24th August. Archibald Camebon, of Auchallander, Forrest Hill District, in the Provincial District of Otago and Colony of New Zealand, Settler.-—An invention for hedgecutting. 896. (L.P.) 24th August. Bobebt James Eebmoe Willson, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand.—A method of making children's and other elastic-sided boots much easier to put on, and at the same time of preserving the elastic. "897. (L.P.) 25th August. Duncan William McAbthue, of Invercargill, in the Colony of New Zealand, Civil Engineer.—An invention for fastening windows by means of a self-acting window latch-lock. 898. (L.P.) 29th August. John Alves, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand, Engineer.— Improvements in apparatus for conveying material on aerial tramways or endless rope ways. 899. (L.P.) 6th September. Chaeles Atkin, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Coachbuilder.—A noise-preventer, or anti-window-rattler. 900. (L.8.) 6th September. Edwaed John Honeychuech Beoad, of Park House, Enmore Eoad, Marrickville, Engineer, and William Thomas Poole, of Sydney, M.L.A., Gentleman.— Improvements in the manufacture of white-lead from metallic lead.