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1886. NEW ZEALAND.

LETTERS PATENT AND LETTERS OF REGISTRATION APPLIED FOR DURING 1885.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

[L.E. means Letters of Registration.] 1349. 7th January. Charles Lawrence and Thomas Fitzgerald Wintoue, both of Southampton, England, Ventilating Engineers.—An invention for improvements in or applicable to ventilating apparatus. 1350. 7th January. Saint John Vincent Day, of 115, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, in the County of Larnack, North Britain, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent.—An invention for improvements in the maufacture of packs or bags for holding and conveying wool. 1351. Bth January. Daniel Murphy, of Springlands, Wairau, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, New Zealand Flax-miller.—An invention for stripping or first fibering New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax). 1352. 6th January. Paul Joske, of Suva, in the Colony of Fiji.—An invention for making beverages, to be called " Joske's Patent Kava Beverages." (Not proceeded with.) 1353. Bth January. William Aechibald Mueeay, of Piako, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for hoeing and cultivating land, to be known as " The Triumph Hoe and Drill Cultivator." 1354. (L.E.) 12th January. James Hornsby, Frederick Charles Southwell, and John Innocent, all of the Spittlegate Ironworks, Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, England, Engineers.—lmprovements in cradles for receiving and delivering cut crop from harvesting machines. 1355. 13th January. Charles Osbern Ealph Walkee, of Coolart, Balnaring, Victoria, Station Manager.—An improved wire-strainer. (Not proceeded with.) 1356. 12th January. Francis Heney Asbuey, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Heating and Ventilating Engineer.—Heating water or other fluids with gas or other fuel. (Not proceeded with.) 1357. 15th January. Louis Peter Bouvier, of Toronto, in the County of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada.—lmprovements in machines for manufacturing envelopes. 1358. 14th January. Charles Smith, of Woolston, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Fellmonger.—An invention for removing wool or hair from pelts or hides, to be called " Smith's Patent Fellmongering and Tanning Preparation." 1359. 14th January. Philip Chappell Browne, of City Chambers, Vulcan Lane, Auckland, Architect and Surveyor.—An invention for a ventilator for windows. 1360. 16th January. George Symons Husband, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Fish and Game Dealer.—An invention for preserving fish, game, poultry, &c, from dust, dirt, and insects, by means of a transparent safe constructed chiefly of glass and water. (Not proceeded with.) 1361. 21st January. William Henry Douglas, of Stowebridge, in the County of Worcester, England, Watchmaker. —An invention for improvements in chronographs. 1362. 19th January. Alexander Smaill, of Otago Peninsula (Tomahawk), Dairy Farmer.—An invention for a filter for sewage. (Not proceeded with.) 1363. 21st January. Henry Bafton, of Auckland, New Zealand, Basket and Perambulator Manufacturer. —An invention for an improved perambulator, to be called " The Portableseat Perambulator." (Not proceeded with.) 1364. 23rd January. Henry Corrick, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Bootmaker.—An invention for giving ease in walking, to be called " Corrick's Spring Boots." (Not proceeded with.) 1365. 23rd January. William Murr White, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Drain-pipe Manufacturer. —An invention for an improved fuel- and time-saving kiln-bottom. 1366. 24th January. John Eeid, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Clerk.—An invention for an improved means of straining wires, and allowing them to be conveniently secured after being strained, to be called " Eeid's Patent Triplex Wire-strainer." 1367. 28th January. Edward Chase, of Crofton, in the County of Eangitikei, New Zealand, Blacksmith.—An invention for a new agricultural implement, the same being called a " Scarify Harrow." 1368. 28th January. Thomas Cullen, of Bluff Harbour, Southland, Carpenter.—An invention for hydraulic cement manufacture. (Patent refused.) 1369. 28th January. William Peacock, of Falls Bridge, Melbourne, Victoria, Jam Manufacturer,— An invention for an improved apparatus for the admixture of air and gas fov soldering ancl other purposes. I—H. 3.