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2681. sth December. John Fitchett, of Wordsworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Coachbuilder.—An invention for improvements in the construction of carts, waggons, or any other vehicles. 2682. sth December. Daniel McGill, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, Engine-driver, and Thomas Eobeet Baerek, of Wellington, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer.—An invention for improvements in lubricators. 2683. 7th December. William Ceaig, of No. 222, Crown Street, Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Miner.—An invention for improvements in and relating to the manufacture of a composition for paving streets and other places. 2684. 2nd December. James John Austin, of Eaglan, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer. —An invention for an iron standard to be used in the erection of wire fencing, and to be called " Austin's ABC Standard." 2685. Ist December. Geoege Haecouet, of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Assayer.—An invention for concentrating tailings or drift. 2686. Bth December. James Pateick Dowling, of Ashfield, near Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Journalist.—An invention for improvements in presses for hay, straw, wool, and other materials. 2687. 9th December. Stephen John Holland, of Auckland, New Zealand, Tinsmith.—An invention for soldering tins, to be called " Holland's Patent Botary Body-seam Soldering Table for Fruit and other Tins." 2688. 10th December. Eichaed Chaeles White Cuming, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Journalist.—An invention for the improvement of cylinder printing-machines, to be called " Cumings's Boiler- and Sheet-guard." 2689. 12th December. Heney Chambeelin, of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.—An invention for the trapping of rabbits in large numbers at a time, to be called " Chamberlin's Babbittrap." 2690. 12th December. Eichaed Callon, of Eavensbourne, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Ironfounder, and Geoege Goodlet, of the same place, Engineer. —An invention for converting malleable cast iron into malleable cast steel. 2691. 13th December. Emanuel Wooffindin, of Seadown, near Temuka, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Pipe-maker.—An invention for making pipes by means of roller-pressure, to be called " Wooflindin's Drain-pipe-making Machine." 2692. 13th December. John Eose, of Caversham Eise, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Engineer.- —An invention for straining and holding wire, to be called " The Easy Permanent Wire-strainer." 2693. 13th December. Feank Oakden, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Architect.—An invention for straining wire fences, to be known as " The Imp Patent Wire-strainer." 2694. 15th December. Thomas Feeguson, of 7, Harold Street, Albert Park, near Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Bottler.—An invention for an improved apparatus for drawing aerated liquid from fonts or reservoirs. 2695. 16th December. Waltee Cole, of Adelaide Eoad, Wellington, New Zealand, Architect.— An invention for fixing blocks for use in brick, stone, or concrete buildings, and. to be called " Cole's Patent Fixing Block." 2696. 16th December. Thomas Geoege Stevens, of Eectory Cottage, Swanscombe, in the County of Kent, England, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in apparatus for controlling ships' rudders. 2697. 16th December. Saul Joshua, of No. 5, Queen Street, Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Merchant. —An invention for an improved compound to be used as a substiute for methylated spirits. 2698. 16th December. Benjamin Thomas Lacy, a member of the firm of Parke and Lacy, of San Francisco, California, one of the United States of America, Machinery Merchants.—An invention for improvements in crushing rolls. (Enos A. Wall.) 2699. 12th December. Daniel Beenaed Bate, of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, Practical Engineer and Millwright.—An invention for the electrical combination machinery plant. 2700. 17th December. Aethue Houghton, of Manukau, in the Provincial District of Wellington, Surveyor. —An invention for an improved method of advertising. 2701. 12th December. Ealph Sneyd Smith, of Leinster Eoad, St. Albans, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Mechanic.—An invention for lengthening the distance to which a telephonic message may be transmitted, to be called " Sneyd Smith's Telephone or Microphone Belay." 2702. 20th December. Eobeet Noeeie Cowan and Eobeet Aechibald Heaen, of Wellington, New Zealand, Plumbers.—An invention for an improved automatic water-flush for closets and urinals, to be called " Cowan and Hearn's Improved Clyde Patent Water-flush." 2703. 20th December. William Matthews Tayloe, of Moore Street, Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Carpenter.—An invention for an improved fire-escape. 2704. 14th December. Pieeee Finch Maetineau Bueeows, of Auckland, New Zealand, Architect and Surveyor.—An invention to be called " The Novelty Folding and Adjusting Step-ladder," adapted to all the purposes for which step-ladders are applied. 2705. 16th December. Edwabd T. Fieth, of Auckland, New Zealand, Electrician.—An invention for the Lone Star electric-light mast-arm. 2706. 21st December. William Waed, of No. 59, William Street, Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Gentleman.—An invention for expanded metal, and a process and means for producing same. (J. F. Golding.)