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2953. 26th April. George Cornish, of City Central, Auckland, New Zealand.—An invention for removing foul air from mines, shafts, tunnels, &c. Not proceeded with. 2954. 26th April. Walter Greenshields, of the City of Auckland, New Zealand, Bracist, and Joseph James Ceaig, of Auckland aforesaid, Contractor.—An invention for preventing sores on the backs of horses, to be called " The Automatic Dray-saddle." Not proceeded with. 2955. 30th April. Arthur Buck Kitchener, of Waihemo Grange, Dunback, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Sheepfarmer.—An invention for shearing sheep or other animals bearing wool or hair, by means of a wire heated by electricity. Not proceeded with. 2956. (L.8.) 30th April. Bichard Clarkson Scott, of Litherland Park, near Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, England, Merclrant.—*An invention for improvements in or relating to effervescing or other beverages formed by dissolving chemical mixtures in water, and in such chemical mixtures. 2957. (L.8.) 30th April. Cuthbert Greenwood Johnson, of Oakwood Croft, Darlington, England, Gentleman.—An invention for an ensilage stack press. 2958. 28th April. John Stent, of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Bailway Porter, and Bobert Hume, of Dunedin aforesaid, Commercial Traveller. —An invention for cleansing panels and windows of railway and other carriages. 2959. 30th April. Ambrose George Hall, of Wanganui,,in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand, Settler. —An invention for an improvement in smoothing-irons, to be called "The Lamp-funnel Smoothing-iron, Hall's Patent." 2960. Ist May. James Bochfort, of Napier, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.—An invention to be called " Bochfort's Waste-water Preventer." 2961. 3rd May. Bobert Lauchlan, of Austin Street, in the City of Wellington, New Zealand, Plumber and Tinsmith.—An invention for flushing waterclosets, to be called "The Improved Simplex Pneumatic Water-cistern." Not proceeded with. 2962. Ist May. Stephen Stephenson Chapman, of Willowby, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention to be called " Chapman's Straw-agitator." Not proceeded with. 2963. 3rd May. Howard Mateavees Ashley, of Ferrybridge, in the County of York, England, Machinist. —An invention for improvements in the manufacture of bottles and other holloware in glass, and in the machinery for the same. 2964. 3rd May. Charles Shaw, of 21, Waterloo Boad South, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, England, Architect.—An invention for improvements in or relating to wire-netting, and in the construction of such netting, such improvements comprising also appliances to be used in catching rabbits and other small animals. 2965. 3rd May. Arthur William McLeod Keen, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Saddler.—An invention to be called "Keen's Unbreakable and Light Metallic Bacing and Biding Saddle-tree and Improved Panel." 2966. 3rd May. Solomon De Beer, of 20, Collins Street West, Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Merchant. —An invention for improvements in telephonic apparatus, to be called "The Berliner Transmitter." (E. Berliner.) 2967. 4th May. Elias Geeson, of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Tanner and Currier. —An invention for improvements in compounds for chemical tanning, and in the process of tanning without the use of tan-bark or tannic acid. 2968. 2nd May. Geoege Young, of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Blacksmith. —An invention for a machine for making horse-shoes, to be called " Young's Patent Horse-shoe Machine." Not proceeded with. 2969. 3rd April. Edwaed Thomson Firth, of the City of Auckland, New Zealand, Electrician.— An invention to be called " The Firth Electric Sodio-Potassic Amalgam." Not proceeded with. 2970. 7th April. Thomas James Waters, of Westport, in the Provincial District of Nelson, New Zealand, Civil Engineer. —An invention for attaching chain-slings of mine-tubs or hutches to an endless rope while the said rope is in motion. Not proceeded with. 2971. 7th May. John Miles Cambridge, of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Chemist. —An invention for poisoning the inside or floury portion of grain, with the object of poisoning small birds and vermin. 2972. Bth May. William Henry Hamilton, of White's Bay, New Zealand, Telegraphist.—An invention for shearing sheep, to be called " The Universal Hand Sheep-shearing Machine." 2973. 9th May. Henry Smithies, of Mornington, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Gardener. —An invention for the better raising and extinguishing fires in grates, to be named " The Improved Fire-raiser and Damper." Not proceeded with. 2974. 10th May. Ada Frances Cole, of Hastings, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Machinist. —An invention for improvements in appliances suitable for driven wells. Not proceeded with. 2975. 10th May. Amos Herbert Hobson, of Victoria Street, Westminster, England, Analytical Chemist. —An invention for improvements in the treatment of bones and animal-waste, or refuse generally, for the purpose of rendering the same more suited for fertilising purposes, and for obtaining gelatine, glue, and size. 2976. 10th May. John Campbell, of Edinburgh, Scotland. —An invention for improvements in a new or improved sheep-dip composition. 2977. 10th May. William Dunsmore Bohm, of Acton, in the County of Middlesex, England, Engineer. —An invention for an improved process and apparatus for the expulsion of noxious gases from liquids which may hold them in mechanical solution. 2978. 10th May. Moritz Michaelis, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Leather Merchant, and Frederick David Michaelis, of Melbourne aforesaid, Leather Merchant.—An invention for an improved burnishing-ink. Not proceeded with.