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3229. 6th September. John Armstrong, of London, England, Civil Engineer.—An invention fo improvements in machinery or apparatus for blowing and moulding glass. 3230. 6th September. George Lansell, of Fortuna Crushing-works, Sandhurst, in the Colony of Victoria, Mine-owner.—An invention for an improved method of propelling vessels in water. 3231. 6th September. John Isidore Harris, of 8, Victoria Buildings, Queen Street, Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Gentleman.—An invention for improvements in and relating to pens and holders therefor. 3232. sth September. William Grant Loader, of George Street, Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand.—An invention to be called "The Perfect Cure Automatic Draught-preventer." 3233. sth September. Edwaed Thomas FiETH'of the City of Auckland, New Zealand, Electrician, and Henry Howard Greenway, of Auckland aforesaid, Analytical Chemist.—An invention to be called " The Austral Multicarbon Battery." 3234. sth September. Harcourt Innes Paton, of the City of Auckland, New Zealand, Kaurigum Carver.—An invention for the manufacture of fire-kindlers, to be called " The Eureka Kindler." 3235. 10th September. John Brown "Evans, of Mabus, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Farmer. —An invention for improvements in wire-fencing. 3236. 10th September. Emilb Jane Tobin, of 28, Martin's Lane, Cannon Street, London, England.—An invention for an improved system of ventilation. 3237. 10th September. George Burnell and Arthur Burnell, of Hindmarsh, in the Province of South Australia, Woolstaplers.—An invention for an improved apparatus for cleansing wool and other textile products. 3238. 10th September. John Abeam, of,Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand, Master Mariner. —An invention for an improved fire-lighter and heater. 3239. 10th September. Samuel Be' Own, of Wellington, New Zealand, Mayor of Wellington.—An invention for improvements in apparatus for lifting, washing, and separating gold-bearing material and other minerals and substances. 3240. Bth September. James Sanderson, New Plymouth, New Zealand, Architect.—An invention for window-blind roller. 3241. llth September. Arthur Kitson, Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, one of the United States of America, Manufacturer.—An invention for improvements in carburetting gas-lamps. 3242. 10th September. Julius Frederick William Henry Schadick, of Westport, New Zealand, Surveyor, &c.—An invention for levelling, to be called "Automatical Level or Levelwheels." 3243. llth September. Charles Elias Gaustad, of Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand, Cooper.—An invention for improvements in barrel-churns, to be known by the name and title of " Gaustad's Patent Barrel-churn." 3244. 13th September. Charles Aylmer Pownall, of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand, Barrister and Solicitor.—An invention for destroying blight or other animal life, parasite, or pest upon fruit-trees or other trees or plants, entitled " The Patent Nail Blight Destructor." 3245. 10th September. James Baird, of Wynyard Street, Devonport, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer.--An invention to be called " Baird's Simplex Equilibrium High-speed Botary Engine." 3246. 10th September. George Leasee, of Wynyard Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer.— An invention to be called "Eraser's Improved Overflow Grinding- and Amalgamating - mill," for treating gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, and other mineral ores. 3247. 12th September. Edward Hale Gulliver, of Mangare, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Benjamin Wills Betts, of Mount Eden, Auckland, in the said provincial district, Architect.—An invention for improvements in connection with windows, doors, French casements, railways, &c, to be called " Patent Selfbalanced Doors and Sashes." 3248. 15th September. David Tayloe and David Bremner, trading as the firm of " Taylor and Brernner," Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights, of Waverley, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, New Zealand. —An invention for baling and pressing, to be called " Taylor and Bremner's Power-equalising Wool-press." 3249. llth September. Bessie Feegusson Hume, of Dunedin, New Zealand.—An invention for the protection of young children, to be called " The Child's Safeguard." 3250. 13th September. John Frederick Churton, of Auckland, New Zealand.—An invention for an improved fire-lighter. 3251. 18th September. Edward Grcne, of Unterluss, Hanover, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer. —An invention for an improved manufacture of kieselguhr dynamite. 3252. (L.8.) 15th September. James Howard, of Bedford, in the County of Bedford, England, Engineer, and Henry William Gibbs, of the same place, Engineer. —An invention for improvements in the construction of ploughs. 3253. 18th September. George Torry, of Williamstown, in the Colony of Victoria, Marine Engineer.—An invention for improvements in furnace-grates. 3254. 18th September. Joseph Balph Baeburn Yeats, of Adelaide, in the Province of South Australia, Civil Engineer.—An invention for an improved process for amalgamating gold by volatilised mercury. 3255. 15th September. Alexander Harvey, of Auckland, New Zealand, Tinsmith.—An invention for a box, tub, or case for the packing and preserving of butter, meats, or other condiments, to be called " Harvey's Metallic-lined Air-tight Package."