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3279. Ist October. William Andrew Young, of Wellington, New Zealand, Omnibus-proprietor. —An invention for improvements in vehicles to be used on common roads and street-tram-ways. 3280. 28th September. Bunter Clapcott, of Bemuera, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Gentleman.—An invention for enticing and securing wild rabbits, to be known as "The Excellent Babbit-decoy." 3281. 4th October. Hugh McLean, of Hastings, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Farmer. —An invention for improvements in clippers for clipping the hoofs of sheep. 3282. 4th October. James Hopkins Stevens, of Feilding, in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand, Postmaster, Charles Wheeler Mountfort, of the same- place, Engineer, and Charles Adnam Mountfort, of the same place, Surveyor.—An invention for a process of preserving butter and other alimentary products, to be called " The Cold Vacuum Process." 3283. 4th October. Alfred Upton Alcock, of Corrs Lane, in the City of Melbourne and Colony of Victoria, Electrical Engineer,, and Heney Galopin, of Temple Court Place, off Chancery Lane, in the said city, Scientific Engineer.—An invention for an automatic compensatingfeed electric arc lamp. 3284. 4th October. Heney Hughes, of Wellington, New Zealand, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent. —An invention for an improved ventilating and cooling apparatus. (J. Smith.) 3285. 4th October. Alexander Scott, of No. 77, Collins Street West, in the City of Melbourne and Colony of Victoria, Aerated-water Manufacturer.—An invention for improvements in the construction of aerated-water bottles. 3286. Ist October. Wesley Spragg, of Auckland, New Zealand, Manager for New Zealand Dairy Association. —An invention" for packing butter, cheese, lard, or any other dairy produce with greater safety, to be called " The New Zealand Dairy Association's Patent Butterpackage." '3287. sth October. James Bodgerson, of Blenheim, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for a force-pump. 3288. Bth October. Thomas Wills Maunder, of Hamilton, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Builder.—An invention for a watertight butter-box. 3289. Bth October. John Lewis, of Clifton Hill, in the Colony of Victoria, Mining Engineer. —An invention for an improved electro-chemical process for the extraction and reduction of gold and silver from their ores. (H. F. Julian.) 3290. Bth October. Hugh Victor McKay, of Sturt Street, Ballarat, in the Colony of Victoria, Machinery Merchant.—An invention for an improved reaping-and-bindiiig harvester. 3291. Bth October. William Lingard, of Wellington, New Zealand, Agent.—An invention for iniprovements in coal-bins, to be called "The Self-registering Coal-bin." 3292. 9th October. James Brown, of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Accountant. —An invention for improvements to gold-saving machine known as "Brown's Separator" (Letters Patent No. 2337). 3293. 9th October. Thomas Bassett, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Implement and Iron Merchant.—An invention for an improved neck-yoke, to be called " The McCormick Three-horse Evener Neck-yoke." (C. H. McCormick.) 3294. 10th October. John McVey Baird and Edmund Henry Tayloe, both of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Accountants. —An invention for improvements in erections to be used in the sport called " tobogganing," and in appliances in connection therewith. 3295. llth October. Lyman Cuetis Paeke and Benjamin Thomas Lacy, trading as " Parke and Lacy," at San Francisco, California, one of the United States of America, Machinery Merchants.—An invention for improvements in rock-breaking machines and in crushing- and pulverising-machiues. 3296. llth October. John Stewart Mac Arthur, of 15, Princes Street, Pollokshields, in the County of Benfrew, North Britain, Analytical and Technical Chemist, and Bobert Wardrop Forrest, M.D., and William Forrest, M.8., both of 319, Crown' Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain.—An invention for extracting gold and silver from ores or other compounds. 3297. llth October. Henry Edmunds, of 10, Hatton Garden, in the City of London, England, Electrical Engineer.—An invention for an improved system and means to be used in the supply or distribution and control of electricity for lighting or other purposes. 3298. llth October. William Tarrant, of Sumner Hill, near Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Mining Expert.—An invention for improvements in apparatus for the amalgamation and concentration of metalliferous material. 3299. llth October. Thomas Dobbie, Engineer, Myer Levinsohn, Gentleman, and Albert Nathan Jonsen, Gentleman, all of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales. —An invention for improved amalgamating and gem- and pyrites-saving machine. 3300. 6th October. Alexandee Simpson, of West Plains, in the County of Southland, New Zealand, Settler. —An invention for a gold-saving machine, to be called " Simpson's Patent Gold-saving Machine." 3301. 9th October. Thomas Emeeson, of Oamaru, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Shunter. —An invention for a self-acting fire-alarm. 3302. sth October. James Tcidd, of Otahuhu, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Commercial Traveller. —An invention for the improvement of candlesticks, to be called " Todd's Excelsior Candlestick." 3303. 6th October. John Francis Boberts, of Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Incubatormanufacturer.—An invention for tilting kerosene-tins, oil-drums, and other vessels, to be known as " The Acme Kerosene Tilt."