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3526. sth February. William Macandrew, of Foxton, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in dressing flax, and in machinery for the same. 3527. sth February. George Hamilton, of Bridge Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Merchant.— An invention for an improved coke-ram, and the means of operating the same. 3528. 31st January. James Edwin Arnold, of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Blacksmith.— An invention for a gum-digging spear, to be called " Arnold's Batent Gum-spear Shifting Handle." (Not proceeded with.) 3529. 2nd February. Henry Fricker, of 4, Great Portland Street, Oxford Street, London, England, Manager.—An invention for an improved portable cooking apparatus. 3530. 4th February. John Fiven, of Tory Street, Nelson, New Zealand, Coachsmith.—An invention for an improved shaft-coupling for four-wheeled vehicles. (Not proceeded with.) 3531. fith February. Arthur Hope, of Yarra Bank South, South Melbourne, Victoria, Engineer.— An invention for improvements in stone-breaking machines. 3532. 6th February. Boderick Nicholson Montgomery, of 1, Salisbury Buildings, Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Produce Merchant.—An invention for improvements in and relating to means for closing and locking or unlocking railway-carriage doors. ■ 3533. 4th February. Walter Taylor, of Kingsland Boad, Auckland, New Zealand, Mechanic.— An invention for washing and cleansing clothes by steam, to be called "The Climax Steamwasher." (Not proceeded with.) 3534. sth February. Frederick Maindonald, of West Eyreton, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. —An invention for an improved self-feeder for threshing-machines. (Not proceeded with.) 3535. Bth February. John Alexander Wilson, of Dundee, Scotland, Aerated Water Manufacturer.—An invention for improvements relating to the axle-boxes or bearings of carriages and other vehicles. 3536. Bth February. John Henry Eichardson Dinsmore, of Emlyn Street, in the City of Liverpool, England, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in and connected with the manufacture of gas from coal, and apparatus employed therein. 3537. Bth February. Boderick Impey Murchison, of 22, Dandenong Boad, Armadale, near Melbourne, Victoria, Gentleman.—An invention for an. improved composition for destroying weeds, scrub, and other vegetable growths, and for destroying insects, and preserving timber from their attacks. 3538. Bth February. Thomas Bassett, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Merchant.— An invention for a basket-carrier and attachments for working same, to be used only on the reaper-and-binder known as " McCormick's." 3539. Bth February. William Craig, of Sydney, New South Wales, Miner.—An invention for improvements in and relating to artificial bitumen and asphalte and the manufacture thereof. 3540. 6th February. Alfred Leman, of Eichmond Boad, Ponsonby Boad, Auckland, New Zealand, Manufacturer.—An invention to be called " Leman's Batent Lever Quartz-crushing Machine." (Not proceeded with.) 3541. 7th February. John Howard Dalton, of 210, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Tailor.—An invention for making coats and vests as one garment, to be called " Dalton's Combination Coat and Vest." 3542. 9th February. George Aston, of Newlands, Ashburton, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention to be called " Aston's Adjuster for Beapers-and-binders." 3543. 11th February. Ludwig Keyling, of Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, Director.—An invention for process and apparatus for producing shots or spheres of fragments or pieces of iron, steel, and metal. 3544. 12th February. Edward Seagar, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in flax-dressing machines. (Not proceeded with.) 3545. 11th February. Job Osborne, of Doyleston, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer.. —An invention for a cam to be attached to well-driving apparatus for shallow or deep wells for the purpose of raising and releasing the monkey or rods. 3546. 13th February. William Sydney Smith, of Wellington, New Zealand, Clerk.—An invention for a grating, to be called " Smith's Patent Grating." (Not proceeded with.) 3547. 14th February. David Bobertson, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention to be called " Bobertson's Improved Flax-stripper." (Not proceeded with.) 3548. 12th February. Thomas Moore Bryant, of Auckland, New Zealand.—An invention for a metal holdfast clip or staple, to be called "The Universal Barbed-metal Clip." (Not proceeded with.) 3549. 12th February. Amos James Davidson, and Eobert Crispin Hoop.cc, both of Auckland, New Zealand.—An invention for cleansing ironsand by magnetism, to be called " Davidson and Hooper's Magnetic Cleanser of Ironsand." (Not proceeded with.) 3550. 15th February. John Ceaig McKerrow, of Hawkestone Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Land Agent.—An invention to be called " McKerrow's Deodoriser." (Not proceeded with.) 3551. 14th February. John Piercy, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand, Fence-manufac-turer.—An invention for an improvement in ladders, to be called " Piercy's Fire-escape and Farmers' Ladder." (Not proceeded with.) 3552. 18th February. Edward Waters, of 131, William Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent.—An invention for an improved process of and compound for removing precious metals from ores and metallurgical products. (E. H. Bussell.) 3553. 18th February. Edward Waters, of 131, William Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent.—An invention for improvements in the art of extracting metals from ores or metallurgical products. (E. H. Bussell.)