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4034. 25th October. James Johnny Foug_re, of Warren Street, Hastings, New Zealand, Settler.— An invention for an improved game or puzzle, and apparatus for the same. 4035. 25th October. Stephen Henry Manners, of Molesworth Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Engineer.—An invention for a new or improved buckle for waist-belts or straps, and other analogous purposes. 4036. 25th October. David Marshall Bett, James Artic St. John, and Charles Williams, all of City Boad, South Melbourne, Victoria, Plumbers and Gasfitters.—An invention for a new or improved self-acting apparatus for distributing water to extinguish an outbreak of fire. 4037. 26th October. George Gapes, of Te Aroha, Auckland, New Zealand, Artist.—An invention for the manufacture of the Golden Gem Infants' Food. 4038. 26th October. George Sylvester Grimston, of Claremont, Glenluce Eoad, Greenwich, Kent, England, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in self-generating gas-burners for burning oils. 4039. 26th October. John Burch Archer, of Washington, Columbia, United States of America, Gentleman.—An invention for a process and apparatus for manufacturing gas. 4040. 23rd October. James Brown, of Invercargill, Otago, New Zealand, Accountant.—An invention for saving metal ores, to be called " Brown's Metal-ore Concentrator and Gold-saving Machine." 4041. 28th October. William Hughes Clarke, M.B.C.S. Eng., of Chesham House, Wellington Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand.—An invention for an economic gas-burner jacket. 4042. 28th October. John Hollingsworth, of Dareel, Queensland, Engineer, and Angus Adam Amos, of Noondoo, Queensland, Gentleman. —An invention for an. improved branding machine. 4043. 29th October. George Ling Eabone, of Woodville, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Fellmonger.—An invention for improvements in presses for wool and some other materials. 4044. 25th October. Charles Hawker Wilson, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, Sulphurmanufacturer.—An invention for purification of New Zealand sulphur-ores, to be known as " Wilson's Patent Sulphur-purifying Process." 4045. 28th October. Frances Ann Fisher, of Sydenham, near Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, wife of Stephen Fisher, a retired Captain of the Boyal Navy.-—An invention for " Fisher's Patent Butter-cooler." 4046. 26th October. Daniel Jones, of Saddle Hill, Otago, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for a garden-rule and -poles, being five pieces of wood to be used for measuring or laying out garden work, to be called " Jones' Batent Garden-rule." 4047. 28th October. David Allan Graham, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Gas Engineer.— An invention for the generation of oxygen from the decomposition of water by means of a dynamo or dynamos, and the applying of the oxygen so produced to the revivification of lime and oxide of iron, in situ, in purifiers used for the purification of coal-gas. 4048. 30th October. Joseph Behm, of No. 538, South First Street, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States of America, Millwright, and James Jerome Smith, of No. 187, Hunter Street, Stockton, San Joaquin, California aforesaid, Mining Engineer.—An invention for improvements in crushers and pulverisers. 4049. Ist November. Alfred Coll, of Foxton, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. —An invention for improvements in scutchers. 4050. 2nd November. Elihu Thomson, of Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America, Electrical Engineer.—An invention for improvements in lightning-arresters. 4051. 29th October. John Mayn, of Coromandel, Auckland, New Zealand, Quartz-crushing-machine Owner.—An invention for preventing the loss of quicksilver and other metals from grinding-pans or berdans, to be called " Mayn's Batent Syphon-pan or Berdan-discharger." 4052. 30th October. Andrew McGill, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Carpenter.—An invention for fire-escape for the use of fire-brigades and others. 4053. 30th October. James Wiseman, of Auckland, New Zealand.—An invention for an improved form of riding-saddle, to be called " Wiseman's Flexible Riding-saddle." 4054. 31st October. Alfred Hardy, of Lichfield, Waikato, Auckland, New Zealand, Settler.—An invention for darning wearing apparel, to be called " Hardy's Patent Bapid Darner." 4055. 2nd November. Hugh Taylor, of Inangahua Junction, Nelson, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for an improved lock for tip-drays, to be known as " Taylor's Self-acting Springlock for Tip-drays." 4056. 4th November. William Hodge, of Timaru, New Zealand.—An invention for locking railway swutch-points. 4057. sth November. William McWilliam, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Fishing-tackle Dealer. —An invention for an improved landing-net ring, to be called " McWilliam's Patent Universal Net-ring." 4058. 7th November. James Delehanty, Journalist, and Walter Howard Tunbeidge, Architect, both of Townsville, Queensland. —An invention for improvements in sanitary closets or privies. 4059. 7th November. Paul Giffaed, of Paris, France, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in and relating to guns, projectiles, or shells, and mining- or blasting-cartridges. 4060. 7th November. John Howard Boss and Edward Elijah Atkins, both of 171, Hockley Hill, Birmingham, Warwick, England, Lamp-manufacturers.—An invention for improvements in overhead oil-lamps. 406.1. 7th November. Alexander Stanley Elmore, of Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, Electro-metallurgist.—An invention for improvements in the electro-deposition of metals and in apparatus used therein.