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5495. 25th March. Hugh Babton Mueeay, of Mataura, New Zealand, Engine-driver.—An invention for " The Eureka Paper-bag Machine." 5496. Ist April. Eobeet Mabtin, of Wellington, New Zealand, Painter.—An invention entitled " Martin's Fire-escape." 5497. 30th March. Thomas Jepcoate Haebutt, of Victoria Street East, Auckland, New Zealand, Corn-broom Manufacturer.—An invention entitled " Harbutt's Connecting Joint for Beltinggear, Eods, or other like Bequirements."* 5498. 2nd April. William Sinclair, of Springlands, Marlborough, New Zealand, Plasterer.— An invention for a new kind of building material, to be called "The Patent Cavity Block." 5499. 7th April. Benjamin Cockshutt Feyee, of Spencer Street, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Agent.—An invention for an improved paper and envelope combination.* 5500. 7th April. Fbedebick John Claeidgb, of 159, Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Merchant. —An invention for an improved ventilated collapsible fruit-case.* 5501. 7th April. Heney Paekinson and Aethue Dudley Dobson, of Warnambool, Victoria, Engineers, and Edwaed Ashton Listee, of Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, temporarily residing at the South Melbourne Coffee Palace, Albert Park, near Melbourne, Victoria aforesaid, Manufacturer.—An invention for an improved coupling for connecting shafts or poles to vehicles. 5502. 7th April. Cheistian Kobestz, of Balmain, near Sydney, New South Wales, Mechanical Engineer, and Feedeeick Mason, of Sydney aforesaid, Implement Importer.—An invention for improvement in presses for wool and such like. , ' 5503. 7th April. Feank Anderson Tebbutt, of Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Merchant. ■ —An invention for an improved self-clinching bolt.* 5504. 7th April. Paenell Eabbidgb, of Sydney, New South Wales, Electrician.—An invention for an improved electro-magnetic alarm or call. 5505. 7th April. Jane Mabsland, of Mary Street, Leichardt, Sydney, New South Wales, Lady.— An invention for a device for the prevention of fraud with cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, and similar documents.* 5506. Bth April. John Tonnee Kelly, of 40, Queen's Parade, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Blacksmith.—An invention for improved means for raising sunken vessels.* 5507. 14th April. Donald Aechibald Douglas, of Blenheim, New Zealand, Architect.—An invention for a celluloid pen, to bo known as " The Douglas Celluloid Pen." 5508. 19th April. Alexander Abeedeen Bdackman, of 11, Jane Street, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Mining Engineer.—An invention for an improved amalgamator. 5509. 19th April. Heney Clay Nye, of S} r racuse, New York, United States of America, Machinist. —An invention for device for preventing the incrustation of steam-boilers. 5510. 19th April. Alfred Bossomaiee, of 47, Cimitiere Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Honorary Commissioner for Austria and Germany at the Tasmanian Exhibition,—An invention for a new or improved coin-freed automatic contrivance for panoramas or dioramas.* 5511. 19th April. William Donald, of Winton Circus, Saltcoats, Ayr, Scotland, Technical Chemist.—An invention for improvements,in obtaining chlorine. 5512. 19th April. John Walker Newall, of Forest Hall, Ongar, Essex, England, Engineer.—An invention for an improved apparatus for clipping hair or wool.* 5513. 19th April. Chaeles Ealeigh, of Johannesburg, South African Eepublic, Milling Engineer. —An invention for improvements in screens or sieves for use in stamp-batteries, and otherwise for the separation of ore and other substances. 5514. 19th April. Harry Williams, of 134, Somerset Street, Eichmond, Victoria, Engineer, and Thomas Langstone Fishes, of Spring Villa, Lennox Street, Hawthorn, Victoria, Mechanic. — An invention for an improved rotary engine.* 5515. 19th April. James Gilbert, of Crystal Brook, South Australia, Machinist, and Heney Allsop Begg, of Albert Street, Semaphore, South Australia, Commercial Traveller.—An invention for an improved device for attaching a reversible share-plate to the foot of a plough, scarifier, or other implement. 5516. 19th April. Ernest Maxmillan Biebee, of Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Mining Engineer, and Feank Lacroix Gaedner, of Bond Street, Sydney aforesaid, Gentleman.—An invention for an improved nut-lock.* 5517. 19th April. Joseph Vaughan, of the Lion Boiling Mills, Grant Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Iron Merchant. —An invention for an improvement in iron posts for wire fences.* 5518. 20th April. Charles Eldeedge, of Eye, New York, United States of America, Manufacturer. —An invention for a new and improved mode of saving and collecting gold and silver from their ores, and of treating ores, and saving and collecting fine and float gold (B. G. Noble.) 5519. 20th April. John Deapee, of Thirty-eighth Street, above Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, but temporarily residing at 4, Albany Street, Kelvinside, Glasgow, North Britain, Chemist.—An invention for improvements in the method of and means for removing and preventing scales or incrustations in steam-boilers, and for the prevention of pitting, corrosion, or oxidization of such boilers, which improvements are also applicable to the coating of iron or steel articles generally so as to protect them from oxidization. 5520. 20th April. Anatole Edouaed Decouple, of 2, Boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris, France, Mechanical Engineer.—An invention for improvements in machinery for the manufacture of cigarettes. 5521. 20th April. William Ellison Messeeoy Burke, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Agent. An invention entitled " The Burke Patent Safety Wheel-check and Accident-preventer."* 5522. 22nd April. Chaeles Ealeigh, of Johannesburg, South African Eepublic, Milling Engineer. —An invention for improvements in or applicable to stamp-batteries.