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6401. 31st August. Feedeeick John Virgin, of Tikorangi, near New Plymouth, New Zealand, Dairy-factory Manager.—An invention for moulding pats of butter of any given weight, to be called " Virgin's Butter-mould." 6402. 31st August. George Hamlin, of Napier, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker.—An invention for improvements in saddle-cloths.* 6403. 2nd September. Charles Peatten, of Mary Ann Street, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Manager of the Farmers' and Dairymen's Milk Company, Sydney aforesaid.—An invention for an improved candlestick. 6404. 4th September. Charles Rogers, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Government Insurance Agent. —An invention for an improved message-recorder, called " The Rotograph." 6405. 6th September. Herbert Joseph Milner, of W Toodville, New Zealand, Insurance Agent.— An invention for an improvement in tabacco-pipes.* 6406. sth September. Job Osborne, of Doyleston, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. —An invention for improvements in clover-threshing, shelling, and dressing apparatus. 6407. 7th September. Alexander Allan, of Cross Creek, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer.— An invention for automatically brakeing vehicles of any description, to be called "The Automatic Friction Air-brake."* 6408. 9th September. William Henry Thomas, of Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand, Miner.—An invention for improvements in rabbit-traps. 6409. 4th September. John Macaulay, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Accountant.—An invention for an appliance for cooling and aerating milk, and entitled "A. Morrison's Combined Milk Refrigerator and Aerator." 6410. 9th September. Arthur Octavius Wright, of Birmingham, England, Manufacturer.—An invention for improvements in laths and sheets for forming ceilings, floors, partitions, and other such like purposes, and in the machinery for manufacturing the same. 6411. 11th September. Robert Ferguson, Engineer, and Aaron Turner Danes, Merchant, both of No. 391, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria. —An invention for improvements in milkingmachines, whereby the vacuum is automatically cut off from the teat tubes. 6412. 11th September. William Addison Howe, of Carlton, Oregon, United States of America, Merchant (Assignee of Bradford Lane, of Carlton aforesaid). —An invention for improvements in earth augers. 6413. 11th September. Giacomo Durio and Secondo Durio, trading as " Durio Brothers," of Fortino, near Turin, Italy, Tanners.—An invention for improvements in, and relating to, tanning hides and skins. 6414. 11th September. Frank Arthur Williams, of Church Road, Albrighton, Salop, England, Manager of Tool Works.—An invention for improvements in the means of joining edges of sheet, strip, and thin plate metal, for the purpose more especially of facilitating and improving the manufacture of tubes, cisterns, and other hollow metallic articles. 6415. 11th September. Robert Mark Aitken, of Reefton, New Zealand, Instructor, School of Mines.—An invention for improvements in the extraction or precipitation of gold and silver from solutions containing the same.* 6416. 12th September. David Bowie, of Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Boatbuilder. —An invention for a revolving duster, cleaner, and blower for shop-windows and household purposes and general use.* 6417. 12th September. John Russell, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Cooper.-—An invention for a chiming and crozing machine.* 6418. 14th September. Alfred George Jackson, of Gotha Street, Brisbane, Electrician, and William Mandeville e'Estrange, of Upper Coomera, Gentleman, both in Queensland. —An invention for coin-freed electrical apparatus, specially applicable to automatic galvanic or shocking machines. 6419. Bth September. Joseph James Macky, of Auckland, New Zealand, Commission Agent.— An invention for improvements in metal cans for containing preserved food and other substances airtight.* 6420. 11th September. William Henry Jones, of Onehunga, New Zealand, Practical Ironworker. ■ —An invention for the purpose of manufacturing wrought-iron direct from ironsand or ironore. 6421. 15th September. Thomas Forth Rotheram, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for an improved bogie for railway and other rolling-stock. 6422. 15th September. Thomas Forth Rotheram, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for an improved axle-box for railway and other rolling-stock. 6423. 15th September. Thomas Forth Rotheram, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for an improved dust-shield for axle-boxes of railway and other rolling-stock. 6424. 15th September. Thomas Forth Rotheram, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for an improved lubricating-pad and holder for axle-boxes of railway and other rolling-stock. 6425. 15th September. Thomas Edwards, of Sebastopol, Ballarat, Victoria, Metallurgist.—An invention for improvements in the application of chlorine for the extraction of gold from pyrites, matte, quartz, or other material containing the same.* 6426. 15th September. Richard Alexander Hamilton, of Brisbane, Queensland, Civil Engineer.—An invention for an apparatus for use in conjunction with diving-dresses for minimising the danger of deep-water diving. 6427. 13th September. Richard Simmonds Smith, of Coromandel, Auckland, New Zealand, Storeman.—An invention for "The Rubber Gripper," for holding firmly any article which may be inserted into it.*