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6544. 13th November. Walter Bayne, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker.— An invention for new or improved pads or protectors for springs used in upholstery.* 6545. 13th November. John William Wade, of Gisborne, New Zealand, Plumber and Tinsmith. —An invention for "Wade's Improved Iron Skylight-frame." 6546. 20th November. John Sykes Kirby, of Blenheim, New Zealand, Coachbuilder. —An invention for " Kirby's Kaikoura Seat-adjuster" for vehicles.* 6547. 20th November. Frederick Deyden, of Hugh Street, Adelaide Road, Wellington, New Zealand, Coppersmith. —An invention for an improved bath.* 6548. 17th November. Beistow Savage, of Riverton, New Zealand, Merchant.—An invention for " Savage's Road-skate." 6549. 18th November. Henry Ismay Moralee Ross, of 67, Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Die-sinker, Letter-cutter, and Engraver.—An invention for an improved appliance for embossing, sinking, or piercing by pressure, and entitled " Ross's Improved Seal Press." 6550. 23rd November. John Da vies, of South Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in boring apparatus.* 6551. 23rd November. George Alexander Troup, of Moeller Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineering Draughtsman.—An invention for a plate lock-nut, specially for fastening rails to sleepers.* 6552. 23rd November. James Beal Meldrum, Burton Ealy Sampson, and William Frederick Woods, all of Sydney, New South Wales, Contractors.—An invention for improvements in and connected with enclosures or kilns for seasoning timber. 6553. 20th November. Thomas Bennett and William Bennett, both of Duncan Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Contractors. —An invention for improvement in mangles, entitled " Bennett's Improved Mangle." -6554. 22nd November. Alfred Cowley, of Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Baker and Confectioner.—An invention for improvements in the manufacture of bread.* 6555. 29th November. Robert George Palmer, of Crail Bay, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, New Zealand, Farmer. — An invention for the propulsion of boats and launches by manual power.* 6556. Ist December. Henry James Purbrook, of 148, Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Electrician.—An invention for the medical application of electricity by means of a belt, pads, or strips to be worn next to the skin. 6557. 27th November. William Ward, of Beaconsfield, Otago, New Zealand, Gold-miner. —An invention for improvements in wire-strainers, to be known as " The Dot Wire-strainer." 6558. Ist December. George Frederic Gee, of Islington, Canterbury, New Zealand, Tin-plate Worker, and Gilbert Anderson, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Freezing-works Manager.— An invention for a finger can-opener. 6559. 4th December. George Eastwood, of 37, Mount Pleasant, Norwich, England, and 158, Fleet Street, London, England, Newspaper Manager.—An invention for improvements in the production of matrices or moulds for stereotyping and in apparatus employed therein. 6560. 4th December. Charles Carey Lance, of Euroa, Victoria, Dairy Expert.—An invention for a combined milk-straining and -sampling appliance.* 6561. sth December. Richard Long, of 29, Pelican Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer. —An invention for improvements in apparatus and appliances for producing and distributing cold for refrigerating purposes and the production of ice.* 6562. 29th November. Walter Guthrie, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Merchant.—An invention entitled "The Colonial Automatic Reciprocating Stirrer," for boxes of manure-distributing machines. 6563. 6th December. James Anson Wheeler, of Sydney, New South Wales, Agent.—An invention for an improved mode of and apparatus for maintaining a constant pressure in storage vessels that contain aerated liquids, and the contents of which are withdrawn either continuously or successively. 6564. 6th December. John Runciman, of Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand, Contractor.—An invention for " Runciman's Clip," for attaching corrugated or plain sheet-iron to buildings, stacks, &c, without the use of nails. * 6565. 7th December. George Leer, of Wellington, New Zealand, Boiler-maker.—An invention for an improved apparatus for heating water. 6566. Bth December. James Heney Boundy, of Blenheim, New Zealand, Printer.—An invention for an automatic self-registering tallying-machine for use in numbering carcases of sheep, bags of grain, or any other packages of merchandise delivered into any ship's hold or elsewhere by means of any shoot or trough.* 6567. 4th December. Cecil Heney Clinkaed, of Makarau, Auckland, New Zealand, Settler.—An invention for an imperishable survey-peg.* 6568. Bth December. John Maetin, Horse and Cattle Doctor, and Albeet Kaesten, Storekeeper, both of Nelson, New Zealand.—An invention entitled " John Martin's Royal Universal Balsam for Mankind, Horses, and Cattle." <3569. 6th December. George William Tiffen, of Makaraka, Poverty Bay, New Zealand, Farmer. —An invention entitled " The Incline-plane Digging-plough." * 6570. 11th December. The Valveless Gas-engine Syndicate (Limited), of 11, Victoria Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Manufacturers (Assignees of Frederick William Caswell Cock, of 2, Lyndhurst Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England, Inventor). —An invention for an improvement in gas-engines.* 6571. 11th December. Edward Seitz and Richard Pickup Park, both of Blackburn, Victoria, Engineers. —An invention for improvements in centrifugal pumps.