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492. (L.P ) 16th November, 1880. Samuel Paekeb, of Auckland.—Eidging and spouting cress and dies. 493. (L.P.) 16th November, 1880. Samuel Paekee, of Auckland. —Improved ridging. 494. (L.P.) 6th December, 1880. William Loddee, of Eemuera, Auckland, Marine Engineer.—An anti-fouling composition, with the object of coating the bottoms of iron ships or vessels, iron pier piles, or any kind of iron which is exposed to the action of water, to prevent them from becoming foul or dirty. 495. (L.8.) 11th December, 1880. Eeederick Edwaed Blackett Beaumont, of No. 4, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, Middlesex, England.—lmprovements in motor engines, worked by compressed air or other elastic fluid under high pressure. 496. (L.P.) 22nd December, 1880. Thomas Ellis, of Primrose Farm, Wanganui, New Zealand.—A butter-churn. 497 (L.E.) 30th December, 1880. William Eigg and William McLean, both of No. 69, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Wholesale and Eetail Ironmongers.—lmprovements in apparatus for the manufacture of gas. 498. (L.E.) 30th December, 1880. Aetiiitk Hope, of Tarra Bank South, near Melbourne, Victoria, Engineer.—An improvement in stone-breaking machines. Lettees Patent Lapsed theough Non-payment op Eenewal Fee. 293. A. Peasee. —Machine for washing, &c. 300. J Kilgoue.—Amalgamating brush for saving gold. 309. C. Bbown.—Extraction of tannin by fern. 319. C. O'Neil.—Caithness flagging. 325. W Douslin.—Automatic dam or spur. 328. W Douslin.—Sockets for candlesticks. 331. T. B. Louisson. —Hematite paint. Patent Office, C. J A. Haselden, Wellington, 31st March, 1881. Eegistrar of Patents.

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