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1766. 22nd March. Frank Stephen Canning, of Gore, Otago, New Zealand, Auctioneer.—An invention for a joiners' bench-jaw, to be called "Canning's Giant-grip Joiners' Benchjaw." 1767. 22nd March. George William Geeen, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Carpenter.—An invention for a rowing-oar or scull with metallic blade, rowlock-band, and feathering-flange. 1768. 22nd March. John Watson, of Caversham, Otago, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for a side-hook fastening for bedsteads and sofas. (Not proceeded with.) 1769. 23rd March. Arthur Shield, of Waikonini, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Sheepfarmer.— An invention for straining-up fencing-wire. 1770. 24th March. George Bussell Fellows, of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Bricklayer. —An invention for an improvement in making, composing, and using a mixture or composition to form the inside lining of furnaces for smelting metallic ores and the constituent parts thereof, to be called "The Bussell Fellows Patent Bottom Lining." (Not proceeded with.) 1771. 24th March. George Bussell Fellows, of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Bricklayer. —An invention for an improved reverberatory furnace and calcining ovens for smelting gold, silver, and other metallic ores, or their constituent parts, to be called " The Bussell Fellows Smelting and Calcining Furnace." 1772. 25th March. Felix Seymour, of Auckland, New Zealand, Draughtsman. —An invention for Seymour's patent earth-boxes for closets, commodes, &c. 1773. 25th March. Esau Fisher, of the Coffee Palace, Dunedin, New Zealand, Gentleman.—An invention for sifting cinders, to be called the " Housewife's Magic Cinder-sifter." (Not proceeded with.) 1774. 27th March. James Palmee Black, of Nelson, New Zealand.—An invention for curing smoking chimneys, entitled "Black's Patent Chimney-cowl." 1775. 2nd April. Patrick Adie, of London, England, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in driving-bands and pullios or wheels for the transmission of motive-power. 1776. 2nd April. Peecival Eveeitt, of London, England, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in checking apparatus. 1777. 30th March. John Tayloe and Chaeles Augustus La Boche, of Auckland, New Zealand, Civil Engineers.—An invention for blasting, to be called " Submarine Blasting by Concussion." (Withdrawn.) 1778. Ist April. Cecil Emly Gueney, Christchurch, New Zealand, General Commission Agent.—■ An invention for Gurney's automatic driver, by means of which sewing and other machines' may be driven without foot- or hand-power being used. (Not proceeded with.) 1779. 3rd April. James Keie, of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand, Blacksmith.—An invention for improvements in Kerr's patent gorse-fence cutter. 1780. 3rd April. Beginald Baylby, Draughtsman, and John Abbot, Tinsmith, both of New Plymouth, New Zealand.—An invention for rivetted clothes-pegs. (Not proceeded with.) 1781. Ist April. Bobeet Jenkinson, of Auckland, New Zealand, Builder. —An invention for piles, to be called " Jenkinson's Patent Trussed Concrete Piles," for sea or other works. (Not proceeded with.) 1782. Ist April. Heney Floppee Adams and Sam.B. Firth, of W'aiorongomai and Auckland, New Zealand, Engineers.—An invention for a pulverizing inuller or drag, with removable shoe and adjustable fastener, for use in berdans and other grinding-pans, to be called " The Climax Muller Shoe and Fastener." 1783. sth April. Bichaed John O'Donnele, of Auckland, New Zealand, Tinsmith, Plumber, and Gasfitter. —An invention for preventing chimneys smoking, to be called " O'Donnell's Tiny Smoke Preventative." (Not proceeded with.) 1784. (L.8.) 6th April. James Geesham, of the firm of Craven and Gresham, Traven Ironworks, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England.—An invention for improvements in injectors. 1785. 10th April. Heney Hight, of Brookside, County of Selwyn, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for loading drays, trucks, carts, or wagons with sacks of grain or other farm produce. (Not proceeded with.) 1785. 3rd April. Thomas Poeteous Faeea, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Tinsmith. — An invention for an improved milk-strainer, to be known as " Farra's Improved Milkstrainer." (Not proceeded with.) 1787. 10th April. Charles Smith Howard, of Bichmond, North Canterbury, New Zealand, Schoolmaster.—An invention for coating blackboards, to be called " Howard's Blackboard Preparation." 1788. 12th April. James Cosmo Newbery, of the Technological Museum, Melbourne, Victoria, Bachelor of Science, and Claude Theodore James Vautin, of Jackson Street, St. Kilda, Victoria, Metallurgical Engineer. ■ — An invention for improvements in the wet or hydro-metallurgical method of extracting metals from crushed or other finely-divided ores, materials, and furnace products. 1789. 12th April. Edwin Lewis Kitchingman, of No. 268, Vvellington Street, Collingwood, Victoria, pyrites burner, and Aethue Andrews, of Albury, New South Wales, Surgeon.— An invention for an improved waterproof and anti-corrosive composition suitable for coating ships' bottoms and such like purposes. 1790. 12th April. Harry James Goodeicke Cattanach, of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Gentleman.—An invention for an improved deodorant and disinfectant. 1791. 13th April. Thomas Danes, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for Danks's wrought-iron union bolt pump.