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1877. 22nd June. Maubice Pollock Cameeon and John Alfeed Plimmee, of Wellington, New Zealand, Tinsmiths.—An invention for a milk-strainer, to be called "The Eclipse." 1878. 24th June. John Hammill Jenkins, of Carterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand, Contractor. —An invention for dispensing with a plug in wire-straining, to be called " Jenkins's Patent Plug-dispenser." 1879. 23rd June. Corrie Boope Williams, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Commission Agent.— An invention for a portable sheep-dipping apparatus. 1880. 25th June. William Harper, of No. 12, Flinders Lane East, Melbourne, Victoria, Merchant. —An invention for improvements in the manufacture of telegraph-poles, insulators, and insulator-bars, pillars, posts of all descriptions, rolls for various purposes, chimneys, pipes, sleepers, doorsteps, and other building blocks and tanks, casks, &c. (David Wilson.) 1881. 25th June. Walter Smythe Bayston, of No. 87, Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent. —An invention for an improved process and apparatus for treating metals, alloys, and especially auriferous ores by electrolyses. (Henry Benner Cassel.) 1882. 22nd June. Frederick Woolridge Beveee, of Auckland, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker.— An invention for advertising, to be called "Bevell's Batent Advertising Chair." 1883. 24th June. Edmund Wickes, of Greymouth, New Zealand, Agent.—An invention for selfclosing traps, and distributing hopper coal railway wagon. 1884. 25th June. Bobeet Stansell, John Bainbow Stansell, and Edwaed Hughes Elliott, all of Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Barb-wire Manufacturers.—An invention for the " Acme Automatic Twisting and Beeling Machine." 1885. 23rd June. Bichaed Bobeet Hunt, Managing Director of a Joint-Stock Company, and Heney Joseph Caeson, Chemist, both of Hepburn Street, Auckland, New Zealand. —An invention for smelting gold, silver, tin, copper, galena, and other ores, and for saving any of the metals which may be volatilized during the smelting operations, to be called " The Patent Gas-and-Hot-blast Smelter and Chemical Condenser." 1886. 30th June. Thomas Gaeland, of Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Tinsmith. —An invention for an improved milk-strainer. 1887. 30th June. William Haynes Baeeow, of Wellington, New Zealand, Clerk.—An invention for indicating by electric apparatus whether a ship is being steered to the course set, to be called " Barrow's Ships-course Electric Indicator." 1888. 26th June. John Whitney, of the Deanery, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.—An invention for non-corrosive metal rifle cartridge-case, to be called " The New Zealand Cartridgecase." 1889. 28th June. Isaac Bates, of Cambridge East, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Saddler. —An invention for use in connection with riding saddles, to be known as " The Cambridge Girth." 1890. 28th June. Thomas Bell, of Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for the manufacture of a first-class lubricating oil by the chemical treatment of oils or fats not naturally possessing this quality, to be called " Bell's Castorine Oil." 1891. 29th June. Edwaed John Knowsley, of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Hotel Employe.—An invention for a compound, named "E.J. Knowsley's Australasian Vegetable Pain-destroyer." 1892. 2nd July. Walteb Smythe Bayston, of No. 87, Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent. —An invention for improvements in electric arc-lamps. (The Simplex Electrical Syndicate, Limited.) 1893. 2nd July. William Henry Nash, M.A., of Sydney, New South Wales, Licensed Surveyor. —An invention for improvements in stamper crushing-machines. 1894. Ist July. Clement Kind, of Christchurch, New Zealand.—An invention for a coal economizer, to be called " The Paragon." 1895. sth July. William Jupp, of Wellington, New Zealand, Turner.—An invention for an improved fire-plug or hydrant ball. 1896. (L.8.) 3rd July. Frederick James Biggs, of Leadonhall Buildings, London, England.— An invention for improvements in latches and locks. 1897. sth July. James Tyeth Hart, of Wellington, New Zealand, Officer of Customs.—An invention for hydraulic improvements in steering gear, to be called and known as "Hart's Hydraulic Steering Appliance." 1898. sth July. William Hooker, of Wellington, New Zealand, Gas Engineer.—An invention for an improvement upon the invention described in Specification No. 1802, and in the method of supplying gas to incandescent gas-burners. 1899. sth July. Geoege Young, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Blacksmith.—An invention for a stump-extractor. 1900. 3rd July. Abthue Mofflin, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker.— An invention for " Mofflin's Export Package for Butter or like Substances." 1901. 7th July. Maeinus Webee, 162, Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Bookseller.—An invention for a self-acting tram-line cleaner. 1902. 29th June. Bobeet Cockeeell, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement-maker.—An invention for an adjustable regulating plug for underground drain-ploughs. 1903. 7th July. Walteb Smythe Bayston, of No. 87, Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent. —An invention for improvements in apparatus for amalgamating gold and other precious metals. (Bernard Charles Molloy.) 1904. 7th July. Chaeles Ludwig Haetsfeld, of Newport, Kentucky, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer.—An invention for " Portable Blast-furnace Plant." 2—H. 1.