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3954. 16th September. Charles Langdon-Davies, of Mowbray House, Victoria Embankment, London, England, Electrician.—An invention for improvements in the rhythmic generation of electric currents. 3955. 17th September. John Cole Edwards, of Wellington, New Zealand, Printer. —An invention for a game played with printed cards, to be called " Quintets and Quartets," being an adaptation of a well-known, game called "Quartets" to the purposes of an advertising medium. 3956. 14th September. William Earnshaw, of Cutten Street, South Dunedin, New Zealand, Brass-finisher. —An invention for Earnshaw's patent gold- and pyrites-saving machine. 3957. 14th September. Bichard Carr, of Patterson Street, Auckland, New Zealand, French Polisher.—An invention for the protection of piano-fronts, to be called " The Patent Piano Foot-shield." 3958. 16th September. Eobert Meaclem, of Ashburton, New Zealand, Millwright.—An invention for Meaclem's improved self-feeder for threshing-machines. 3959. 18th September. Job Osborne, Farmer, and John Eobb, Blacksmith, both of Doyleston, Canterbury,. New Zealand.—An invention for improvements in rings for holding bags when being filled. 3960. 20th September. William George Bowmaker, of Sydney, New South Wales, Bootmaker. —An invention for an improvement in the manufacture of leather-covered balls. 3961. 21st September. George Percy and William Daniel Haggett, of Wellington, New Zealand, Printers.—An invention for a new game or method of amusement, and apparatus for the same. 3962. 21st September. Sydney Morris, of Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand.—An invention for an improved butter-mould. 3963. 17th September. William Alfred Caldwell, Farmer, and Joseph James Macky, Agent, both of Auckland, New Zealand.—An invention for improvements in the construction of metal plates for the protection of heels of boots and shoes, to be called " The Acme Heelplate." 3964. 18th September. Ernest Herbert Potter, of Albert Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, Salesman.—An invention for separating and disuniting the sap, juices, and other substances from the fibre of the Phormium tenax, to be called " Potter's Flax-mucilage Dissociator." 3965. 21st September. Bichard Burke, of Cashmere, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for an improved screw-attachment for regulating plough-shares to any required depth of furrow, to be called, " Burkes Improved Eegulating Screw for Bloughs." 3966. 23rd September. John Orbell Bidwill, of Bihautea, Wellington, New Zealand, Farmer. —An invention for an improved drain-plough attachment. 3967. 25th September. William Ward, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Gold-miner. —An invention for " Ward's Acme Gravel- and Sand-disintegrator and Gravitating Amalgamator for Dredgers, &c." 3968. 25th September. William Ward, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Gold-miner.—An invention for " Ward's Acme Quartz-pulp Gravitating and Frictional Amalgamator." 3969. 19th September. James Wiseman, of 165, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Saddler. —An invention for " James Wiseman's Patent Seamless Seat Saddle-blocks." 3970. 19th September. Bichard Mott Wanzer, of 4, Great Bortland Street, London, England, Manufacturer. —An invention for improvements connected with kerosene-lamps. 3971. 23rd September. Thomas Blummer Clarke, Engineer, and Ivan Clarke, Engineer, both of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand. —An invention for the purpose of cleaning and removing the pulpy matters from the fibres of leaves and plants, to be called " Clarke's Patent Flax-dressing Machine." 3972. 24th September. Charles Chinnery, of Eangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand, Flax-manu-facturer. —An invention for " Chinnery's Flax-dressing Machine and Improved Feed-roller and Travelling-band for Flax-strippers." 3973. 26th September. Henry Cheshire, of Carterton, Wellington, New Zealand, Fellmonger.— An invention for an improved wool-press. 3974. 24th September. Pearson Stubbs, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Bootmaker.—An invention for securing buttons to any fabric, and entitled " The Simplex Button-fastener." 3975. 28th September. David Murray, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Engineer. —An invention for dressing, washing, and wringing Phormium tenax, to be called " Murray's Flax-dressing Machine." 3976. 26th September. David Banken Shirreff Galbraith, of Auckland, New Zealand, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland.—An invention for " Galbraith's Perfected Meat-clesiccating Process." 3977. 27th September. Arthur Clement Islip, of Ackray Station, Amuri, Nelson, New Zealand, Shepherd. —An invention for docking and ear-marking lambs and sheep, to be called " Islip's Patent Combined Knife and Ear-marker." 3978. 28th September. John Clark Andrews, of Waikuku, Ashley, Canterbury, New Zealand, Flax-dresser. —An invention for an improved method of applying pressure to the feed-rollers of machines used for stripping Phormium tenax, to be called "Andrews's Patent Lever Pressure." 3979. 30th September. William Silver, Engineer, and Nathan Cohen, Auctioneer, both of Tamworth, New South Wales.- An invention for improvements in apparatus for shearing or cutting wool and hair, and in flexible shafting for use in connection with sucli apparatus.