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5694. 6th August. Alfebd Nayloe Peaeson, of Eathmines Eoad, Auburn, Victoria, Agricultural Chemist, and Eobbet Perm, of Laurel Cottage, Montague Street, South Melbourne, Victoria aforesaid, Engineer.—An invention for an improved method of, and apparatus for, manufacturing rectangular-meshed wire-netting. 5695. sth August. John Thomas Walkeb, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for an improvement in wire-strainers, to be called " Walker's Wire-strainer." 5696. 30th July. John Stevenson, of Waianiwa, Otago, New Zealand, Blacksmith.—An invention entitled "Stevenson's Adjusting Eeversible Pulverising Tail-piece," for attaching to the ordinary mould-board or tail-piece of digger or other plough for the purpose of pulverising and obliterating the furrow. 5697. 6th August. William Edgae Smith, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for an improvement in metal-cutting shears, to be called " Smith's Shears." 5698. 9th August. Habeiette Allen, wife of Frank Allen, of Wellington, New Zealand, Insurance Manager. —An invention for an improved receptacle for visiting-cards.* £699. 3rd August. John Cameeon Fbasee, of Coromandel, Auckland, New Zealand, Sawmill Proprietor.—An. invention entitled " Fraser's Eureka Battery-grating Superseder and Goldretainer." * 5700. sth August. Baetholomew Waed, of Oxford North, Auckland, New Zealand, Contractor. —An invention for an improved wire-strainer. 5701. 10th August. James Gaeton Boweb the younger, of Earlham House, Norwich, England, a Managing Director of the firm of Barnard, Bishop, and Barnards (Limited). —An invention for improvements in machinery for the manufacture of wire-netting.* 5702. 10th August. John Henbt Laweence, of No. 30, Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, Victoria, Slater. —An invention for an improved method of, and apparatus for, concentrating syrups for confectionery. 5703.. 10th August. Waltee Swain and William Philipson, of Hillfold Mills, Astley Bridge, near Bolton, Lancaster, England, Pneumatic-tyre Manufacturers.—An invention for improvements in the construction of tyres for bicycles, tricycles, and other road-vehicles. 5704. 11th August. Geoege William Shailee, of Main Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Photographer.—An invention for an appliance for regulating the discharge of liquids from watering-pots or other vessels. 5705. 10th August. John James Sutheeland Haedie, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. —An invention for an improved portable press, to be called "The Simplex Copyingpress." 5706. 9th August. Geoege William Heslop, of Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention entitled " Heslop's Improved Positive Motion Counter for Totalisators."* 5707. 10th August. Feank Cuetis, of High Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Manufacturer. —An invention for an appliance or game for two persons for answering questions asked by either person, and entitled "Curtis' Magnetic Board." 5708. 9th August. Lewis Eose Gillandees, of Eavensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. —An invention for self-holding boltless fish-plates, for rail-joints. 5709. 12th August. Chaeles Scott Galloway, of Port Napier, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in water-tube steam-boilers.* 5710. 12th August. Job Osboene, of Doyleston, Canterbury, New Zealand, Fanner.—An invention for improvements in and mode of attaching clover-threshing or drawing apparatus to combines.* 5711. 13th August. James Keie, of Ashburton, New Zealand, Machinist.—An invention entitled " Keir's Improved Elevator Hinge," for the more expeditious folding of straw-elevators for threshing-machines. 5712. 15th August. Geoege McCaul, of Auckland, New Zealand, Plumber.—An invention for a revolving cowl, to be known as "McCaul's Self-adjusting Syphon Ventilator or Chimney-top." 5713. 13th August. Thomas Wilson, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Tinsmith.—An invention for improvements in whisks and mixers, or cake-makers. 5714. 19th August. Hugh Huntee, of Wellington, New Zealand, Marine Engineer.—An invention for an apparatus for lifting and floating sunken ships and other dead-weights, to be called " Hunter's Ship-lifter." 5715. 16th August. David Banker Shieeepf Galbeaith, of Bell Eoad, Auckland, New Zealand, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland. —An invention for selfaerating and anti-deposit beer-treatment. 5716. 17th August. William Chapman, Fitter, and William Heney Blythe, Merchant, both of Wanganui, New Zealand.—An invention for a machine to dress grass-seed, such as fog, trefoil, and all soft grass-seeds, to be called " Chapman and Blythe's Grass-seed Dressingmachine." 5717. 20th August. Thomas Smith, of Kensington House, Chapeltown, near Sheffield, England, Colliery Manager.—An invention for improvements in machinery or apparatus for extracting coke from coke-ovens, or other purposes of the like kind, such as the extraction of lime from lime-kilns. 5718. 11th July. Aechibald McDonald, of Taieri, Otago, New Zealand, Farmer. —An invention for further improvements in the method of sustaining, lifting, and floating wrecks or waterlogged vessels, and entitled •' McDonald's Further Improved Ship-floating Apparatus." 5719. 16th August. Edmund Ackeoyd, Importer, and John Christie and Thomas Cheistie, Sanitary Engineers and Gasfitters, all of Dunedin, New Zealand.—An invention for improvements in stoves for heating and ventilating apartments by a direct current of hot air, and entitled "The Eapid Heat-distributor." 3—H. 3.