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2598. 24th October. George leving, of Whangaroa North, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Saw-doctor.—An invention for catching rats or mice, to be called " The Self-setter." 2599. 25th October. Waltek Cole, of Adelaide Eoad, in the City of Wellington, New Zealand, Architect.—An invention for Cole's Patent Boiler-skate Check. 2600. 22nd October. Henry Chambeelain, of Ellesmere, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer, and William Andrews and Arthur Waed Beaven, of Christchurch, New Zealand, carrying on business in copartnership as Engineers.—An invention for an improvement in chaff-cutters. 2601. 26th October. Alexander Lageeman, of Johnkoping, in the Kingdom of Sweden, Gentleman. —An invention for improvements in type-setting or composing apparatus. 2602. 26th October. Dugald McLellan, of Gogelderie, Narrandera, New South Wales, Boundary-rider. ■ —■ An invention for the extermination of rabbits, entitled " The Poacher Rabbit-trap." 2603. 26th October. Nowell Henry Eichaeds, of Eichmond, in the Colony of Victoria, Engineer. —An invention for improvements in the grip and brake-gear of cable tram-cars. 2604. 26th October. Charles McQueen, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for raising water from rivers, to be known as " McQueen's Patent Current-wheel Waterelevator." 2605. 27th October. James Coventry, of Wellington, New Zealand, Tinsmith.—An invention to be termed and known as "James Coventry's Patent Granular Carbon Deodoriser." 2606. 28th October. George Allman, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Master Mariner.—An invention for improvements in life-saving rafts. 2607. 26th October. David Eglin, of Bruce Street, Eoslyn, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Lace-cutter.—An invention for a machine for cutting belt-thongs and laces, or dividing any material into strips of any width, to be known as " The Lightning Lace-cutter." 2608. 28th October. Feiedeick Ausgust Fischer, of Napier, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for the Triumph hand-thrashing Machine. 2609. 29th October. George Albert Eitson, of Wellington, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. —An invention for a rotatory motor engine, worked by direct action of either water or steam. 2610. 29th October. Thomas Gaeland, of Wellington, New Zealand, Tinsmith.—An invention for a lawn-tennis marker. (F. J. Berry, jun.) 2611. 25th October. Samuel Jickell, of Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. —An invention for firing land and marine steam-boilers, and every description of metallurgical furnace, brick and pottery kilns, &c, with gaseous fuel, to be called " The Jickell Patent Gas-producer." 2612. 26th October. John Caswell, of Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker.—An invention for an improved incubator, to be called " Caswell's Improved Incubator." 2613. 28th October. Charles Leov, of Nelson, New Zealand, Labourer.—An invention or discovery for the destruction of rabbits. 2614. 29th October. Alexander Maxwell, of Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Saddler.—An invention for preventing the chafing or friction of back-bands and shaft-tugs of harness-saddles, to be called " Maxwell's Everlasting Back-bands and Shaft-tugs." 2615. Ist November. Henry Sutton, of Ballarat, in the Colony of Victoria, Music-seller.—An invention for an improved process of converting a photographic image on a gelatine surface into a relief or intaglio printing surface. 2616. 29th October. William Johns, of Te Awamutu, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for weeding gardens and other cultivations, to be called " Johns's Patent Weeder." 2617. Ist November. George Johnson, of Cobden, in the Provincial District of Nelson, New Zealand, Architect. —An invention for a washing-machine, to be entitled " The Jubilee Washer, Johnston's Patent." 2618. Ist November. Hugh Mainland, of Otautau, Southland, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Builder.—An invention for straining wire fences, to be called " The Dwarfie Wire-strainer." 2619. 4th November. John Hardcastle, of Napier, New Zealand, Journalist.—An invention for a means of filing or binding together multi-page newspapers, or for any similar work, to be called " The Al Weekly-paper Binder." 2620. 4th November. James Gray, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Agricultural Implement Manufacturer. —An invention for an improved wire-strainer, to be called " The Atlas Permanent Wirestrainer." 2621. 4th November. James William Faulkner, of North-east Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand, Smith and Wireworker.—An invention for diagonal flexible wire sheep-netting. 2622. 7th November. William Fitzgeeald Ceaufoed, of Gisborne, New Zealand.—An invention for a billiard table of new design, to be called "The Entering Angle Billiard Table." 2623. 7th November. Chaeles McQueen, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for conveying water under pressure, to be used for motive-power and other purposes, to be known as "McQueen's Adjustable Conduit." 2624. Bth November. Eobert George Marsh, of Wellington, New Zealand, Printer.—An invention for an improved folding attachmenc for printing-machines. 2625. (L.E.) sth November. The Eoburite Explosives Company (Limited), of 59, Old Broad Street, in the City of London, England.—An invention for improvements in the manufacture of explosives. 3—H. 1.