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3002. 25th May. George Lawrence, of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Builder.—An invention for minimising the labour and the implements used for clothesdrying purposes, to be called "The Sheave-spreader Clothes-prop." Not proceeded with. 3003. 26th May. William Hastie, of Milbourne, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, NewZealand, Station Manager, and John Tindall, of Kaikonra, in the aforesaid provincial district, Cattle-spayer.—An invention for the cure of asthma, to bo called "Hastie and Tindall's Patent Cure for Asthma." 3004. 28th May. Charles Thomas Pattie, of Biwaka, in the Provincial District of Nelson, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for dispersing the various kinds of fluids for destroying blights, codlin-moths, and all manner of insect-pests, designated " The New Zealand Eureka Mist Nozzle." 3005. 28th May. Harold Berry, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Insurance Agent.—An invention for improvements in dry-earth and other closets. 3006. 28th April. Boderiok Nicholson Montgomery, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Produce Merchant.—An invention for improvements in the construction of billiard scoringboards. 3007. 28th May. Thomas Milleae, of Edgarley, Wickliffe Boacl, in the Colony of Victoria, Landowner.—An invention for an improved method of and apparatus for holding sheep while they are being shorn. 3008. 28th May. Hatsell King,, of Carlton, near Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Importer. —An invention for improvements in cricket and lawn-tennis bats. 3009. 28th May. Alvin Hugo Eusebius Fischer, of North Adelaide, in the Colony of South Australia, Plumber. —An invention for an improved water-heater for baths and for other purposes. 3010. 30th May. William Henry Hosking, of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand, Surgeon.—An invention for " Hosking's Compressed-air Spraying-machine," which will facilitate and save labour and expense in spraying trees, plants, apartments, &c, with a fine and continuous spray of water, or liquid insecticides or fungicides, &c, and as an irrigator for wounds in surgery. 3011. 30th May. Maxime Emanuel James Labat de Lambert, of 84, Newton Boad, Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Gentleman.—An invention for improvements in explosive compounds, to be called " Neokratine." 3012. 30th May. William Heber Brightwell, of Okaiawa, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, New Zealand, Farmer.—An. invention for a butter-mould. Not proceeded with. 3013. 30th May. Charles Taylor, Boderiok Impey Murchison, and George Sharpe, all of No. 30, King Street, Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Importers.—An invention for a new composition for destroying weeds, scrub, and other vegetable growths, and for destroying insects, and preserving timber from their attacks. 3014. 30th May. Carl Albert Falstedt, of Phillip Street, Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Gentleman.—An invention for an improved safety explosive compound. (0. Lamm.) 3015. 31st May. Fairlie Harold Tronson, of the City of Wellington, New Zealand, Draughtsman.— An invention for improvements in stamps for marking on hard substances, such as wood or iron, to be called " The Silhouette Stamp." Not proceeded with. 3016. 28th May. Jabez Hay, of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for regulating the depth at which draining-ploughs will work from the surface of the ground, and to be called " Hay's Patent Coulter." Not proceeded with. 3017. 29th May. Jabez Hay, of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Engineer.—An invention for automatically lifting drain-ploughs out of the ground, and forming a sledge for moving same where required, to be called " Hay's Patent Self-acting Drainplough Lifting Lever." Not proceeded with. 3018. 30th May. George Smaill, of Inch Clutha, in the County of Bruce, Provincial District of Otago, Newr Zealand, Farmer.—An invention for an improved strainer for wire-fencing, to be known as " The Gem Wire-strainer." 3019. 30th May. John Stevenson, of Henley, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Farmer, and Charles Sanders Wright, of 162, George Street, Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago aforesaid, Engineer.—An invention for improvements in sheep-branding and such-like machines. Not proceeded with. 3020. 30th May. Charles Sanders Wright, of 162, George Street, Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Engineer, and John Christie and Thomas Beid Christie, of Dunedin aforesaid, Plumbers.—An invention for improvements in flexible pulleys, springwheels, &c. Not proceeded with. 3021. Ist June. Clement Kind, of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, NewZealand, Die-sinker, and Henry Selwood Austin, of the same place, Solicitor. —An invention for making hooks from all kinds of sheet-metals in a cheaper and speedier manner than hitherto in use, to be called " The C.K. Hook." 3022. Ist June. Plenry Corrick, of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, NewZealand, Bootmaker.—An invention for a time-table, to be called "The Beady Time-table." 3023. 2nd June. Bobert Burton, of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand.—An invention for an improved elevator, to be called " Burton's Eclipse Attached Folding Elevator." % 3024. Ist June. William Earland, of Mornington, in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, Chemist.—An invention for trapping moths. 3025. Ist June. George Cookson, of 6, Moa Place, Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, New Zealand, Gardener.—An invention for sifting cinders, to be called " G. Cookson's Self-acting Cinder-sifter."