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502. To William Joseph Curtis, of Holloway, inthe county of Middlesex, for the invention oi** improvements in railway points or switches."

503. And to William Wallace Dunn, of SanFrancisco, California, United States of America,now of No. 8, Southampton-buildings, London,Engineer, for the invention 0f " improvementsin machinery for drilling or boring rocks andother hard substances, parts of which improve-ments are applicable to other purposes."

On their several petitions, recorded in the Officeof the Commissioners on the 7th day of February,1874.505. To John Garrett Tongue, of the firm oi

Tongue and Birkbeck, Patent Agents andEngineers, of 34, Southampton - buildings,Chancery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, forthe invention of "improvements in the pre-servation of meat or animal substances."—Acommunication to him from abroad by JuliusAugust Heinrich Damkoehler, LandscapePainter, of Berlin, in the German Empire.

506. To Francis Henry Atkins, .of 62, Fleet-street, in the city of London, Engineer, for theinvention of " improvements in filters for ships'tanks, and other purposes.1'

607. To Bewicke Blackburn and AlexanderBewicke Blackburn, of No. 1, York-buildings,Adelphi, in the county of Middlesex, for theinvention of " improvements in the means andapparatus for working steam engines expan-sively."

510. To Camille Espir, of 9, Gracechurch-street,in the city of London, Continental AdvertisingContractor, for the invention of "a newmachine or apparatus for cutting down trees."—A communication to him from abroad bySamuel Leouce Suares, David FerdinandFonseque, and Bertrand Cordes, all of 18, Ruede la Chaussee d'Antin, Paris, France.

511. To Horatio Webb, of West Hill Lodge,Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex, forthe invention of "improvements in sewingmachines." — A communication to him fromabroad by Thaddeus Hiram Walker, of Topeka,

. Kansas, United States of America.512. To Juan Nepomuceno Adorno, of Harley-

street, Cavendish-square, in the county of Mid-dlesex, Gentleman, for the invention of " im-provements in railways, and in engines andcarriages to be used thereon."

513. To Nicholas Demetrius Spartali, of Liver-pool, in the county of Lancaster, Steam ShipAgent, for the invention of "improvementsapplicable to fireplaces and cooking stoves."

£14. And to Louis Franc.ois Gosselin, of Boulevardde Strasbourg, No. 23, at Paris, CommissionMerchant, for the invention of "an improvedjacket or waistcoat for swimming and savinglife."

On their several petitions, recorded in the Officeof the Commissioners on the 9th day of February,1874.517. To John Bryson Orr, of Glasgow, in the

county of Lanark, North Britain, ManufacturingChemist, for the invention of " improvements

!> in obtaining a white pigment, and in the processemployed therefor."

518. To Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the Britishand Foreign Patent Offices, 13, Rue de laChaussee d'Antin, Paris, France, and 6, Picca-dilly, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent,for the invention of " a domestic fire alarm."—A communication from Alphonse Joly, a personresident at Paris, Rue du Cherche Midi, Gen-tleman. ,

523. To Alexander Liglibody, of the city ofEdinburgh, North Britain, and William Ligh-body, of Bow, in the county of Middlesex, forthe invention of "improvements in lamp burners."

526. To George Hindley, of Eccles, in the countyof Lancaster, for an invention of " improve-ments in machinery or apparatus for cutting anddressing stone or other similar material."

527. And to David Greig and Max Eyth, both ofthe Steam Plough Works, Leeds, in the countyof York, for the invention of " improvementsin machinery for towing by fixed ropes."

On their several petitions, recorded in the Officeof the Commissioners on the 10th day of February,1874.528. To Alexander Stewart Wallis, of Old Ford,

in the county of Middlesex, Accountant, forthe invention of " improvements in checkingthe amounts taken as fares by conductors oftramway cars, omnibuses, and such like publicvehicles."

530. To Joseph Theodore Dann, of 43, Cowley-road, North Brixton, in the county of Surrey,Civil Engineer, for the invention of "improve-ments in the manufacture of cooking utensils."—A communication to him from abroad byAlexis Gervais, of 118, Rue de la Roquette,Paris, in the Republic of France, Gentleman.

532. To James Henry Lynde, of Sale, in thecounty of Chester, Civil Engineer, for the in-vention of "improvements in tramways."

534. And to Matthew AVilson, of Crawshay-road,Brixton, in the county of Surrey, Gentlemau,for the invention of " improvements in stench-traps."

On their several petitions recorded in the Officeof the Commissioners, on the 11th day of February,1874.536. To James Kiddill, the younger, of Hert-

ford, in the county, of Herts, Metal-Worker, forthe invention of "an improved fountain foruse in game-preserves, poultry, yards, aviaries,and other places."

538. To John Campbell, of London, in the county'of Middlesex, Iron Merchant,. and WallaceCochrane Somerville, of Clapham, in the countyof Surrey, Civil Engineer, for the invention of" certain improvements applicable to mortarmills, or to other grinding mills of a similarnature, and to road rollers."

540. To Thomas Blackburn, of Mellor, nearBlackburn, in the county of Lancaster, Manu-facturing Chemist, for the invention of " im-provements in the manufacture of size."

542. To Louis Hyacinthe Dethiou, 148, GreatPortland-street, in London, for the invention of" a new system of buckles without prongs, witha pressure in continuity through a movement offriction."

544. To John Hicks, Tower Station, 57 Pevensey,Eastbourne, in the county of Sussex, Mariner,Coast Guard, for the invention of " improvedapparatus for saving life at sea."

546. To John Thomson Duncan, of Glasgow, inthe county of Lanark, Scotland, Accountant,for the -invention of "improvements in pre-cipitating metallic copper from its solutions,and in obtaining a utilizable material from theagent employed for the purpose."—A commu-nication to him from abroad by Thomas SterryHunt, of Boston, Massachusetts, in the UnitedStates of America.

On their several petitions recorded in the Officeof the Commissioners on the 12th day of Febru-ary, 1874.