COLEBY, SAMUEL JAMES, and DURRELL, JOHN, Norwich, curriers and leather cutters. First and final dividend of 5s. 1d., any day, Official Receiver's office, Norwich.

CURTIS, ALBERT AUGUSTUS, Gloucester, and Sharpness, Gloucestershire, chemist, druggist, and sauce manufacturer. First and final dividend of 1s. 64d., May 12, 30, Brunswick-road, Gloucester. FITZGIBBON, GERALD (trading as Gibbon & Co.), late of Eastcheap, City, and Liversedge, Yorkshire, residing at Headingley, near Leeds, dyewood and drysaltery broker. Final dividend of 44d., May 14, 71, Eastcheap, E.C.

FAULKNER, JOHN, Manchester, electric engineer. First and final dividend of 6s. 5 2-5d., any day, Official Receiver's office, Manchester. TAYLOR, GEORGE JOHNSON, Manchester, and Crumpsall, Lancashire, calico printer. First and final dividend of 10 2-9d., any day, Official Receiver's offices, Manchester.

TOOTH, GEORGE, Nottingham, currier, Second and final dividend of Is. 11d., any day, Trustee's offices, St. George's-chambers, Grey Friars, Leicester.

Primary and Secondary Batteries (Complete Specification). A. Millar. 6237. April 27.

Wringing Sized or Dyed Yarns. S. Walker. 6246. April 27.

Purification of Nitric Acid. J. Dawson and R. Hirsch. 6248. April 27. Torrefying Grain. W. R. Clarke. 6256. April 27.

Cement. J. C. Cellars. 6261. April 27.

Manufacture of Tin and Terne Plate. D. Whitehouse. 6276. April 27.
Explosive Compounds. L. Bonneville. 6280. April 27.
Filtering Liquids. O. A. Berend. 6282. April 27.

Apparatus for producing Jets of Spray-Complete Specification).
P. Born. 6285. April 27.

Internal Flues for Steam Boilers. H. Foster. 6288. April 28.
Utilisation of Exit Gases from Vitriol Chambers. J. Ruffle. 6307.
April 28.

Lamps for Burning Paraffin Oil. W. Sands. 6313. April 28.
Dynamo-Electric Machines. J. P. Hall. 6314. April 28.
Manufacture of Dyestuffs. J. Y. Johnson. 6319. April 28.
Galvanic Batteries. P. R. de F. d'Humy. 6322. April 28.
Distillation of Hydrocarbon Liquids. N. J. Fenner. 6325. April 28.
Manufacture of Iron. A. G. Greenway. 6326. April 28.
Mechanical Pulveriser. C. Volonté. 6328. April 28.
Evaporating Saline Solutions. E. Saner. 6329. April 28.
Combustion of Mineral Oils. G. A. Diétrich. 6339. April 28.
Screening Drums for Coal, etc. J. Imray. 6340. April 28.

Treatment of Coal. J. Imray. 6341. April 28.
Purification of Gas. S. Chandler, jun., and J. Chandler, 6346.
April 28.

Sorting Minerals and other Bodies. G. Kilgour. 6348. April 28.
Purification of Water in Steam Boilers-Complete Specification).
H. T. Yaryan. 6352. April 28.

Storing and Compressing Air. F. E. Townsend. 6370. April 30.
Gas Burners for Heating and Cooking. J. F. Wright and G. E.
Wright. 6372. April 30.

Electric Batteries. L. Dill. 6373. April 30.
Bankers' Cheques. H. Ellison. 6374. April 30.
Filters. T. P. Miller and J. Bennie. 6375. April 30.
Composition for Covering Kilns, Ovens, etc.
J. Oswald. 6389. April 30.

S. P. Moon and

Regulating the Draught of Furnaces. W. P. Thompson. 6392. April 30.

Apparatus for Precipitating Suspended Matter in Fluids. F. R. Lipscombe. 6405. April 30.

Disinfectants. H. H. Lake. 6407. April 30.

Improved Process for Dyeing Leather. G. F. Landauer. 6412 April 30.

Galvanic Batteries (Complete Specification). L. Hoppe and G. Hoppe. 6416. May 1.

Packing Soft Soap. J. Taylor. 6428. May 1.

Stoppering Barrels. P. Rothwell, E. Wild, and G. H. Herbert. 6424. May 1.

Soft Soap. J. Taylor. 6428. May 1.

Gaseous Fuel-producing Apparatus. B. H. Thwaite. 6432. May 1. Coating Metal Plates with Tin or Terne. J. Williams. 6452. May 1. Extraction of Aluminum. H. H. Lake. 4460. May 1.

Motive Power from Inflammable Vapours-(Complete Specification). K. von Kortynski. 6468. May 1.

Recovery of Refuse Metal. J. E. T. Woods. 6470. May 1.

Centrifugal Apparatus (Complete Specification). G. F. Redfern. 6487. May 1.

Improved Means of Producing a Motive Agent. G. W. Garrett. 6489. May 1.

Tanning. H. Levick. 6491. May 1.

Manufacture of Metallic Oxides (Complete Specification). S. Pitt. 6495. May I.

Regulating the Quality of Carburetted Vapours-(Complete Specification). E. J. Frost. 6496. May 1.

Explosive Shells (Complete Specification). J. W. Graydon. 6498. May 1.

Generating Steam in Boilers by Artificial Draught. F. W. Cannon and G. P. Addison. 6505. May 1.

Utilising Waste Amber. J. Scaife. 6508. May 2.

Treating Soluble Sulphides and Sulphates for the purpose of converting them into Carbonates. B. H. Thwaite. 6513. May 2. Gas Producers. A. Wilson. 6514. May 2.

Galvanising or Tinning Wire Netting. C. Wilcox and H. Smith. 6524. May 2.

Slag Manure. A. Bödtker. 6532. May 2.

Mills for Grinding Substances. W. Adair. 6540. May 2.
Regulating the flow of Liquids. A. Pohlman. 6547. May 2.
Colouring Portland Cement. W. Cussans. 6557. May 2.
Apparatus for Stirring and Mixing. F. Edenborough. 6559. May 2
Explosive Compounds. A. V. Newton. 6560. May 2.
Lubricators. R. Brigham. 6565. May 2.

Liquid Fuel Stoves. L. W. Leeds. 6569. May 2.

Machinery for Treating, Bleaching, and Washing Textile
Materials. E. Brazier. 6570. May 2.

Gas Stoves. W. Garland and W. T. Crooke. 6571. May 2.
Steam Traps. J. Wrigley. 6573. May 2.

Operating on Jute and Rhea Canes. J. R. Day. 6581. May 2.

Drawing off Liquids from Casks. J. Bell. 6582. May 2.
Coffee Substitute. R. Chodat and P. Chuit. 6616. May 3.
Improvements in the Refining of Camphor. M. J. Schreiter. 6634
May 3.