Nanking, May 7. The Examination Committee for the Encouragement of Industrial Technique, under the Ministry of Industry, has granted patent rights for a period of five years each for the following inventions:
'A new type' of off furnace—invent-
The new building for the Institute ed by Mr. Lu Shih-hsin. A "vacuof History and Philology under the Academia Sinica, which is also under construction ata cost of $00,000, is expected to be ready for occupation June—Kuo Min. um" rubber tube for fountain pens—invented by Mr. Tuan Lu-shen. Accessories for a Chinese invented by Mr. Xu Pin-chi—Kuo Min.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.