IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVELOPE MACHINES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Henry Reay, of New York, in the United
States of America, temporarily residing at Old Bond Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ENVELOPE MACHINES."
Sealed the 7th April 1865, and dated the 11th October 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Henry Reay
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 11th October 1864.
I, GEORGE HENRY REAY, of New York, in the United States of America,
temporarily residing at Old Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex,.
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ENVELOPE MACHINES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing envelope machines by which the
feeding, gumming, creasing, folding, delivery and collection of the envelopes
are performed without the aid of an attendant, all as hereafter described.
The main frame of the machine carries near its upper part a table, and
above this table is a plate supported by columns or pillars on the table.
This plate is perforated for the passage of lifters hereafter mentioned. The.
table also carries near the front end thereof another plate free to be moved in

page_text: and out as required; the envelope blanks are placed on this plate when drawn
out and are kept in place by projections on the plate; the projections are fitted
at top with bent springs. for the purpose hereafter mentioned. When the
plate has been supplied with a number of blanks it is pushed in by hand
-until-the-blanks come against projections on the table, when they are in posi-
tion-for-being-fed-singly into the machine. The plate is then-secured-by
means of a thumbscrew. The machine is now put in motion, and all-the
operations hereafter described are performed automatically. The table carries
guides for vertical rods which pass through it, these rods are forked at bottom
to embrace a horizontal rod while at top they are connected by a cross beam
from which lifters depend. These lifters perform the double purpose of
gumming the envelope blanks and of taking them one by one from the supply
plate. The lifters are forked at bottom and the forked ends are supplied
with gum from a roller which has a to-and-fro-motion-under-them-imparted.as
hereafter described; immediately after being gummed the lifters fall, come in
contact with and take up the uppermost blank which adheres to their gummed
Surface. The lifters receivé up-and-down motion from a rocking lever centred
on a shaft at the back of the machine, and acted upon by a cain on the main
driving shaft. This cam is double, that is to say, it is formed so as to produce
a double action; it first raises the lifters a certain heiglit (after their forked
ends have been gummed and have taken up a blank) in order that the blank
may be released by coming in contact with the under surface of the first men-
tioned plate. The bent springs on the projections of the supply plate at the
same time bend down or curve the end flaps of the blank to ensure its being
caught by fingers hereafter described; simultaneously what I term a "friction
separator" comes into action. This friction separator is arranged relatively to
the lifters and to the envelope blanks so that when the blanks are raised by
the lifters it rubs against or comes in contact with one or more of them with
sufficient friction to separate each blank from every other, thereby preventing
two or more from adhering together and enabling them to be fed uninter-
ruptedly one at a time. This friction separator may consist of a simple hook or
projection, or of any other device capable of producing the desired result, änd
it should be applied so as to act upon that portion of the blank which is between
or in close proximity to the lifters: The second portion of the cam then acts
to raise the lifters still higher when the gumming roller comes under their
forked ends to supply then with gum for another blank; in the meantime
the first blank lias been seized by fingers on the ends of slide rods which are
moved to and fro in a framing fixed on the back part of the table; this move-
ment is effected by a weighted rod which connects a cross bar of the slide rods

page_text: to the back shaft on which the rocking lever which gives motion to the lifters
is centred as before mentioned; the weight on the rod prevents all jar and
shock in this part of the machine. The back shaft just referred to receives
motion from a lever. on the end thereof acted upon by a cam on the main
shaft; this lever is furnished with a spring rod to keep a roller carried by the
lever on the face of the cam. The fingers are undercut at back in order
that in their backward. motion the undercut portions may come against the
blank and carry it to the creasing apparatus. The gumming roller receives
its to-and-fro motion by means of levers centred on a cross bar under the
table, the cross bar in its turn receives motion from a nearly vertical rod, the
lower end of which is forked and furnished with a roller which rides upon and
is acted on by a cam on the main shaft, the gumming roller is fitted in a
frame which moves to and fro in guides on the plate first herein-before men
tioned; any gum which may fall from the roller is caught upon this.frame.
The gumming roller is by preference a printer's composition roller.covered
with a tube or sheet of india-rubber, it receives its supply of gum from another
roller or doctor which rotates partly in a box containing the gum; this second
roller or doctor is made to rotate by a projection on the axis thereof, being
acted on by a pin on a shaft carried by a framing on the table; this shaft.
receives motion through a pulley over which a band passes to another pulley
on the main shaft. The gum box is provided with a scraper or spreader to
regulate the supply of gum. The plate first herein-before mentioned has two
ribs formed on its under side, which, as the envelope blank is being carried
back by the fingers, as before explained, keep the end flaps slightly curved
downwards in order that the blank may be presented in that position to the:
plunger. Beneath the plate is an inclined plate which supports the body of
the blank while being carried to the creasing box. Immediately the blank.
is brought over the creasing box a top plunger comes down upon it and
drives it into the creasing box whereby the four flaps are creased or brought
into a vertical position, the plunger then ascends, up-and-down motion is?.
imparted to this plunger through a vertical rod connected to a horizontal-
beam above the machine, the beam is again connected to another vertical rod
forked at its lower end and carrying a roller which rides on a cam on the
main shaft, except after the plunger in its downward stroke has reached the
envelope blank; if the pressure of the plunger is not sufficient greater.
pressure is caused to be exerted by another roller which rides over the roller
last mentioned at every revolution of the main shaft; this additional roller is
carried on a. pin adjustable in a slot in an arm or crank on the main shaft.
The beam above-mentioned is guided in its motion by a roller which bears.

page_text: against a projection on the upper part of the main frame.
When the top
plunger ascends, two fingers come down upon and fold the end flaps of the
blank, then another finger comes down upon and folds the back flap, the inner
surface of which has been gummed as before explained, a fourth finger then
comes down upon-and-folds the front flap-;-simultaneously with the coming
down of the two end fingers a bottom plunger-is made to ascend to the bottom
of the creasing box to support the blank; immediately after the folding-of_the_
flaps by the four fingers the top plunger again descends and carries another
blank into the creasing box, the fingers then retire by means of the
mechanism hereafter described; just before the plunger in its downward
stroke would press upon them and the top plunger exerts pressure upon the
edges, and still greater pressure upon the gummed portion (owing to
the peculiar construction of the face-of_the_plunger as bereafter explained)
of the envelope, the folding of which has just been completed.The finished
envelope and the creased blank are now momentarily held between the two
plungers. It will thus be seen that each blank remains in the creasing box
during two descents of the top plunger. The bottom plunger is made to rise
and fall by means of a cam on the main shaft, against which a roller on a
forked vertical rod which carries the plunger bears. The finished envelope is
caused to fall from the top of the bottom plunger by means of two projections
which in the down stroke of the bottom plunger pass through slots therein
and tilt the back of the envelope, which falls edgewise down a shoot into a
box. The back of this box is free to slide in and out, and is connected to a
léver centred on a support fixed to the inain frame, the pin which connects
this lever to the support also connects to the same support a curved lever; a
bar which supports the vertical rods before mentioned as being connected by
the cross beam which carries the lifters, presses in its downward motion upon
the curved portion of the lever last mentioned, and through the other lever
connected to the same. support causes the back of the box to carry forward
into the box the envelope last delivered from the creasing box. The box
which receives the finished envelopes extends to the front of the machine.and
forms a table which may be used by the attendant-while banding the envelopes
into packets as they are taken out of the box..
Inside the box is an apparatus for dividing the envelopes into twenty-fives,
(or the number contained in a packet,) this apparatus consists of a paul and
ratchet wheel caused to rotate one tooth for every envelope which falls into
the box; the back of the box. carries 25 envelopes to one side, and then by
the action of the ratchet and paul 25 to the other side of the box, and so on
to the two sides alternately, leaving a space at each side alternately for facility

page_text: of removal. The two fingers for folding the end flaps of the envelope, as
before explained, are arranged and act as follows:-They each consist of a
plate with bevelled edges secured at back to a block, they are furnished with
adjusting screws. Each block works upon a pivot in an arm carrying a boss
formed with teeth on a portion of its periphery, the teeth on each boss are
geared into by a rack or toothed boss on the upper part of a vertical rod, the
two vertical rods are connected by a horizontal bar caused to rise and fall by
another vertical rod, the lower end of which is forked and furnished with a
roller which rides over a cam on the main shaft. In the down stroke of the
forked vertical rod the racks on the other vertical rods, by gearing into the
toothed bosses, cause the fingers to turn upon their pivots and take up a posi-
tion over the creasing box, and under the top plunger, and to fold the flaps. In
the up stroke of the forked vertical rod the fingers are caused to retire and as
soon as they are free from the plunger a spring connected to the back of each
finger block draws down the back of the block and thereby raises the fore
end of the finger. The fingers for folding the back and front flaps of the
envelope are arranged and act similarly to those for folding the end flaps, as
just explained. They are acted on by nearly vertical rods toothed at their
upper parts, and forked at bottom, where they each carry a roller which rides
over a separate cam on the main shaft. In order that the top plunger, the
second time it acts upon each blank, may, after the fingers retire as before
explained, exert greater pressure on the gummed portion of the envelope as
before mentioned, I form ribs or projections on the face of the plunger to
correspond with the gummed portion in addition to the ordinay rib or pro-
jection on the edges of the face of the plunger, as there are three thicknesses
of paper at the gummed portion of the envelope this portion consequently
receives the greatest pressure. The top plunger should be perforated for
escape of air. To prevent the envelope blanks adhering to each other I
sometimes adopt means for bending the blanks instead of or in addition to
the friction separator before described; I prefer to accomplish this by forming
a rib or projection on the supply plate or other convenient part of the machine
to raise a portion of the blanks, or I remove a portion of the supply plate so
that the lifters in coming down upon the blanks may press down and separate
their edges, or I make the supply plate curved and either concave or convex..
All the forked vertical rods berein-before mentioned as being fitted with a
roller riding on a cam on the main shaft may be each furnished with a spring
to keep the roller down upon the face of its cam. To raise the top plunger
and its beam, when necessary for cleaning or repairing the machine, I fit a
curved lever on the main frame; by turning the lever on its pivot it comes

page_text: against a roller on-the bean, and raises the beam until the roller falls into a
slot formed for the purpose in the lever.
-SPECIFICATION-in-pursuance-of-the-conditions-of-the-Letters-Patent,-filed
- by the said George Henry Reay in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 11th April 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HENRY REAY, of New York, in the United States of America, temporarily.
residing at Old Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex, Merchant, send
greeting.
WHEREAS-Her-most-Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date- the Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give. and grant. unto.
me, the said George Henry Reay, Her special licence that I, the said
George Henry Reay, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said George Henry Reay, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ENVELOPE MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said George- Henry Reay, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or-one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed:
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters, Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Henry. Reay, my, do hereby.
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the. same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say:
My Invention consists in constructing envelope machines, by which the
feeding, gumming, creasing, folding, delivery, and collection of the envelopes
are performed without the aid of an attendant, all as hereafter described.
Figure 1 of, the accompanying Drawing is a front elevation, and Figure 2

page_text: a side elevation of one of my machines.
Figure 3 is a plan, with the upper
framing removed, to show more clearly the apparatus for feeding and pressing.
A is the main frame of the machine, it carries near its upper part a table
B, above which is a plate C supported by columns or pillars D on the table B.
The plate C is perforated for the passage of lifters, herein-after mentioned..
The table B also carries near the front end thereof another plate E, free to
be moved in and out as required. This plate and a portion of the table B
are shown on a larger scale in isometrical view in Figure 4, and in side view
in Figure 5. The envelope blanks are placed on the plate E when drawn:
out (as shown in Figures 2, 3, and 5,) and are kept in place by projections:
a, a, on the plate. The projections are fitted at top with bent springs b, b, for
the purpose hereafter mentioned. When the plate E has been supplied with
a number of blanks, it is pushed in (as shown in Figure 4) until the blanks
come against projections c, c, on the table B, when they are in position for.
being fed singly into the machine. The plate E is then secured by means of,
a thumb screw d or otherwise. Instead of the plate E, I sometimes employ:
four or other convenient number of pins free to be moved in and out to carry
the envelope blanks, under the lifters, hereafter referred to, or any other
appliance for carrying the blanks under the lifters may be adopted. The
table B carries guides F for vertical rods G, G, which pass through it; these:
rods are forked. at bottom to embrace a horizontal rod H, while at top they
are connected by a cross beam I, from which lifters J, J, depend. These:
lifters perform the double purpose of gumming the envelope blanks and of
lifting them one by one from the supply plate E. The lifters are forked at:
bottom, and the forked ends are supplied with gum from a roller e, which has:
a to-and-fro motion under them imparted as hereafter described.. Imme-;
diately after being gummed the lifters J, J, fall; come in contact with and
take up the uppermost blank, which adheres to their gummed surface: The
lifters J, J, receive up-and-down motion from a rocking lever K centred on:
a shaft L at the back of the machine, and acted upon by a cam 1 on the main).
driving shaft M. This cam is double, that is to say, it is formed so as to..
produce a double action; it first raises the lifters J, J, a certain height (after.
their forked ends have been gummed and have taken up a blank) in order;
that the blank may be released by coming in contact with the under surface-
of the plate C. The bent springs b, b, on the projections a, a, of the supply:
plate E at the same time bend down or curve the end flaps of the blank to
ensure its being caught by fingers, hereafter described; simultaneously what,
I term a friction separator" comes into action; this friction separator is.
arranged, relatively to the lifters J, J, and to the envelope blanks, so that

page_text: when the blanks are raised by the lifters it rubs against or comes in contact
with one or more of them with sufficient friction to separate each blank from
every other, thereby preventing two or more from adhering together, and
enabling them to be fed-uninterruptedly one at a time. This friction sepa-.
rator may consist of a simple hook or projection b', or of any other device
capable of producing the desired result, and I prefer to apply it so as to act
úpon that portion of the blank which is between or in close proximity to the
lifters. The second portion of the cam 1 then acts to raise the lifters J, J,
still higher, when the gumming roller e comes under their forked ends to
supply them with gum for another blank; in the meantime the first blank
has been seized-by-fingers:f, f, on the ends of slide rods g, g, which are moved
to and fro in a framing & fixed on the back-part-of the table B; this move-
ment is effected by a weighted rod N, which connects a cross bar O-of-the-
slide rods g, g, to the back shaft L; the weight on the rod N prevents all jar
and shock in this part of the machine.. The shaft L receives motion from a
lever P on the end-thereof, acted upon by a cam 2 on the main shaft M.
The lever P is furnished with a spring rod Q to keep a roller i carried by the
lever on the face of the cam. The fingers f, f, are undercut at back, as seen
in Figure 2, in order that in their backward motion the undercut portions
may come against the blank and carry it to the creasing apparatus. The
gumming roller e receives its to-and-fro motion by means of levers R, R, con-
nected to a cross bar S under the table B; the cross bar S in its turn receives
motion from a nearly vertical rod T, the lower end of which is forked and
furnished with a roller j, which rides upon and is acted on by a cam 3 on the
main shaft M. The gumming roller e is fitted in à frame e', which moves to
and fro in guides on the plate C; any gum which may fall from the roller e
is caught upon this frame e¹. The roller e is by preference a printer's com-
position roller covered with a tube or sheet of india-rubber; it receives its
supply of gum from another roller or doctor k, which rotates partly in a box l
containing the gum. The roller or doctor k is made to rotate by a projection
on the axis thereof being acted on by a pin on a shaft U, carried by a framing
on the table B; this shaft receives motion through a pulley V, over which a
band passes to another- pulley W on the main shaft M. The gum box lis
provided with a scraper or spreader to regulate the supply of gum. The
plate C has two ribs m, m, formed on its under side, which as the envelope
blank is being carried back by the fingers f, f, as before explained, keep the
end flaps slightly: curved downwards in order that the blank may be pre-
sented in that position to the plunger, hereafter mentioned. Beneath. the
plate C is an inclined plate n which supports the body of the blank while

page_text: being carried to the creasing box. Immediately the blank is brought over the
creasing box a top plunger X comes down upon it and drives: it into the
creasing box, whereby the four flaps are creased or brought into a vertical
position; the plunger X then ascends. Up and down motion is imparted
to this plunger through a vertical rod Y connected to a horizontal beam Z
above the machine. The beam Z is again connected to another vertical rod
A forked at its lower end, and carrying a roller o, which rides on a cam 4 on
the main shaft M, except after the plunger X in its down stroke has reached
the envelope blank. If the pressure of the plunger is not sufficient greater
pressure is caused to be exerted by another roller o³, which. rides over the.
roller o at every revolution of the main shaft. This additional roller o² is
carried on a pin adjustable in a slot 03 (see the detached view Figure 6) in an
arm or crank o on the main shaft. The beam Z is guided in its motion by
a roller p which bears against a projection on the upper part of the
main frame A. When the top plunger X 'ascends, two fingers q, q, come
down upon and fold the end flaps of the blank; then another finger q' comes
down upon and folds the back flap, the inner surface of which has been
gummed, as before explained; a fourth finger q then comes down upon and
folds the front flap. Simultaneously with the coming down of the two end
fingers q, q, a bottom plunger X¹ is made, to ascend to the bottom of the
creasing box to support the blank; immediately after the folding of the flaps
by the four fingers the top plunger X again descends and carries another
blank into the creasing box; the fingers then retire by means of the
mechanism hereafter described just before, the plunger X in its down stroke
would press upon them, and this plunger exerts pressure upon the edges, and
still greater pressure upon the gummed portion (owing to the peculiar.con-
struction of the face of the plunger, as hereafter explained) of the envelope,
the folding of which has just been completed; the finished envelope and the
creased blank are now momentarily held between the two plungers X, X.
It will thus be seen that each blank remains in the creasing box during two,
descents of the top plunger X. The bottom plunger X¹ is, made to rise and.
fall by means of a cam 5 on the main shaft M, against which a roller on a.
forked vertical rod B which carries the plunger X' bears. The finished.
envelope is caused to fall from the top of the plunger X¹ by means of two
projections, which in the down stroke of this plunger pass through slots.
therein, and tilt the back of the envelope, which falls edgewise down a shoot D¹
into a box C'. The back of this box is free to slide in and out, and is con-,
nected to a lever s centred on a support t fixed to the main frame A, the pin.
which connects the lever s to the support t also connects to the same support.

page_text: a curved lever u'; à bar v, which supports the vertical rods G, G, presses in its
downward motion upon the curved portion of the lever u, and through the
levers causes the back of the box C¹ to carry forward into the box the
envelope last delivered from the creasing box. The box C₁ extends to the
front of the machine,-and forms a table, which-may be used by the attendant
while banding the envelopes into packets as they-are taken out of the box.
The two fingers q, q, for folding the end flaps of the envelope as before
explained are arranged as shown in Figure 7, and act as follows:-They each
consist of a plate with bevelled edges secured at back to a block ac; they are
furnished with adjusting screws. Each block a works upon a pivot y in an
arm, carrying a boss a¹ formed with teeth on a portion of its periphery; the
teeth on each boss are geared into by a rack or toothed boss on the upper part
of a vertical rod c; the two vertical-rods.cl are connected by a horizontal
bar caused to rise and fall by another vertical rod the lower-end of
which is forked and furnished with a roller, g which rides over a cam 6 on
the main shaft. In the down stroke of the forked vertical rod f¹ the racks on
the rods c¹ by gearing into the toothed bosses a¹ cause the fingers q, q, to turn
upon their pivots y, and take up a position over the creasing box and under
the top plunger, and so fold the flaps. In the up stroke of the rod f¹ the
fingers q, q, are caused to retire, and as soon as they are free from the
plunger X a spring m³, connected to the back of each finger block a draws
down the back of the block, and thereby raises the fore end of the finger.
The fingers q', 92, for folding the back and front flaps of the envelope are
arranged and act similarly to the fingers q, q, for folding the end flaps, as just
explained. The finger q¹ is acted on by a nearly vertical rod h¹ toothed at its
upper part and forked at bottom, where it carries a roller 2, which rides
over a cam. 7 on the main shaft. The finger q is similarly acted on by a
rod j, roller, and cam 8. In order that the top plunger X, the second time
it acts upon. each. blank may after the fingers retire, as before explained,
exert greater pressure on the gummed portion of the envelope, as before
mentioned, I form ribs or projections n' on the face of the plunger, as shown
in Figure 8,. which is a view of the face of the plunger to correspond with the
gummed portion in addition to the ordinary rib or projection o¹ on the edges
of the face of the plunger. As there are three thicknesses of paper at the
gummed portion of the envelope this portion consequently receives the greatest
pressure. The plunger X should be perforated for escape of air. To prevent
the envelope blanks adhering to each other I sometimes adopt means for
bending the blanks instead of or in addition to the friction separator before
described. I prefer to accomplish this by forming a rib or projection on the

page_text: supply plate E or other convenient part of the machine to raise a portion of
the blanks; or I remove a portion of the supply plate; as seen at p¹, Figure 5,
so that the lifters J, J, in coming down upon the blanks may press down and
separate their edges; or I make the supply plate curved, and either concave or
convex.
*** All the forked vertical rods herein-before mentioned as being fitted with a
roller riding on a cam on the main shaft may be each furnished with a spring
to keep the roller down upon the face of its cam. To raise the top plunger X
and its beam Z when necessary. for cleaning or repairing the machine I fit a
curved lever E¹ on the main frame A; by turning the lever on its pivot it
comes against a roller F¹ on the beam Z, and raises the beam until the roller
falls into a slot formed for the purpose in the lever E¹.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner, the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my improve-
ments in envelope machines,―
First, the employment of the supply plate E, or as a mechanical equivalent
four or other convenient number of pins or other appliance, for carrying
or feeding the envelope blanks to the lifters, substantially as herein-before
described.
Second, the employment of the forked lifters J, J, arranged and acting
substantially as herein-before described.
Third, the arrangement herein-before described whereby the envelope
blanks are released from the lifters by coming in contact with the under
surface of the plate C.
Fourth, the employment of the bent springs b, b, acting in connection with
the fingers ff, substantially as herein-before described.
Fifth, the employment of what I have herein-before termed a friction
separator, acting substantially as herein-before described.
Sixth, constructing the plate C with the ribs m, m, on its under side
for curving or bending down the end flaps of the envelope blanks, as herein-
before described..
Seventh, the employment of the additional adjustable roller o for causing
greater pressure to be exerted when required by the top plunger, as herein-
before described.
Eighth, constructing the face of the top plunger with ribs or projections n¹,
corresponding with the gummed portion of the envelope blank, as and for the
purpose herein-before described.
Ninth, forming the supply plate.E, or other convenient part of the machine,

page_text: with a rib or projection, as herein-before described, to raise a portion of the
envelope blanks and prevent them adhering to each other...
Tenth, forming the supply plate E with part thereof hollow or open, as
shown at p'; Figure 5, so that the lifters in coming down upon the envelope
blanks may press-down and separate their edges.
Eleventh, forming the supply plate E curved, and either concave or convex,
as and for the purpose herein-before described..
Twelfth, the general arrangement and combination of -parts of envelope
machines, herein-before. described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Henry Reay, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of March, One thousand eight
hundred-and-sixty-five.
GEO. H. REAY. (L.S.)