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B.—Staff of Officers and present Salaries. jg Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks* .. .. Nil. Clerk •■ ■• I|o Clerk ... ... ... ■•• ■•• ••■ lo ° Total salaries ... ... ••• £310 * Also Under-Secretary for Justice.

C.—Number of Applications for Patents and Letters of Registration under Acts now repealed.

D.—Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c., under Act of 1889.

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Num! Applic rece iber of cations jived. Numbei Applit lapsed o: • of such ;ations • refused. Number o: and Let Registi sealed o Applic; >f Patents tters of iration on such :ations. Number of such Patents lapsed owing to Non-payment of Renewal Fees. Numbe: Pater Letters tration ii End o: of such ;s and if RegisForce to Term. Year and Act. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. 1861) 1864} 1865 1866 1867 1868 ' 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 6 15 6 15 6 15 •4-4 o -+3 ~*< CO H OO a P 1 4 3 5 9 19 19 19 14 4 16 19 15 27 22 34 34 89 159 260 240 380 402 489 460 5 5 4 6 8 19 10 17 19 10 22 5 23 23 25 46 43 93 74 98 83 123 143 256 236 1 4 3 5 9 19 14 11 6 2 9 13 9 23 13 24 24 55 74 133 99 164 160 189 194 5 5 4 6 8 19 10 17 19 10 22 5 23 23 25 46 43 93 74 90 69 107 132 216 204 1 4 3 5 9 19 14 1 2 5 5 4 6 8 19 10 17 19 10 22 5 23 23 25 46 43 91 74 41 29 45 37 64 O O 53 °° a P 5 8 8 2 7 6 6 4 9 10 10 34 85 127 141 216 242 300 266 10 4 2 8 12 7 20 13 16 23 48 57 116 90 141 138 165 174 1 1 2 3 8 1 7 17 17 9 23 22 24 2 o -& <1 CO CD rH el p 8 14 16 11 40 32 49 40 62 95 152 137 Noti vhich th( * Thi leriods n< i.—By " r :y are not sse eolums )t having \Z." is m so residen is are not yet expirei leant tho: it. filled up, ;e in whic >h the ap] plicants re iside in t he colony, and by 1 Foreign '' those in as necessi irily the r •eturns wo aid be im iomplete ai id of no ■alue, the respective d.

Number cations wi Complete cations of Appliith which 3 Specifilodged. Number cations w Provisiona tions 1 of Applirith which d Specificalodged. Numl Applicatior Complet cations sul lodi aer of is for which 3 Specifi.jsequently »ed. Number c cations at laps& refui of Appli- Numbi bandoned, Patents se: :d, or at Prese ised. Fore er of aled and mt in :e. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 N.Z. 242 187 207 198 278 Foreign. 207 207 189 178 166 N.Z. 107 126 160 197 251 Foreign. 60 69 50 52 61 N.Z. 27 29 40 50 Foreign. 17 25 16 23 N.Z. 202 191 238 263 Foreign. 50 50 42 28 N.Z. 147 122 126 135 Foreign. 217 226 200 199 * 'hese figures are necessarily incomplete, as tl I. For total number of applications see Tab! ie time for proceeding further with the applications has not yet iG. ixpiri