H.—lo.

G.—Table showing over a Series of Years the Number of Patents that were considered of sufficient Value to be kept alive by Payment of the Renewal Fees.

H.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1900, 1901, and 1902.

Notk.—A few applications were received from joint applicants resident in different countries; the figures will, therefore, total more than the actual number of applications received.

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Year. Number of Applications received. Number of Letters Patent granted. Number of Patents on which Second-term Fee paid. Number of Patents on which Final Pee paid. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 614 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 364 348 326 333 349 362 478 517 504 80 78 84 99 88 113 118 136 138 37 23 37 47 31 4 r>

1900. 1902. i 1900. I 1901. 1902. 1901. New Zealand Argentine Republic Austria Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Denmark Finland Prance 602 9 658 1 4 9 1 930 1 3 11 2 1 2 1 8 8 Norway Queensland Rhodeeia Russia South Afrioan Republic .. South Australia Sweden Switzerland Tasmania Transvaal United Kingdom United States Victoria Western Australia 1 17 1 11 4 3 6 2 8 13 5 1 4 3 5 1 1 13 1 2 5 1 117 129 118 5 "7 "9 5 3 2 8 13 1 Germany Holland India Italy New South Wales 1 1 52 2 68 1 69 120 88 70 5 110 124 71 10