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General. Opposition. Notice of opposition was lodged in 15 cases. No notice of appeal was given or appeal heard during the year. " Patent Office Journal." The issue of this publication, which was restricted on account cf the war, has now been restored to its original number, and. is sent to the institutions set out in the schedule. Patent Agents. One agent was registered, after examination. Owing to the non-payment of the annual fee the name of one agent was struck off, the number on the roll at the end of the year being 31. The Office is indebted to the gentlemen wdio have been good enough to assist in connection with the examination of patent agents, and whose term of appointment lias now expired. Arrangements in connection with the future examination of candidates will be considered when occasion arises. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. : — Pago A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1914 .. B. Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1914 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. . . .. . . . . E. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890 to 1914, inclusive . . F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. . . 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 Countries in each of the Years 1912, 1913, and 1914 .. 1. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1912, 1913, and 1914 J. Number of Applications received under the International and Colonial Arrangements, showing the Country of Origin, in each of the Years 1912, 1913, and 1914 K. Applications pending at the End of 1914 L. Patents in Force at End of Year 1914 M. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts N. Designs : Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January, to 31st December, 1914 0. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1912, 1913, and 1914 P. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1912, 1.913, and 1914 Q. Institutions filing Patent Office Journal for Free Public Inspection.. Patents (Temporary) Regulations, 1914 .... Trade-marks (Temporary) Regulations, 1914 License permitting Payment of certain Fees Note.—The lists of Inventions and Applicants for Letters Patent, Designs, and Trade-marks for the past year have been printed in the Index to Vol. 11l of the Patent, Office Journal. Patent Office, Wellington, 16th June, 1915. J. C. Lewis, Registrar.