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Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. : — Page. A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditwe for the Year ended 31st December, 1919 3 B. Tabic showing Revenue and Expenditure! for each of the Last Fight Years .. 3 C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1919 . . 4 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. .. . . . .. 4 B. Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs arid Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1919 (inclusive) .. 5 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c, .. 5 G. Number of Applications for Patents in New Zealand from Persons residing there and in other Countries in each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919 .. . . 5 H. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919 .. .. .. .. .. 6 I. Applications pending at End of Year 1919 .. .. . . .. .. 7 J. Patents in Force at End of Year 1919 .. .. .. .. .. 7 K. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts . . .. 7 L. Table showing Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1919 .. .. .. . . . . 7 M. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1917, 1918, and .1919 . . 7 N. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919 .. .. .. .. .. 8 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. viii of the Patent Office Journal. J. C. Lewis, Registrar. Patent Office, Wellington, 6th August, 1920.

APPEN 1)1X. A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure fok the Yeak ended 31st Decembeh, 1919. Income. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. •■ 7,335 1 6 | Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,722 3 7 Design fees .. .. . • • • 32 12 6 ] Clerical assistance .. .. .. 214 0 9 Trade-mark fees .. .. •• 1,925 17 0 : Pees to local Patent officers .. .. 215 0 Sale ot Acts, Gazettes, journals, &o. .. 5110 2 j Printing Patent Office Journal .. .. 91111 6 Other printing and binding .. .. 251 4 9 Rent of space for railway notioe-boards .. 21 17 6 Payments refunded .. .. .. 24 1 1 Stamps .. .. .. .. 97 7 5 Stationery .. .. .. .. 97 8 0 Typewriter .. .. .. .. 17 0 0 Typewriter-repairs .. .. .. 6 3 0 Coal and wood.. .. .. .. 6 8 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. J 5 8 Balance .. .. .. .. 5,971 14 5 £9,345 1 2 j £9,345 1 2

B.—Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years.

Year. 1912 1913 1914 .915 | Keceipts. j Expenditure. : Surplus. Year. _ I I. j £ s. d. £ s. d. \ £ s. d. .. 6,756 7 11 2,989 3 0 i 3,767 4 11 1916 .. 7,113 7 0 2,972 0 3 ! 4,141 6 9 1917 .. 7,572 0 0 3,536 15 3 4,035 4 9 1918 .. 7,491 13 11 3,230 16 0 4,260 17 11 1919 Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. 7,107 11 3 2,835 5 1 4,272 0 2 6,954 19 3 3,258 4 11 3,696 14 4 8,175 19 0 2,831 9 1 5,344 9 11 9,345 1 2 3,373 6 9 5,971 14 5