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E.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1919 (inclusive).

F. —Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, etc.

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.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1890 1900 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 616 1,009 1,831 1,740 1,737 1,775 1,574 1,299 1,261 1,329 1,386 1,880 5 15 46 21 44 65 55 89 113 83 53 74 I 160 348 818 861 779 787 687 565 666 619 695 1272 781 1,372 2,095 2,622 2,560 2,627 2,316 1,953 2,040 2,031 2,134 3,226

Number of Applies cations with which £ Complete Specifications lodged. Number of Applications with which Provisional Specifications lodged. Nui Applic which Specific sequen mber of „, . nations for : N t umbe: Complete I™' 101 , 13 ' ;ations subitly lodged. ■ r of Appliibandoned,, Num sed, or Patent! 'used. iber of s sealed. Total Number of Applications. N.Z. Foreign. 1910 250 443 1911 245 434 1912 258 507 1913 217 467 1914 177 426 1915; 140 286 1916| 178 297 1917 183 360 19181 143 454 19191 200 685 __ * Theso figures are nec< expired. Notb.— A few applieatic giving two addresses ; the fig N.Z. Foreign. 990 148 935 126 877 95 965 126 868 103 787 86 699 87 708 84 704 88 906 91 N.Z. 254 258 275 249 228 322 194 203 245 Foreign. N.Z. 75 925 59 849 35 817 58 910 45 782 46 669 38 630 41 580 39 * Foreign. N.Z. 125 306 86 323 78 334 94 272 96 273 78 266 67 245 57 249 Foreign. 475 482 508 499 423 288 319 385 | 1,831 1,740 I 1,737 1,775 1,574 1,299 1,261 1,329 1,389 1,880 the time > for proceeding furt is are neco: ssarily inco implcto, as ling further with the applications has not yet applieatioi les; the figi as were race ures will thi lived from y arefore tota oint app] .1 more t lioants resident in dif han the actual numb mt in different countries, also from applicants lal number of applications received.

New Zealand Algeria Argentina Belgium Brazil Canada Cook Islands Denmark Dutch East Indies Fiji France Friendly Islands Germany Great Britain Hawaii 1917. 1918. 884 885 1 1 1 1919. 1,104 Holland .. .. 2 Italy .. .. 1 Japan .. New South Wales .. 68 Norway .. .. 8 Queensland .. .. 13 Rhodesia South Australia .. 4 Sweden .. .. 7 Tasmania .. .. 7 Transvaal .. .. ' United States of 82 America Victoria .. .. Ill Western Australia .. 12 applicants resident in different countrii more than the actual number of applies 1917. 1918. 1919. 1 2 5 6 2 65 6 14 10 2 91 5 17 5 12 19 5 3 200 '.'. i 9 9 1 4 2 11 1 9 io 4 1 1 94 4 2 1 2 117 156 I tions wore received the figures will thei 1 4 276 126 7 106 12 Note.—A few applioat cants giving two addresses ; from joint refore total es, also fr< itions reoe 3m applilived.