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I. —-Applications fending at End of Year 1919. Total, 1,626. J. —Patents in Force at End of Year 1919. Patents sealed from 31st December, 1916, to 31st December, 1919 '.. 2,180 Third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1916, to 31st December, 1919 . . I ,066 Fourth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1915. to 31st December, 1919 . . 140 Sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1913, to 31st December, 1919 .. 440 Seventh-year fees paid from 31st December, 1912. to 31st December. 1919 797 'total .. .. .. .. .. 1,623

K. —Table showing Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, of to 31st December, 1919 (inclusive).

L. —Table showing Number of Applications for Registration ok Designs in each ok the Sixteen .Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1919. Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, not included in Class 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 Glass 2- -Jewellery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, paper-mache, or other solid substances not included in other classes, or of materials in which such substances predominate . . 20 Class 4. —Articles composed wholly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, bricks, tiles, or cement, or in which such materials predominate . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper (except paperhangings), cardboard, millboard, or strawboard, or in which such materials predominate .. .. .. .. . . 8 Class (i. —Millinery and wearing-apparel, including boots ani shoes .. .. .. ..I Class 12. —Ornamental needlework on muslin or other textile fabrics . . . . . . .. 1 Class .78.—Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. .. ..5 74

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.

Total Number of Applications. Number M , on which . Number Letters Patent of £ a ' e °* 8 °\ l , , which linal have been ,-, ., sealed. Poe P a]d - Act of i860 ... ... 1861 to 1870 1870 ... .... 1871 to 1883 1883 ... ... 1884 to 1889 Acts of 1889 and 1908 1890 to 30th -lune. 1912 Act of 1911 ... ... IstJulv,1912, to 31st December, 1919" 109 881 3,170 27,419 11,338 109 109 687 465 1,757 368 12,711 2,591* 5,351* 440* Grand totals ... 42,917 42,917 20,615* 3,973* 20,615* 3,973* * Incomplete.

1 1917. 1918. 1919. 1917. 1918. 1919. New Zealand Belgium Canada Denmark France Great Britain Holland Hong Kong .. India Italy Japan Natal 250 222 29 20 2 I 1 147 178 1 2 2 1 2 1 296 I 16 3 445 3 2 1 2 I New South Wales Norway Queensland South Australia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tasmania United States of America Victoria West Australia 41 1 62 73 2 2 1 1 4 2 9 4 1 12 5 I 344 63 1 105 42 142 46