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Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1919, 1920, and 1921.

Designs. While the applications for registration of designs are far from being numerous, the tendency is for them to increase, and with the development of our manufactures this form of registration will no doubt be more extensively utilized. The number of applications received last year was 141, as compared with 109 for the year before ; and the number of registrations was 135, 36 more than in 1920. These applications were from New Zealand, with the exception of —Great Britain, 22 ; Australia, 23 ; Sweden, 1 ; United States, 5. The fees amounted to £47 2s. 6d., as compared, with £39 15s. received in 1920. Tkade-maeks. The fees received in respect of trade-marks were £2,087 17s. 6d., which is £404 3s. less than in the previous year. From the following particulars of the number of applications for registration received in each of the past ten years it will be seen that the numbers, which fell off considerably during the war, came forward afterwards, abnormally increasing the annual total, which has now fallen to the number ordinarily received with the usual rate of growth included : — Year. Number. Year. ' Number. 19.12 .. ..779 1917 .. .. 619 1913 .. ..787 1918 .. .. 695 1914 .. ..687 1919 .. .. 1,272 1915 .. ..565' f' 1920 ..,'■> .. 1,391 1916 .. ..666 1921 .. .. 995

Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1919, 1920, and 1921.

1919. 1920. 1921. 1919. 1920. 1921. New Zealand Argentina Belgium Canada Cape Province Cook Islands Cuba Denmark Egypt Fiji Finland France Germany Great Britain Hawaii Holland Hungary Italy Japan 1,104 1 2 11 i 9 1 1,155 11 18 1 5 5 1,291 4 7 25 1 1 3 J Mexico Natal New South Wales Norway Orange Free State Queensland Rhodesia South Australia Straits Settlements Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Tasmania Transvaal .. United States of America Victoria Western Australia 91 5 17 5 12 19 1 1 111 5 1 9 1 9 1 2 2 1 5 5 329 1 119 1 22 22 4 3 4 276 1 15 11 318 1 3 12 30 220 1 9 1 7 1 5 3 200 5 8 210 10 2 6 1 106 12 143 16 108 9 I Note.—A few applical :ants giving two addresses ; lions wore the figure: received 5 will the) from joint refore total applicants resident in difforon more than the actual number t countrii of applies 39, also In .tions rec( am applilived.

1919. 1920. 1921. 1919. 1920. 1921. New Zealand Belgium Janada Jzecho-Slovakia Denmark Finland 296 I 16 323 7 32 380 4 12 1 2 1 6 11 216 8 Japan New South Wales Norway Queensland South Australia Sweden Switzerland Tasmania United States of America Victoria Western Australia 2 73 2 2 1 12 5 1 344 63 1 -••'4 92 3 I 1 8 2 430 51 I 1 8 1 France 3 8 Jermany Jreat Britain Holland .ndia .taly 445 3 2 I 412 4 230 45 13 2