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Patent Agents. Two names were added to the register, both of persons qualified under section 135 (2) of the Act, and four names were struck off —two, if is regretted, on account of the death of the members. The total number now on the register is twenty. Staff. I have pleasure in again recording my appreciation of the work of the staff. Owing to occasional shortage or changes therein, and other causes, difficulty has sometimes been experienced in dealing with matters as expeditiously as desirable, but it is expected that the arrangements now and about to be made will enable the usual high standard to be maintained in this respect. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. . — Pago. A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 3.lst December, 1922 .. ..4 B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Eight Years .. ..5 C. Particulars of Eees received .. .. . . .. .. . . .. 5 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. . . . . . . . . .. 5 E. Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1922 (inclusive) .. .. .. 5 P. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. .. 6 G. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and. in other Countries in each of the Years 1920, 1921, and 1922 .. .. .. 6 H. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1920, 1921, and 1922 .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 I, Applications pending at End of Year 1922 .. .. .. .. ..8 J. Patents in Force at End of Year 1922 .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 K. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. .. .. 8 L. 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 30th June. 1922 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..8 M. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921-22 from Ist July to 31st December, 1922 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..9 N. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in Now Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1920, 1921, and 1922 .. .. 9 0. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1920, 1921, and 1922 .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 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. xi of the Patent Office Journal. Patent Office, Wellington, 21st May, 1923. J. C. Lewis, Registrar.

APPENDIX. A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1922. Receipts. £ a. d. I Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 9,819 18 6 ' Salaries .. . . .. .. 2,214 1 2 Design fees .. .. .. .. 125 19 9 Temporary assistance .. .. .. 304 14 0 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 2,808 17 (i Pees to Local Patent offioers .. .. 12 12 6 Bale of Acts, 'Journals, &o. .. .. 98 19 0 j Fuel, light, &<•. .. . . .. 27 5 0 Postage, telegrams, tco. ■ ■ .. 117 9 6 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,047 0 6 Contingencies .. .. .. 412 0 Refunds .. .. . . .. 52 (i 0 Grant to Registrar for attendance at Conference .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Balance .. .. . . .. 9,033 14 7 £12,913 15 3 | £12,913 15 3 J. C. LEWIS, Registrar. As a portion of the fees is collected by stamps, it is difficult to trace this revenue, but the statement in so far as it relates to such revenue agrees with the fees books of the Office. Payments have been verified by reference to the Justice and Treasury Departments. Refunds of stamp receipts and cash receipts have been supported by certificates from the Stamps Department and the Treasury respectively. Copyright fees are not included. G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.