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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 1925 (inclusive).

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

G.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1923, 1924, and 1925.

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Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1890 | 616 5 160 781 1900 ! 1,009 15 348 1,372 1910 i 1,831 46 818 2,695 1911 1,740 21 861 2,622 1912 i 1,737 44 779 2,560 1913 | 1,775 65 787 2,627 1914 I 1,574 55 687 2,316 1915 | 1,299 89 565 1,953 1916 I 1,261 113 666 2,040 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1918 1,366 53 695 2,134 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1921 I 2,115 141 994 3,250 1922 i 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1923 i 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1925 i 2,046 203 1,332 3,581

Number of Appli- Number of Appli- ! . , 1 ? m ? 1 ' 0 , j Number of Appli- | „ °f § cations with which cations with which PP ° r cations abandoned,! Number of j uri ) er ,2 Complete Specifi- Provisional Specifica- Q . fl ? pee lapsed, or 1 Patents sealed. L °,. * 1 jtST N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. 1910 250 413 990 148 254 75 925 125 306 475 1,831 1911 245 434 935 126 258 59 849 86 323 482 1,740 1912 258 507 '877 95 275 35 817 78 334 508 1,737 1913 217 467 965 126 249 58 910 94 272 499 1,775 1914 177 426 868 103 228 45 782 96 273 423 1,574 1915 140 286 787 86 322 46 669 78 266 288 1,299 1916 178 297 699 87 194 38 630 67 245 319 1,261 1917 183 360 708 84 203 41 580 57 249 385 1,329 1918 143 454 704 88 245 39 540 72 284 442 1,389 1919 200 685 906 91 279 42 707 77 321 689 1,880 1920 250 890 949 110 249 37 725 123 330 1,030 2,199 1921 194 722 1,080 119 310 42 890 107 398 730 2,115 1922 203 686 1,190 104 328 38 992* 92* 406* 693* 2,183 1923 221 701 1,041 112 256 57 2,075 1924 190 752 1,032 111 304 35 2,085 1925 177 764 1,007 98 2,046 * These figures are necessarily incomplete, as the time for proceeding further with the applications has not yet expired. Note. —A few applications were received from joint applicants resident in different countries, also from applicants giving two addresses ; the figures will therefore total more than the actual number of applications receivtd.

I 1923. 1924. 1925. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1 j New Zealand .. 1,262 1,233 1,183 Java .. .. .. 1 Argentine Republic .. 3 3 2 Kenya (East Africa).. .. .. 1 Austria .. .. .. 2 1 Netherlands .. 5 18 16 Belgium .. . • 6 8 4 New South Wales .. 115 116 132 Canada .. .. 19 10 12 Northern Nigeria .. .. .. 1 Cuba .. .. .. 1 .. Norway .. .. 2 1 3 Czecho-Slovakia .. 2 2 .. Queensland.. .. 17 22 23 Denmark .. .. 6 17 8 Russia .. .. 1 Federated Malay States • .. 1 .. South Australia .. 11 13 26 Finland .. . • 1 •. .. Sweden .. .. 13 2 10 France .. .. 15 10 22 Switzerland .. 2 5 7 Germany .. .. 3 19 20 Tasmania .. .. 7 4 8 Great Britain .. 287 " "285 279 Union of South Africa 3 5 4 Hawaii .. .. .: - - 1" .. United States of 129 235 180 Hungary .. .. •• 1 America India .. . ■ 1 .. 3 Victoria .. .. 141 138 99 Italy .. .. 7 8 12 Western Australia 14 9 7 Japan .. .. 1 1 3 Not®. —A few applications were received from joint applicants resident in different countries, also from applicants giving two addresses ; the figures will therefore total more than the actual number of applications received.