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APPENDIX. A.—Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1928. lieceipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 9,615 8 9 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,559 9 4 Design fees .. .. .. .. 147 7 6 Advertising .. .. .. .. 22 11 6 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,461 16 1 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 64 1 6 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. 77 18 7 Office fittings and furniture .. .. 416 10 Postage .. .. .. .. 64 10 5 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,610 1 3 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 4 0 1 Contingencies .. .. .. 4 4 5 Refunds .. .. .. .. 37 7 6 Balance .. .. .. .. 7,931 8 1 £13,302 10 11 £13,302 10 11 H. T. Atkinson, Registrar. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and AuditorGeneral.

B.—Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years.

C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1928, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1926 and 1927.

Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. jl Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1919 9,345 1 2 3,373 6 9 5,971 14 5 1924 12,470 19 6 5,182 15 4 7,288 4 2 1920 9,696 17 4 3,736 4 1 5,960 13 3 1925 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1921 9,857 1 10 4,016 13 5 5,840 8 5 1926 12,426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1922 12,913 15 3 3,880 0 8 9,033 14 7 1927 12,642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1923 11,667 18 5 4,809 8 11 6,858 9 6 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1

1926.* 1927.* 1928. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,164 19 6 1,156 1 9 1,013 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,976 0 0 1,802 0 0 2,137 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 644 0 0 602 0 0 607 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. . ■ 168 9 6 174 4 0 157 9 6 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 300 3 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 200 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. . • 1,253 0 0 1,092 9 6 1,089 0 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. .. 3 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 8 10 0 36 0 0 15 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. 1,857 19 9 1,997 0 0 2,104 1 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 1,512 0 0 1,688 16 0 2,036 9 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 26 0 0 24 10 6 16 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 161 0 0 118 0 0 91 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor on register .. 114 10 0 174 10 0 110 0 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 2 15 0 3 15 0 Certificates of Registrar .. .. .. .. .. ■ ■ 29 10 0 36 7 0 39 0 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 49 14 3 40 8 7 46 16 7 Patent Agents' renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. 39 18 0 46 4 0 36 6 0 Application for registration as Patent Agent .. .. .. 330 330 Searches .. .. .. .. .. •• 42 19 0 35 4 8 39 0 9 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 400 800 17 00 On acceptance after prescribed time .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. .. 750 0 10 0 1 10 0 Request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " 13 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 On application for revocation of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 500 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules .. .. .. 1 10 0 260 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. 050 050 0 10 0 Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 12 0 5 2 0 16 16 0 Copies of documents, &c... .. .. .. .. .. .. 030 300 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 16 10 9 19 3 10 3 11 9,615 8 9 * For a complete analysis of tees received in 1025 and 1926 see reports for those years respectively.