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G.—Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1927 and 1928, together with the Average for the Years 1922-26 (inclusive).

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Class. 1922-26 1927. 1928. 1 Class. 1922-26 1927. 1928. Advertising and displaying signs, 294 33 34 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 72-4 64 57 &c. ture) Aeronautics .. .. .. 6-6 3 5 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 71-8 65 74 Amusements, music, exercisers, 78-6 76 73 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 68-2 30 30 Kitchen utensils and cooking 74-6 66 62 bolts, ties, &c.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 15-0 7 13 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 59-8 35 47 Boots and shoes ,. .. 40-8 32 30 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 37-4 39 22 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 32-4 27 31 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 102-4 71 89 Marine and submarine (including 27-8 13 22 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. it', 12-4 16 13 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 20-0 17 17 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 8-6 11 12 mops) Medicines and surgical appliances 39-6 32 27 Building-construction .. .. 48-6 39 40 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 65-6 44 46 work, &c.) cement tiompositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 36-6 36 27 ing) • stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 38-6 23 29 Milking-machines* .. . . 84-0 I 42 33 doors) Minerals (including filtration, lixi- 24-4 j 18 16 viation, screens, &c.) Chemicals .. .. .. 39-2 20 23 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 0-8 ! 1 2 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. .. 28-4 17 31 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3-0 4 2 Closets and urinals .. .. 26-4 26 24 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 3-4 12 11 Oils and lubricators .. .. 35-4 I 32 38 Cooling and freezing .. .. 26-0 21 23 Cultivating and tilling .. . . 53-4 36 40 Paints and painting (including 19-4 16 23 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 75-4 73 60 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. .. 29-2 30 24 Dairying* .. .. . . 63-0 51 43 Preserving . . .. .. 15-6 il 1.4 'Drains and sewers .. . . 7-8 7 9 Presses .. .. . . 15-2 7 8 Dredging and excavating (including X2'2 iT 14 Printing and photography .. 34-6 32 29 rock-drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 26-4 28 24 Drying .. .. .. 25-0 18 23 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 129-2 153 128 Railways and tramways .. 60-2 44 49 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 70-0 50 61 Roads and ways (including road 20-0 31 20 Engines (steam), including rotary 18-6 9 19 watering) pumps f ; s , II Engines (miscellaneous and engine 86-0 51 42 Stfed-'di'essfng, chaff-cutting, and 8-4 9 11 accessories), including current ' ' threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Keotl-.RQwehs • • ■ • •• j 8-8 25 25 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 19-2 j 9 13 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 32-6 25 33 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 4-2 4 13 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 32-0 14 24 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 9-6 15 14 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. .. I 18-8 j 20 29 Stationery and paper .. .. 46-8 | 52 44 Fencing' .. .. 21 -8 28 29 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 6-8 8 7 Telephony and telegraphy (including 162-0 ; 142 216 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 17-2 86 35 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. *. 8-4 14 12 Filters .. ■ • .. 8-4 4 11 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 19-4 24 17 Valves and cocks .. 26-4 : 14 13 extinguishers Vehicles .. .. .. 201-8 180 127 Food . . .. .. .. 30-2 30 22 Vehicles (velocipedes) *. .. 50-4 52 37 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 19-8 13 21 Ventilating .. ,. .. 6-8 5 7 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 79-4 67 57 Washing and cleansing .. .. 32-2 32 34 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. . . 16-0 5 12 Wearing-apparel .. .. 53-2 39 44 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 15-0 10 7 Wools and hides .. .. 13-2 17 12 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 20-4 34 34 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 7-6 4 5 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. .. 17-6 15 24 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 85-0 46 36 &c. * Prior to 1911, milking-machines were included in class "Dairying," but are now a separate class. Note. —Owing to some inventions being classified under more than one heading, the figures will total more than th actual number of applications received.