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APPENDIX.

PATENT OFFICE. A.—Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1937. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 9 ;663 6 g Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 4,474 17 4 Design fees .. ~ .. .. 169 10 0 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. .. 52 9 1 Irade-mark fees .. .. .. .. 3,490 15 6 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 210 8 bales of Acts, Journals, &e.— £ s. d. Patent Office Journal .. .. .. 636 17 11 At the Government Printing Office 68 17 3 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. .. 91 10 2 At the Patent Office .. 14 14 2 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 316 15 8 83 11 5 Typewriters .. .. .. .. 43 13 10 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 4 14 5 Balance: Cash in Public Account .. .. 7,783 14 6 £13,407 3 7 £13,407 3 7 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents. 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 state the position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included.—J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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

C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1937, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1935 and 1936.

♦For a complete analysis of fees received in 1935 and 1936, see reports for those years respectively.

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. j Year. I .Receipts. I Payments. Surplus. £ s - d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1 ! 1933 11,694 11 10 4,378 18 10 7,315 13 0 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2 I 1934 12,376 5 11 4,709 6 9 7,666 19 2 1930 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5 | 1935 12,868 19 4 4,476 13 3 8,392 6 1 1931 13,390 11 6 5,466 7 8 7,924 3 10 | 1936 13,276 1 4 5,221 19 1 8,054 2 3 1932 12,034 19 4 4,782 7 0 7,252 12 4 ! 1937 13,407 3 7 5,623 9 1 7,783 14 6

1935.* 1936.* 1937. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 882 1 7 759 10 0 712 12 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,656 0 0 2,176 19 6 2,245 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 435 10 0 485 11 0 428 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 140 15 6 155 9 6 207 15 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 400 700 3 10 0 On hearing opposition On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 979 0 0 1,072 0 0 1,039 19 8 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. .. 100 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 18 10 0 5 0 0 27 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. 1,964 1 6 2,031 0 0 2,176 12 4 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. 2,785 0 0 2,588 10 0 2,500 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 67 00 800 12 00 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. 12 00 65 00 1100 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c., on register .. 76 15 0 45 16 0 66 15 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 1 15 0 300 2 15 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 43 5 0 35 6 10 49 17 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 73 14 11 70 0 2 52 4 11 Application for registration as patent agent .. .. .. .. .. 220 Patent agents' fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 16 0 38 17 0 35 14 0 Patent agents' examination fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 330 Searches .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 11 6 31 14 0 30 19 6 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 18 0 0 18 0 0 26 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. 150 100 0 15 0 Request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 160 0 10 0 0 15 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " .. 5 0 0 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 00 6 16 0 980 Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 18 8 23 10 4 13 19 3 9,663 6 8