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

F. —Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1937 and 1938, together with the Average for the Years 1932-36 (inclusive).

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Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which which Complete abandoned, Patents sealed Complete Specifica- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or ' Total tions lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. refused. Number § of New Zea- ! New Zea- New Zea- © New Zea- g New Zea- 8 - land or Other land or Other land or £ land or 'Jj land or S Ca lons ' Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- g § Depend- g g Depend- g § enoies, &c. encies, &c. encies, &c. encies, &c. g encies, &c. jg 1910 .. 250 443 990 148 254 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 44-2 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 57 933 73 34-1 728 2,075 1924 .. 190 752 1,032 111 304 35 882 89 356 758 2,085 1925 .. 177 764 1,007 98 324 41 831 99 356 756 2,046 1926 .. 180 804 1,058 95 283 41 917 78 347 795 2,137 1927 .. 153 752 1,028 119 284 49 841 95 330 793 2,052 1928 .. 127 912 905 128 240 44 753 98 291 932 2,072 1929 .. 141 1,118 867 125 216 40 753 114 266 1,118 2,251 1930 .. 120 905 984 94 241 32 828 90 275 910 2,103 1931 .. 117 649 1,213 87 255 32 1,056 78 276 655 2,065 1932 .. 95 559 1,120 71 265 27 951 61 263 570 1,845 1933 .. 96 688 909 69 217 24 751 87 250 674 1,762 1934 .. 86 752 857 71 210 23 720 75 217 754 1,766 1935 .. 91 755 805 83 225 36 660 59 230 781 1,730 1936 .. 92 988 678 79 189 40 1,837 1937 .. 81 1,040 632 80 170 35 1,833 1938 .. 70 1,215 598 77 1,960 Note. — Applications arc sometimes received from joint applicants resident in different countries, and from applicants giving two addresses; the figures may therefore total more than the actual number of applications received.

1932-36. 1937. 1938. New Zealand .. .. 962-0 719 688 Argentine Republic .. 0-8 Austria .. .. 2 • 0 5 3 Australia .. .. 198-4 264 278 Bahama Islands .. 0-2 Belgium .. .. 2-0 4 6 British Solomon Islands 0-2 Canada .. .. 6-6 7 18 Canberra F.C.T. .. 0.4 2 1 Czecho-slovakia .. 0-2 3 1 Denmark .. .. 5-2 4 7 Dutch East Indies Esthonia .. .. 0-2 Federated Malay States 0-4 Finland . . .. . . . ■ 1 France .. .. 15-0 23 8 Germany .. .. 106-6 173 141 Greece .. .. 0-2 Guatemala .. .. 0-2 Great Britain .. 349 • 0 43B 533 Hungary .. .. 1-0 India .. .. 0-6 1 2 Irish Free State .. 1*8 Italy .• 2-8 3 3 Japan .. .. 0-4 Kenya .. .. .. 3

1932-36. 1937. 1938. Latvia .. .. .. .. 1 Lichtenstein .. .. 0-4 1 Luxembourg .. .. 0-2 I 2 Mexico .. .. 0-2 Netherlands .. .. 20'2 19 113 New South Wales .. 86-4 158 178 North Nigeria Norway .. .. 1*0 2 1 Philippine Islands .. 0-2 Queensland .. .. 13-6 13 10 Roumania .. .. 0 ■ 2 .. 1 Siam .. .. 0-2 .. 1 South Australia .. 9-8 9 7 South West Africa .. 0-2 Southern Rhodesia Spain .. .. 0-2 .. 1 Straits Settlements .. 0-2 Sweden .. .. 7-0 6 10 Switzerland .. .. 3-6 6 4 Tasmania .. .. 1*8 1 1 Union of South Africa .. 2-6 4 3 United States of America 98-8 158 148 Victoria .. .. 82-4 77 75 Western Australia .. 4*0 4 6 Western Samoa 0-2