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APPENDIX

PATENT OFFICE A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31st December, 1948 Receipts Payments £ £ Patent fees .. .. .. 17,833 Salaries, &c. .. .. .. 12,421 Design fees .. .. .. 167 Fuel, light, power and water .. .. 45 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 6,367 Office furniture and equipment .. 786 Sale of publications .. .. .. 131 Rent, maintenance, and repairs .. 310 Patent Office Journal .. .. 2,703 Postages, telegrams, and telephones .. 230 Printing and stationery, &c. .. .. 849 Refunds .. .. .. .. 63 Balance, cash in Public Account .. 7,091 £24,498 £24,498 A. H. Ihle, 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 states the position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included.— J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

B. Table Showing Receipts and Payments for Each of the Last Ten Years

C. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks Recorded for each of the Last Twenty Years

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1939 14,134 6,846 7,288 1944 15,631 5,032 ! 10,599 1940 12,241 6,076 6,165 1945 17,247 6,569 i 10,678 1941 13,148 5,713 7,435 1946 18,891 7,586 i 11,305 1942 11.668 5,900 5,768 1947 21,919 13,654 ! 8,265 1943 13,657 4,824 8,833 1948 24,498 17,407 ! 7,091

Year. Patents. Designs. Trademarks. Total. Year. Patents. Designs. I Trademarks. Total. 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1939 1,821 137 694 2,652 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1940 1,277 108 626 2,011 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1941 1,214 108 534 1,856 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1942 1,104 60 398 1,562 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1943 1,384 61 678 2,123 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1944 2,045 104 924 3,073 1935 1,730 185 943 2,858 1945 2,651 188 1,320 4,159 1936 1,836 124 1,096 3,056 1946 3,025 351 1,766 5,142 1937 1,832 193 889 2,914 1947 2,753 237 1,670 4,660 .1938 1,960 160 860 2,980 1948 2,469 229 1,439 4,137