PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR.

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PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR.

Presented to both Houses af the General Assembly pursuant lo Section 113 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911.

I have the honour, in pursuance of section 120 of the Act, to submit my report on the operations thereunder during the past year. The total number of applications was .'5,226, as compared with 2,134 in 1918, an increase of 1,092, or 66 per cent. The highest number in any previous year was 2,695, in 11)10. The amount received in fees was £9,345 Is. 2d., an increase of £1,216, or LB per cent., over the revenue for the preceding and previous highest year. The sum expended was £3,373 6s. 9d. This was £541 17s. Bd. higher than in 1918 (chiefly owing to amount of printing done), but lower than in 19.14, and only slightly in excess of the expenditure for the intervening years. The balance was £5,971 lis. 5d., and this added to the total of receipts over expenditure, since the Ist January, 1890, brings the amount to £85,428. Witli the lowest scale in the world except the United States the amount received in fees compares favourably with that of other places. In Australia, where the fees are about the same, the amount received was £14,946 in 1918, as compared with the revenue of this country of £9,345 for last year. The policy adopted towards inventors by the Commonwealth, which does not look to them to contribute to the general revenue of the State, has no doubt not been without its effect in the marked development of the secondary industries of that country. While, as required by the .let, prominence is given to an account of fees and expenses in this report, it should be borne in mind that the object of the patent law is the development of manufacture by the promotion of invention, and, as the consideration for the patent granting monopoly of the use of an invention for a certain time is the full disclosure of it to the public by means of the specification, the payment of fees beyond those required to meet expenses, although not uncommon in various countries, does not in principle seem to be sound. As frequently pointed out, much might be done to foster and stimulate useful invention in this country by the adoption of the recommendations made from time to time in these reports, and it is hoped that more will be effected in this respect to develop and as far as possible direct into more profitable lines the inventive genius with which the people of this country appear to be so highly endowed. The small proportion of inventions that prove remunerative renders it very advisable for inventors to ascertain as far as possible not merely the novelty but the prospects of commercial success of their inventions before going to much expense in patenting and exploiting them here, and more especially abroad. The increase in the work of the Office without additional staff has led to delays and a large number of cases are at present pending. The inconvenience thus caused litis been borne without complaint by applicants and agents, but it is hoped that better facilities for coping with the work, more especially as regards examination and searching, will be afforded. Peace Provisions . Provision was made by the Treaty of Peace for extending the time for payment of fees and taking other action which should otherwise have been effected during the period of the war, and the New Zealand Treaty of Peace Order applies such provisions with slight variations to this country. In a number of cases the extensions (for which no fees are required) have been granted, and many others are at present pending for evidence of nationality, &c. While the time allowed for payment of fees, &c, is extended until the 10th January next, that for filing applications to secure the prior date under the Convention was only until the 10th July, and inventors thus unable to obtain in this country the date of their applications abroad appear to be placed in the serious position of befng liable to lose their rights by the prior publication of their inventions here. Amendment of Law. Following the amendment of the patent law of the United Kingdom, proposals are under consideration to consolidate the law. bring it up to date, and effect improvements in other respects.

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Patents. (The figures in pawn theses are for the year 1918.) The number of applications received during 1919 was 1,880 (1,389), of which 995 (792) were Bled with provisional specifications and 885 (597) were complete. Two hundred and seventy-seven complete specifications were lodged during the year in respect of applications with whioh proivisonal specifications had been filed. The total number of applications received to (he .'Slsl December, 1919, was 42,917, and the number of patents in force as on that date was, 4,623. The amount received in patent fees during 1919 was £7,335, being an increase of £758 above the amount received from the same source during 1918, During the past few years both the renewable fees under the Act of 1908 ami those under the present Act have been payable. The cessation of the former during the year will probably be made up for by increase of latter fees. The renewal fees of £5 and £10 under the old Act before the end of the fourth and seventh years averaged for 1910 to 1913 £2,252 per year, while those under the present Act amounted to £2,763 for last year. The number of entries made on the Register in reference to assignments, licenses, &c, of patents was 71 (52). The amount of fees received in respect of the restoration of lapsed patents was £53, as against £102 received in 1918. Twenty-one women inventors lodged applications during the year under review. Two patents of additions were sealed during the year. Countries from which Applications received. Of the 1,880 applications 1,104 were received from residents of New Zealand in 1919, while in the previous year out of 1,386 applications 885 were by persons residing in this country. From Australia 243 (Victoria 106, New South Wales 91) came to hand, as compared with 223 (Victoria 126, New South Wales 65) for the preceding year. Of others applying for New Zealand letters patent, 276 (156) lived in Great Britain, 200 (94) in the United States, and II (9) Canada, the figures in brackets being for the year 1918. Trend of In mil ion. The cessation of hostilities appears to have influenced, to a certain extent, the direction of inventive activity. There has been a decline in inventions relating to explosives and firearms, medical and surgical appliances, and marine vessels, including submarines, torpedoes, &c. There has also been a. slight fall in the number of inventions relating to kauri-gum—36 (40); metalworking—l6 (19); and fibre-dressing —16 (19) Increases are shown, however, in most branches of constructive industry, in which connection the following may be noted : Milking and dairyingmachinery and appliances, 89 (which is an increase of 348 per cent, on the previous year); fencing, 25 (1083 per cent, increase); and building construction and materials, 120 (714 per cent, increase). Inventions relating to vehicles and accessories, which were noted in my last report as showing a remarkable increase, are again more numerous (98 as compared with 91), though the proportional accretion is not as great as in the prior year. Designs. Registration of Designs. There were 73 applications received, and registration was effected in 64 cases, as compared with 53 applications and 50 registrations in the previous year. Thefees amounted to £32, being more than in 1918. TIiADE-MAKKS. Last year 1,272 applications for registration of trade-marks were received, 577 more than the number received the previous year. The amount received in fees in respect of trade-marks was £1,925 175., as against £1,533 15s. for 1918—an increase of £392 2s. This branch of the business of the Office has shown an increase in the amount received in fees as well as the increased number of applications recorded. The number of trade-marks on the Register at the end of the year was 10,903. (Countries from which Applications received. The resumption of trade and pushing out for fresh markets is reflected in the greatly increased number of applications for registration of trade-marks, particularly from Great Britain, during the year. From residents of New Zealand 256 applications were received, as compared with 222 for the previous year. The number from Great Britain was 445, as compared with 178 for 191.S ; United States of America, 344 (142); New South Wales, 73 (63); Victoria, 63 (46). Goods for which Trade-marks registered. As usual, more applications for registration of trade-marks were in the food class (42) than in the others (181). More applications were received in 40 classes, and fewer in 8 classes, than in the previous year. Patent Aoents. The number of Patent Agents on the Register was twenty-two. One, I regret to record, died during the year, and one was registered after examination. Staff. I take the opportunity of recording my appreciation of the services of the staff during the year,

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Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. : — Page. A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditwe for the Year ended 31st December, 1919 3 B. Tabic showing Revenue and Expenditure! for each of the Last Fight Years .. 3 C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1919 . . 4 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. .. . . . .. 4 B. Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs arid Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1919 (inclusive) .. 5 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c, .. 5 G. Number of Applications for Patents in New Zealand from Persons residing there and in other Countries in each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919 .. . . 5 H. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919 .. .. .. .. .. 6 I. Applications pending at End of Year 1919 .. .. . . .. .. 7 J. Patents in Force at End of Year 1919 .. .. .. .. .. 7 K. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts . . .. 7 L. Table showing Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1919 .. .. .. . . . . 7 M. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1917, 1918, and .1919 . . 7 N. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919 .. .. .. .. .. 8 Note.—The lists of Inventions and Applicants for Letters Patent, Designs, and Trade-marks for the past year have been printed in the Index to Vol. viii of the Patent Office Journal. J. C. Lewis, Registrar. Patent Office, Wellington, 6th August, 1920.

APPEN 1)1X. A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure fok the Yeak ended 31st Decembeh, 1919. Income. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. •■ 7,335 1 6 | Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,722 3 7 Design fees .. .. . • • • 32 12 6 ] Clerical assistance .. .. .. 214 0 9 Trade-mark fees .. .. •• 1,925 17 0 : Pees to local Patent officers .. .. 215 0 Sale ot Acts, Gazettes, journals, &o. .. 5110 2 j Printing Patent Office Journal .. .. 91111 6 Other printing and binding .. .. 251 4 9 Rent of space for railway notioe-boards .. 21 17 6 Payments refunded .. .. .. 24 1 1 Stamps .. .. .. .. 97 7 5 Stationery .. .. .. .. 97 8 0 Typewriter .. .. .. .. 17 0 0 Typewriter-repairs .. .. .. 6 3 0 Coal and wood.. .. .. .. 6 8 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. J 5 8 Balance .. .. .. .. 5,971 14 5 £9,345 1 2 j £9,345 1 2

B.—Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years.

Year. 1912 1913 1914 .915 | Keceipts. j Expenditure. : Surplus. Year. _ I I. j £ s. d. £ s. d. \ £ s. d. .. 6,756 7 11 2,989 3 0 i 3,767 4 11 1916 .. 7,113 7 0 2,972 0 3 ! 4,141 6 9 1917 .. 7,572 0 0 3,536 15 3 4,035 4 9 1918 .. 7,491 13 11 3,230 16 0 4,260 17 11 1919 Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. 7,107 11 3 2,835 5 1 4,272 0 2 6,954 19 3 3,258 4 11 3,696 14 4 8,175 19 0 2,831 9 1 5,344 9 11 9,345 1 2 3,373 6 9 5,971 14 5

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C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1919.

I) -Staff of Officers, a*d Salaries. £ s. d. Registrar* .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 587 10 0 Deputy Registrar Clerk ' . . . . . . . ■ • • 255 0 0 Clerk .. •• 190 0 0 Clerk .. .. .. .. .. .. 128 15 0 Cadet (for 4 months) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 18 4 Cadet (for 9 months) . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 10 0 Cadet (for 7 months 12 days) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 0 .'! Librarian .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 213 15 0 Typist - .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• ■• lis o o Typist .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 93 15 0 CI. 722 3 7 * Also Registrar of Copyright, nil.

Number. Numljer. Fee, each. Amount received. Patents. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. .. 995 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. .. 885 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 277 Applications for extension of time for filing complete specifications .. 7(i Applications for extension of time for acceptance of complete specifications.. 995 885 277 7(i £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 10 0 497 10 0 1 0 0 885 0 0 10 0 277 0 0 (I 10 0 38 0 0 10s., £1., and 24 10 0 £1 10s. 10s., £1, and . 82 0 0 £1 10s. 0 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 : 1,862 0 0 3 0 0 1,191 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1,572 0 0 10 0 0 090 0 0 53 0 0 0 10 0 35 10 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 3 15 0 0 5 0 10 0 9 23 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 31 5 0 0 0 0 LOO 7 0 0 21 10 0 4 10 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 Applications for extension of time for payment of fees On giving notice of opposition.. .. .. .. .. .. ti On hearing objections .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 On request for sealing of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 931 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. 397 Renewal fees paid before end of fourth year .. .. .. .. 1 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 2i>2 Renewal fees paid before end of seventh year . . .. . . .. 09 Restoration of lapsed patents On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor on Register .. .. 71 Request to correct clerical errors .. .. . . . . .. 3 Certificates of Registrar .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 Certifying copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 80 Patent Agents'renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. .. j 22 .Alteration of address . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Copies of specifications and drawings S< arches On application to amend specification .. .. .. .. .. 7 On sealing patent after prescribed time .. Extension of time to file declarations On application for examination as Patent Agent . . .. .. .. 1 li 2 931 397 1 21)2 09 71 3 15 80 22 1. 7 1 7,335 1 (i Dubious. Applications for registration of designs On extension of period of copyright under section 52 (2) . . tin extension of period of copyright under section 52 (3) .. 5s. & 2s. Od. £ s. d. 17 2 0 10 0 0 5 10 (I 32 12 (i Trade-marks. Applications for registration .. .. .. •• .. •• 1272 On giving notice of opposition. . .. .. .. .. .. 7 l )n extension of time for filing opposition On registration .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 741 On association On renewal of registration .. . ■ .. .. .. .. 483 On assignment On amendment .. .. ... On cancellation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 On request to enter change of name Certificates of Registrar .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 Searches On restoration of trade-mark On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 On extension of time to lodge counter-statement Request to enter change of address On correction of clerical error . . . . .. .. .. .. 1 Extra space in Journal £ s. d. 0 10 0 1 0 0 £ S. d. 636 (I 0 7 0 0 1 15 0 741 0 0 4 5 0 483 0 0 27 8 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 2 15 0 3 15 0 8 19 0 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 (I 0 I 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 1,925 17 0

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E.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1919 (inclusive).

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

G. —Number of Applications for Patents in New Zealand from Persons residing there and in other Countries in each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1890 1900 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 616 1,009 1,831 1,740 1,737 1,775 1,574 1,299 1,261 1,329 1,386 1,880 5 15 46 21 44 65 55 89 113 83 53 74 I 160 348 818 861 779 787 687 565 666 619 695 1272 781 1,372 2,095 2,622 2,560 2,627 2,316 1,953 2,040 2,031 2,134 3,226

Number of Applies cations with which £ Complete Specifications lodged. Number of Applications with which Provisional Specifications lodged. Nui Applic which Specific sequen mber of „, . nations for : N t umbe: Complete I™' 101 , 13 ' ;ations subitly lodged. ■ r of Appliibandoned,, Num sed, or Patent! 'used. iber of s sealed. Total Number of Applications. N.Z. Foreign. 1910 250 443 1911 245 434 1912 258 507 1913 217 467 1914 177 426 1915; 140 286 1916| 178 297 1917 183 360 19181 143 454 19191 200 685 __ * Theso figures are nec< expired. Notb.— A few applieatic giving two addresses ; the fig N.Z. Foreign. 990 148 935 126 877 95 965 126 868 103 787 86 699 87 708 84 704 88 906 91 N.Z. 254 258 275 249 228 322 194 203 245 Foreign. N.Z. 75 925 59 849 35 817 58 910 45 782 46 669 38 630 41 580 39 * Foreign. N.Z. 125 306 86 323 78 334 94 272 96 273 78 266 67 245 57 249 Foreign. 475 482 508 499 423 288 319 385 | 1,831 1,740 I 1,737 1,775 1,574 1,299 1,261 1,329 1,389 1,880 the time > for proceeding furt is are neco: ssarily inco implcto, as ling further with the applications has not yet applieatioi les; the figi as were race ures will thi lived from y arefore tota oint app] .1 more t lioants resident in dif han the actual numb mt in different countries, also from applicants lal number of applications received.

New Zealand Algeria Argentina Belgium Brazil Canada Cook Islands Denmark Dutch East Indies Fiji France Friendly Islands Germany Great Britain Hawaii 1917. 1918. 884 885 1 1 1 1919. 1,104 Holland .. .. 2 Italy .. .. 1 Japan .. New South Wales .. 68 Norway .. .. 8 Queensland .. .. 13 Rhodesia South Australia .. 4 Sweden .. .. 7 Tasmania .. .. 7 Transvaal .. .. ' United States of 82 America Victoria .. .. Ill Western Australia .. 12 applicants resident in different countrii more than the actual number of applies 1917. 1918. 1919. 1 2 5 6 2 65 6 14 10 2 91 5 17 5 12 19 5 3 200 '.'. i 9 9 1 4 2 11 1 9 io 4 1 1 94 4 2 1 2 117 156 I tions wore received the figures will thei 1 4 276 126 7 106 12 Note.—A few applioat cants giving two addresses ; from joint refore total es, also fr< itions reoe 3m applilived.

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H. —Table showing Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919.

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Class. 1917. 1918. 1919. Class. 1017. 1918. 1910. Advertising and displaying signs, &c. 2 I 5 Illuminating (except gas-manufac-ture) 11 Indicating, calculating, and measur52 ing (including moisture-testers) 12 13 20 Aeronautios Amusements, music, exercisers, games, &a. Attaching and scouring (including bolts, ties, &c.) 13 23 0 32 20 27 39 20 29 38 Kitchen utensils and cookingappliances (including ovens) 27 10 43 Boilers (steam) Boots and shoes Bottles, bottling, and glass-working Boxes, cans, and casks Brewing, distilling, &0. Brooms and brushes (including mops) Building construction „ (brick and cement compositions and moulding) „ (windows and doors) 5 39 9 34 2 21 5 33 12 52 5 11 5 : Lifting, hauling, and loading 38 Locks, latches, and hinges .. | 19 37 Marine and submarine (including 7 lake and river engineering) 9 Marking (tickets, labels, &o.) Medicines and surgical appliances 47 (including ear-instruments, dental 56 work, &c.j Metal-working (including welding, 17 stamping, and plating) Milking-machines* 32 Minerals (inoluding filtration, lixi13 ! viation, screens, &o.) 16 „ (magnetic separators) 2 „ (stampers and pulverizers) 13 ■ 46 ! Oils and lubricators .. 65 29 14 26 16 37 27 40 28 26 7 29 4 24 10 19 24 25 21 34 8 19 16 20 15 37 8 51 14 59 16 Chemicals Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. Closets and urinals Coin-freed mechanism Cooling and freezing Cultivating and tilling Cutting and sawing, and tools 15 4 9 4 13 49 45 15 9 9 3 3 39 30 4 i 7 4 14 19 Paints and painting (inoluding 30 kauri-gum) 3 Pipes, tubes, and hose .. .. j 8 Preserving .. Presses 12 j Printing and photography Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 40 pumps) 99 7 Railways and tramways .. Roads and ways| (including road50 watering) Seed-dressing, chaff-cutting, and threshing Socd-sowers Sewing and knitting Sheep and cattle (including veteri13 nary appliances) 15 Sheep shearing and clipping Shop and hotel fittings Stationery and paper 95 24 40 36 Dairying* .. .. Drains and sewers .. Dredging and excavating (inoluding rook-drills) Drying 29 3 3 15 1 4 8 2 9 17 9 0 2 15 11 10 9 3 27 17 13 10 Electricity and magnetism Engines (air, gas, and oil) (steam), including rotary pumps (miscellaneous and engine accessories) • including ourrent motors, solar motors, tide motors, wave motors, windmills, miscellaneous . motors Explosives, firearms, and targets .. Exterminating (including trapping animals) 11 52 12 33 43 11 16 2 20 3 20 7 11 38 3 9 t 4 4 9 16 i 8 14 25 7 18 22 25 15 15 10 13 15 4 14 28 4 6 28 5 9 31 Fenoing (strainers) Fibre-dressing (including ropemaking) Filters Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and extinguishers Food ... Furnaoes and kilns (including smokeconsumers) and upholstery, desks, blinds, ourtains, &o. 8 12 5 0 24 19 20 6 Telephony and telegraphy (inoluding 16 phonographs) Tobacco 8 25 6 16 20 18 70 4 8 8 1 5 3 2 8 9 Valvos and cocks Vehicles 17 „ (velocipedes) • .. 17 Ventilating 8 9 3 31 26 5 2 54 37 16 66 32 7 20 23 | 14 17 17 51 42 59 Washing and oleansing Water-supplying Wearing-apparel 20 Wools and hides 59 15 6 21 10 13 2 25 12 17 1 33 6 Gas-manufaeture for lighting, heating, or power purposes 10 10 20 Miscellaneous inventions not in 13 other classes, as indiarubber14 manufacture, fishing-appliances, 71 &o. 13 14 71 10 11 10 Harness (inoluding horse, &c, covers) Harvesting and grading Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 4 20 13 8 34 37 * Prior to 1911, milking-machines w( Note. —Owing to some inventions h actual number of applications received. 3re included in leing classified class " inder r lairying," but are now a separate class, ore than one heading, the figures will total rather more than the

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I. —-Applications fending at End of Year 1919. Total, 1,626. J. —Patents in Force at End of Year 1919. Patents sealed from 31st December, 1916, to 31st December, 1919 '.. 2,180 Third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1916, to 31st December, 1919 . . I ,066 Fourth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1915. to 31st December, 1919 . . 140 Sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1913, to 31st December, 1919 .. 440 Seventh-year fees paid from 31st December, 1912. to 31st December. 1919 797 'total .. .. .. .. .. 1,623

K. —Table showing Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, of to 31st December, 1919 (inclusive).

L. —Table showing Number of Applications for Registration ok Designs in each ok the Sixteen .Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1919. Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, not included in Class 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 Glass 2- -Jewellery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, paper-mache, or other solid substances not included in other classes, or of materials in which such substances predominate . . 20 Class 4. —Articles composed wholly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, bricks, tiles, or cement, or in which such materials predominate . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper (except paperhangings), cardboard, millboard, or strawboard, or in which such materials predominate .. .. .. .. . . 8 Class (i. —Millinery and wearing-apparel, including boots ani shoes .. .. .. ..I Class 12. —Ornamental needlework on muslin or other textile fabrics . . . . . . .. 1 Class .78.—Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. .. ..5 74

M. —Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1917, 1918, and 1919.

Total Number of Applications. Number M , on which . Number Letters Patent of £ a ' e °* 8 °\ l , , which linal have been ,-, ., sealed. Poe P a]d - Act of i860 ... ... 1861 to 1870 1870 ... .... 1871 to 1883 1883 ... ... 1884 to 1889 Acts of 1889 and 1908 1890 to 30th -lune. 1912 Act of 1911 ... ... IstJulv,1912, to 31st December, 1919" 109 881 3,170 27,419 11,338 109 109 687 465 1,757 368 12,711 2,591* 5,351* 440* Grand totals ... 42,917 42,917 20,615* 3,973* 20,615* 3,973* * Incomplete.

1 1917. 1918. 1919. 1917. 1918. 1919. New Zealand Belgium Canada Denmark France Great Britain Holland Hong Kong .. India Italy Japan Natal 250 222 29 20 2 I 1 147 178 1 2 2 1 2 1 296 I 16 3 445 3 2 1 2 I New South Wales Norway Queensland South Australia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tasmania United States of America Victoria West Australia 41 1 62 73 2 2 1 1 4 2 9 4 1 12 5 I 344 63 1 105 42 142 46

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I Classes. Classification of Goods. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 I!) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Chomical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical research, and anti-eorrosives Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary purposes Chomical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy . '. Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in manufactures not included in other classes Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horticultural machines included in Class 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery.. Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching Musical instruments Horological instruments Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals Cutlery and edge tools Metal goods not included in other classes Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.) and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery Glass Porcelain and earthenware Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 Explosive substances Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes l!» and 20 Carriages (a) Cotton-yarn ; (b) sewing-cotton Cotton piece-goods of all kinds Cotton goods not included in Classes ■'.:'. 24. and 38 . . Linen and hemp yarn and thread Linen and hemp piece goods Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing Silk piece-goods Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 Ca rpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not included in other classes Articles of clothing Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other classes Furniture and upholstery Substances used as food or as ingredients in food Fermented liquors and spirits Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; matches : and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and perfumed soap Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. Miscellaneous 22 25 43 0 14 27 7 10 13 2 3 5 23 8 2 5 12 I I 1 I 19 3 3 I 33 20 49 9 0 25 12 14 4 3 0 25 1. 2 13 5 2 7 2 IS 9 49 43 102 12 22 40 10 20 12 5 20 66 5 6 8 9 9 2 « 1 27 89 3 ] 1 2 2 3 I 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 I 2 I 9 1 o 5 1 10 I 2 2 5 47 4 5 12 38 39 40 44 10 18 48 38 10 74 54 34 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 4 103 18 li 14 I 39 11 100 20 5 25 2 59 7 181 14 4 50 I 48 48 27 34 50 49 50 II 38 3 39 3 81