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Paid— £ s. d. Salaries ... ... ... •■• ••■ 265 0 0 Other moneys ... ... ... ■■■ ••■ 54 13 10 Value of printing and stationery from Government Printing Office 42 5 0 Total ... ... ... ... £361 18 10 Credit balance ... ... ... ••• ••• £1,463 7 2 B. —Staff of Officers and Salaries. Eegistrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks* ... ... Nil. Clerk ... ... ... ... ••■ ••• 160 Clerk ... ... ... ••• ••• •■• 110 Total ... ... ... .- £270 * Also Under-Secretary for Justice.

C. —Number of Applications for Patents and Letters of Registration under Acts now repealed.

Note.—By " N.Z." is meant those in which the applicants reside in the colony, and by " Foreign " those in which they are not so resident. ♦ These columns are not filled up, as necessarily the returns would be incomplete and of no value, the respective periods not having yet expired.

D.—Number of Applications for Letters Patent under Act of 1889.

* These figures are necessarily incomplete, as the time for proceeding further with the applications has not yet expired. For total number of applications see Table Q.

Year and Act. Hum' Applic rece: ber of iations ived. N umbel Applii lapsed o: : of such :ations ; refused. Number o and Le1 Regisfc sealed c Applic ;f Patents tters of ;ration on such nation. Number of such Patents lapsed owing to Non-payment of Renewal Fees. Number of such Patents and Letters of Registration in Force to End of Term. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. "1861] 1864 j 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 "1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 [_1883 f 1884 I 1885 j 1886 1887 1888 1889 6 15 6 15 6 15 o 5 5 4 6 8 19 10 17 19 10 22 5 23 23 25 46 43 93 74 98 83 123 143 256 236 1 4 3 5 9 19 14 11 6 2 9 13 9 23 13 24 24 55 74 133 99 164 160 189 194 5 5 4 6 8 19 10 17 19 10 22 5 23 23 25 46 43 93 74 90 69 107 132 216 204 1 4 3 5 9 19 14 1 2 5 5 4 6 8 19 10 17 19 10 22 5 23 23 25 46 43 91 74 41 29 45 37 IP o M CO PI P 1 4 3 5 9 19 19 19 14 4 16 19 15 27 22 34 34 89 159 260 240 380 402 489 460 5 8 8 2 7 6 6 4 9 10 10 34 85 127 141 216 242 300 266 10 4 2 8 12 7 20 13 16 23 48 57 116 90 141 138 1 1 2 3 8 14 16 11 40 32 2 49 40 62 95 8 1 7 17 17 9 23 22 o < co a> i-i a P £ *

a Number of Appli- ' Number i cations with which cations wi Complote Specifi- Provisional cations lodged. tions l< af Appliith which Specificajdged. Number of Applications for which Complete Specifications subsequently lodged. Number < cations at lapsei refui )f Appliiandoned, 3, or sed. Numbf Patents sei at Prese Fore 3r of aled and int in ;e. 1890 1891 1892 N.Z. 244 187 207 Foreign. 205 207 189 i N.Z. 108 126 160 Foreign. 59 69 50 N.Z. 27 18* 18* Foreign. 17 17* 10* N.Z. 185* 32* 26* Foreign. 40* 14* 20* N.Z. 144* 43* 34* Foreign. 216* 187* 145*