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F.—Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trade-marks, for the Years 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, and 1894.

G.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1892, 1893, and 1894.

H.—Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1892, 1893, and 1894.

I. Countries and Colonies included in the International Convention for the Protection of Inventors and Others. Greece* Great Britain Curacoa & Surinam Servia Switzerland Mexico France East India Colonies Santo Domingo Guatemala Paraguay Belgium of Netherlands New Zealand Queensland Roumania'' 1 ' Norway United States Spain Denmark Uruguay Tunis Italy Portugal Ecuador.* Tasmania Brazil Netherlands Sweden * Designs and trade-marks only. The Colony of Victoria has made separate arrangements with New Zealand.

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Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1890 616 5 160 781 1891 589 4 225 818 1892 606 10 290 906 1893 625 1 325 951 1894 756 15 347 1,118

1892. 1893. 1894. 1892. 1893. 1894. New Zealand Belgium Canada .. Denmark Finland France' ..' Germany Holland .. Hungary India Italy .. Japan .. I 362 '.'. "3 1 '.'. "l 2 .. I "l • ■! 1 396 527 1 1 New South Wales Norway Queensland South Africa South Australia Spain Sweden Tasmania United Kingdom United States .. Victoria Western Australia 49 32 1 11 51 1 6 "4 1 4 2 7 2 10 1 "l "e 12 1 1 1 75 17 55 3 "l 1 "3 "l 1 83 37 53 3 2 53 39 65 Note. —As some applications have been recei lore than the actual number of applications rece lived from joint applicants resident in different countries, these figures sived. ill total

1892. 1893. 1894. 1892. 1893. 1894. Sew Zealand Belgium.. 3anada .. Heylon Denmark Prance .. jlermany Holland India Slew South Wales .. 178 '.'. "9 2 1 '.'. 21 216 1 1 "o 2 219 2 1 1 3 Norway Russia South Australia Sweden Switzerland Tasmania United Kingdom United States Victoria "2 1 1 1 57 10 11 '■'• \ "l 1 1 "3 "l 74 22 j 3 66 30 11 *14 Note. —As a few applications have been recer ,dd to slightly more than the actual number of ap ved frc >plicati< im perse ons recei is giving an address in more than one country, the columns will 'ed.