H.—lo.

B.—Staff of Officers and present Salaries. £ Eegistrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks* .. .. Nil. Clerk ... ... ... ... ~ .. 180 Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... 130 Total salaries ... ... ... £310 * 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C.—Number of Applications for Patents and Letters of Registration under Acts now repealed.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 Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c., 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 G.

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Year and Act. Number of Applications received. Numbej Applic lapsed o: : of such :ations c refused. Number o and Le Regist sealed ( Applie >f Patents tters of ;ration on such sations. Numbei Patent owii Non-pa; Renew; of such ilapsed ig to 'ment of il Fees. Number of such Patents and Letters of Registration in Force ti End of Term. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. ("1861} 18641 1865 1866 1867 ■1868 1869 U870 '1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 '1884 1885 J 1886 1887 1888 1889 6 15 6 15 6 15 o 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 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 64 * ■43 3c, u CO p o SH CO r p 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 90 141 138 165 174 1 1 2 3 8 1 7 17 17 9 23 22 24 * 2 O < co p 8 14 16 11 40 32 49 40 62 95 152 137

i Number cations w: Complete cations of Appli- Number ith which cations w 3 Specifi- Provisiona lodged. tions ) of Appli/ith which ,1 Specificalodged. Numl Applicatior Completi cations sul lodi oer of is for which 3 Specifijsequently ;ed. Number « cations al lapses refu: d£ Applilandoned, i, or sed. Numb< Patents sei at Prese Fore er of aled and mt in ;e. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 N.Z. 242 187 207 198 278 235 Foreign. 207 207 189 178 166 195 N.Z. 107 126 160 197 251 312 Foreign. 60 69 50 52 61 74 N.Z. 27 29 40 50 66 * Foreign. 17 25 16 23 16 * N.Z. 202 191 238 263 358 Foreign. 50 50 42 28 49 * N.Z. 147 122 126 135 173 Foreign, 217 226 200 199 176