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F.—Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890 to 1897 inclusive.

G.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1895, 1896, and 1897.

Note.—ln 1897, three applications were received from joint applicants resident in different countries; the figures for that year will, therefore, total three more than the actual number of applications received.

H.—Number of Applications for of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1895, 1896, and 1897.

Note.—ln 1897, twelve applications were received from persons giving addresses in two countries and ten from persons giving addresses in three countries; the figures for that year will, therefore, total thirty-two more than the actual number of applications received.

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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 1895 816 14 254 1,084 1896 992 27 279 1,298 1897 1,093 13 361 1,467

1895. 1896. 1897. 1895. 1896. 1897. New Zealand Argentine Bepublio Austria Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany India Italy Natal New South Wales Norway 547 2 2 2 6 8 619 1 1 2 2 2 8 12 661 1 2 3 12 2 11 10 1 2 1 65 2 Ottoman Empire Queensland Russia South African Republic .. South Australia Spain Sweden Tasmania United Kingdom United States Uruguay Victoria Western Australia 2 "5 "6 71 38 76 1 1 8 1 3 17 4 5 106 51 13 10 18 1 2 5 127 56 1 87 3 "2 "l 43 72 82 4

1895. 1896. 1897. 1895. 1896. 1897. Sew Zealand 3elgium.. Canada .. juba Sgypt .. ?ranoe .. Germany Holland India Stew South Wales 124 1 "3 6 2 1 156 3 *6 6 2 2 167 1 "l 5 4 1 i i! 25 Norway Queensland South Australia.. Switzerland Tasmania United Kingdom United States Victoria Western Australia 1 79 13 5 1 , 1 1 77 10 11 1 a 2 2. 124 33 22 1 '22 H