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APPENDIX.

A.—Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1898. Income, £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees ... ... ... 2,431 4 6 Salaries ... ... ... 412 10 0 Design fees ... ... ... 500 Copying specifications, &c. ... 22 1 5 Trade-mark fees ... ... 385 14 0 Fees to Patent Office Agents ... 42 17 6 Acts, &c. ... ... ... 206 Printing and stationery from GoOther receipts ... ... 010 0 vernment Printing Office ... 45 5 9 Binding, freight, &c, of British specifications and abridgments 74 12 10 Conveying books to and arranging them in new library... ... 19 12 6 Fees refunded ... ... 3 0 0 I Incidental expenses ... ... 3 111 Surplus for the year ... ... 2,201 7 1 £2,824 9 0 £2,824 9 0

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

C. —Particulars of Fees received from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1898.

I Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. Receipts. Expenditure. I Surplus. 1891 1892 1893 1894 £ s. d.i .. 1,759 3 6 .. 1,825 0 0 .. 2,150 2 0 ! .. 2,477 7 Q.i £ s. d. £ s. a. 391 11 3 1,367 12 3 361 18 10 ! 1,463 7 2 396 8 3 1,753 13 9 536 6 11 J 1,941 0 1 1895 1896 1897 1898 £ s. d. .. 2,170 9 6 .. 2,583 0 6 .. 3,183 9 0 .. 2,824 9 0 £ a. d, £ s. d. 464 15 8 1,705 13 10 564 6 10 2,018 13 8 574 15 2 2,608 13 10 623 1 11 2,201 7 1

Number. Fees. — Amount received. Each. Patents. £ s. 0 10 0 10 0 10 2 0 1 0 5 0 10 0 0 10 2 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 10 £ s. d. 254 0 0 254 0 0 72 0 0 990 0 0 4 0 0 440 0 0 210 0 0 3 10 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 48 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 13 14 0 34 10 0 19 10 0 49 3 6 17 0 0 15 0 110 2 14 0 Applications for patents with provisional specifications Applications for patents with complete specifications Complete specifications left after provisional specifications Issue of letters patent .. .. Applications to amend specifications Second-term fees payable before end of fourth year Third-term fees payable before end of seventh year Notices of opposition Hearing objections Applications for enlargement of time for deposit of complete specifications Grant of such enlargement Applications for enlargement of time for payment of fees Grant of such enlargement Presenting petition for extension of term Notice of appeal to Supreme Court against decision of Registrar Searches "Registration of assignments and licenses Certificates of such registration Conies of specifications, drawings, &c. Certifying such copies Correction of clerical errors in specifications, &c. Registration of Patent Agent Miscellaneous 508 508 144 495 4 88 21 7 2 2 2 14 16 1 1 274 69 39 27 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 Designs. £2,431 4 6 Applications for registration of designs 10 0 10 5 0 0 £5 0 0 Tbade-mabks. Applications for registration of trade-marks Registration of trade-marks .. Registration of assignments .. ' .. Certificates of such registration .. Notices of opposition Cancellation of registration of trade-mark Request for correction of clerical error Searches .. Advertisements : Cost of extra space in Gazette 341 27 7 2 2 127 0 5 £1 & 5s. £1 & 2s. 0 5 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 85 5 0 237 10 0 27 8 0 6 15 0 7 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 6 7 0 14 9 0 £385 14 0