H.—lo.

D.—Staff of Officers and Present Salaries. £ Registrar* ... ... ... ... ... ... Nil. Deputy-Registrar ... ... ... ... ... 220 Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... 120 Cadet • ... ... ... ... ... ... 85 * Also Under-Secretary for Justioe. £425

E.—Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c., under Act of 1889.

F.—Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890 to 1898 inclusive.

G.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1896, 1897, and 1898.

NOTE.—la 1898, 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.

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u>. o Number of Appli- Number cations with which cations w Complete Speoifi- Provisiona cations lodged. tiona 1 mber of nations for Complete ;ations subLtly lodged. Number of Applications abandoned, lapsed, or refused. Num Patent! Total" Lber of ! Number s sealed. A , faa _ tions. ; 1890 [1891 J1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 N.Z. 242 187 202 198 278 229 299 217 199 Foreign. 207 207 191 178 166 201 275 303 305 N.Z. 107 126 160 197 251 307 318 444 419 Foreign. 60 69 53 52 61 79 100 129 98 N.Z. 27 29 40 51 69 75 68 87 Foreign. 17 25 16 24 16 34 33 41 N.Z. 202 191 237 262 352 403 439 481 Foreign. 50 50 43 30 51 51 75 95 N.Z. 147 122 125 133 177 133 185 181 Foreign. 217 226 201 200 176 229 293 336 * 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 * These figun expired. ss are necesi larily incoi iplete, as the time for proceeding further with thi applici btions ha: notjyet

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 1S95 816 14 254 1,084 1896 992 27 279 1,298 « 1897 1,093 13 361 1,467 1898 1,021 10 343 1,374

1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. i 1898. New Zealand Argentine Republic Austria Belgium Canada Cape of Good Hope Denmark Prance Germany India Italy Natal New South Wales Nicaragua 619 1 1 2 2 2 8 12 661 1 2 3 12 2 11 10 1 2 1 65 G16 1 5 3 1 5 11 9 Norway Ottoman Empire Queensland Russia South African Republic .. South Australia Spain Sweden Tasmania United Kingdom United States Uruguay Victoria Western Australia 1 8 1 3 17 4 5 106 51 2 13 10 18 1 2 5 127 56 1 87 3 7 'is 2 5 131 58 1 85 5 "l '72 65 1 '82 i