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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 Trade Marks, recorded for the Years 1890 to 1900 inclusive. G. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1898, 1899, and 1900. 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 1898, 1899, and 1900. I. Number of Applications to Register Trade Marks in the fifty different classes, in each of the Years 1898, 1899, and 1900. J. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Patents in the Year 1900. K. Alphabetical List of Titles of Inventions for which Letters Patent have been applied during the Year 1900. L. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Registration of Designs during the Year 1900. M. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Registration of Trade Marks during the Year 1900. F. Waldegrave, Registrar. Patent Office, Wellington, 6th August, 1901.

APPENDIX.

A.—Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1900. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d Patent fees ... ... ... 2,899 99 j Salaries ... ... ... 604 16 7 Design fees ... ... ... 711 0 ! Copying specifications, &c. ... 24 16 0 Trade-mark fees ... ... 488 16 6 j Fees to Patent Office Agents ... 39 0 0 Sale of Acts, &c. ... ... 10 0 1 Printing and stationery from Government Printing Office ... 39 15 11 Printing Patents Gazette ... 242 0 0 Binding, freight, &c, of British specifications and abridgments 59 15 11 Telephone ... ... ... 512 2 Fees refunded ... ... 200 Incidental expenses ... ... 991 Balance for the year ... ... 2,369 11 7 £3,396 17 3 £3,396 17 3

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

Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. 1893 .. 2,150 2 0 396 8 3 1,753 13 9 1894 .. 2,477 7 0 536 6 11 1,941 0 1 1895 .. 2,170 9 6 464 15 8 1,705 13 10 1896 .. 2,583 0 6 564 6 10 2,018 13 8 1897 1898 1899 1900 Year. £ s. d. £ s. ._. £ s. d. .. 3,183 9 0 574 15 2 2,608 13 10 .. 2,824 9 0 623 1 11 2,201 7 1 .. ■ 3,102 2 6 851 2 6 2,251 0 0 .. 3,396 17 3 1,027 5 8 2,369 11 7 Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus.