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The Appendix hereto contains the following tables : — A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. B. Table showing Eevenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years. • C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December. 1901. D. Staff of Officers and Salaries. E. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c, under Act of 1889. F. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Eegistration of Designs, and Trade Marks, recorded for the Years 1890 to 1901 inclusive. G. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1899, 1900, and 1901. H. Number of Applications for Eegistration of Trade Marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1899, 1900, and 1901. I. Number of Applications to Eegister Trade Marks in the fifty different classes, in each of the Years 1899, 1900, and 1901. J. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Patents in the Year 1901. K. Alphabetical List of Titles of Inventions for which Letters Patent have been applied during the Year 1901. L. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Eegistration of Designs during the Year 1901. M. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Eegistration of Trade Marks during the Year 1901. F. Waldegrave, Eegistrar. Patent Office, Wellington, 6th August, 1902.

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A.—Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1901. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees ... ... ... 2,929 13 10 Salaries ... ... • ... 666 12 9 Design fees ... ... ... 9 11 0 Copying specifications, &c. ... 8 19 4 Trade-mark fees ... ... 408 10 0 Fees to Patent Office Agents ... 43 0 0 Sale of Gazettes, Acts, &c. ... 18 17 6 Printing Patents Gazette* ... 322 0 0 Other printing and stationery* ... 97 0 0 Books and freight ... ... 9 9 1 Binding English specifications*... 35 7 6 Telephone . . ... ... 7 0 0 Fees refunded ... ... 400 Incidental expenses ... ... 12 6 6 Balance for the year ... ... 2,160 17 2 £3,366 12 4 £3,366 12 4 * Printing and binding done by Government Printing Office.

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

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Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Expenditure. I Surplus. .894 .895 .896 .897 £ s. d. .. 2,477 7 0 .. 2,170 9 6 .. 2,583 0 6 .. 3,183 9 0 £ s. a. £ s. d. 536 6 11 1,941 0 1 464 15 8 1,705 13 10 564 6 10 I 2,018 13 8 574 15 2 , 2,608 13 10 1898 1899 1900 1901 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. .. 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 .. 3,366 12 4 1,205 15 2 2,160 17 2