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APPENDIX.

A. —Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1903. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees ... ... ... 3,964 8 10 Salaries ... ... ... 62115 8 Design fees ... ... ... 16 0 0 Clerical assistance ... ... 170 10 0 Trade-mark fees ... ... 1,287 15 8 Copying specifications ... ... 21 10 0 Sale of Acts, Gazettes, &c. ... 21 18 1 Fees to Patent Office Agents ... 97 17 6 Binding printed specifications, 76 8 9 &c, presented to office by other countries* Printing Patents Gazette* ... 500 19 6 Other printing and binding* ... 82 1 0 Stationery ... ... ... 17 3 9 Typewriter ... ... ... 23 15 0 Telephone ... ... ... 7 0 0 Fees refunded ... ... 11 12 0 Incidental expenses ... ... 26 8 3 Balance for the year ... ... 3,633 1 2 £5,290 2 7 £5,290 2 7 * Printing and binding done by Government Printing Office.

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

Note. —Printing, binding, and other items now debited to the office were not iv former years brought to charge.

Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. 896 .897 898 899 £ s. d. .. 2,583 0 6 .. 3,183 9 0 .. 2,824 9 0 .. 3,102 2 6 £ s. d. £ b. d. 564 6 10 2,018 13 8 574 15 2 2,608 13 10 623 1 11 2,201 7 1 851 2 6 2,251 0 0 1900 1901 1902 1903 I i I £ s. d. | £ a. d. £ s. d. .. 3,396 17 3 1,027 5 8 2,369 11 7 .. 3,366 12 4 1,205 15 2 2,160 17 2 .. 3,999 3 3 1,344 17 1 2,654 6 2 .. 5,290 2 7 1,657 1 5 3,633 1 2