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E.—Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trade Marks, recorded for the Years 1890 to 1903 inclusive.

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

* These figures are necessarily incomplete, as the time for proceeding further with the applications has not yet expired.

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 16 347 1,118 1895 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 1899 992 12 328 1,332 1900 1,009 15 348 1,372 1901 1,114 18 379 1,511 1902 1,431 28 412 1,871 1903 1,604 20 447 2,077

Number c 8 i cations wil ;x Complete cations 1 3f Appli- Number th which cations w Specifi- Provisional lodged. tions 1< , . ,. Nun °L V l\ Applic, ifh which gf h Specific, fi sequent nber of Numbei EEtf —-j ations sub- "j tly lodged. rel t of Appliibandoned, ied, or 'used. Num Patent! Total iberof Nu^ber s sealed. . ,. Applications. .890 .891 .892 .893 .894 .895 896 .897 898 899 900 901 902 903 N.Z. 242 187 202 198 278 229 299 217 199 182 160 199 163 205 Foreign. 207 207 191 178 166 201 275 303 305 297 321 353 357 368 N.Z. 107 126 160 197 251 307 318 444 419 382 441 459 767 859 Foreign. 60 69 53 52 61 79 100 129 98 131 87 103 144 172 N.Z. 27 29 40 51 69 75 68 87 102 84 97 119 274 * Foreign. N.Z. 17 202 25 191 16 237 24 262 16 352 34 403 33 439 41 481 29 447 55 409 36 452 28 458 65 * 4- * Foreign. 50 50 43 30 51 51 75 95 70 82 59 76 * N.Z. 147 122 125 133 173 133 185 181 172 155 149 200 Foreign. 217 226 201 200 176 229 293 336 332 346 349 380 * 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 il,009 1,114 1,431 1,604