H. —10.

E.—Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trade Marks, recorded for the Years 1890 to 1904 inclusive.

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

ii—H. 10.

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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 1895 816 14 254 1,084 1896 992 27 279 1,298 1897 1,093 13 301 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 26 447 2,077 1904 1,483 24 592 2,099

Number a cations wi ►h Complete cations of Appliith which 3 Specifilodged. Number cations w Provisional tions li of Appliith which Specifica)dged. Number of Applications for which Complete Specifications subsequently lodged. Numbei cations i laps ref r of Appliibandoned, ied, or 'used. Num Patent! Total Lber of Number s sealed. . ,. Applications. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 N.Z. 242 187 202 198 278 229 299 217 199 182 160 199 163 205 200 Foreign. 207 207 191 178 166 201 275 303 305 297 321 353 357 368 321 N.Z. 107 126 160 197 251 307 318 444 419 382 441 459 767 859 754 Foreign. 60 69 53 52 61 79 100 129 98 131 87 103 144 172 208 N.Z. 27 29 40 51 69 75 68 87 102 84 97 119 274 238 Foreign. 17 25 16 24 16 34 33 41 29 55 36 28 65 54 N.Z. 202 191 237 262 352 403 439 481 447 409 452 458 690 * Foreign. 50 50 43 30 51 51 75 95 70 82 59 76 86 N.Z. 147 122 125 133 173 133 185 181 172 155 149 200 240 Foreign. 217 226 201 200 176 229 293 336 332 346 349 380 415 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 1,431 1,604 1,483 * i 1'hese figuri i is are necessarily incomplete, as the time for proceeding further with th applici itions hai not yet ixpirei 1.