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VII

Books and Documents open to Inspection. The following documents and books are open to public inspection at the Patent Office : — Patents. (Fee for each search or inspection, not exceeding one hour, Is.) 1. The files relating to all applications for letters patent in respect of which complete specifications have been accepted. 2. Classified copies of specifications and drawings, with index and key( a ). 3. Register of Applications for Letters Patent. 4. Register of Patents. 5. Register of Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent( b ). 6. Index of Patentees(°). 7. Index of Proprietors of Letters Patent granted prior to 1890( d ). 8. Index of Specifications^). Designs. (Search fee, Is. each quarter of an hour.) 1 Register of Designs, with Index of Names of Proprietors. 2. Classified Representations of Designs in respect of which Copyright has expired. 3. Index of Designs. Trade Marks. (Search fee, Is. each quarter of an hour.) 1. The files relating to all applications for registration of trade marks. 2. Register of Applications for Registration of Trade Marks. 3. Register of Trade Marks. 4. Index of Applicants for Registration of Trade Marks('). 5. Index of Trade Marks. 6. Classified Representations of Trade Marks, with indexes. Miscellaneous. Register of Patent Agents. ( a ) Key is in card index. ( h ) This Register contains only names of subsequent proprietors of letters patent granted prior to Ist January, 1890 : since that date they appear in Register of Patents. ( c ) Includes all names of applicants, &0., and consists of four volumes to 4th November, 1903, and card index since that date. A separate card index is kept for current quarter. ( d ) The names of proprietors of subsequent letters patent appear in the Index of Patentef s. C) Contains classified abridgments of specifications from 1861, with extracts from drawings from July, 1904. ( f ) Names of applicants for registration and proprietors of trade marks are indexed at the beginning of the Registers up to 31st December, 1889 ; in separate volume up to sth September, 1904 ; and since the latter date are in the card index. A.—Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1905. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees ... ... ... 4,109 19 6 Salaries ... ... ... 894 17 4 Design fees ... ... ... 27 11 0 Clerical assistance ... ... 146 10 0 Trade-mark fees ... ... 811 15 0 Copying specifications ... ... 29 13 3 Sale of Acts, Gazettes, &c. ... 18 3 0 Fees to Patent Office Agents ... 62 10 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 2 14 0 Binding printed specifications, 53 3 6 &c, presented to office by other countries* Printing Patents Gazette* ... 810 15 6 Other printing and binding* .: 245 8 6 Stationery ... ... ... 14 9 9 Books, patent laws, &c. ... 9 3 3 Telephone ... ... ... 700 Payments refunded ... ... 806 Incidental expenses ... ... 15 18 1 Balance for the year ... ... 2,672 12 10 £4,970 2 6 £4,970 2 6 * Printing and binding done And figures supplied by Government Printing Office.

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

Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. i Year. Receipts. Expenditure. | Surplus. 898 .899 .900 901 j £ s. d. £ s. a, ' & f. d. i .. 2,824 9 0 623 1 11 2,201 7 1 I 1902 .. 3,102 2 6 851 2 6 2,251 0 0 | 1903 .. 3,396 17 3 1,027 5 8 2,369 11 7 I 1904 .. I 3,366 12 i 1,205 15 2 2,160 17 2 | 1905 £ s. d. £ s. A. £ s. d. .. 3,999 3 3 1,344 17 1 2,654 6 2 .. 5,290 2 7 1,657 1 5 3,633 1 2 .. 4,642 19 6 1,775 17 11 2,867 1 7 .. 4,970 2 6 2,297 9 8 2,672 12 10 Note.—Printing, binding, and other items now debited to this office were not iu former years broui ;ht to ohari [e.