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G. —Table showing over a Series of Years the Number of Patents that were considered of sufficient Value to be kept alive by Payment of the Renewal Fees.

H.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1903, 1904, and 1905.

Year. Number of Applications received. Number of Letters Patent granted. Number of Patents on which Second-term Fee paid. Number of Patents on which Final Fee paid. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 614 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 364 348 326 333 349 362 478 517 504 501 498 580 80 78 84 99 88 113 118 136 138 199 172 200 37 23 37 47 31 45 53 49 58

1903. I 1904. 1905. 1903. 1904. 1905. New Zealand Argentine Republic Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Cape Colony Costa Rica Denmark Prance Germany Hungary India Italy Natal .. 1,064 j 954 8 I 8 ! 1 2 1,042 New South Wales ! Norway 3 j Queensland 1 :; South Afrioa j 1 i South Australia 11 ji Sweden 1 i Switzerland 1 ! Tasmania 1 j Transvaal 17 I Tunis 15 |i United Kingdom I United States 1 I Victoria 1 || Western Australia 1 65 11 14 13 "2 5 65 1 21 1 8 6 3 6 3 '88 'l8 5 12 1 12 G 1 102 109 143 15 "3 j 1 3 I 5 15 10 2 1 I .. 1 i 2 1 : 1 129 11-2 150 10 110 100 160 14 irefore Note.—A few applications were reci *otftl more than the actual number of ap eived from join , plications receii j applicants resident in different countries; the Lgures rill, thl