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Patent Agents. The number of patent agents on the register was increased by 2 during the year, bringing the total up to 67. Of the 1,745 applications lodged, practically all foreign applications and about 75 per cent, of the local ones came through the hands of these gentlemen. A copy of the paper set in the one case in which an examination was held is inserted in the Appendix. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains :— page Paper set at Examination for Registration of Patent Agent .. .. .. vi List of Contents of Patent Office Library .. .. .. vi List of Books and Documents open to Inspection in Patent Office .. .. vii And the following tables and lists, viz. : — A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1906 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. viii B. Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years .. viii C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1906 .. viii D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. .. .. .. . . ix E. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trade Marks, recorded for the years 1890 to 1906 inclusive .. .. ix F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c, under Act of 1889 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. x 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 x H. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1904, 1905, and 1906 .. x I. Table showing number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1904, 1905, and 1906 .. .. .. .. xi J. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade Marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1904, 1905, and 1906 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. xi K. Number of Applications to register Trade Marks, in the Fifty Different Classes, in each of the Years 1904, 1905, and 1906 .. .. .. .. xii L. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Patents, — For quarter ending 31st March, 1906 .. .. .. .. 1 30th June, „ .. .. .. .. 24 „ 30th September, „ .. .. .. .. 50 ~ 31st December, ~ .. .. .. .. 82 M. Alphabetical List of Titles of Inventions for which Letters Patent have been applied,— For quarter ending 31st March, 1906 .. .. .. .. 10 30th June, „ .. .. .. .. 35 „ 30th September, „ .. .. .. .. 64 „ 31st December, ~ .. .. .. .. 95 N. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Registration of Trade Marks, — For quarter ending 31st March, 1906 .. .. .. .. 21 „ 30th June, „ .. .. .. .. 47 „ 30th September, „ .. .. .. .. 78 „ 31st December, „ .. .. .. .. 108 0. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Registration of Designs,— For quarter ending 31st March, 1906 .. .. .. .. 23 „ 30th June, „ .. .. .. .. 49 30th September, „ .. .. .. .. 81 „ 31st December, ~ .. .. .. .. 110 Patent Office, J. C. Lewis, Wellington, 18th July, 1907. Registrar.

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