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A.—Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1907.

Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees ... ... ... 4,847 0 8 Salaries ... ... ... 997 2 4 Design fees ... ... ... 30 1 0 Clerical assistance ... ... 172 8 4 Trade-mark fees ... ... 1,002 18 0 Copying specifications... ... 16 8 0 Sale of Acts, Gazettes, &c. ... 33 14 6 Fees to Patent Office Agents ... G4 12 6 Miscellaneous ... ... 2 10 4 Binding printed specifications, 54 7 6 &c, presented to office by other countries* Printing Patents Gazette* ... 983 9 6 Other printing and binding* ... 216 15 2 Stationery ... ... ... 26 1 8 Stamps ... ... ... 29 0 0 Books, patent laws, &c. ... 1 15 0 United States specifications ... 7 10 0 Telephone ... ... ... 7 0 0 Payments refunded ... ... 10 5 0 Incidental expenses ... ... 15 9 10 Balance for the year ... ... 3,313 19 8 £5,916 4 6 £5,916 4 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.

C.—Particulars of Fees received from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1907.

Year. Beceipts. Expenditure. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Expenditure. I Surplus. 1900 1901 1902 1903 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. .. 3,396 17 3 1,027 5 8 2,369 11 7 .. 3,366 12 4 1,205 15 2 2,160 17 2 .. 3,999 3 3 1,344 17 1 2,654 6 2 .. 5,290 2 7 1,657 1 5 3,633 1 2 1904 1905 190G 1907 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. .. 4,642 19 6 1,775 17 11 2,867 1 7 .. 4,970 2 6 2,297 9 8 2,672 12 10 .. 5,641 0 6 2,237 19 1 3,403 1 5 .. 5,916 4 6 2,602 4 10 3,313 19 8 Note. —Printing, binding, and other items now debite to this office were not iu former years brought to charge.

Fees. Number. Each. Amouut received. Patents. Applications for patents with provisional specifications Applications for patents with complete specifications Complete specifications left after provisional specifications Applications to amend specifications Issue of letters patent Renewal fees before end of fourth year from date of patent Renewal fees before end of seventh year from date of patent Notices of opposition Hearing objections Applications for enlargement of time for deposit of complete specifications On grant of such enlargement Applications for enlargement of time for acceptance of complete specification .. On grant of such enlargement Applications for enlargement of time for payment of fees On grant of such enlargement Notices of appeal to Supreme Court against decisions of Registrar Searches Registration of assignments and licenses Certificates of such registration Copies of specifications and drawings Certifying copies.. Correction of clerical errors in specifications, &c. Registration of Patent Agent Duplicate Letters Patent Petition—extonsion of term Caveat re extension Miscellaneous 941 675 303 6 756 237 83 13 7 35 35 8 9 41 38 4 601 98 61 £ s. 0 10 0 10 0 10 1 0 2 0 5 0 10 0 0 10 2 0 0 10 1 0 0 10 1 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 1* 0 10 0 10 t 0 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 10 £ s. d. 470 10 0 337 10 0 151 10 0 6 0 0 1,512 0 0 1,185 0 0 830 0 0 6 10 0 14 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 20 10 0 38 0 0 4 0 0 30 1 0 49 0 0 30 10 0 78 2 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 8 10 3 5 2 1 2 £4,847 0 8 • Per hour. t 3d. per folio of 72 worde; Iβ. per shei it, (ll'iiuill; ;s.