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Premises. Although the work and staff of the Office have about doubled the last ten years, there has been no increase in the accommodation during that time, and either fresh premises or a substantial addition to the present offices are urgently required. The applications and revenue for the first six months of the current year are higher by 17 per cent, and 14 per cent, respectively than for the corresponding period of 1909, which showed a substantial advance on the preceding year. As there seems every prospect of the development of the Office being maintained, it is desirable that premises not only giving the further accommodation now required, but permitting of the expansion of the Office for some years to come, should be provided. The necessity for more strong-room cannot be too strongly emphasized, the present safe having space for only a portion of the documents which should be guarded against destruction by fire. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains : — J , - 46,11 Papers set at Examination for Registration of Patent Agents .. ... • • 5 And the following tables and lists, viz. : — A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1909 . . 6 B. Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years .. 6 C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1909 .. 7 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. •. • • • • .. 7 E. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trade Marks, recorded for the years 1890 to 1909 inclusive .. .. .. 8 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. 8 Gγ. 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 .. 9 H. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1907, 1908, and 1909 .. 9 I. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1907, 1908, and 1909 .. .. .. .. .. '10 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 1907, 1908, and 1909 .. .. .. .. •■ •• •• • • H K. Designs : Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Fourteen Classes to end of 1906 and in the Years 1907, 1908, and 1909 respectively .. .. 11 L. Number of Applications to register Trade Marks, in the Fifty Different Classes, in each of the Years 1907, 1908, and 1909 .. .. .. .. .. 12 M. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Patents for the Year ended 31st December, 1909 13 N. Classified List of Inventions for which Letters Patent have been applied for during the year ended 31st December, 1909 .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 0. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Registration of Trade Marks during the year ended 31st December, 1909 .. .. .'. .. . • • ■ 55 P.. Alphabetical List of Applicants for Registration of Designs during the year ended 31st December, 1909 .. .. .. .. • • • • .. 62 Patent Office, J- C. Lewis, Wellington, 29th August, 1910. Registrar.