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Conclusion. It iilTiivds me pleasure to testify to the care and ability with which the staff of the office carries out its duties. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. : — Page A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1913 5 B. Ta.ble showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years .. 5 C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1913 .. G D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 E. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the years 1890 to 1913 inclusive .. .. .. 7 P. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. 7 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 .. .. 8 H. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1911, 1912, and 1913 .\ .. .. ..8 I. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1911. 1912, and 1913 .. .. .. .. .9 J. Number of Applications received under the International and Colonial Arrangements, showing the Country of Origin, in each of the Years 1911, 1912, and 1913 .. 9 K. Applications pending at the End of 1913 .. .. .. .. 10 L. Patents in Force at End of Year 1913.. .. .. .. .. ..10 M. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. .. 10 N. Designs : Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1913 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..10 0. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other ( lountnea in each of the Years 1911, 1912, and 1913 .. 10 P. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1911, 1912, and 1913 .. .. .. .. ..11 Q. Institutions filing Patent Office Journal for Free Public Inspection.. .. ..12 Notb. — The lists of Inventions and Applicants for Letters Patent, Designs, mid Trade-marks for the pcs! year have been printed in the Index to Vol. II of the Patent Office Journal. Patent Office, Wellington, 18th July, 1914. J. C. Lkwis, Registrar.
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