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Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. : — Pago A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1915 .. 4 B. Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the last Eight Years . . .. 4 C. Particulars of Foes received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1915 . . 5 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries . . .. .. .. .. .. . . 5 E. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890 to 1.915 inclusive .. . . . . . . 6 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. .. 6 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 .. . . 7 11. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 191.3, 1914, and 1915 .. . . .. . . 7 I. Table showing Number of Applications for the different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1913, 1914, and 1915 .. .. .. .. ..8 J. Number of Applications received under the International and Colonial Arrangements, showing the Country of Origin, in each of the Years 1913, 1914, and 1915 .. 8 K. Applications pending at the End of 1915 .. ... .. .. ..9 L. Patents in Force at End of Year 1915 .. . . .. .. . . . . 9 M. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the different Patents Acts . . .. 9 N. Designs : Table showing Number of Applications in each of tho Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1915 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 O. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1913, 1914, and 1915 . . 10 P. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty different Classes in each of the Years 1913, 1914, and 191.5 .. .. ..' .. .. ..10 Q. Institutions filing Patent Office Journal for Free Public Inspection .. .. ..II Note. —The lists of Inventions and Applicants for Letters Patent, Designs, and Trade-marks for the past year have been printed in the Index to Vol. IV of the Patent Office Journal. Patent Office, Wellington, 15th April, 1916. J. C. Lewis, Registrar.
APPENDIX. I, i i ' A.—Balance-sheet op Income and Expenditure por the Year ended 31st December, 1915. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s, <1. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 6,281 3 5 Salaries .. .. .. .. 2,230 8 0 Design fees .. .. .. .. 49 1 6 Feos to local patent officers .. .. 5 2 6 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 1,101 3 9 Binding printed specifications, &c, preSale of Acts, Gazettes, Journals, Name sented to Office by other countries . . 2 10 6 Index, &c. .. .. .. 60 5 3 Printing Patent Office Journal .. .. 658 13 0 Other printing and binding .. 96 3 6 Stationery .. .. . . . . 35 811 Stamps ' .. .. .. .. 112 17 1 Telephone .. .. .. .. 1500 Payments refunded . . .. .. 28 15 0 Furniture, stores, &c. . . . . . . 6 1111 Typewriter repairs . . .. . . 2 8 0 Typewriter .. .. . . .. 19 7 6 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 12 6 Card cabinet .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 Incidental expensos . . .. .. 8 7 7 Balance .. . . .. .. 4,260 17 .11 £7,491 13 11 £7,491 13 11
B. —Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years.
Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. 1908 1909 1910 1911 £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. .. 5,470 6 1 2,822 3 5 2,618 2 8 .. 6,014 12 2 2,822 15 i 3,191 16 10 .. 6,314 9 11 2,669 9 5 3,645 0 6 .. 6,535 6 0 2,440 18 7 4,094 7 5 1912 1913 1914 1915 £ s. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. .. 6,756 7 11 2,989 3 0 3,767 4 11 .. 7,113 7 0 2,972 0 3 4,141 6 9 .. 7,572 0 0 3,536 15 3 4,035 4 9 .. 7,491 13 11 3,230 16 0 4,260 17 11