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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.

B. —Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1913, 1914, and 1915.

Year. Number of Applications received. Number of Complete Specifications received. Number of Letters Patent sealed. ] Number of Number of Patents on which Patents Second-term on which Fee paid. Final Fee paid. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 1,431 1,604 1,483 1,601 1,745 1,618 1,527 1,705 1,831 1,740 493 448 449 451 529 539 675 648 635 618 614 699 859 865 793 878 962 925 876 936 1,022 996 364 348 326 333 349 362 478 . 517 504 501 498 580 655 687 629 676 727 725 679 735 844 805 80 37 78 23 84 37 99 47 88 31 113 45 118 53 136 49 138 58 199 90 172 71 200 91 209 104 229 95 209 89 231 108 238 96 231 122 222 121 252 285 270

1913. 1914. 1915. 1913. 1914. 1915. New Zealand Argentina Austria Belgium Canada China Cuba Denmark Egypt France 1,173 1 3 19 1 1 4 1,045 I 3 12 2 I 4 13 150 927 9 . 1 3 Italy New South Wales Norway Queensland .. Rhodesia Russia South Australia Spain Sweden Switzerland . . Tasmania Transvaal United States Victoria Western Australia Zululand 2 96 3 8 1 15 1 72 13 1 1.5 1 8 60 2 9 11 9 25 183 1 2 1 1 1 1 98 5 1 5 3 3 106 111 7 1 Germany Great Britain Hawaii Holland 7 121 84 13 8 2 60 100 8 Hungary India Note.—A few applications wore lants giving two addresses; the figun received is will tbi from joint £ irefore total .pplicants resident in different oountric more than the actual number of applici is, also fr< itions reci im applilived.