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Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz.: — Page. A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1916. . 5 B. Table 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, 1916 .. 6 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries . . . . . . .. .. .. 6 E. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks, recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1916 inclusive .. .. 7 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c.. .. .. 7 G. Number of Applications for Patents in New Zealand from Persons residing there and in other Countries in each of the Years 1914, 1915 and 1916 .. .. 7 H. Table showing Number of Applications for the different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1914, 1915, and 1916 .. .. .. .. .. 8 I. Applications pending at the End of Year 1916.. .. .. .. ..8 J. Patents in Force at End of Year 1916 .. .. .. .. ..9 K. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the different Patents Acts .. . . 9 L. 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, 1916 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 M. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each, of the. Years 1914, 1915, and 1916 .. 9 N. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1914, 1915, and 1916.. .. .. .. .. ..10 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. V of the Patent Office Journal. Patent Office, Wellington, 21st May, 1917. J. C. Lewis, Registrar.

APPENDIX. A.—Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1916. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .... 5,841 18 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,899 0 0 Design fees .. .. .. .. 27 0 0 Olorioal assistance .. .. .. 70 3 0 Trade-mark fees .. .. 1,191 4 0 Pees to looal Patent Officers .. .. 3 15 0 Sale of Acts, Gazettes, Journals, Name Binding printed specifications presented to Index, &o. .. .. .. .. 47 9 3 Office by other countries .. .. 3 15 0 Printing Patent Office Journal .. .. 591 13 0 Other printing and binding ... .. 49 9 6 Stationery .. .. .. .. 16 18 8 Stamps .. .. .. .. 118 11 8 Payments refunded .. .. .. 50 17 6 Furniture, stores, &c. .. .. 3 18 0 Typewriter and repairs .. .. .. 24 11 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 2 12 9 Balance .. .. .. .. 4,272 6 2 £7,107 11 3 £7,107 11 3

B.—Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years.

Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. Year, £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. .909 .. 6,014 12 2 2,822 15 4 3,191 16 10 I 1913 L910 .. 6,314 9 11 2,669 9 fl 3,645 0 6 1914 L911 .. 6,535 6 0 2,440 18 7 4,094 7 5 ; 1915 .912 .. 6,756 7 11 2,989 3 0 3,767 4 11 1916 Receipts. £ s. d. .. 7,113 7 0 .. 7,572 0 0 .. 7,491 13 11 .. 7,107 11 3 Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,972 0 3 4,141 6 9 8,536 15 3 4,035 4 9 3,230 16 0 4,260 17 11 2,835 5 1 4,272 6 2