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APPENDIX. A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1929. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 10,301 0 4 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,884 16 9 Design fees .. .. .. .. 112 10 0 Advertising.. .. .. .. 22 14 4 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,578 I!) 5 Fuel, light, &e. .. .. .. 05 19 2 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. 73 12 3 I Office fittings .. .. .. 35 10 3 Postage .. .. .. .. 95 9 9 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,643 9 1 Typewriters .. .. .. 17 9 4 Contingencies .. .. .. 13 2 6 Refunds .. .. .. .. 04 18 8 Balance .. .. .. .. 8,192 12 2 £14,066 2 0 £14,066 2 0 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner. 1 hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and AuditorGeneral.

B.—Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years.

C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1929, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1927 and 1928.

Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. . Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1920 9,696 17 4 3,736 4 1 5,960 13 3 1925 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1921 : 9,857 1 10 i 4,016 13 5 5,840 8 5 1926 12,426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1922 ; 12,913 15 3 ! 3,880 0 8 9,033 14 7 | 1927 12,642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1923 ! 11,667 18 5 ; 4,809 8 11 6,858 9 6 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1 1924 12,470 19 6 5,182 15 4 7,288 4 2 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2

1927.* 1928.* 1929. Patents. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. | £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. i 1,156 1 9 1,013 0 0 j 1,007 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,802 0 0 ! 2,137 0 0 j 2,522 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 602 0 0 ! 607 0 0 | 491 0 0 Applications for extension of time . . .. .. .. ; 174 4 0 | 157 9 6 185 0 0 On giving notice of opposition . . . . . . .. . . 3 0 0 j 3 10 0 3 10 0 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,092 9 6 j 1,089 0 0 1,487 0 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. . . 3 0 0: 12 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. . . 36 0 0 15 10 0 j 19 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. j 1,997 0 0 2,104 1 0 ! 2,031 0 6 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 1,688 16 0 2,036 9 0 , 2,025 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. i 24 10 6 16 0 0 20 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. •• 118 0 0 j 91 0 0 111 10 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor on register .. 174 10 0 110 0 0 j 130 0 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. • • | 2 15 0 3 15 0 i 3 15 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. . . .. .. . • 36 7 0 39 0 0 41 0 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. . • • • 40 8 7 46 16 7 58 17 8 Patent Agents' renewal fees . . .. . • • • • • 46 4 0 36 6 0 j 39 18 0 Searches .. .. . • • • • • • • • • j 35 4 8 39 0 9 j 60 6 8 Amendment of letters patent .. .. •• •• •• 8 0 0 17 0 0 18 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. . . .. . • • • 0 10 0 1 10 0 4 5 0 Request to enter change of address . . .. .. . • j • • 0 5 0 1 2 10 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " .. | 1 0 0 3 0 0! 60 0 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules .. .. j 1 10 0 2 6 0 5 7 0 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. j 0 5 0 0 10 0; 0 10 0 Weekly lists .. .. .. •• •• •• • • j 520 16 16 0 500 Miscellaneous .. .. .. •• •• •• •• j 9 19 3 10 3 11 11 10 6 10,301 0 4 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1927 and 1928 see Reports for those years respectively.