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APPENDIX.

A.—Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1930. Receipts. £ s. d Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. 10,024 1 2 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,892 4 9 Design fees .. .. .. .. 182 1 6 Advertising.. .. .. .. 22 811 Trade-mark fees .. .. . . 3,905 411 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 106 6 3 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c.— £ s. d. Office fittings .. .. .. 32 9 3 At Government Printing Postage, telegrams, telephones, &c. .. 90 7 10 Office .. .. 72 14 6 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,572 17 3 At Patent Office .. 11 13 6 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 9 710 84 8 0 Contingencies .. .. .. 8 6 1 Refunds .. .. .. .. 97 19 0 Balance — £ s. d. Cash in hand, Public Account .. .. 8,356 12 4 Cash in hand, Government Printer .. 0 16 1 8,363 8 5 £14,195 15 7 £14,195 15 7 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner. I 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, 1930, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1928 and 1929.

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. 1 Receipts. 1 Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. 1921 9,857 1 10 ; 4,016 13 5 5,840 8 5 1926 12,426 0 8 j 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1922 i 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 j 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 I 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 1925 i 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1930 14,195 15 7 I 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5.

1928.* ! 1929.* 1930. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,013 0 0 1,007 0 0 1,085 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 2,137 0 0 2,522 0 0 2,046 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 607 0 0 491 0 0 508 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 157 9 6 185 0 0 138 19 6 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 3 10 0 3 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,089 0 0 1,487 0 0 1,256 10 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. 300 12 00 600 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 15 10 0 19 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. 2,104 1 -0 2,031 0 6 2,284 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 2,036 9 0 2,025 0 0 2,247 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 16 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 91 0 0 111 10 0 97 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c., on register .. 110 0 0 130 0 0 90 0 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 3 15 0 3 15 0 1 15 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 39 0 0 41 0 0 31 0 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 46 16 7 58 17 8 44 5 4 Patent agents' renewal fees .. .. • • • • • • 36 6 0 39 18 0 42 0 0 Patent agents' examination fees .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 660 Searches .. .. • • • • • • • • • • 39 0 9 60 6 8 36 15 0 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. . • 17 0 0 18 0 0 14 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. . • 1 10 0 4 5 0 2 10 0 Request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 050 2100 0100 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " .. 300 60010 00 Application for revocation of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 200 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules .. .. 260 570 160 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. 0 10 0 0 10 0 050 Weekly lists .. .. . • • • • • • • • • 16 16 0 5 0 0 4 18 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. . • • • • • 10 3 11 11 10 6 39 1 4 10,024 1 2 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1928 and. 1929 see Reports for those years respectively.