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APPENDIX.
A.—Receipts and Payments Account foe the Year ended 31st December, 1931. Receipts. £ s. d. Payment?. £ s. d Patent fees .. .. .. .. 9,231 17 0 Salaries ' .. .. 3,724 13 4 Design fees .. .. .. .. 114 11 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 21 17 6 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,966 12 1 Fuel, light, &o. .. .. .. 67 16 6 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c.— £ s. d. Postage and telegrams .. .. 138 6 8 At Government, Printing Printing and stationery .. .. 1,458 18 0 Office .. .. .. 64 10 8 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 018 9 At Patent Office .. .. 13 0 9 Contingencies .. .. .. 2 6 0 77 11 5 Refunds .. .. .. .. 51 10 11 Balance—Cash in Public Account .. 7,924 3 10 £13,390 11 6 £13,390 11 6 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. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.
B.—Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years.
C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1931, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1929 and 1930.
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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 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 j 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 1925 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 '■ 1930 l 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5 1926 ! 12,426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1931 13,390 11 6 5,466 7 8 7,924 3 10
I I 1929.» 1930.* 1931. !_ I Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,007 0 0 1,085 0 0 1,298 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 2,522 0 0 2,046 0 0 1,556 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 491 0 0 508 0 0 512 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 185 0 0 138 19 6 144 19 6 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 3 10 0 2 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 400 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,487 0 0 1,256 10 0 918 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. .. .. 600 100 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. 12 00 600 600 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 19 0 0 .. 5 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. 2,031 0 6 2,284 10 0 2,257 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 2,025 0 0 2,247 0 0 2,196 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 20 00 1800 800 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. Ill 10 0 97 0 0 22 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c, on register .. 130 0 0 90 0 0 64 6 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 3 15 0 115 0 250 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 41 0 0 31 0 0 21 15 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 58 17 8 44 5 4 36 3 1 Patent agents' renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. 39 18 0 42 0 0 54 12 0 Patent agents' examination fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 660 330 Searches .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 6 8 36 15 0 35 19 6 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 18 0 0 14 0 0 16 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. .. 450 2 10 0 0 15 0 Request to enter change of address . . .. .. .. 2 10 0 0 10 0 0 19 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right ".. 600 10 00 400 Application for revocation of letters patent .. .. .. .. 200 Advertising in Journal, &c, under Supreme Court Rules .. .. 570 160 180 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. 0 10 0 050 050 Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 4 18 0 22 14 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 10 6 39 1 4 36 2 11 9,231 17 0 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1929 and 1930 aee R.eports for those years respectively.