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APPENDIX,

PATENTJOFFICE. A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1933. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. 8,261 18 4 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,480 0 9 Designs fees .. .. . . • • 140 18 2 Advertising .. .. .. .. 21 17 6 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,212 4 3 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 33 10 7 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c.— Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. 104 19 5 At Government Printing Printing and stationery.. .. .. 614 1 0 Office .. .. • • 65 8 2 Typewriters .. .. .. .. 2 11 7 At Patent Office .. .. 14 211 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 4 6 8 79 11 1 Refunds .. .. .. .. 32 11 6 International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property ; Annual contribution by New Zealand as a member .. 84 19 10 Balance: Cash in Public Account .. 7,315 13 0 £11,694 11 10 £11,694 II 10 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, 1933, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1931 and 1932.

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. j Year. j Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ; £ s. d. £ s. (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 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 1927 12,642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1932 12,034 19 4 4,782 7 0 7,252 12 4 1928 13 302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1 1933 1.1,694 11 10 i 4,378 18 10 7,315 13 0

1931.* 1932.» 1933. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. . ■ 1,298 0 0 1,183 0 0 978 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. 1,556 0 0 1,318 0 0 1,574 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. ..' 512 0 0 568 0 0 502 0 0 Applications for extension of time • • • • • • • • 144 19 6 188 19 6 179 10 0 On giving notice of opposition . . • • • • • • • • 2 10 0 6 10 0 3 0 0 On hearing opposition .. ■■ •• •• 4 0 0 " Wn n On request for sealing letters patent .. • ■ • • • ■ 918 0 0 76o 0 0 748 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. . . • • 10 0 .. w 0 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. 6 0 0 .. 3 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. • • 5 10 0 J 10 0 - 1« 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. •• -,257 10 0 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. 2,196 0 0 0 0 j 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. • • 8 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. •• •• 22-0 0 51 0 0 38 ® JJ On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c., oil register .. 64 b 0 55 0 0 48 10 » On request to correct clerical errors .. .. •• •• „?■ H i c « Certificates of Commissioner .. • • ■ • • • • • 21 15 0 44 0 0 42 15 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. ■ ■ • • • • 36 3 1 53 8 J > Application for registration as patent agent .. .. •• •• - 0 •• Patent agents' renewal fees 54 12 0 21 0 0 50 8 0 agents'examination fees .. .. ;; J 0 Amendment of letters patent .. • • • • ■ • • • ' *"? 2 ? 30 0 0 3 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. •• •• 0 15 0 .. • • n Request to enter change of address • • •• a 0 11 u u io u Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right .. 4 0 0 Advertising in Journal, &o., under Supreme Court Rules .. .. 18 0 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. 0 5 0 . Weekly lists ' • • |2 14 0 10 6 0 5 4 0 Miscellaneous .. .. ... •• •• .. 36 2 11 25 lo .8. 37 0 1 8,261 18 4 * For a complete analysis of lees received in 1931 and 1932 see Reports for those years respectively.