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G. —Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1933 and 1934, together with the Average for the Years 1928-32 (inclusive).

H.—Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, up to 31st December, 1934 (inclusive).

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Class. 1928-32 1933. 1934. Class. 1928-32 1933. 1934. Advertising and displaying signs, 28-0 20 25 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 89-6 42 59 &c. ' tare) Aeronautics .. • . .. 15 • 4 6 14 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 68-6 44 40 Amusements, music, exercisers, 64-4 56 51 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 26-0 20 25 Kitchen utensils and cooking 57-2 48 35 bolts, ties, &c.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. ..12-0 2 4 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 65-2 18 22 Boots and shoes . . .. 26 • 2 22 26 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 24-2 30 22 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 36-0 21 29 Boxes, cans, and casks .. ..84-2 83 80 Marine and submarine (including 19-8 16 24 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. ..13-8 21 10 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 17-0 19 11 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 13-4 9 9 mops) Medicines and surgical appliances 34'0 28 32 Building-construction .. .. 46-2 18 27 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 40*4 9 19 work, &c.) cement compositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 26-4 15 16 j n g) stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 29-8 25 15 Milking-machines* .. ..42-4 42 44 doors) Minerals (including filtration, lixi- 17-2 27 15 viation, screens, &c.) Chemicals .. ..18-8 13 6 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 1-2 1 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. ..28-2 9 23 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 2-8 4 6 Closets and urinals .. 28-2 13 13 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 13-0 17 10 Oils and lubricators .. .. 22-4 23 20 Cooling and freezing .. 29-4 36 19 Cultivating and tilling .. ..52-0 29 41 Paints and painting (including 17-8 6 12 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 57-0 52 52 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. ..22-0 33 21 Dairying* .. •• ..47-0 68 47 Preserving .. .. ..15-4 17 16 Drains and sewers .. 5-4 1 1 Presses .. .. .. 9-4 9 3 Dredging and excavating (including 9-2 7 7 Printing and photography .. 34-2 20 32 rock drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 24-4 29 20 Drying .. •• ..20-2 9 15 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 115-2 66 84 Railways and tramways .. 32-8 9 13 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 55-0 56 60 Roads and ways (including road 19-8 10 7 Engines (steam), including rotary 13-6 29 12 watering) EnginesT (miscellaneous and engine 37-0 42 36 . Seed-dressing, chafi - cutting, and 7-6 6 6 accessories), including current threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Seed-sowers .. .. .. L3 • 4 J wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 18-2 27 ; 23 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 33-2 29 27 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 6-8 3 5 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 19-6 26 20 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 6-6 .. 3 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 29-2 20 25 Stationery and paper .. .. 41-4 40 34 Fencing - • • • ..21*8 10 10 Fencing (strainers) .. ..4-0 1 2 Telephony and telegraphy (including 216-2 313 306 Fibre - dressing (including rope- 27-6 14 17 phonographs, &c.) making) „ , Tobacco 16-6 12 25 Filters . .. .•••8 - 053 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 15-4 14 13 Valves and cocks .. .. 16-2 15 17 extinguishers 6 } 1 - 0 } 68 , •'' i " " '2!'5 1 F oot l .. .. ..21-6 19 14 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. ..26-4 18 21 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 19-8 16 15 Ventilating .. .. .. 6-4 13 5 Furniture 61 and upholstery, desks, 56-6 20 35 Washing and cleansing .. ..37-4 27 25 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. .. 9-6 4 7 Wearing-apparel .. 45 • 2 48 53 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 7-6 4 8 Wools and hides .. ..15-0 11 9 ing, or power purposes . Miscellaneous inventions not m 26-4 14 18 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 4-2 3 5 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. .. 35-8 20 24 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 46-2 51 33 &c ; 1 i * Prior to 1911 milking-machines were included in class " Dairying," but are now a separate class. Note. „ Owing to some inventions being classified under more than one heading, the figures will total more than the actual number of applications received.

v T, Number at T t t + ° + nW^ C t , of Patents on Number of Letters Patent whicll Final Applications. have been Fee paid. sealed, Act of 1860 .. 1861 to 1870 .. .. 109 109 109 1870 •• ' 1871 to 1883 .. •• 881 687 465 " 1883 .. •• 1884 to 1889.. .. . • 3,170 1,757 368 Acts'of 1889 and 1908 .. 1890 to 30th June, 1912 .. 27,419 12,711 2,591 Act of 1911 •• 1st July, 1921, to 30th June, 1922 16,750 7,773 1,660 1921-22 .. .. •• 25 > 338 13 ' 560 2 > 318 Grand totals ■■ •• 73,667 36,597 7,511