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APPENDIX.

PATENT OFFICE. A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1935. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .". .. .. .. 9,256 5 8 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 3,709 15 .0 Design fees .. .. .. .. .. 153 4 9 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 39 13 7 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. .. 3,386 14 11 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. .. 88 17 5 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c.— £ s. d. Printing and stationery .. .. .. 110 2 10 At Government Printing Office .. 64 22 Patent Office Journal .. .. .. .. 496 3 11 At Patent Office .. .. .. 811 10 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. .. 115 11 72 14 0 Contingencies .. ... .. .. 1118 Office fittings .. .. .. .. 2 4 6 Refunds .. .. .. .. .. 26 8 5 Balance : Cash in Public Account .. ".. 8,392 6 1 £12,868 19 4 £12,868 19 4 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. 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 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, 1935, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1933 and 1934.

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Year. Beceipts. Payments. Surplus. j Year. Beceipts. Payments. Surplus. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 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 11,694 11 10 4,378 18 10 7,315 13 0 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2 1934 12,376 5 11 4,709 6 9 7,666 19 2 1930 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5j 1935 12,868 19 4 4,476 13 3 8,392 6 1

1933.* 1934.* 1935. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 978 0 0 920 10 0 882 1 7 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,374 0 0 1,690 0 0 1656 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. 502 0 0 464 0 0 435 10 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 179 10 0 180 0 0 140 15 6 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. . . .. 300 5 10 0 400 On hearing opposition On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 748 0 0 937 0 0 979 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. .. 200 100 10 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. 300 900 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 2 10 0 3 10 0 18 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. 1,881 0 0 1,769 5 11 1 964 1 6 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. 2,061 0 0 2,592 0 0 2 785 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 12 00 600 67 00 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. 38 0 0 36 0 0 12 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c., on register.. 48 10 0 67 0 0 76 15 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. .0 10 0 100 1 15 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 42 15 0 38 0 0 43 5 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 43 12 6 53 3 1 73 14 11 Application for registration as patent agent Patent agents' renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. 50 8 0 37 16 0 16 16 0 • Patent agents'examination fees Searches .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 43 3 9 36 7 6 48 11 6 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 3 0 0 1100 18 00 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 150 Request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 0 10 0 1 6 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right . 3 0 0 .. 5 0 0 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 4 0 5 12 0 22 0 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 0 1 14 18 9 2 18 8 1 _ 9,256 5 8 * For a complete analysis of tees received in 1933 and 1934 see reports for those years respectively.