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APPENDIX.

PATENT OFFICE. A.— Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1941. -Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 10,158 8 3 Salaries, &c. .. .. .. .. 4,214 5 0 Design fees .. .. .. .. •• 118 17 3 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. .. 36 14 7 Trade-marks fees .. .. .. .. 2,749 2 6 Rent, maintenance, and repairs .. .. 313 12 0 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c.— £ s. d. Patent Office Journal .. .. .. .. 618 011 At the Government Printing Office 114 9 fi Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. .. 202 15 4 At the Patent Office .. 6 9 3 Printing and stationery, &c. .. .. .. 267 3 9 120 18 9 Refunds .. .. .. .. .. 59 12 6 Balance: Cash in Public Account .. .. 7,435 2 8 £13,147 6 9 £13,147 6 9 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. —Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. A. H. Ihle, Commissioner of Patents.

B.—Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years.

C. —Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1914 to 1941 (inclusive).

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ £ £ | £ £ £ 1932 .. .. .. 12,035 4,782 7,253 1937 .. .. .. 13,407 5,623 7,784 1933 .. .. .. 11,695 4,379 7,314 1938 .. .. .. 14,754 6,790 7,964 1934 .. .. .. 12,376 4,709 7,667 1939 .. .. .. 14,134 6,846 7,288 1935 .. .. .. 12,869 4,477 8,392 1940 .. .. .. 12,241 6,076 6,165 1936 .. .. .. 13,276 5,222 8,054 1941 .. .. .. 13,148 5,713 7,435

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. j Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. ' Total. 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1935 1,730 185 943 2,858 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1936 1,836 124 1,096 3,056 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1937 1,832 193 889 2,914 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1938 1,960 160 860 2,980 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1939 1,821 137 694 2,652 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1940 1,277 108 626 2,011 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1941 1,214 108 534 1,856