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APPENDIX

PATENT OFFICE A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31.st December, 1949 Receipts | Payments £ | £ Patent fees .. .. .. 18,072 Salaries .. .. .. .. 15,016 Design fees .. .. .. 166 Fuel, light, power, and water .. 69 /Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 5,778 Office furniture and equipment .. 75 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c.— £ Rent, maintenance, and repairs .. 102 At the Government Printing office 94 Patent Office Journal .. .. 3,446 At the Patent Office .. .. 8 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. 192 102 Printing and stationery, &c. .. ... 625 Refunds ... .. .. .. 38 Balance, cash in Public Account .. 4,555 £24,118 £24,118 A. H. Ihle, Commissioner of Patents. 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. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

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 Each of the Last Twenty Years

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1940 12,241 6,076 6,165 1945 17,247 6,569 10,678 1941 13,148 5,713 7,435 1946 18,891 7,586 11,305 1942 11,668 5,900 5,768 1947 21,919 13,654 8,265 1943 13,657 4,824 8,833 1948 24,498 17,407 7,091 1944 15,631 5,032 10,599 1949 24,118 19,563 4,555

Year. Patent*. designs. 2S Total. | Year. J Patents. Designs. Trade- | marks. Total. 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1940 1,277 108 626 2,011 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1941 1,214 108 534 1,856 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1942 1,104 60 398 1,562 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1943 1,384 61 678 2,123 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1944 2,045 104 924 3,073 1935 1,730 185 943 2,858 1945 2,651 188 1,320 4,159 1936 1,836 124 1,096 3,056 1946 3,025 351 1,766 5,142 1937 1,832 193 889 2,914 1947 2,753 237 1,670 4,660 1938 1,960 160 860 2,980 1948 2,469 229 1,439 4,137 1939 1,821 137 694 2,652 1949 1,984 255 1,292 3,531