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A.—Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1906. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees ... ... ... 4,624 11 0 Salaries ... ... ... 891 6 3 Design fees ... ... ... 18 17 0 Clerical assistance ... ... 169 0 0 Trade-mark fees ... ... 954 19 01 Copying specifications... ... 28 12 5 Sale-of Acts, Gazettes, &c. ... 4115 0 Fees to Patent Office Agents ... 62 7 6 Miscellaneous ... ... 018 6 Binding printed specifications, 32 10 6 &c, presented to office by other countries* Printing Patents Gazette* ... 856 17 6 Other printing and binding* ... 81 15 4 Stationery ... ... ' ... 20 5 9 Typewriters ... ... ... 32 10 0 Books, patent laws, &c. ... 3 15 6 United States specifications ... 7 10 0 Telephone ... ... ... 7 0 0 Payments refunded ... ... 22 2 0 Incidental expenses ... ... 22 6 4 Balance for the year ... ... 3,403 1 5 £5,641 0 6 j £5,641 0 6 • Printing and binding done and figures supplied by Government Printing Office.

B.—Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years.

C.—Particulars of Fees received from the 1st January to the 31st December 1906.

* Per hour. t 3d. per folio of 72 words; Is. per sheet, drawings.

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Year. Beceipts. Expenditure. Surplus. Year. Receipts. I Expenditure. Surplus. 1899 [900 .901 .902 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ p. d. .. 3,102 2 6 851 2 6 2,251 0 0 .. 3,396 17 3 1,027 5 8 2,369 11 7 .. 3,366 12 4 1,205 15 2 2,160 17 2 .. 3,999 3 3 1,344 17 1 2,654 6 2 1903 1904 1905 1906 £ s. d. £ s. A. £ s. d. .. 5,290 2 7 1,657 1 5 3,633 1 2 .. 4,642 19 6 1,775 17 11 2,867 1 7 .. 4,970 2 6 2,297 9 8 2,672 12 10 .. 5,641 0 6 2,237 19 1 3,403 1 5 Note.—Printing, binding, and other items now debited to this office were not in former years brought to charge.

Number. Fees. Bach. Amount received. Patents. Applications for patents with provisional specifications Applications for patents with complete specifications Complete specifications left after provisional specifications Applications to amend specifications Issue of letters patent Eenewal fees before end of fourth year from date of patent Renewal fees before end of seventh year from date of patent Notices of opposition Hearing objections Applications for enlargement of time for deposit of complete specifications On grant of such enlargement Applications for enlargement of time for acceptance of oomplete specification .. On grant of such enlargement Applications for enlargement of time for payment of fees On grant of such enlargement Notices of appeal to Supreme Court against decisions of Registrar Searches Registration of assignments and licenses Certificates of such registration Copies of specifications and drawings Certifying copies.. Correction of clerical errors in specifications, &c. Registration of Patent Agent Request for alteration of address Miscellaneous 1,110 638 310 5 644 223 82 12 4 36 35 8 7 51 40 1 621 134 96 £ s. 0 10 1 0 2 0 5 0 10 0 0 10 2 0 0 10 1 D 0 10 1 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 1* 0 10 0 10 t 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 5 £ s. d. 555 0 0 319 0 0 155 0 0 5 0 0 1,288 0 0 1,115 0 0 820 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 18 0 0 35 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 25 10 0 40 0 0 10 0 31 1 0 67 0 0 48 0 0 69 0 0 0 16 0 10 0 3 3 0 0 5 0 2 16 0 16 4 8 1 £4,624 11 0