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F.—Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c., under Act of 1889.

G.—Table showing over a Series of Years the Number of Patents that were considered of sufficient Value to be kept alive by Payment of the Renewal Fees.

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. Number 5 cations wi [h i Complete cations of Appliith which 3 Specifilodged. Number of Appli- Ap^l° s f for Number of Applications with which fr, „ . , cations abandoned, Num tber of s sealed. Total Number of Applications. i i I N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. 107 60 27 17 202 50 147 126 69 29 25 191 50 122 160 53 40 16 237 : 43 125 197 52 51 24 262 30 133 251 61 69 16 352 51 173 307 79 75 34 403 51 133 318 100 68 33 439 75 185 444 129 87 41 481 95 181 419 98 102 29 447 70 172 382 131 84 55 409 82 155 441 87 97 36 452 59 149 459 103 119 28 i 458 76 200 767 144 274 : 65 690 86 240 859 172 238 54 801 116 263 754 208 198 74 ; 700 154 254 827 204 222 , 86 783 142 259 866 244 227 100 * * * 748 193 * ■ I N.Z. 1890 242 1891i 187 1892! 202 1893! 198 1894; 278 1895! 229 1896 ; 299 1897 217 1898 199 1899 182 1900 160 1901 199 1902: 163 1903 205 19041 200 1905 215 19061 230 1907 221 Foreign. 207 207 191 178 166 201 275 303 305 297 321 353 357 368 321 355 405 . 456 Foreign. 217 226 201 200 176 229 293 336 332 346 ; 349 j 380 ! 415 424 375 ' 417 * 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 ■1,093 1,021 992 1,009 '1,114 1,431 1,604 1,483 1,601 1,745 1,618 * r 'hese flgun is are necessarily incomplete, as the time for proceeding further with th< applications has not yet lire

Year. Number of Applications received. Number of Letters Patent granted. Number of Patents Number of Patents on which on whioh Second-term Fee paid. Final Fee paid. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 614 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 1,431 1,604 364 348 326 333 349 362 478 517 504 501 498 580 655 687 80 37 78 23 84 37 99 47 88 31 113 45 118 53 136 49 138 58 199 90 172 71 200 209 229