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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.

H.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Colonies and Countries in each of the Years 1907, 1908, and 1909.

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Year. [ Number of Applications received. Number of Complete Specifications received. Number of ! _ Number of I Number of Letters Patent I Pa o tents ™ "hioh I Patents sealed I Second-term on which • j Fee paid. i Final Fee paid. _. 364 80 37 348 78 23 326 84 37 333 99 47 349 88 31 362 . 113 45 478 118 53 517 136 49 504 138 58 501 199 90 498 172 71 580 200 91 655 209 104 687 229 629 209 676 231 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 614 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 1,431 1,604 1,483 1,601 493 448 449 451 529 539 675 648 635 618 614 699 859 865 793 878

1907. I 1908. j 1909. | i ( 1907. j 1908. 1909. New Zealand Argentina Austria Belgium Canada Cape Colony Denmark Fiji Finland France Germany Holland Hungary India Italy Japan Mexico 969 2 1 13 1 10 2 8 15 3 1 1 2 1 1,013 3 1 1 6 2 1 5 9 4 1,125 1 18 "s 1 3 9 3 1 1 3 Natal New South Wales Norway Orange River Colony Queensland Rhodesia Russia.. South Australia .. Sweden Switzerland Tasmania Transvaal United Kingdom United States .. Victoria Western Australia 92 19 1 3 17 9 2 6 8 133 113 180 7 1 1 78 j 72 1 : .. 1 1 15 ; 16 1 I .. 1 j 1 8 | 9 8 \ 3 4 \ r> 10 9 11 i 13 124 151 90 126 115 112 12 11 1 3 1 3