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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 1908, 1909, and 1910.

Year. Number of Applications received. Number of O mpleta Specifications received. „ , , Number of Number of Number of , p atcnt8 on which ! Patents ; Otters Patent Sp( , ond . t erm on which seaiea - Fee paid. Final Fee paid. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 I 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 1,431 1,604 1,483 1,601 1,745 493 448 449 451 529 539 675 648 635 618 614 699 859 865 793 878 962 i 364 348 326 333 349 362 478 517 501 501 498 580 655 687 629 676 727 80 78 84 99 88 113 118 136 138 199 172 200 209 229 209 231 238 37 23 37 47 31 45 53 49 58 90 71 91 104 95

! 19 8. 1909. 1910. 1908. 19C9. i 1910. l i i i i i 16 7 1 1 9 I 19 1 G 5 1 9 8 13 8 151 150 1-26 120 112 128 11 7 New Zealand Argentina Austria Bflkiom Canada Denmark Fiji Finlund France Germany H ill»nd Hungary India .. Italy Mexico.. Na-al .. New South Wales 1,013 3 1 1 6 2 1 5 9 4 1,125 1 18 3 1 3 9 3 1 1 3 3 1 72 1,240 5 4 19 3 4 15 Norway Orange River Colony Porn.gal I'eiu Queensland Rhodesia Russia.. South Australia.. Sp-iin ! Sweden !j Switzerland Tasmania Transvaal ; United Kingdom United States .. I Victoria Western Australia 1 1 15 1 1 8 8 4 10 11 124 90 115 12 1 1 8 1 1 78 2 1)4 iivod tv itlicatiol mi joiii is r^oei it applit ved. :ants resident in different countries; the figures will therefore NOTX.— A few applications were reci total uioifc than the actual dumber of ap;