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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 Countries in each of the Years 1909, 1910, and 1911.

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Year. Number of Applications received. Number of N , , Number of Number of Complete T U D . . . Patents on which Patents „ .„ r ,. .Letters Patent „ j , „ , • , Specifications , , Second-term on which received. seaiea. Fee paid. | Final Fee paid. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 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 1,618 493 448 449 451 529 539 675 648 635 618 614 699 859 865 793 878 962 925 364 348 326 333 349 362 478 517 504 501 498 580 655 687 629 676 727 725 . i. J , i 80 78 84 99 88 113 118 136 138 199 172 200 209 229 209 231 238 231 37 23 37 47 31 45 53 .' 49 '' 58 90 71 ; 91 ';■ ,104 95 89

1989. ' 1910. I 1911. 1909. 1910. 1911 r New Zealand Argentina Austria Belgium Canada Cook Islands Denmark .. .. Fiji Prance Germany Holland Hungary India Italy .. Mexico Natal .. New South Wales 1,125 1,240 5 1,180 2 Norway Orange River Colony Portugal Peru Queensland Russia.. South Australia.. Spain Sweden Switzerland Tasmania Transvaal United Kingdom United States Victoria Western Australia Straits Settlements 1 1 1 1 7 1 19 1 6 1 8 150 120 128 7 1 18 4 19 11 1 6 10 1 9 i2 4 6 • * 8 1 3 9 3 1 1 3 3 1 72 3 4 15 1 6 21 Q 5 9 13 151 126 112 11 1 i 6 140 94 124 6 3 ;■ :■ ; 2 94 108 Note. —A few applications were reci total more than the actual number of ap] sived tx ilicatio] ,'orn joint applii ns received. lants resident in different countries; the figure will th leret'ore