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Goods for which Trade-mark registered. The number of applications received in the various classes is shown in Table P. The largest number received for any one class is, as usual, for food substances in Class 42— i.e., 100—as compared with 125 in 1911. The principal classes showing an increase are Class 3 (medicines), 75 (64) ; Class 6 (machinery), 24 (18); Class 13 (metal goods), 36 (29) ; Class 22 (carriages), 22 (10) ; Class 45 (tobacco), 42 (19) : while a falling-off is shown in Class 4 (substances used in manufactures), 4 (17) ; Class 9 (musical instruments), 6 (11); Class 25 (cotton goods), 2 (11); Class 38 (clothing), 71 (84) ; Class 43 (fermented liquors and spirits), 26 (33); Class 44 (mineral and aerated waters), 6 (19). General. Opposition. Notice of opposition was given in 20 cases, and notice of appeal in 2 cases was lodged, but not proceeded with. Patent Agents or Attorneys. The name of one Patent Agent, a Solicitor, was added to the Register in 1912. The formation in New Zealand of an Institute of Patent Attorneys, of which I was advised during the ye.tr, should be the means of improving the status of the profession. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. :— Page A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1912 .. 5 B. Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years .. 5 C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1912 .. 6 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 E. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks, recorded for the years 1890 to 1912 inclusive .. .. .. .. 7 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. .. 7 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 .. .. 8 H. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912 .. .. .. .. 8 I. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912 .. .. .. .. .. 9 J. Number of Applications received under the International and Colonial Arrangements showing the Country of Origin in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912 .. 9 K. Applications pending at the End of 1912 .. .. .. .. 10 L. Patents in Force at End of Year 1912 .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 M. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. .. 10 N. Designs— (1.) Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Fourteen Classes (under the Acts prior to the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911) to the end of 1908, and in the Years 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912 (Ist January to 30th June) respectively .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 (2.) Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist July to 31st December, 1912 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..11 0. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912 .. 11 P. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1910, 1911, 1912 .. .. .. .. .. ..12 Q. Institutions filing Patent Office Journal for Free Public Inspection .. 13 Note. —The lists of Inventions and Applicants for Letters Patent, Designs, and Trade-marks for the past year have been printed in the Index to Vol. I of the Patent Office Journal. Patent Office, J. C. Lewis, Wellington, Ist September, 1913. Registrar.