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J.—Patents in Force at End of Year 1917. Patents sealed from 31st December, 1914, to 31st December, 1.917 .. 1,756 Third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1914, to 31st December, 1917 .. 978 Fourth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1913, to 31st December, 1917 .. 704 Sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1911, to 31st December, 1917 .. 24 Seventh-year fees paid from 31st December, 1910, to Slst December, 191.7 .. 796 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,258

K. —Table showing Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, up to 31st December, 1917 (inclusive).

L.—Table showing Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Principal Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1917. Class I—-Articles composed wholly of metal or in which, metal predominates, not included in Class 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 Class 2.~ Jewellery .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . . 15 Class 3 — -Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier-mache, or other solid substances not included in other classes, or of materials in which such substances predominate .. 17

M. —Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1915, 1916, and 1917.

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Total Number of Applications. Crater t ?* n W^'° t 4 of Patents on Letters Patent wMch Pitml have , b f ' Fee paid, sealed. [__J .ct of 1860 ... 1870 ... 1883 ... .cts of 1889 and 1908 .ct of 1911 ... 1861 to 1870 1871 to 1883 ... ' 1884 to 1889 1890 to 30th June, 1912 1st July, 1912, to 31st December, 1917 109 881 3,170 27,419 8,069 109 109 687 465 1,757 368 12,711 1,645* 2,888* 24* Grand totals ... 39,648 18,152- 2,611* i , I * Incomplete.

1915. 1916. 1917. 1915. 1916. 1917. New Zealand Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Denmark 203 4 220 250 15 29 2 1 1 2 4 1 India Japan Natal New South Wales Norway Straits Settlements .. Sweden Switzerland United States of America Victoria 2 1 1 1 1 41 1 50 69 1 France Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Holland 11 2' 158 1 4 3 1 123 24 I 204 147 1 2 2 1 102 34 105 42 3 Note. —A few applioatii therefore total more than tl >ns were re ie actual r. aoeivedfrom persons lumber of applioatioi giving addresses in two or mon is received. oountri is ; the fif ;ures will