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APPENDIX. A.--Balance-sheet oe Income and Expenditure fok the Year ended 31st December, 1918. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 0,570 11 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,817 17 2 Design fees .. .. .. .. 19 5 0 Clerical assistance .. .. .. 57 16 8 Trade-mark fees .. .. 1,533 15 0 Fees to local Patent officers .. .. 3 0 0 Sale of Acts, Gazettes, Journals, Name Printing Patent Office Journal .. .. 064 5 0 Index, &o. .. .. .. .. 40 7 0 Other printing and binding .. .. 55 19 6 Rent of space for railway notice boards .. 21 17 6 Payments refunded .. .. .. 41 15 9 Stamps .. .. .. .. 93 9 8 Stationery .. .. .. .. 62 16 10 Typewriter-repairs .. .. .. 11 2 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 18 0 Balanoo .. .. .. .. 5,344 9 11 £8,175 19 0 £8,175 19 0

B. —Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years.

C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1918.

Year. 1911 1912 1913 1914 Receipts. i Expenditure, Surplus. Year, 1 £ s. d, £ s. d. ' £ s. d. .. 0,535 6 0 2,440 18 7 4,094 7 5 1915 .. 6,750 7 11 2,989 3 0 3,767 4 11 1916 .. 7,113 7 0 2,972 0 3 . 4,141 6 9 1917 .. 7,572 0 0 3,536 15 3 | 4,035 4 9 1918 _[ _) Receipts. ' Expenditure. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s, d. .. 7,491 13 11 3,230 16 0 4,260 17 11 .. 7,107 11 3 2,835 5 1 4,272 6 2 .. 6,954 19 3 3,258 4 11 3,696 14 i .. 8,175 19 0 2,831 9 1 5,344 9 II

1- ! Number. | Fee, each. Amount received. Patents. £ s. d. Applications for "patents with provisional specifications .. .. .,. 790 0 10 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications . . .. . . 596 1 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 261 I o 0 Applications for extension of time for filing complete specifications .. 66 () 10 0 Applications for extension of time for acceptance of complete specifications. . . . LOs., £l.,and £] Ids. Applications for extension of time for payment of fees . . . . . . , . IDs., £1, and U 10s. On giving notice of opposition.. .. .. .. .. .. 4 o L0 (l On hearing objections, .. .. .. .. .. .. ! 4 10 0 On request for sealing letters patent .. . . . . .. . . 732 2 I) 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year . . . . . . . . 347 3 0 (I Renewal fees before end of fourth year . . ,. . . .. 2 5 0(1 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth.year .. .. ... .. 153 (i o o Renewal fees paid before end of seventh year .. .. .. .. j 154 10 (I 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. .. 7 2 0 0 On restoration of lapsed patents .. , . .. ... On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor on Register .. .. 52 (I 10 0 Request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. .. 7 0 5 0 Certificates of Registrar . . . , .. . . . . .. 14 0 5 0 Certifying copies of specifications and drawings . . .. . . .. 25 0 5 0 Patent Agents' renewal foes .. . . .. . , . , .. 23 1 I 0 Altering address .. . . . . .. . . . . ,. I 0 8 0 Searches Copies of specifications and drawings Certificates re assignments . . .. . . .. .. .. 6 0 5 0 On application to amend specification . . .. . . . . .. 5 10 0 £ s. d. 395 0 0 596 0 0 261 0 0 33 0 0 27 1(1 0 69 10 0 2 0 (I I 0 0 1,46-1 0 0 1,011 (I (I 1(1 0 t) 918 0 (i 1,540 0 0 1.4 0 0 88 t) 0 26 (i it I 15 0 3 io (i 6 5 0 24 3 0 0 5 0 10 1.3 (i 34 10 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 6,576 11 6