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X. —Patents in Force at End of Year 1918. Patents sealed from 31st December, 1915, to 31st December, 1918 .. 1,821 Third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1915, to 31st December, 1918 . . 1,094 Fourth-year fees paid from 31st December. 1914, to 31st December, 1918 . . 413 Sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1912, to 31st December, 1918 . . 177 Seventh-year fees paid from 31st December, 1911, to 31st December, 1918 847 Total .. .. -.. .. .. 4,352

L.—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, 1918 (inclusive).

M.—Table showing Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1918. Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, not included in Class 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 Class 2. —Jewellery .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . . . . 3 Class 3.- -Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, paper-maehe, or other solid substances not included in other classes, or of materials in which such substances piredominate ..- 11 Glass 4. —Articles composed wholly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, bricks, tiles, or cement, or in which such materials predominate .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper (except paperhangings), cardboard, millboard, or strawboard, or in which such materials predominate .. .. .. .. . . 4 Class 11. —Millinery and wearing-apparel, including boots and shoes .. .. .. .. 1 Glass 16. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 53

N.—Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1916, 1917, and 1918.

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Total Number of Applications. Number VT _. , . , Number t SLTpfLt of Patents on Letters Patent. wMch Flnal have been -p, „ ■ ■, sealed. Fee P ald ' Act of 1860 ... „ 1870 „ 1883 ... Acts of 1889 and 1908 Act of 1911 ... 1861 to 1870 1871 to 1883 1884 to 1889 1890 to 30th June, 1912 1st July, 1912, to 31st December, 1918 109 881 3,170 27,419 9,455 109 109 687 465 1,757 368 12,711 1,799* 3,620* 177* Grand totals ... ... * 41,034 18,884* 2,918* I * Incomplete.

1916. 1917. 1918. 1916. 1917. 1918. I New Zealand Canada Cape Colony.. Ceylon Denmark France Germany Great Britain Holland Hong Kong .. India Japan .. 220 250 15 29 2 1 1 2 4 1 204 147 2 1 1 2 1 1 I 222 20 Natal i New South Wales j Norway Queensland . . ; South Australia Spain Straits Settlements Sweden I Switzerland United States of America Victoria 69 I 1 41 1 62 4 2 9 1 178 2 3 1 123 24 1 4 1 142 46 105 42 2