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Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz.:— Page. A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1920 .. 3 B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Fight Years .. .. 3 C. Staff of Officers, and Salaries for Year ending 31st March, 1921 .. .. 3 D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1920 (inclusive) . . 4 E. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. 4 F. Number of Applications for Patents in New Zealand from Persons residing there and in other Countries in each of the Years 1918, 1919, and 1920 .. .. 4 (1. Table -showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1918, 1919, and 1920 .. .. .. . . 5 H. Applications pending at End of Year 1920 .. .. .. .. .. 6 I. Patents in Force at End of Year 1920 .. . . .. .. .. 6 J. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. .. 6 K. 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, 1920 .. .. .. .. ..6 L. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1.918, 191.9, and 1920 . . 6 M. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1918, 1919, and 1920 .. .. .. .. 7 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. ix of the Patent Office Journal. J. C. Lewis, Registrar. Patent Office, Wellington, 14th December, 1921.

APPENDIX. A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1920. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patentfees .. .. .. .. 7,156 12 9 Salaries .. .. .. .. 2,025 17 3 Design fees .. .. .. .. 39 15 0 Clerical assistance .. .. .. 393 911 Trade-mark fees .. .. 2,492 0 6 Fees to local Patent Officers .. .. 6 10 0 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. 211 2 Fuel, light, and water .. .. .. 14 17 0 Recoveries .. .. .. .. 517 11 Postage, &c. .. .. .. .. 97 16 2 Printing, stationery, &c. .. .. 1,161 6 0 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 2 19 9 Refunds .. .. .. .. 33 8 0 Balance .. .. .. .-. 5,960 13 3 £9,696 17 4 £9,696 17 4 The fees being collected by stamps render it difficult to trace the revenue, but the statement agrees with the fee-books of the Office; the payments have been verified by reference to the Justice and Treasury Departments. The refunds are supported by a certificate of the Stamp Department. Copyright fees are not included. Robert J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. 12th December, 1921.

B.—Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Eight Years.

C.—Staff of Officers, and Salaries for Year ending 31st March, 1921. £ s. d. Registrar (also Registrar of Copyright, nil) .. .. .. .. .. 650 0 0 Deputy Registrar (also Deputy Registrar of Copyright, nil) .. .. .. .. 380 0 0 Clerk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 270 0 0 Clerk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 215 0 0 Cadet .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Cadette .. .. .. -.. .. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Librarian .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. 285 0 0 Typist .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 164 0 0 Typist .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 140 0 0

Year. Year. 1913 1914 1915 1916 Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 7,113 7 0 2,972 0 3 4,141 6 9 7,572 0 0 3,536 15 3 4,035 4 9 7,491 13 11 3,230 16 0 4,260 17 11 7,107 11 3 2,835 5 1 4,272 6 2 Year. d. 9 1917 9 1918 11 1919 2 1920 Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,954 19 3 3,258 4 11 3,696 14 4 8,175 19 0 2,831 9 1 5,344 9 11 9,345 1 2 3,373 6 9 5,971 14 5 9,696 17 4 3,736 4 1 5,960 13 3