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D. —Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1920 (inclusive).

E.—Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, etc.

* These figures are necessarily inoomploto, as the time for proceeding further with the applications has not, yet expired. Note.—A few applications were received from joint applicants residont in different countries, also from applicants giving two addresses ; the figures will thereforo total more than the actual number of applications received.

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.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1890 1900 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 19.17 .1918 1919 1920 616 1,009 1,831 1,740 1,737 1,775 1,574 1,299 1,261 1,329 1,386 1,880 2,193 5 15 46 21 44 65 55 89 113 83 53 74 109 160 348 818 861 779 787 687 . r >or> 666 619 695 1272 1391 781 1,372 2,695 2,622 2,560 2,627 2,316 1,953 2,040 2,031 2,134 3,226 3,693

Number £g cations w g Complet. cations of Appliith which j Specifilodged. Number cations w Provisional tiona li of Appliith which I Specificaodged. Number of Applications for which Complete Specifications subsequently lodged. N umbel cations c laps ref C of Appliibandoned, Num ied, or Patent! 'used. iber of s scaled. Total Number of Applications. N.Z. 1910 250 1911 245 1912 258 1913 217 1914 177 1915 140 1916 178 1917 183 1918 143 191.9 200 1920 250 Foreign. 413 434 507 467 426 286 ' 297 360 454 685 890 N.Z. 990 935 877 965 868 787 699 708 704 906 949 Foreign. 148 126 95 126 103 86 87 84 88 91 110 N.Z. 254 258 275 249 228 322 194 203 245 279 Foreign, 75 59 35 58 45 46 38 41 39 42 N.Z. 925 849 817 910 782 669 630 580 540 Foreign. N.Z. 125 306 86 323 78 334 94 272 96 273 78 266 67 245 57 249 72 284 Foreign. 475 482 508 499 423 288 319 385 442 1,831 1,740 1,737 1,775 1,574 1,299 1,261 1,329 1,389 1,880 2,199

1918. 1919. 1920. 1918. 1919. 1920. New Zealand Algeria Argentina Belgium ,. Brazil Canada Cook Islands Cuba Denmark Dutch East Indies Egypt Fiji Finland France Friendly Islands Germany Great Britain Hawaii Holland Italy 885 1 1 1 9 4 2 1,104 I 2 11 1 9 1,155 11 18 1 5 Japan Mexico Natal New South Wales Norway Orange Free State Queensland Rhodesia South Australia Straits Settlements . . Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Tasmania Transvaal United States of America Victoria Western Australia 2 65 6 14 io 91 5 17 5 12 1 I 1 111. 5 1 9 1 9 1 2 2 1 5 5 329 5 4 19 1 1 15 2 1 2 156 1 4 14 318 I 3 6 1 1 94 5 3 200 276 10 2 126 7 106 12 143 16 5 6 Note.—A few applicat: cants giving two addresses ; t tons were .he figurei received i will thei from joint tefore total applicants resident in differen more than the actual number countrii if applice .is, also fn ttions reel >m appli lived.