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APPENDIX E. - - Copy of the Certificate of the Comptroller. (Royal Arms.) Patents and Designs Acts, 191)7 and 1919. I, , hereby certify that the annexed are true copies of the provisional specification and complete specification and drawings in connection with application for Patent No. of ,19 , filed on the day of , 19 , as on file at this date [the complete specification having been amended by decision of on the , since the grant of the patent]. It is also certified that, on tho day of ,19 , the said complete specification was accepted and the said provisional specification and complete specification and drawing were placed open to public inspection the application receiving the number . , It is further certified that, a patent, numbered , was granted to the said on the Jay of ,19 , and sealed as of the day of , 19 ; *that no document affecting the proprietorship of tho said patent has been entered in the Register of Patents , and that the said patent is still in force. This certificate is issued for use in applying for registration of the patent in [Seal of the Patent Office.] Witness my hand, this day of , 19 * Or, alternatively, " that, under date the , , of , was registered as proprietor of the said patent, by virtue of a deed of assignment, dated the , and made between the said of the one part and the said of the other part." (Copy of printed specification, with seal of Patent Office impressed, to be attached.) Certificate placed on certified copies of printed specifications. [Seal of the Patent Office.] I certify this [including the drawings forming part thereof] to be a true copy. [Date.] Comptroller.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (525 copies), £18.

Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 923.

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1919. 1920, 1921, [1) Total number of patents granted 32 70 60 [2) Grants to United Kingdom residents |3) Grants to residents in other British possessions (excluding Straits Settlements) 10 5 20 19 21 8 Totals of (2) and (3) . . 15 29 39