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Patent Agents. No additional names were added to the register. The total number now on the register is twenty. Staff. The staff of the Office, though small, is efficient, and entitled to every credit for its work during the year. The ability and zeal it has shown are highly commendable. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. : —■ Page A. Receipts and Payments Account fo»i the Year ended 3.lst December, 1923 .. . . 3 B. Table showing Ileceipts and Payments for each of the Last Eight Years . . . . 3 C. Particulars of Pees received .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 4 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries . . . . . . . . .. ".. . . 4 E. Total. Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1923 (inclusive.) .. .. 5 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &o. .. .. .. 5 G. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1921, 1922, and 1923 ... . . .. . . 5 H. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1921, 1922, and 1923 .. .. .. .. .. ..6 I. Applications pending at end of Year 1923 .. .. .. .. ..6 J. Patents in Force at End of Year 1923 .. . . .. .. .. .. 6 K. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. .. .. 7 L. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in the Year 1923 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..7 M. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zoaland and other Countries in each of tho Years 1921, 1922, and 1923 .. .. 7 N. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1921, 1922, and 1923 .. .. .. .. .. . . 8 Patent Office, Wellington, 16th June, 1924. J. C. Lewis, Registrar.

A P PENDIX. A.—Receipts and Payments Account for the Yioar ended 31st December, 1923. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 8,013 19 5 Salaries .. .. .. .. 2,03!) 4 5 Design fees .. .. .. .. 113 7 (i Advertising.. .. .. .. 25 14 9 Trade-mark lees .. .. .. 3,494 9 3 Temporary assistance.. .. .. 583 .18 8 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. 46 2 3 Fees to local Patent officers .. .. 717 (i Fuel, light, water, &e. .. .. 22 12 9 Office fittings and requisites . . .. 15 19 0 Postage, telegrams, &o. . ■ .. 100 210 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,282 9 11 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 3 16 11 Typewriters.. .. .. .. 2 12 5 Contingencies .. .. .. 3 3 (i Refunds .. . . .. .. 121 16 3 Balance .. .. .. .. 0,858 9 6 £11,667 18 5 £11,667 18 5 J. C. Lewis, Registrar. 1 hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included. G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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

Year. 1916 1917 1918 1919 t Receipts. j Payments. • Surplus. . . £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. 7,107 11 3 2,835 5 1 4,272 6 2 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 0 9 5,971 14 5 Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1920 9,696 17 4 3,736 4 1 5,960 13 3 192.1 9,857 1 10 4,016 13 5 5,840 8 5 1922 12,913 15 3 3,880 0 8 9,033 14 7 1923 11,667 18 5 4,809 8 11 6,858 9 6