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The following table shows the number of cases under provisions which have been in existence before and since the last Act (i.e., Part A of the register) and the number of cases under the new provisions referred to (i.e., Part B of the register) :—

The number of applications —510 —received from residents of this country was greater than that of 1923, in which year there were 442, and 15 more than in the previous year ; 355 (331) were received from Great Britain, 195 (190) from the United States, 78 (76) from New South Wales, 115 (33) from Victoria, 0 (3) from Queensland, 0 (2) from South Australia, 19 (19) from Canada, and 25 (5) from Germany. The total number from the British Empire (including New Zealand) was 1,079, as compared with 911 for 1923 and 891 for 1922, or 80 per cent, of the total received. Patent Agents. No additional names were added to the register. The total number now on the register is twenty. Patent attorneys are engaged in the highly skilled work of preparing specifications and otherwise acting for inventors, and form an important link between them and the Office. Staff. It affords me pleasure to again acknowledge the good work of the staff of the Office. The zeal and accuracy shown in the discharge of its duties is most commendable. The Local Patent Officers in the several towns afford considerable assistance (without any special remuneration) to inventors, attorneys, and the Office. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. Page A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1924 .. 4 B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Eight Years .. 4 C. Particulars of Fees received .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 E. Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1924 (inclusive) .. .. 5 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. 6 G. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1922, 1923, and 1924 .. .. .. 6 H. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1922, 1923, and 1924 .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 I. Applications pending at end of Year 1924 .. .. .. .. 7 J. Patents in Force at End of Year 1924 .. .. .. .. .. 7 K. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. . . .. 8 L. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in the Year 1924 .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 8 M. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1922, 1923, and 1924 .. ..8 N. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1922, 1923, and 1924 .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Patent Office, Wellington, 30th June, 1925. J. C. Lewis, Registrar.

Part A of Register. Year I „ P a,r ' '> lear " | „ of Register. j Ordinary App P p e^ ons> j Old Marks. 1st July, 1922 .. .. .. .. 260 .. 3 3 1923 .. .. .. .. 831 6 B 70 31st December, 1924 .. .. .. 918 14 10 23 Total .. .. .. 2,009 20 18 96 Countries from which Applications were received.