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APPENDIX.

PATENT OFFICE. A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1934. Receipts. £ b. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees 8,879 18 3 Salaries 3,705 15 6 Design fees ' 123 1 0 Fuel, light, &c. . Trade-mark fees .. .. •• 3,296 15 2 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. .. I/O t> Sales of Acts, Journals, &c— £ s. d. Printing and stationery .. .. .. HO 6 7 At Government Printing Office .. 65 15 10 Patent Office Journal .. .. .. ■■ 604 10 b At Patent Office .. .. .. 10 15 8 Typewriters .. . . .. • • • ■ j » ' 76 11 6 Contingencies . . ■ • • ■ • • 4 15 Z Office fittings .. .. .. ■ ■ 0 18 3 Refunds .. .. .. ■■ ■• 49 11 4 Balance: Cash in Public Account .. .. 7,666 19 2 £12", 376 5 11 £12,376 5 11 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. I 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.— J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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

C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1934, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1932 and 1933.

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Tear. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. i Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. i I £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1925 13 355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1930 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5 1926 12,426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1931 13,390 11 6 5,466 7 8 7,924 3.10 1927 12 642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1932 12,034 19 4 4,782 7 0 7,252 12 4 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 I 1933 11,694 11 10 4,378 18 10 7,315 13 0 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2 1934 12,376 5 11 4,709 6 9 7,666 19 2

1932.* 1933.» 1934. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,183 0 0 978 0 0 920 10 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,318 0 0 1,574 0 0 1.690 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. 568 0 0 502 0 0 464 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. •• •• 188 19 6 179 10 0 180 0 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .... .... 6 10 0 3 0 0 5 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. •• •• •• •• •• On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. • • 765 0 0 748 0 0 937 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. •• •• Inn ci n n On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. •• 3 0 0 J 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. •• 9 10 0 2 10 0 3 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year' .. .. .. 2,212 10 0 1,881 0 0 I.™ o il Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. •• 2,004 0 0 2,061 0 0 ~ 9 9 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. . • • ■ 12 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. •• •• 51 0 0 38 0 0 36 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &o., on register.. 55 0 0 48 10 0 67 0 0 On request to correct clerical errors . . .. • • • • 1 10 i 0 10 0 1 0 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. •• 44 0 0 41 15 0 38 0 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. . • . • • • 53 8 J 43 12 b K Application for registration as patent agent .. .. .. 2 2 0 ■' . Li'Vi'. A Patent agents' renewal fees .. .. • • • • • • 21 0 0 50 8 0 37 16 0 Patent agents'examination fees .. .. •• 3 3 0 •• • ■ Searches .. .. . • • • • • •• ■ ■ 49 1 0 43 3 9 36 I b Amendment of letters patent .. .. •• 30 0 0 3 0 0 J ? Request to enter change of name .. .. ■ • • • • • • • : 9 in n Request to enter change of address .. . . •• 0 11 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right ".. .. 3 0 0 ... Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules . . .. • • • • . : • • Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. ■■ ' n Weekly lists .. .. 10 16 0 5 4 0 5 12 0 Miscellaneous 25 15 8 37 0 1 14 18 9 j 8,879 18 3 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1932 and 1933 see reports for those years respectively.