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APPENDIX PATENT OFFICE A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1943 Receipts £ Payments £ Patent fees .. .. .. .. .. 10,371 Salaries, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 3,639 Design fees .. .. .. .. .. 104 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. .. 17 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. .. .. 3,072 Rent, maintenance, and repairs .. .. .. 267 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. .. .. 110 Patent Office Journal .. .. .. .. 443 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. .. .. 135 Printing and stationery, &o. ' .. .. .. 11l Refunds .. .. .. .. .. .. 212 Balance : Cash in Public Account .. .. .. 8,833 £13,657 £13,657 A. H. Ihle, Commissioner of Patents. 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. —Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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

C.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1914 to 1943 (inclusive)

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1934 .. .. .. 12,376 4,709 7,007 1939 .. .. .. 14,134 6,846 7,288 1935 .. .. .. 12,889 4,477 8,392 1940 .. .. .. 12,241 6,076 6 165 1936 .. .. .. 13,270 5,222 8,054 1941 .. .. .. 13,148 5,713 7 435 1937 .. .. .. 13,407 5,623 7,784 1942 .. .. .. 11.668 5,900 5 768 1938 .. .. .. 14,754 6,790 7,964 1943 .. .. .. 13,657 4,824 8,833

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 19,35 1,730 185 943 2 858 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1936 1,836 124 1,096 3 056 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1937 1,832 193 889 2,914 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1938 1,960 160 860 2,980 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1939 1,821 137 694 2,652 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1940 1,277 108 626 2,011 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1941 1,214 108 534 1 856 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1942 1,104 60 398 1,562 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1943 1,384 61 678 2,123