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B.-Particulars of Fees received from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1896.

C.—Staff of Officees and Peesent Salabies. £ Registrar ... ... ... ... ... ... Nil. Deputy-Eegistrar ... ... ... ... ... 200 Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 Cadette ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 £340

D. —Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications Received, &c., under Act of 1889.

Number. Fees. Bach. Amount received. Patents. Applications for patents with provisional specifications Applications for patents with complete specifications Complete specifications left after provisional specifications Issue of letters patent Issue of duplicate letters patent Applications to amend specifications Second-term fees payable before end of fourth year Third-term fees payable before end of seventh year .. Notices of opposition Hearing objections Applications for extension of time for filing complete specifications Grant of such extension Applications for enlargement of time for payment of fees Grant of such enlargement Notices of appeal to Supreme Court against Registrar's decisions Searches Registration of assignments and licenses Certificates of such registration Copies of specifications, drawings, &c. Certifying copies of specifications, &c, not made by office Applications to correct clerical errors in specifications, &c. Registration of Patent Agents Miscellaneous 425 591 113 438 1 11 91 6 8 6 9 7 9 9 4 -337 41 32 £ s. 0 10 0 10 0 10 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 10 0 0 10 2 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 10 £ s. a. 212 10 0 295 10 0 56 10 0 876 0 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 455 0 0 60 0 0 4 0 0 12 0 0 9 0 0 35 0 0 9 0 0 27 0 0 4 0 0 16 17 0 20 10 0 16 0 0 75 0 6 1 14 0 1 10 0 7 7 0 1 14 6 34 6 7 0 1 0 5 1 1 £2,209 3 0 Designs. Applications for registration of designs Searches 28 1 0 10 0 1 14 0 0 0 10 Tbade-maeks. £14 1 0 Applications for registration of trade-marks Registration of trade-marks (including one " series ").. Notices of opposition Registration of subsequent proprietors Certificates of such registration Renewal of registration of trade-mark Cancellation of registration of trade-mark Request for correction of clerical error Certifying copies Searches Advertisements : Cost of additional space in Gazette Miscellaneous 296 243 5 16 14 1 2 1 2 100 0 5 £1 & 5s. 1 0 £1 & 2s. 0 5 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 1 74 0 0 242 5 0 5 0 0 15 2 0 3 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 9 16 0 0 13 6 £357 11 6 ——I

Number of Applications with which Complete Specifications lodged. Number of Applications with which Provisional Specifications loagea. Number of Applications for which Complete Specifications subsequently lodgea. Numbe: cations i laps rei r of Appliibandoned, sed, or iusea. Nurr. Patent and at in I tber of ;s sealea Present Total Number of Applications. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 N.Z. 242 187 202 198 278 229 299 Foreign. 207 207 191 178 166 201 275 N.Z. 107 126 160 197 251 307 318 Foreign. 60 69 53 52 61 79 100 N.Z. 27 29 40 51 69 75 Foreign. 17 25 16 24 16 34 N.Z. 202 191 237 262 352 403 Foreign. 50 50 43 30 51 51 N.Z. 147 122 125 133 177 133 Foreign. 217 226 201 200 176 229 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 * L'hese figun i is are neoesi sarily inco: iplete, as the time for proceedi ing further with tb applici jtions has not yet lire. i.