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4. Comparative figures for the year 1927 and 1928 are given below:
Companies Liquidation Bankruptcy Year Petitions for winding up Winding up Orders Petitions withdrawn Total Number of Petitions Creditors' Petitions Debtors' Petitions Total number of receiving orders Public examinations Adjudications Arrangement Schemes of Petitions 1928 27 19 8 13 10 6 2 2 10 1927 39 26 13 25 27 15 1 3 7 1 $ 26,819.28 207,887.22 5,562.75 20,080.40 449,097.52 2,788,520.55 6,414.90 14,960.87TRADE MARKS & LETTERS PATENT.
Revenue.
5. The revenue derived from the registration of trade marks, namely approximately $10,000, was about up to the average.
German marks.
6. A feature of the year was the large proportion of applications for registration of trade marks by German firms, these amounting no less than 109 out of a total of 497 of all nationalities, or 21.93% as against a percentage of 16.90% for 1927. This would appear to indicate a further revival or contemplated revival of German trade in the Far East.
dismissed