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Patents Registration.
8. The revenue under this heading was, as usual, very small although it amounted to more than double the total for 1928. Comparative tables follow: --
Year Total No. of applications for registration of trade marks. Total No. of certificates granted. Total amount of fees. 1929 492 477 $11,105.00 1928 197 375 $10,310.55 Year. Total Number of Patents registered. Total amount of fees. 1929 40 $218.00 1928 8 $90.00Total Revenue and Expenditure.
9. The following are tables of revenue and expenditure for the department for the years 1929 and 1928 respectively (including salaries of officers met from the Junior Clerical Service vote) :-
Total Revenue. Total Expenditure. Excess of Revenue. 1929 $20,821.27 $18,190.67 $2,630.60 1928 $30,480.95 $17,788.28 $12,692.67E. L. AGASSIZ,
Official Receiver and Registrar of Trade Marks and Letters Patent.
Hong Kong, 6th February, 1930.