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and the fourth case was pending at the end of the year. There were no appeals to the Court from the Registrar's decision.
Year Total No. of applications for registration of trade marks Total No of Registration certificates granted Total amount of fees 1930 612 432 $11,635.31 1929 492 477 $11,105.00Registration of Letters Patent.
Particulars of the revenue under this heading are given below:
Year Total Number of Patents registered Total amount of fees 1930 16 $140.50 1929 40 $218.00Total Revenue and Expenditure.
9. The following are tables of revenue and expenditure for the department for the years 1930 and 1929 respectively (including salaries of officers met from the Junior Clerical Service vote):-
1930 1929 Total Revenue $23,426.94 $20,821.27 Total Expenditure $36,231.08 $18,190.67 Excess of Revenue $ $2,630.60 Excess of Expenditure $12,804.14 $The increase in expenditure is accounted for by the necessity for providing acting pay, the revision of salaries, and the fall in exchange.
10. The Official Receiver was on leave from the 7th March until the end of the year, and during his absence Mr. E. P. H. Lang, Deputy Registrar, acted in this post.
E. L. AGASSIZ,
Official Receiver and Registrar of Trade Marks and Letters Patent.
Hong Kong, 14th March, 1931.