Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1961-1962 — Page 24

Fees

52. The total of all fees collected by the Companies Registry under all Ordinances reached the new high record figure of $2,111,554, made up as follows (with the previous year's figures for comparison):

Fees on incorporation of new companies ($100 plus $2 for every $1,000 of nominal capital)

Other fees under the Companies Ordin-

ance and Orders made thereunder

Fees for Money-Lenders Licences

Miscellaneous other Fees ...

1960-61

1961-62

$1,242,586

$1,329,141

440,378

771,905

6,500

9,000

1,175

1,508

$1,690,639

$2,111,554

The increase in the second item is mainly due to the large amount ($680,760) received in respect of increases in capital for which a fee of $2 per $1,000 of the increase is payable.

Explanatory

PART IV

TRADE MARKS REGISTRY

53. The Trade Marks Ordinance, 1954, is based on the United Kingdom Trade Marks Act, 1938. The Register consists of two parts, Part A for distinctive marks, and Part B for marks which are not registrable in Part A but are capable of distinguishing the goods of the applicant and have been used in Hong Kong for not less than two years. Registration in Part A gives full rights of protection, in Part B modified rights. Registrations are valid for seven years, but may be renewed indefinitely for further periods of fourteen years. Defensive and certification trade marks may be registered, and a person other than the proprietor of a mark may be registered as a registered user. The pro- cedure and forms to be used are set forth in the Trade Marks Rules, 1954.

Applications and Registrations

54. Reflecting the active trading conditions prevailing during the year, the number of applications received was 165 more than the pre- vious year's figure, and at 1,842 was the highest yearly total ever re- corded. Of these, 1,824 applications were for registration in Part A of the Register, and 18 for registration in Part B. There were increases

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