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total to a new record figure of $4,993,771 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)

1963-64

1964-65

$1,710,022

$2,888,400

Other fees under the Companies Ordinance

and Orders made thereunder

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1,300,545

2,093,018

Fees for Money-Lenders Licences, etc.

9,000

11,000

Miscellaneous other Fees

1,239

1,353

$3,020,806

$4,993,771

The principal reason for the increased receipts is that four companies increased their nominal capital very substantially paying increase of capital fees at $2 per $1,000 of capital as follows:

Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd. China Light & Power Co., Ltd. Peninsula Electric Power Co., Ltd. Realty Development Corp. Ltd.

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$ 200,000

200,000

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-

800,000

496,000

$1,696,000

PART IV

TRADE MARKS REGISTRY

Explanatory

94. 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. Registra- tion 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 procedure and forms to be used are set forth in the Trade Marks Rules 1954.

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