Of these applications, 2,619 were for registration in Part A of the Register, and 30 for registration in Part B. There was, however, an increase of 469 to 2,109 in the number of applications accepted. There was also an in- crease of 250 to 1,770 in the number of marks registered, these comprising 1,686 registrations in Part A and 84 in Part B.
105. Table XIX gives the number of marks registered in each of the thirty-four scheduled classes, and Table XX shows the countries of origin of the applications for the 1,770 marks registered. In each case the pre- vious year's figures are included for comparison. The numbers of marks registered during the year exceeded the 1969-70 figures in all but nine (classes 4, 13, 14, 25, 28, 29, 31, 33 and 34) of the 34 scheduled classes. The most notable increases took place in Classes 5 (pharmaceuticals, etc.) up 69 to 335, 3 (bleaching preparations, soaps, perfumery, cosmetics, etc.) up 51 to 179, 2 (paints, varnishes, lacquers, etc.) up 25 to 43, and 16 (paper and paper articles, etc.) up 25 to 75. The seven countries from which most applications were received were the United States of America (466), Hong Kong (375), Japan (301), the United Kingdom (158), West Germany (119), Switzerland (77) and France (50). This is the same order as the preceding year, except that the United States of America and Hong Kong have changed places at the top of the Table.
106. 499 marks were removed from the Register for non-payment of the registration renewal fee, seven were cancelled at the request of the registered proprietors, and 24 removed marks were restored to the Reg- ister. The total number of marks on the Register on 31st March 1971 was therefore 25,261 comprising 2,320 re-registered pre-war marks and 22,941 new marks.
Oppositions and Hearings
107. Thirty-five oppositions were pending at the beginning of the year, and eighteen further notices of opposition were received during the year. Six oppositions were withdrawn, one opposed application was withdrawn, one was abandoned, and two went to a hearing before the Registrar, leaving forty-three cases pending at the end of the year. Opposi- tions rarely go to a hearing before the Registrar; usually one side or the other withdraws, or the parties arrive at some compromise arrangement acceptable to the Registrar.
108. The first of the two opposition hearings related to an application to register EXCELLO in Class 25 in respect of all goods in Class 25 (clothing, including boots, shoes and slippers), opposed by the owner of
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