for registration in Part B of the Register, 17 were withdrawn, and 882 were refused. In the remaining cases the applications were suspended pending further steps being taken by the respective applicants. There were 2 appeals to the Court from the decision of the Registrar under these Sections. Of these I was dismissed, and the other is pending. Standardisation Trade Marks. There were 23 applications for special trade marks under Section 62. Three applications were allowed, 4 were withdrawn, and the remaining 16 are pending. Of the 17 applications under this Section shown in the Report for 1926 as pending, 4 were allowed to proceed, 7 were deemed abandoned, and 6 are still under consideration. The application of 1924 and 5 of the 6 applications of 1925 under consideration at the date of the last Report were allowed to proceed. The remaining application of 1925 is still pending. Rectification of Register. Applications to the Registrar.-Under Section 9 of the Act of 1919. which enables parties aggrieved to apply either to the Court or the Registrar for a rectification of the Register of Trade Marks, 28 applications were made to the Registrar. Decisions were given in 7 cases in favour of the applicants; in 4 cases the registration was cancelled at the request of the registered owners, and 3 applications were withdrawn. The remaining 14 applications are pending. Seven hearings took place. Fifteen of the 21 applications pending before the Registrar at the date of the last Report have been decided as follows: 7 registrations were cancelled, 3 were amended, 2 applications were refused, and 3 were withdrawn. The remaining 6 applications are still pending. In 1 case an appeal was made to the Court from the Registrar's decision, but was dismissed. Applications to the Court.-Thirteen applications for rectification of the Register were made direct to the Court. In 3 cases the Court ordered the removal of the Mark from the Register, but 1 of these decisions was reversed by the Court of Appeal; 1 application was dismissed; 1 was abandoned; the remaining 8 are pending. Five of the 10 applications pending from 1926 were disposed of as follows in 2 cases the Court ordered the removal of the Mark from the Register; 1 application was withdrawn after amendment of the registration; 2 applications were dismissed. The remaining 5 applications are still pending. The application of 1923 shown in the last Report as pending was abandoned, but the application pending from 1924 and that pending from 1925 are still before the Court. All of which I have the honour to report. The Patent Office, 1928. W. S. JARRATT, Comptroller-General. ... Amount No. 35,469 ... 21,397 33 ... 611 86 40 1,205 196 ... 270 208 17,887 127 34 1133246224121246 s. d. £ 8. d. 35,469 64,191 99 1,222 344 240 2,410 2,656 880 1,176 270 416 17,887 254 136 630 half Fees on patents indorsed "Licences of Right Enlargements of time for payment of renewal fees Applications for Compulsory Grant of Licence, or Revocation Applications for extension of time under Rules 31 or 34 | 1 &c. 3,725 14 70 10 35 33 4,116 25 3 11190 33 2,058 50 3 2 6 |