PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE MARKS. No. 138.-NUMBER of PATENTS APPLIED FOR and SEALED, and of DESIGNS and TRADE MARKS REGISTERED. (Compiled from the Annual Reports of the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.) 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 YEARS. 1925 PATENTS. YEARS. (a) This statement relates to the number of Patents actually sealed during each year, and not the number of Patents sealed in respect of the applications made in each year. COMPANY LIQUIDATION-ENGLAND AND WALES. No. 139.-NUMBER of COMPANIES WOUND UP in ENGLAND and WALES, showing the various methods of Liquidation. [Compiled from the General Annual Reports by the Board of Trade under Section 283 of the Companies Consolidation Act, 1908.] No. 17,164 15,814 16,599 15,036 11,457 8,424 9,347 10,809 12,301 14,191 17,697 17,366 17,073 16,839 17,199 99 84 65 119 271 264 294 261 236 10 5 10 8 2 1 3 8 7 DESIGNS REGISTERED. 14 13 8 No. 41,581 42,077 39,275 33,362 17,390 14,766 12,729 9,597 13,049 13,071 12,313 14,419 17,807 20,155 22,308 Voluntary TRADE MARK 1,883 1,898 1,799 1,873 1,526 1,265 1,132 1,028 1,840 3,031 2,650 2,556 2,552 2,541 2,489 REGISTERED. No. 4,868 4,942 5,071 4,408 3,241 2,878 2,744 3,055 4,837 7,122 7,518 7,099 7.794 7,968 7,464 TOTAL. 2,061 2,067 1,946 2,022 1,648 1,354 1,233 1,113 1,908 3,158 2,928 2,834 2,859 2,810 2,730 1919. in ENGLAND and WALES under the BANKRUPTCY ACTS. Annual Reports by the Board of Trade.] 709 20 16 745 330 1919. 1920. 1,521 23 21 1,565 1919. 436 5,460 1920. 3 1921. 3,397 51 24 3,472 645 1920. 1921. 1922. 4,635 64 34 4,733 1,548 1921. 1922. INSOLVENCY-ENGLAND AND WALES. 1923. 4,965 55 28 5,048 1922. 2,196 1923. 1924. under the BANKRUPTCY ACTS of ENGLAND and WALES. 4,706 52 336 4,794 1923. 1,926 1924. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1,740,429 4,637,549 13,358,911 15,967,003 10,515,238 12,223,858 9,945,619 1925. 4,627 48,712 37,428 310,062 250,037 205,468 219,928 105,189 51 33,683 28,038 151,255 97,620 33,304 173,298 567,091 30 1,822,824 4,703,015 13,820,228 16,314,660 10,754,010 12,617,084 10,617,899 4,708 1924. 1,962 under the BANKRUPTCY ACTS of ENGLAND and WALES. 33,407 108,726 67,726 88,942 46,593 1925. £ £ £ £ £ £ 615,189 1,920,166 3,856,435 3,859,269 2,269,101 2,284,207 1,907,729 1925. 41,851 9,008 10,548 25,033 42,178 10,870 23,027 75,894 629,657 1,964,121 3,990,194 3,969,173 2,368,913 2,353,827 2,025,474 1 Estimated amount of assets of estates of deceased Debtors under Administration Orders. Total. INSOLVENCY-ENGLAND AND WALES. No. 143.-NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENTS, COMPOSITIONS, &C., REGISTERED [The Tables below are compiled from the General 1 No. 144.-AMOUNT of LIABILITIES in ASSIGNMENTS, COMPOSITIONS, &C., No. 145.-AMOUNT of ASSETS in ASSIGNMENTS, COMPOSITIONS, &c., under INSOLVENCY-ENGLAND AND WALES. under the Deeds of Arrangement Acts, in ENGLAND and WALES. Annual Reports by the Board of Trade.] 1919. 145 19 165 1919. F 48,854 6,919 1919. £ 272,338 54 451 1920. 1921. £ £ 495,201 1,934,200 6,203,410 1,155 193 20 1920. 1,368 1921. 205,029 1,557,525 11,064 306,210 1921. 1922. £ 1,616 40,519 136,789 596,635 209 7,177 10,733 137,071 22 1,847 1922. under the Deeds of Arrangement Acts, in ENGLAND and WALES, by the Debtors. 963,913 592,163 1922. £ 2,804,581 1923. 402,815 1,586 326,517 203 320,034 1,084,872 4,908,059 3,533,913 7 | 12 1,808 1923. 570,280 14,362 64,554 £ 1923. 1924. 1,672 296,920 203 6,538 113,705 26 1,901 2,471 976 1924. 550,974 2,150,293 8,067,145 8,604,335 5,249,425 4,328,301 4,455,569 Total. 595,317 the Deeds of Arrangement Acts, in ENGLAND and WALES, as the Debtors. 117,333 1925. 1,688 172 1924. 15 2 1,877 Total. 1925. 588,351 £ 21,164 Number of- Compositions. Absolute Inspectorships. 3,552 Absolute 1925. 232,483 289,905 Liabilities in- Compositions. 88,442 14,823 Assignments. Inspectorships. 2,177 { Assets in- Compositions. Absolute Inspectorships. 1,966,305 1,973,757 Total. |