HC Deb 22 March 1929 vol 226 c1977

Windermere Urban District Council Bill, Read the Third time, and passed.

Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Merthyr Tydfil Water Charges) Bill.

As amended, considered; to be read the Third time upon Monday next.

Year. No. of Complete Specifications examined. No. of Examining Staff on 1st January. Complete Specifications awaiting examination on 1st January.
1905 … … 10,379 158 —*
1906 … … 17,123 179 2,162
1907 … … 19,267 207 2,800
1908 … … 18,133 240 2,401
1909 … … 17,994 256 2,007
1910 … … 19,224 256 2,862
1911 … … 19,313 260 2,735
1912 … … 18,662 262 2,135
1913 … … 19,704 260 2,307
1914 … … 16,912 258 2,035
1915 … … 11,101 195 1,678
1916 … … 10,429 145 1,064
1917 … … 11,420 122 1,365
1918 … … 12,665 114 1,542
1919 … … 16,415 122 2,297
1920 … … 18,503 207 4,935
1921 … … 19,247 239 8,302
1922 … … 20,749 270 8,328
1923 … … 20,631 261 6,766
1924 … … 19,578 253 4,785
1925 … … 20,238 250† 4,167
1926 … … 20,256 240 3,378
1927 … … 20,182 237 3,216
1928 … … 21,187 234 4,375
1929 … … — 239 7,572
* No record is available of the number of specifications awaiting examination on 1st January, 1905, and examined in 1905, as these were not subject to the search for novelty under Section 1 of the Patents Act of 1902 (in force 1st January, 1905).
† A reorganisation of the allocation of work and the salaries of the examining staff introduced in January, 1925, was intended to reduce the authorised number of the examining staff to 224, as vacancies occurred through retirements, etc.
    c1977
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