payment of a proportionate fee.

In 1888 there were 2,257 patents granted,

of which 67 were for fifteen years, 7 for ten years, and the remainder, 2,183, for five years; and of this last number, 1,952 were allowed to lapse at the expiration of the term, showing that the large majority of Canadian patents are not kept in force more than five years.

1411. The patentees in 1895 resided in the following countries, viz.: United States, 1,980; Canada, 707; England, 179; Germany, 102; France, 21, and other countries, 85.

1412. The model museum, which is designed to be a school of instruction in every department of science and mechanical invention, attracted upwards of 20,000 visitors, and is now situated in the new departmental block, Wellington street, whereby a much larger space is available.

1413. The business in the copyrights and trade-marks branch in 1895 showed an increase, the receipts being $2,209 more than those of 1894, and the following table shows the large increase in the business of this branch since Confederation ::

COPYRIGHTS, TRADE MARKS INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS AND TIMBER MARKS REGISTERED IN CANADA, 1868–95.

1414. The copyrights entered during the calendar year, 1895, numbered 588. These represented the various fields of intellectual effort, as follows:

1415. The following tables give the registration of births, deaths and marriages in the several provinces during the year 1894

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES IN CANADA, 1894.

births.

Including 31, sex not given. Including 9,829, sex not given. Has no registry of

*Year ended 30th September, 1895. Has no registry of deaths. No record. Includes 75, sex not given.

1416. The next table gives the births, illegitimate births, deaths and marriages in Australasian colonies in 1894, together with the rate per 1,000 of mean population.

Proportion of male to female births in Australasian colonies in 1892 and

EXCESS OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS IN AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES, 1887-93.

According to the census returns, 1891, for Canada, the birth rate in British Columbia was 23.16 per thousand of the population and the death rate was 13.94 per thousand. In Manitoba the birth rate was 32.53 per thousand and the death rate 10-36 per thousand. In New Brunswick the birth rate was 27.70 per thousand and the death rate 13.36 per thousand. In Nova Scotia the birth rate was 25.41 per thousand and the death rate 14.57 per thousand. In Ontario the birth rate was 24.50 per thousand and the death rate was 11:30 per thousand. In Quebec the birth rate was

36.86 per thousand and the death rate 18.91 per thousand. In Prince Edward Island the birth rate was 24.45 per thousand and the death rate 12.26 per thousand. In the North-west Territories the birth rate was 24.98 per thousand and the death rate 7.32 per thousand,

Manitoba is the banner province, having the second largest birth rate and the second lowest death rate, the result being that the prairie province has the largest excess of births over deaths.

1417. The following table gives the births, deaths and marriages in each of the respective countries, 1893 :

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, 1893.

RATE PER 1,000 OF THE POPULATION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, 1893.

NOTE. The births and deaths are exclusive of still-births in all cases.

1418. EXCESS OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, 1887-92.

1419. The following table gives the number of children to a marriage in the undermentioned countries. The figures in most cases are for a series of years :

NUMBER OF CHILDREN TO A MARRIAGE IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.

1420. For the punishment of criminals there are five penitentiaries in the Dominion, situated at Kingston, Ontario; St. Vincent de Paul, Montreal,