Includes: a memorandum by Cornelius Dalton [Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks] on the results of the 1907 Patents and Designs Act; note from Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith [Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade] on the restricted role of the Comptroller of Patents, compared to the Board of Trade, in gathering information; a list of firms which have commenced or will commence work under the 1907 act.