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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 7, 1909.
DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
No. 273.
ACCESSION OF GERMAN PROTECTORATES TO BERNE COPYRIGHT
CONVENTION AND ADDITIONAL ACT.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 2ND DAY OF MARCH, 1909.
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WE
HEREAS on the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty- six, a Convention (hereinafter called the Berne Convention) with respect to the protection to be given by way of copyright to the authors of literary and artistic works was concluded between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and the foreign countries following, that is to say:-Belgium, Hayti, Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Tunis:
And whereas on the fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty- seven, the ratifications of the said Convention were duly exchanged between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and the aforesaid countries:
And whereas by an Order in Conncil, dated the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and made under the authority committed to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria by the International Copyright Acts, 1844 to 1886, Her Majesty was pleased to make provision for giving rights of copyright throughout Her Majesty's dominions to the authors of literary and artistic works first produced in any of the said foreign countries (therein referred to as the foreign countries of the Copyright Union) and otherwise giving effect throughout Her Majesty's dominions to the terms of the said Berne Convention, and an English translation of the said Convention was set out in the first schedule to the said Order in Council:
And whereas since the date of the said Order in Council the foreign countries following, namely:-Luxemburg, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway and Sweden have acceded to the said Berne Convention, and by Orders in Council dated respectively the tenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, the fifteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- three, the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, and made under the authority afore- said, the provisions of the said Order in Council of the twenty-eight day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, have been extended to the last-mentioned foreign countries respectively:
And whereas an Additional Act to the said Berne Convention was agreed upon between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and the following foreign countries for the purpose of vary ing the provisions of the said Berne Convention, namely:-Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Spain, Monaco, Tunis, France, and Montenegro, and the ratifications of the said Additional Act were, on the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, exchanged between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and the said foreign
countries:
And whereas by an Order in Council, dated the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and made under the authority aforesaid, Her late Majesty Queen Victoria was pleased to make provision for varying the hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty- seven, and otherwise giving effect to the said Additional Act throughout Her Majesty's dominions so far as regards the foreign countries hereinbefore named as parties to the said Additional Act, and an English translation of the said Additional Act is set forth in the schedule to the Order in Council now in recital:
And whereas the Republic of Hayti having duly acceded to the said Additional Act, the said Order in Council of the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, was, by Order in Council of the nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, extended to the said Republic: