THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 7, 1909.
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And whereas the Empire of Japan, the Kingdom of Denmark and Faroe Islands, and the Republic of Liberia, having duly acceded to the said Berne Convention and the said Additional Act, the said Orders in Council of the twenty-eight day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred ninety-eight, were, by Orders in Council dated respectively the eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and the ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and three, and the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, extended to the said Empire of Japan, the said Kingdom of Denmark and the Faroe Islands, and the said Republic of Liberia :
And whereas the Principality of Montenegro having duly denounced the said Berne Con- vention, the said Order in Council of the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three was revoked by an Order in Council of the eighth day of August, one thou- sand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and the provisions of the said Orders in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, have ceased to apply to the said Principality of Montenegro:
And whereas the foreign countries following, namely:-Luxemburg, Monaco, Norway, Japan, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands, Sweden, and Liberia, together with the foreign coun- tries comprised in the said Order in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, now constitute the foreign countries of the Copy- right Union within the meaning of the said Order in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven:
And whereas it has been intimated to His Majesty's Government that the Government of Germany have notified their accession for and on behalf of the German Protectorates to the said Berne Convention, and the said Additional Act, such accession to take effect from the first day of January, ono thousand nine hundred and nine:
And whereas His Majesty in Council is satisfied that the said Government of Germany has made such provisions as it appears to His Majesty expedient to require for the protec tion in the said German Protectorates of authors' works first produced in His Majesty's
dominions:
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority committed to His Majesty by the International Copyright Acts, 1844 to 1886, doth order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:---
1. From and after the commencement of this Order the hereinbefore recited Orders in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-ight, shall extend to the German Protectorates.
2. This Order shall come into operation as from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, which date is hereinbefore referred to as the commence- ment of this Order.
3. And the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary
orders herein accordingly.
A. W. FITZROY.
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 274.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. JOHN BELL to act as Principal Civil Medical Officer during the absence on leave of the Honourable Dr. JOHN MITFORD ATKINSON OP until further notice, with effect from this date.
4th May, 1909,
No. 275.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, the Honourable Mr. ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN to be a Member of the Executive Council, during the absence on leave of the Honourable Dr. Jonn MITFORD ATKINSON, or until further notice, with effect from this date.
5th May, 1909.