THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MAY, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 193.
The following Circular Despatch, with its enclosure, is published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1893.
CIRCULAR (2)
DOWNING STREET,
13th April, 1893.
SIR, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of a Convention between Great Britain and Ecuador relative to Trade Marks, signed at Quito on the 26th August, 1892, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Quito on the 3rd of February last.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
RIPON.
CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ECUADOR RELATIVE
TO TRADE MARKS.
Signed at Quito, August 26, 1892.
[Ratifications exchanged at Quito, February 3, 1893.]
HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and his Excellency the President of Ecuador, desiring to conclude a Convention for the reciprocal protection of trade-marks and designs, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, William Henry Doveton Haggard, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Minister Resident and Consul- General at Quito, &c., &c.; and
His Excellency the President of Ecuador, Señor Don Pedro José Cevallos, his Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c., &c.;
Who, having communicated to each other their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :---
ARTICLE I.
The subjects of each of the Contracting Parties shall have in the dominions and possessions of the other the same rights as are now granted, or may hereafter be granted, to native subjects or to subjects of the most favoured nation in all that relates to trade-marks, industrial designs, and patterns.
In order that such rights may be obtained, the formalities required by the laws of the respective countries must be fulfilled.
ARTICLE II.
The stipulations of the present Convention shall be applicable to all the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to-
India.
The Dominion of Canada.
Newfoundland.
The Cape of Good Hope.
Natal.
New South Wales.
Victoria.
Queensland.
Tasmania.
South Australia.
Western Australia.
New Zealand.
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