THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 369. The following Circular Despatch, with its enclosure, is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1892.
CIRCULAR (2)
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
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DOWNING STREET,
8th July, 1892.
SIR, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Govern- ment, a copy of a Convention between Great Britain and Roumania relative to Trade Marks, signed at Bucharest on the 4th of May, 1892, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Bucharest on the 3rd ultimo.
I have the honour to be,
The Officer Administering the Government of
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
KNUTSFORD..
HONGKONG.
CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ROUMANIA RELATIVE TO TRADE MARKS.
Signed at Bucharest, May 4, 1892.
[Ratifications exchanged at Bucharest, June 3, 1892.]
HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Majesty the King of Roumania, 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, Arthur George Vansittart, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Bucharest, &c., &c.; and His Majesty the King of Roumania, M. Alexandre N. Lahovary, Grand Cross of his Order of the Crown of Roumania, &c., &c., his Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
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.