THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH OCTOBER, 1886.
987
The Administration of the country where the next Conference may be appointed to take place should prepare, with the aid of the International Bureau, the programme of that Conference.
The Director of the International Bureau shall be present at the sittings of the Conferences, and shall take part in the discussions without a deliberative voice. He shall make an annual Report on his administration, which shall be communicated to all the members of the Union.
French shall be the official language of the International Bureau.
The present "Protocole de Clôture," which shall be ratified at the same time as the Convention concluded this day, shall be considered as forming an integral part of that Convention, and shall have the same force, effect, and duration.
No. 14.
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Sir,
Earl Granville to M. Welti.
Foreign Office, August 27, 1884.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's note of the 22nd instant, on the subject of the International Copyright Conference which is to assemble at Berne on the 8th September next; and whilst thanking you for this courteous communication I beg leave to state that I shall not fail to give to the contents that attentive consideration which the interest of the subject demands.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
GRANVILLE.
No. 15.
Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Calcraft.
Foreign Office, August 27, 1884.
Sir,
WITH reference to previous correspondence, I am directed by Earl Granville to transmit to you a copy of a note from the President of the Swiss Confederation, inclosing copies of the programme of the International Copyright Conference which is to meet at Berne on the 8th September.*
I'am to request that you will move the Board of Trade to favour his Lordship with any observa- tions they may have to make thereon, and as to whether any further instructions should be sent to Mr. Adams.
I am, &c. (Signed)
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.
No. 16.
Sir,
Earl Granville to Mr. Adams.
Foreign Office, August 28, 1884.
I TRANSMIT to you herewith, for your information, a copy of a note which I have received from the President of the Swiss Confederation, inclosing copies of the programme of the Copyright Conference to be held at Berne on the 8th September.*
No. 17.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
GRANVILLE.
Sir,
Mr. Calcraft to Sir J. Pauncefote.-(Received September 4.)
Board of Trade, London, September 3, 1884.
I AM directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo, upon the subject of the approaching International Copyright Conference at Berne; and, in reply, to state, for the information of Earl Granville, that this Board have no observations to offer on the note of the President of the Swiss Confederation, and that they are not aware that any further instructions to Her Majesty's Minister at Berne are now required in the matter of his proposed attendance at the Conference.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
* No. 13.
HENRY G. CALCRAFT.