Sir,
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH OCTOBER, 1886.
No. 9.
Mr. Howard to Sir J. Pauncefote.--(Received June 3.)
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India Office, June 2, 1886.
WITH reference to Sir U. Kay-Shuttleworth's letter of the 24th March last, on the subject of India joining in the proposed International Copyright Convention, I am desired by the Earl of Kimberley to transmit, for the information of the Earl of Rosebery, copy of a telegram from the Viceroy of India, and to add that, on the receipt of the promised despatch, a further communication will be sent to the Foreign Office.
I have, &c. (Signed)
E. STAFFORD HOWARD.
(Telegraphic.)
Inclosure in No. 9.
The Viceroy of India to the Earl of Kimberley.
Simla, May 27, 1886.
YOURS 13th April and your despatch of the 29th idem. We desire to enter International Copyright Union. We approve of the provisions of clause 8, sub-sections 1 and 2 of Bill, and desire retention of sub-section 4 of the same clause. We do not desire addition of clause at end of Mr. Jenkyns' Memorandum of the 3rd April. A despatch on the subject will follow.
Sir,
No. 10.
Sir R. Herbert to Sir J. Pauncefote.-(Received June 5.)
Downing Street, June 4, 1886. WITH reference to previous correspondence respecting the Berne International Copyright Con- vention, I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit, for the information of the Earl of Rosebery, the accompanying copies of telegrams which have been received from the Cape of Good Hope, Newfoundland, South Australia, Natal, and Victoria on the subject.
I am, &c.
(Signed) ROBERT G. W. HERBERT.
Inclosure 1 in No. 10.
Administrator Torrens to Earl Granville.
(Telegraphic.)
Cape Town, May 20, 1886.
REFERRING to your despatch 16th April, Ministers desire that Her Majesty's Government should accede to the Berne Convention on behalf of Cape Colony, and that Imperial copyright should be extended to authors whose works are first produced within this Colony.
Inclosure 2 in No. 10.
(Telegraphic.)
Governor Sir G. des Vœux to Earl Granville.
St. John's, Newfoundland, May 21, 1886.
IN reply to your despatch 16th April, this Government desires Imperial copyright extended to Colony, and to accede to Berne Convention.
Inclosure 3 in No. 10.
Governor Sir A. Havelock to Earl Granville.
(Telegraphic.)
Pietermaritzburg, May 28, 1886.
INTERNATIONAL copyright.
In reply to your despatch of the 16th April, Colonial Government consider it desirable to answer in the affirmative nrst three questions in concluding paragraph of Bryce's letter of the 8th April. Consider inexpedient clause referred to in fourth question.
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