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Sir,
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH OCTOBER, 1886.
No. 16.
Mr. Walpode to Mr. Bryce.—(Received June 16.)
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India Office, Whitehall, June 15, 1886.
IN reply to your letter of the 11th instant, I am directed to state, for the information of the Earl of Rosebery, that the Earl of Kimberley is of opinion that, considering the present state of Parliamen- tary business, the International and Colonial Copyright Bill may now be proceeded with, without awaiting the receipt of the despatch from the Government of India mentioned in Lord Dufferin's telegram of the 27th ultimo.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
No. 17.
HORACE WALPOLE.
Sir,
The Earl of Rosebery to M. Vernet.
Foreign Office, June 16, 1886.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th instant, containing an invitation to Her Majesty's Government to be represented at a Conference, to meet at Berne on the 6th September next, for the purpose of signing the International Copyright Convention of which the draft was agreed to in September of last year; and I beg leave to state that I hope shortly to be in a position to give a definite reply to this invitation.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
ROSEBERY.
No. 18.
Sir,
Sir R. Herbert to Sir J. Pauncefote.—(Received June 18.)
Downing Street, June 17, 1886.
WITH reference to Colonial Office letter of the 4th instant, I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, for your information, a copy of a despatch which has been received from the Governor of the Cape on the subject of Imperial copyright and the Berne Conven- tion.
I am, &c. (Signed)
ROBERT G. W. HERBERT.
Inclosure 1 in No. 18.
Administrator Torrens to Earl Granville.
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My Lord,
Government House, Cape Town, May 26, 1886.
WITH reference to your Lordship's despatch of the 16th April last, relative to the Convention for the formation of an International Copyright Union, I have the honour to forward a copy of a Minute which I have received from my Ministers requesting that Her Majesty's Government should accede to the Berne Convention on behalf of the Cape Colony, and that Imperial copyright should be extended to authors whose works are first produced within this Colony.
The substance of this Minute has already been communicated to your Lordship by my telegram of the 20th May.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
H. TORRENS.
Inclosure 2 in No. 18. Minute.
IN acknowledging the receipt of Minute of the 17th instant from his Excellency the Officer administering the Government, giving inclosure to a despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, covering copies of documents referring to the formation of an International Copyright Union, Ministers have the honour to recommend that his Excellency may be pleased to communicate to Earl Granville the desire of this Government that the Berne Convention should be acceded to, and that Imperial copyright should be extended to authors whose works are first produced within this Colony.
(Signed)
J. GORDON SPRIGG.
Cape Town, May 19, 1886.