Lade, to whom you llaspetet anvist Lichens
bere referred, from which you will percene that the Snactment,
Contained in the het
pefed on the last Schion & Perle for
Eyaleting the Fousey,
f
the British Pofesine
abroad will probatch be found sufficient
to prevent the importation.
of pirates bolitions of Copyrighted Works wit
Biskup.
22
Unts His Excellency the Governor
in Council of Hongkong.
The Setition of Hugh Mackay storekeeper, humbly showeth,
That by an act of the Imperial Sarliament & and b ket cap: 45, passed for the purpose; of affording further protection to British Copyrights and literary property.
importation of wen a single copy of any work in which there is a copyright. into any of Her Majesty's Dominions, is strictly prohibited, and any person infringing
the act or being accessory thereto; is, upon conviction, to forfect for each offence Je Ten Founds, and double the value of the work so imported or sold.
the
the sum
notwithstanding this enactment,
it is notorious that a traffic in American Siracies of British Copyrights is carried on The Colonial herclary,
Ve Ye, ye,
within