Section 8. This is section G of Ordinance No. 16 of
1873, amplified.
Section 9. This is section 7 of Ordinance No. 10 of
1873, slightly amplified.
Section 10. This is section 70 of the Act of 1883. Section 11. This is section 66 of the Act of 1883. Section 12. This is section 79 of the Act of 1883, as amended by section 19 of the Act of 1888, slightly modified. At present there are a number of marks registered since 1873 ou the Register more than fourteen years old. It will take some time to send out notices to the registered proprietors to know whe- ther they desire to continue to register their marks, and six months is given for payment of the pre- scribed fee. I have consulted with the President of our local Chamber of Commerce and it has been decided to make the fee for retention on the Re- gister of Marks registered before the present Or- dinance considerably less than in the case of reten- tion on the Register, after fourteen years, of marks hereafter registered.
I trust, under this section, many marks registered against a large number of goods and classes of goods may be removed from the Register, for I feel sure in many cases they have never been used for all the goods in respect of which they are registered. Section 13. This is section R of Ordinance No. 16 of
1873.
Section 14. This is section 65 of the Act of 1883. Section 15. This is section 67 of the Act of 1885. Section 16. This deals with repeals.
Section 17. This enables the Governor to deal with applications pending at the commencement of this Ordinance.
It will be observed that, while the Farms peruit of ap- plication and advertisement being made by an agent duly authorised, which would include the applicant's solicitor, the statutory declaration is required to be made personally by the applicant or by a member of his firm. In the case of a company the rules allow the declaration to be made by the Secretary or other principal officer of the body corporate.
As regards the Rules, these will closely follow the Trade Mark Rules of 1890 as modified by those of 1897, so far as local circumstances permit.
W. MuiGH GOODMAN, Attorney General.
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