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CHINA TRADE.
36070
[October 5.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
IP 20 OCT 04
SECTION 1.
No. 1.
Sir M. Gosselin to the Marquess of Lansdowne.--(Received October 5.)
(No. 81.)
Lisbon, September 29, 1904,
My Lord,
WITH reference to your Lordship's telegram No. 4 of the 21st instant, stating that your Lordship agreed that the 1st October should be fixed as the date on which simultaneous instructions should be sent to the British and Portuguese Representatives at Peking for the mutual protection of trade-marks in China, I have the honour to inclose translation of a note, dated the 26th instant, from Senhor Wenceslau de Lima, informing me that the instructions for carrying out the proposed arrangement will be dispatched to the Portuguese Minister in China on the 1st proximo.
I had the honour to inform your Lordship of this decision by telegram yesterday. I shall be glad to be able to inform Senhor Wenceslau de Lima that similar instructions have been sent by your Lordship to Sir E. Satow.
I have, &c.
(Signed) MARTIN GOSSELIN.
Inclosure in No. 1.
(Translation.)
Senhor de Lima to Sir M. Gosselin.
Lisbon, September 26, 1904.
IN reply to your note of the 22nd instant, I have the honour to inform you that the Portuguese Government, in accordance with the Marquess of Lansdowne's proposal, will transmit, on the 1st October next, to their Diplomatic Representative at Peking, instructions for carrying out the arrangement between the Governments of Portugal and Great Britain for the mutual protection of trade-marks in China.
I avail, &c.
(Signed) WENCESLAU DE LIMA.
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