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condition soever they be, within the said Colony, that neither they or any of them at any time during the continuance of the said term of fourteen years hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, do make, use, or put in practice the said invention, or any part of the same, so attained unto by the said , as aforesaid,

nor in anywise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made, any addition thereunto or substraction from the same, whereby to pretend himself or themselves the in- ventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the consent, license, or agreement of the saidi

his executors, administrators, or assigns in writing, under his or their hands and seals first had and obtained in that behalf, lest by so doing they may make themselves answerable to the said

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his executors, administrators, and assigns, according to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned: Provided always, and these Letters-Patent, or Instrument in the nature of this Letters-Patent, are and is and shall be upon condition, that if at any time during the said term hereby granted, it shall be made appear to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs or successors, or

to the Lieutenant-Governor of the said Colony, that this grant is contrary to law, or prejudicial or in- convenient to her subjects in general, or that the said invention is not a new invention as to the public use and exercise thereof, or that the said

is not the true and first inventor, these Letters-Patent, or Instru- ment in the nature of Letters-Prtent, shall forth- with cease, determine, and be utterly void to all intents and purposes: Provided also, that these Letters-Putent or instrument as aforesaid, or any- thing herein contained shall not extend or be con- strued to extend to give privilege unto the said

his executors, administrators,

or assigns, or any of them, to use or imitate any inven- tion or work whatsoever which hath heretofore been found or invented by any other person, and pub- licly used or exercised, unto whom Letters-Patent or privileges have been already granted for the sole use, exercise, and benefit thereof; Provided like- wise, and these Letters-Patent, or Instrument in the

VICTORIA.

Superintendent, No. 53. April 15, 1854.

VICTORIA.

Superintendent, No. 53, April 16, 1854.

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VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

Lieutenant-Governor, No. 155, July 5, 1853.

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nature of Letters-Patent, are or is, upon this condition, that if the said

express

has not particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his hand, deposited with the officer appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor, and also it the said

his executore, administrators, or assigns shall not supply or cause to be supplied, for the service of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs or successors, in the said Colony, all such articles of the said invention as he or they shall be required to supply, by the officers

or Commissioners administering the department of her or their service, for the use of which the same shall be required in the said Colony in such manner. at such times, and at and upon such reasonable prices and terms as shall be settled for that purpose

by the Lieutenant-Governor of the said Colony, that then, and in any of the said cases, these Letters-Patent, or Instruquent in the nature of Letters-Patent, and all-liberties and advantages whatsoever hereby granted, shall utterly cease, deter- mine, and become void. And, lastly, I do by these presents grant unto the said

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his executors, administrators, and assigns, that these Letters-Patent, or Instrument in the nature of Letters-Patent, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law according to the true intent and meaning thereof, notwithstanding the not full and certain describing herein of the nature or quality of the said inven. tion, or of the materials thereunto conducing and belonging. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and have caused these Letters- Patent, or this Instrument in the nature of Letters- Patent, to be sealed with the seal of the Colony of Victoria, this

day of

A.D.

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

Mr. Solicitor-General Smith.-There is no law in force in this Colony authorising the grant of Patents

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