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CONTENTS.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

C.O.

Reference -

885

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

Circular to fiorernors of Colonies.

Downing Street, July 11, 1856. WITH reference to my predecessor's (the Duke of Newcastle) circular despatch of the 2nd January, 1853, on the subject of the Patent Laws, I have to state that the attention of Her Majesty's Government has lately been drawn to the position in which inventors, possessing Patent rights in England, find themselves when endeavouring to secure similar rights in certain of Her Majesty's Colonies; and that it appears desirable that they should be accurately acquainted with the requirements imposed on them by Local Laws; I have, therefore, to request that you will transmit to me detailed information on the subject under the two following heads :—

1. A statement of the documents required from an inventor or British patentee, to enable him to make a proper application for a Patent right in the Colony under your Government; and,

2. A statement of all the official fees and expenses required to be paid in each case.

I have, &c. (Signed)

H. LABOUCHERE.

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EUROPE AND AFRICA:

Heligoland

Malta

Sierra Leone

Gambia

Gold Coast

St. Helena (uo report)

Cape of Good Hope.. Natal..

NORTH AMERICA :-

Canada

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia.

Prince Edward Island

Newfoundland

Bermuda

WEST INDIES:-

Jamaica

Honduras

Turks Island (nò report).

Windward Islands:

Barbados

Grenada

St. Vincent

Tobago

St. Lucia

Trinidad

Leeward Islands:

Antigua

Dominica

Virgin Islands Nevia..

Montserrat St. Kitts

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British Guiana

Bahamas (no report).

Falkland Islands

EASTERN COLONIES:-

Mauritius

Ceylon

Hong Kong .

Labuan (no report).

New South Wales Victoria

Ta-mauia

South Australia

Western Australia New Zealand..

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