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SIERRA LEONE.

The Patent Laws of England are not in force in this Colony.

The only formality required from an inventor or British patentee desirous of securing his Patent right by a local Ordinance, would be the production of the authority under which the original right was granted in England,

As an Ordinance of that description would partake of the character of a private Bill, a fee of 51. would be payable to the Clerk of the Council for preparing such Bill, and nothing more.

SIERRA LEONE.

Governor, No. 186, August 25, 1856.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

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The cost of a private Act of the Legislature would

Governor. No. 164, July 30, 1857. not, in this Colony, exceed 201.

NATAL.

Governor, No. 4, November 17, 1857.

NATAL.

There are no laws recognizing Patent rights in this Colony.

GAMBIA.

There are no local laws with respect to Patents.

GAMBIA.

Acting Governor, No. 28, September 21, 1856.

GOLD COAST.

There are no local Patent Laws or regulations.

GOLD COAST.

Acting Governor, No. 67, August 22, 1856.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

There are no Patent Laws, nor, in fact, any CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Patent rights at the Cape of Good Hope; but an Governor. No. 164, July 30, 1857 Act would be passed by the Parliament of this Colony in favour of any person who should produce the same sort of proof as would in England entitle him to a Patent. Therefore any English patentee or foreign or colonial inventor who desired to obtain, in this Colony, privileges the same as, or analogous to, those conferred by a Patent in England, would, as the law at present stands here, have to apply to the Legislature for such rights as could not be conferred by mere Executive authority.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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