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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH MAY, 1898.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 205.

With reference to Government Notification No. 41 of the 27th January last, the following Circular Despatch, with its enclosure, is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th May, 1898.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

CIRCULAR.

DOWNING STREET,

15th March, 1898.

SIR,With reference to my Circular despatch of the 15th December last, enclosing a Parliament- ary Paper containing an Additional Act signed at Paris on the 4th May, 1896, modifying certain Articles of the Convention concerning the creation of an International Union for the protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed at Berne on the 9th September, 1886, I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the Colony under your government, copies of an Order of Her Majesty in Council for giving effect to the Additional Act of Paris above referred to.

I have the honour to be,

The Officer Administering the Government of

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble Servant,

HONGKONG.

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,

The 7th day of March, 1898.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

LORD PRESIDENT

EARL OF KINTORE

LORD JAMES OF HEREFORD.

HEREAS on the 9th day of September, 1886, a Convention (herein-after called the Berne Convention) with respect to the protection to be given by way of copyright to the authors of literary and artistic works was concluded between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the foreign countries following, that is to say :-

Belgium, France, Germany,

Hayti, Italy, Spain,

Switzerland, and Tunis:

And whereas on the 5th day of September, 1887, the ratifications of the said Convention were duly exchanged between Her Majesty the Queen and the aforesaid countries:

And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 28th day of November, 1887, and made under the authority committed to Her Majesty by the International Copyright Acts, 1844 to 1886, Her Majesty was pleased to make provision for giving rights of copyright throughout Her Majesty's dominions to the authors of literary and artistic works first produced in any of the said foreign countries (therein referred to as the foreign countries of the Copyright Union), and otherwise giving effect throughout Her Majesty's dominions to the terms of the said Berne Convention, and an English translation of the said Convention was set out in the First Schedule to the Order in Council now in recital:

And whereas since the date of the said Order in Council herein-before recited, the foreign countries following, namely, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, and Norway, have acceded to the said Berne Convention, and by Orders in Council dated respectively the 10th day of August, 1888, the 15th day of October, 1889, the 16th day of May, 1893, and the 1st day of August, 1896, and made under the authority aforesaid, the provisions of the herein-before recited Order in Council of the 28th day of November, 1887, have been extended to the last-mentioned foreign countries respectively, and the last-mentioned foreign countries, together with the foreign countries comprised in the said Order in Council of the 28th day of November, 1887, now constitute the foreign countries of the Copyright Union within the meaning of the said Order in Council :