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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH AUGUST, 1894.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 292.

The following Circular Despatch with its enclosures is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th August, 1894.

CIRCULAR. 9

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET,

5th June, 1894.

SIR, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Government, а сору.

of a Convention between Great Britain and Austria Hungary for the establishment of International Copyright which was signed at Vienna on the 24th April, 1893, and of which the ratifications were exchanged on the 14th April, 1894.

I have also to enclose a copy of the Order of Her Majesty in Council which was issued on the 30th April last, for giving effect to the provisions of the Convention.

The Officer Administering the Government of

I have the honour to be,

HONGKONG.

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble Servant,

RIPON.

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,

The 30th day of April, 1894.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

LORD PRESIDENT

LORD STEWARD

LORD CHAMBERLAIN SIR CHARLES RUSSELL SIR FRANK LASCELLES.

EARL OF CHESTERFIELD

HEREAS a Convention has been concluded on the 24th day of April, 1893, between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, and Apostolic King of Hungary, with respect to the protection to be given by way of copyright to the authors of literary and artistic works:

And whereas the ratifications of the said Convention were exchanged on the 14th day of April, 1894, between Her Majesty the Queen and His Majesty the Emperor :

And whereas Her Majesty in Council is satisfied that the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy have made such provisions as it appears to Her Majesty expedient to require for the protection of authors of works first produced in Her Majesty's dominions:

NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and by virtue of the Authority committed to Her by the International Copyright Acts, 1844 to 1886, doth order and it is hereby ordered as follows:-

1. The Convention as set forth in the First Schedule to this Order shall as from the commencement of this Order and subject to Clause 5 of this Order have full effect throughout Her Majesty's dominions, and all persons are enjoined to observe the same.

2. The author of a literary or artistic work which on or after the commencement of this Order is first produced in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy shall, subject as in this Order and in the International Copyright Acts, 1844 to 1886, mentioned, have as respects that work throughout Her Majesty's dominions, but subject to the exceptions specified in clause 5 of this Order, the same right of copyright, including any right capable of being conferred by an Order in Council under section two or section five of the International Copyright Act, 1844, or under any other enactment, as if the work had been first produced in the United Kingdom, and shall have such right during the same period.