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168 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1888.

Interpreta- tion.

Three copies to be

delivered 10 Government Officer.

Publisher to supply printer with maps,

ke.

Receipt for copies.

Disposal of the three coples,

Registration of Memoranda Books.

No. 10 OF 1888.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the preservation of copies of Books printed in Hongkong, and for the registration of such Books.

LS

G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.

[15th February, 1888.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the preser

vation of three copies of every book printed or lithographed in Hongkong, and for the registration of such books: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--

1. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise re- quires, the term book includes every volume, part or division of a volume and pamphlet in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart or plan separately printed or lithographed, but shall not include any publication which consists merely of a price list, sale catalogue, annual report, trade circular or trade advertisement.

2. Three printed or lithographed copies of the whole of overy book which shall be printed or lithographed in this Colony after this Ordinance shall come into force, together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto, finished and coloured in the same manner as the best copies of the same shall be produced, and also of any second or subsequent edition which shall be so produced, with any additions or alterations whether the same shall be in letter- press or in the maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto and whether the first edition of such book shall have been produced before or after this Ordinance shall come into forec, shall, within one calendar month after the day in which any such books shall first be delivered out of the press, and notwithstanding any agreement (if the book be published) between the printer and the publisher thereof, be delivered free of any charge, claim or demand whatsoever by the printer, bound, sewed, or stitched together, and upon the best paper on which the same shall be printed or litho graphed, at such place and to such Officer as the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall, by notifica- tion in the Government Gazette, from time to time direct. The publisher or other person employing the printer shall, at a reasonable time before the expiration of the said month, supply such printer with all maps, prints and engravings, finished and coloured as aforesaid, which may be necessary to enable him to comply with the requirements aforesaid.

3. The Officer appointed as above shall thereupon give a receipt in writing for the copies so received.

4. One of such copies shall be transmitted to the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, another copy shall be disposed of as the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall from time to time, by general or special order, direct, and the remaining copy shall, after a memorandum containing the particulars hereinafter mentioned respecting the book shall have been registered as hereinafter provided be deposited in such public library, or be otherwise disposed of, as the Governor shall from time to time determine.

5. There shall be kept at such office, and by such Officer, as the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council shall appoint in this behalf, a book to be called “A Catalo- gue of Books" printed in Hongkong wherein shall be regis- tered a memorandum of every book which shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 2 of this Ordinance; such memorandum shall (so far as may be practicable) contain the following particulars (that is to say):-

(1.) The title of the book and the contents of the title page, with a translation into English of such title

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and contents, when the same are not in the English language;

(2.) The language in which the book is written;

(3.) The name of the author, translator, or editor of

the book or any part thereof;