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Sir,
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH OCTOBER, 1886.
No. 5.
Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Trevor.
Foreign Office, January 7, 1884. xiê
I AM directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of your letter stating that the Boar of Trade are of opinion that, in the present state of the Copyright question, it would not be advisabl for Her Majesty's Government to be represented at the Conference on copyright to be held this year ato Berne.
In reply, I am to state that before a decision is arrived at Lord Granville would be glad to be t favoured with the reasons upon which the conclusion of the Board of Trade is founded.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.
Sir,
No. 6.
Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Calcraft.
Foreign Office, January 22, 1884.
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WITH reference to my letter of the 7th instant, I am directed by Earl Granville to request you to state to the Board of Trade that his Lordship is disposed to think it might be advisable that Mr. Adams, Her Majesty's Minister at Berne, should be instructed to attend the Copyright Conference to be held this year in that city in a consultative capacity, and with no power to vote or to bind Her M Majesty's Government, and I am to inquire whether the Board of Trade are prepared to concur in such
a course.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.
Sir,
No. 7.
Mr. Calcraft to Sir J. Pauncefote.-(Received January 24.)
Board of Trade, London, January 23, 1884.
I AM directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd instant as to the nature of the instructions which Earl Granville is disposed to think it might be advis- able to give to Her Majesty's Minister at Berne in respect to his proposed attendance at the Copyright Conference to be held in that city, and, in reply, to state, for the information of his Lordship, that the Board of Trade quite concur in the course proposed.
No. 8.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
HENRY G. CALCRAFT.
Sir,
Sir J. Pauncefote to M. Vernet.
Foreign Office, January 31, 1884.
IN reply to your note of the 17th ultimo, I am directed by Earl Granville to state to you that his Lordship will have much pleasure in instructing Mr. Adams, Her Majesty's Minister at Berne, to attend as British Delegate the Copyright Conference which it is proposed to hold in that city during the course of the present year.
I am, however, to add that Mr. Adams will attend in a consultative capacity only, and will not be authorized to pledge Her Majesty's Government to any conclusions or resolutions upon the Copy- right question which the Conference may adopt.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.
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