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COLONIAL BOOKS REGISTRATION. No. 2 of 1888.

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6. (1) There shall be kept at such office and by such officer Catalogue as the Governor may appoint in this behalf, a book to be called of books

printed in A Catalogue of Books printed in Hong Kong," wherein shall the Colony. be registered a memorandum of every book which may have been delivered pursuant to section 3.

(2) Such memorandum shall be made as soon as possible after the delivery of the copies thereof, and shall; so far as practicable, contain the following particulars:-

(a) the title of the book and the contents of the title page, with a translation into English of such title and contents, when the same are not in the English language;

(b) the language in which the book is written;

(c) the name of the author, translator, or editor of the book

or any part thereof;

(d) the subject;

(e) the place of printing and the place of publication;

(f) the name or firm of the printer and the name or firm

of the publisher;

(g) the date of issue from the press;

(h) the number of sheets, leaves, or pages;

(i) the size;

(j) the first, second, or other number of the edition;

(k) the number of copies of which the edition consists;

(1) the manner in which the book is produced;

(m) the price at which the book is sold to the public; and

(n) the name and residence of the proprietor of the copy-

right or of any portion of the copyright.

of

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7. The memoranda so registered shall be published in the Publication Gazette as soon as may be after the end of each quarter, and memoranda four copies of the memoranda shall be sent to the Librarian at registered. the India Office Library, London, two copies shall be sent to the Librarian at the Colonial Office Library, London, and two copies shall be sent to the Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, London.

* The officer appointed under section 6 is the Secretary for Chinese Affairs,

see G.N. 120 of 1888.

† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937,