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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

b. The drawings should be made with Indian
ink freshly rubbed down, quite black, free from
grit and glaze.
Pale ink must on no account be used.
No colour but black is allowed.
All lines, writing, figures, and letters must
be clearly and firmly drawn, so as to allow of
their being visible when considerably reduced
by the process of photo-lithography.
All shading must be by black lines suffi-
ciently wide apart for the purpose aforesaid.
5. The notice of an intention to proceed with an
application for Letters Patent must be delivered at
the Patent Office at least ninety days before the
expiration of the period of protection.
6. When in any case the Patent Officer deems it
expedient, he may make an order that the applicant
or his agent, and the objector or his agent, shall
deposit before the hearing such sum as the Patent
Officer may think fit to meet any costs of the hear-
ing, or costs connected therewith or incident thereto.
7. When an applicant is desirous of submitting
an amended specification or drawing for the allow-
ance of the Patent Officer, such amended specifica-
tion or drawing must be left at the Patent Office at
least five days preceding the day of hearing.
8. No amendment or alteration at the instance
of the applicant will be allowed in any specifi-
cation or drawing after the specification shall have
been registered, except on the hearing of the ap-
plication for Letters Patent, and then only in the
cases permitted by the proviso to the seventh section
of the said Act, or for the correction of merely
clerical errors, or of omissions made per incuriam.
9. The Patent Officer, or, in case of his illness or
absence from Wellington, the Registrar of Patents,
shall have power to adjourn from time to time the
hearing of any application for Letters Patent.
10. In the event of any accidental default in the
publication of any appointment as required by the
tenth section of the said Act, it shall be lawful for
the Patent Officer to order that the default may be
rectified in such manner as he shall think fit; but
nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize an
extension of time beyond the period of six months
from the date of deposit of the specification.
11. Notwithstanding the issue of the Patent
Officer's warrant, no Letters Patent shall be pre-
pared until application in writing shall have been
made by the applicant or his agent for the prepara-
tion of the Letters Patent, and until the fee payable
on obtaining Letters Patent shall have been paid.
12. If any Letters Patent be lost or destroyed,
duplicate Letters Patent of the like tenor and effect,
and sealed and dated as of the same day as such lost
or destroyed Letters Patent, may be issued upon
evidence of such loss or destruction being produced
to the satisfaction of the Patent Officer. The fee of
ten shillings shall be paid on making application for
new Letters Patent, and the fee of two pounds on
obtaining the same.

LETTERS OF REGISTRATION.
13. Every application for Letters of Registration
shall be accompanied by—
(1.) A certified copy of the original Letters
Patent and specifications and drawings (if
any):
(2.) By a duplicate copy of such specification
and drawings:
(3.) By a statutory declaration, by a person
conversant with the laws of the country or
colony in which the said Letters Patent have
been granted, that he has searched the Regis-
try of Patents in the country or colony in
which the patent has issued, and that such
Letters Patent are, according to the laws of
that country or colony, still in force, and not
assigned or parted with:
Such declaration shall be made by some
person other than the person claiming Letters
of Registration.
(4.) By a statutory declaration by the applicant
that he is the person named in the original
Letters Patent or Letters of Registration, and
the bona fide holder thereof:
(5.) Provided that if the applicant be the as-
signee of the Letters Patent, or of any interest
therein which would entitle him to Letters
of Registration, he shall furnish, in lieu of
the said declarations, a certified copy of the
deed of assignment, and a statutory declara-
tion that he is the person named in the copy
deed, and that it is a true copy of the original
deed.
14. The directions contained in Regulation No. 4,
as to writing, material, and size of specifications,
shall apply to all manuscript specifications accom-
panying applications for Letters of Registration.
The directions as to copies of such specifications
shall apply to the duplicate required of such speci-
fications; and the directions as to drawings and
copies of drawings shall apply to the drawings and
duplicates of drawings (if any) accompanying such
specifications.
Printed specifications and drawings of any size
and on paper will be received if the duplicates of
drawings are capable of being photo-lithographed.

ASSIGNMENTS AND LICENSES.
15. Before any assignment or license executed in
New Zealand shall be registered, the assignee or
licensee shall furnish—
(1.) A statutory declaration by one of the at-
testing witnesses to the said assignment or
license of the due execution of the said assign-
ment or license :
(2.) A certified copy or copies of the assignment
or license, and other instruments or docu-
ments of title.
16. Before any assignment or license executed out
of New Zealand shall be registered, the assignee or
licensee shall furnish—
(1.) A statutory declaration by one of the attest-
ing witnesses to the said assignment or license
of the due execution of the said assignment or
license:
Provided that, if it be proved to the satis-
faction of the said Patent Officer that the
attesting witness to any such assignment or
license is dead or cannot be found, the execu-
tion of the said assignment or license may be
proved by a statutory declaration of any other
person capable of declaring to the same.
(2.) A certified copy or copies of the assignment
or license, and other instruments or documents
of title:
(3.) A statutory declaration by the applicant
that he is the person named in the copy deed,
and that it is a true copy of the original deed.
17. No assignment or license of two or more
Letters Patent or Letters of Registration included
in one deed or instrument shall be registered, and
no certificate of assignment or license shall be
granted, unless a fee for such registration or certifi-
cate be paid in respect of each such Letters Patent
or Letters of Registration in respect of which such
registration or certificate is desired.

MISCELLANEOUS.
18. Documents in any language other than English,
deposited in the Patent Office, must be accompanied
by translations into English certified to as correct by
some person approved of by the Patent Officer, and