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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Notice of Appointment of a Member of a Board of Conciliation for the Taranaki Industrial District.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS David Brown, of New Plymouth, a member of the Board of Conciliation for the Taranaki Industrial District, has resigned: And whereas there are no industrial unions in the said district entitled to vote for the election of his successor: Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section forty-five of “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JOHN OSBORNE GEORGE

to fill such casual vacancy in the Board of Conciliation for the Taranaki Industrial District, and to hold office only for the residue of the term of office of the said David Brown.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Labour.

Chief Librarian, General Assembly Library, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES WILSON, Esq.,

to be the Chief Librarian of the General Assembly Library. Appointment to date from the 1st February, 1901.

J. G. WARD.

Public Vaccinators, Masterton District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM BUTEMENT, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., &c., and WILLIAM STEWART ROSS, Esq., M.B. and Bach. Surg. Trin. Coll. Dubl.,

to be Public Vaccinators, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Masterton.

J. G. WARD.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 21st January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:

Name. District.
Constable JOHN CULLINANE The Middle Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Labour.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

DAVID BARRON

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Otago, vice James Pillans Maitland, retired, and John Hay, transferred, as from the 15th day of January, 1901.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Judge of Supreme Court resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JAMES CROSBY MARTIN, Esq.,

of his appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court on and from the 2nd day of January instant.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Promotion in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to promote

JOHN HAY

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Southland, as from the 15th January, 1901, vice David Barron, transferred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Despatch.—Convention with Costa Rica relative to Trade-marks.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st January, 1901.

THE following despatch and enclosure, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information.

JAMES McGOWAN.

(Circular.)

Downing Street, 13th November, 1900.

Sir,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of a Convention between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Costa Rica for the reciprocal protection of trade-marks and designs, signed at Guatemala on the 5th March, 1898, the ratifications of which were exchanged in London on the 29th September, 1900.

2. I have to call your attention to Article II. of the Convention, from which you will observe that, if it is desired that the stipulations of the Convention should be made applicable to the colony under your government, notice to that effect must be given to the President of the Republic of Costa Rica within one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications.

3. I have therefore to request that you will be good enough to inform me at your early convenience of the wishes of your Government in the matter.

I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.

CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA FOR THE RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF TRADE-MARKS, ETC.

Signed at Guatemala, 5th March, 1898.—Ratifications exchanged at London, 29th September, 1900.

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Excellency Señor Don Rafael Iglesias, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, desiring to conclude a Convention for the reciprocal protection of trade-marks and designs, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, George Francis Birt Jenner, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty’s Minister Resident in Central America, &c.; and

His Excellency Señor Don Rafael Iglesias, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Honourable Señor Don Ricardo Villafranca y Bonilla, Consul-General of the Republic of Costa Rica at Guatemala:

Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:—

ARTICLE I.

The subjects or citizens of each of the contracting parties shall have, in the dominions and possessions of the other, the same rights as are now granted, or may hereafter be granted, to subjects or citizens in all that relates to trade-marks, industrial designs, and patterns.

In order that such rights may be obtained, the formalities required by the laws of the respective countries must be fulfilled.

ARTICLE II.

The stipulations of the present Convention shall be applicable to all the colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named—that is to say, except to India, the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, New Zealand:

Provided always that the stipulations of the present Convention shall be made applicable to any of the above-named colonies or foreign possessions on whose behalf notice to