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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS OPEN TO INSPECTION.

The following documents and books are open to public inspection:—

Patents.

(Fee for each search or inspection, not exceeding one hour, 1s.)

1. The files relating to all applications for letters patent in respect of which complete specifications have been accepted.
2. Classified copies of specifications and drawings, with index and key(a).
3. Register of Applications for Letters Patent.
4. Register of Patents.
5. Register of Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent(b).
6. Index of Patentees(c).
7. Index of Proprietors of Letters Patent granted prior to 1890(d).
8. Index of Specifications(e).

Designs.

(Search fee, 1s. each quarter of an hour.)

1. Register of Designs, with Index of Names of Proprietors.
2. Classified Representations of Designs in respect of which Copyright has expired.
3. Index of Designs.

Trade Marks.

(Search fee, 1s. each quarter of an hour.)

1. The files relating to all applications for registration of trade marks.
2. Register of Applications for Registration of Trade Marks.
3. Register of Trade Marks.
4. Index of Applicants for Registration of Trade Marks(f).
5. Index of Trade Marks.
6. Classified Representations of Trade Marks, with indexes.

Miscellaneous.

Register of Patent Agents.

Forms.

The following forms, &c., May be had on application:—
Application for letters patent(g).
Provisional specification(g).
Complete specification and copy thereof(g).
Application for registration of design.
Application for registration of trade mark.
Applications for extension of time.
Requests by subsequent proprietor to enter name on Register of Patents and Trade Marks.
Printed sheets of information as to fees and procedure to obtain letters patent and to register a trade mark(g).
Pamphlet containing Act and Regulations (price 1s.).

OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.

The following publications may be obtained from the Government Printer, Wellington:—

Printed specifications to the end of the year 1879.
Annual lists of letters patent and letters of registration applied for, and particulars of applications lapsed, and patents lapsed, from 1880 to 1888 inclusive.
Annual reports of the Registrar, containing alphabetical lists of applicants for letters patent and of inventions patented from 1889 to 1903 inclusive.
The Patents Supplement to Gazette (containing notifications, applications for letters patent, abridged descriptions and drawings of inventions, &c.), published fortnightly.

LOCAL PATENT OFFICES.

Local patent offices for the reception of applications for letters patent without extra payment have been appointed at the following places: Ashburton, Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hokitika, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Queenstown, Thames, Timaru, Wanganui, Westport. These are situated in the Supreme Court Buildings and S.M. Court Houses.

PATENT AGENTS.

A list of registered patent agents may be obtained on application.

(a) Key is in card index.
(b) This Register contains only names of subsequent proprietors of letters patent granted prior to 1st January, 1890; since that date they appear in Register of Patents.
(c) Includes all names of applicants, &c., and consists of four volumes to 4th November, 1903, and card index since that date. A separate card index is kept for current quarter.
(d) The names of proprietors of subsequent letters patent appear in the Index of Patentees.
(e) Contains classified abridgments of specifications from 1861, with extracts from drawings from July, 1904.
(f) Names of applicants for registration and proprietors of trade marks are indexed at the beginning of the Registers up to 31st December, 1889; in separate volume up to 5th September, 1904; and since the latter date, are in card index.
(g) May also be obtained at any local Patent Office or money-order office.

Despatch.—Accession of Japan and Mexico and Cuba to Industrial Property Convention.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th May, 1905.

THE following despatch, with enclosures, from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

JAS. McGOWAN.

(New Zealand.—General.)
Downing Street, 29th March, 1905.

MY LORD,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Government, copies of parliamentary papers (Treaty Series No. 12, 1899; Treaty Series No. 13, 1903; Treaty Series No. 12, 1904) containing correspondence respecting the accession of Japan to the Industrial Property Convention, 1883, and of the Republics of Mexico and Cuba to the Convention of 1883 and the Additional Act of Brussels, 1900. Copies of the Orders in Council (7th October, 1899, and 12th January, 1905) giving effect in this country to the accessions of Japan and Cuba are also enclosed.

2. With regard to Mexico, I enclose a copy of the Order in Council of 28th May, 1889, giving effect to the treaty between Great Britain and the republic of 27th November, 1888, and have to state that on the accession of Mexico to the Industrial Property Convention His Majesty’s Government were advised that it was not necessary in the circumstances to issue a further Order in Council.

I have, &c.,

Governor the Right Hon. ALFRED LYTTELTON.
Lord Plunket, K.C.V.O., &c.

TREATY SERIES NO. 12, 1899. — ACCESSION OF JAPAN TO THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY CONVENTION OF 20TH MARCH, 1883.

No. 1.

M. BOURCART to the MARQUESS OF SALISBURY.

(Translation.)

London, 4th May, 1899.

M. LE MARQUESS,—By a note dated the 18th April last the Japanese Minister at Vienna has notified to the Swiss Federal Council the accession of his Government to the Convention of the 20th March, 1883, creating a Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, to take effect from the 15th July, 1899. The note adds that the Japanese Government does not intend, for the present, to accede to the two protocols of Madrid of the 14th April, 1891, the one relating to false indications of origin, and the other to the international registration of trade-marks.

As regards the contribution to the expenses of the International Bureau at Berne, the Japanese Empire will be placed in the second class.

I am instructed by my Government to request Your Lordship to be so good as to take note of this accession, and I avail myself, &c.

C. D. BOURCART.

No. 2.

THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY TO M. BOURCART.

Foreign Office, 15th May, 1899.

SIR,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 4th instant, notifying the accession of Japan to the Convention of the 20th March, 1883, creating a Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, which accession is to take effect from the 15th July next.

I note that, for the present, Japan does not intend to accede to the first two protocols which were adopted by the Conference of Madrid on the 14th April, 1891, viz.: The arrangement respecting the prevention of false indications of origin of goods; and the arrangement respecting the international registration of trade-marks.

I note also that Japan will rank in the second class with respect to the contribution to the expenses of the International Bureau.

I beg leave to thank you for this communication, and I have, &c.,

SALISBURY.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 7th day of October, 1899.

Present:

THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND STRATHEARN, LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH, SIR FLEETWOOD EDWARDS.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and three of “The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1883,” as amended by section six of “The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks (Amendment) Act, 1885,” it is enacted as follows: If Her Majesty is pleased to make any arrangement with the Government