any letters, words, or figures, or combination of letters, words, or figures, or of any of them; but the applicant for registration of any such additional matter must state in his application the essential particulars of the trade-mark, and must disclaim in his application any right to the exclusive use of the added matter: Provided as follows:

(1.) A person need not under this section disclaim his own name or the foreign equivalent thereof, or his place of business; but no entry of any such name shall affect the right of any owner of the same name to use that name or the foreign equivalent thereof;

(2.) Any special and distinctive word or words, letter, figure, or combination of letters or figures, or of letters and figures used as a trade-mark before the 8th day of August, 1877, may be registered as a trade-mark under the said Act.

3. This Act may be cited as "The Trade-marks Registration Amendment Act, 1895."

ACT of the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, to amend the Law relating to the Protection of Copyright against the Importation of Foreign Reprints into this Colony, and to the Registration of Books.

[No. 18.]

[Assented to, July 23, 1895.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows:

shall mean

1. For the purposes of this Act the term "book and include every volume, part or division of a volume, sheet of letter-press, sheet of music, and map, chart, or plan separately published.

2. The Act No. 4 of 1854, so much of the 7th section of "The Copyright Act, 1873,"* as entitles the proprietor of the copyright of any book to demand the delivery to him of all copies of foreign reprints of such book unlawfully imported under that Act, and so much of any other Law as may be repugnant to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.

3. From and after the taking effect of this Act the suspension, in pursuance of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 10th day of March, 1855,† of the prohibition against the importation of foreign reprints of British books into the Colony during the continuance of the said Act No. 4 of 1854 shall be terminated and Vol. XLV, page 599.

* Vol. LXV, page 504.

removed, as is therein provided for, and every provision of the Act of the Imperial Parliament, 5 & 6 Vict., c. 45,* or of any other Act of the Imperial Parliament, which has heretofore been suspended by virtue of the said Order, having regard to the prohibition against the importation of foreign reprints of British books into this Colony shall become and be of full force and effect within this Colony.

4. From and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person, not being the registered proprietor of the copyright or some person authorized by him, to import into the Colony any reprint of any book in which there shall be registered copyright under the provisions of "The Copyright Act, 1873," as to which such proprietor or his agent shall have given to the Collector of Customs a certificate from the Registrar of Deeds that such copyright exists, such certificate also stating when such copyright will, according to the register, expire. And if any person, not being such proprietor or person authorized as aforesaid, shall import or bring, or cause to be imported or brought, any such reprint into the Colony contrary to the true intent and meaning of this section, or shall knowingly sell, let, publish, or expose for sale or hire any such reprint, then every such reprint shall be forfeited, and shall be seized by any officer of Customs, and the same shall be either handed up to the proprietor of the copyright or his agent, or destroyed or disposed of in such manner as the Governor shall direct; and every person so offending, being duly convicted thereof, shall also for every such offence forfeit the sum of 10l. and double the value of every copy of such book which he shall so import or bring, or cause to be imported or brought, into the Colony, or shall knowingly sell, let, publish, or expose for sale or hire, or shall cause to be sold, let, published, or exposed for sale or hire, or shall have in his possession for sale or hire, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this section: one-half of such penalty of 10l. to the use of such officer of Customs, the other half to the Colonial Government, and the double value, if recovered, to the proprietor of the copyright.

5. The provisions of the last preceding section shall apply in respect of any reprint of any book in which there shall be duly registered copyright in any State or Colony in South Africa, and as to which the proprietor or his agent shall have given to the Collector of Customs of this Colony a notice in writing accompanied by a certificate of the existence of such copyright, and the period for which it exists, such certificate to be duly signed by the person duly appointed for the purpose in such State or Colony, and whose appointment shall have been duly notified by the Government of such State or Colony to the Government of this Colony.

* Vol. XXXI, page 970.

6. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to deprive any such proprietor of any action for damages in respect of the importa tion, sale, hire, possession, or exposure for sale or hire of any such reprints as aforesaid, which he may have by virtue of the provisions of "The Copyright Act, 1873," or any other Law.

7. The Collector of Customs shall cause to be made lists of all books, in respect of which the copyright shall be subsisting in the Colony, or in any State or Colony in South Africa, and as to which the proprietor of the copyright or his agent shall have given the notice in the 4th or 5th preceding section mentioned; and such lists shall lie and be open to the inspection of the public at the customshouse at the several ports of the Colony.

8. The word "only" shall be expunged from section 9 of Act No. 4 of 1888.

9. This Act shall take effect from and after a date to be proclaimed by the Governor, and may be cited for all purposes as "The Copyright Protection and Books Registration Act, 1895."

ACT of the Government of New Zealand, to protect certain

[No. 16.]

Photographs.

[September 24, 1896.]

BE it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows::

1. The short title of this Act is "The Photographic Copyright Act, 1896."

2. The protection of the Copyright Law shall, in respect of photographs other than portraits of persons or of groups of persons, or photographs of any subject for the taking of which valuable consideration has been given, apply in all respects as if such photographs had been duly registered and protected under such Law in favour of the person or firm taking and producing such photographs, for a period of five years from the date of the first taking the same, if the word "protected," followed by the name of the person or firm taking such photographs, and the true date of such taking, are made part of the original plate, and clearly appear in each reproduction thereof.

3. Any person publishing any copy of such photograph without the authority of the person or firm protected under this Act shall be liable on conviction to a penalty in respect of each copy so published without authority not exceeding 17.; and all copies so published without authority may be ordered to be destroyed. Pro

ceedings under this section may be by way of summary procedure before any two Justices of the Peace.

4. Any person who shall inscribe on the original plate, or publish on any reproduction thereof, the particulars intended to confer protection under the 2nd section of this Act in respect of any portrait or photograph excepted from the protection conferred by that section, and also any person who shall in any way reproduce or publish the portrait of an individual or individuals, or a photograph for the taking of which valuable consideration has been given, without the authority in writing of the individual or individuals whose portrait or portraits have been taken, or from whom valuable consideration for photographs has been received, shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 51. for each offence.

ACT of the Government of New Zealand, to further amend the Law regulating the Immigration of Chinese.

[No. 19.] [September 30, 1896.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, and intituled "The Asiatic Restriction Act, 1896," the provisions hereinafter contained were enacted respecting Asiatics; but that Act has been reserved by his Excellency the Governor for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon, and it is expedient in the meantime to bring those provisions into operation respecting Chinese in manner hereinafter appearing:

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. The short title of this Act is "The Chinese Immigrants Act Amendment Act, 1896," and it shall form part of and be read together with "The Chinese Immigrants Act, 1881 "* (hereinafter called "the principal Act").

2. Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby amended by substituting the words "one hundred" in lieu of the word "ten."

3. Section 9 of the principal Act is hereby amended by substituting the words "one hundred" in lieu of the word "ten" where that word first occurs therein.

4. Section 4 of "The Chinese Immigrants Act Amendment Act, 1888," is hereby amended by substituting the words "two hundred tons" in lieu of the words one hundred tons."

5. This Act shall not apply to any Chinese passenger who shall

* Vol. LXXV, page 425.

+ Vol. LXXXV, page 269.

prove, by statutory declaration or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the Collector of Customs at the port at which such passenger proposes to land, that he had left China or Hong Kong for New Zealand before the 1st day of October, 1896.

6. This Act shall continue in operation until the coming into operation of "The Asiatic Restriction Act, 1896," but no longer.

ACT of the Government of Victoria, to amend "The Aliens Act, 1890."*

[No. 1462.]

[December 24, 1896.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows (that is to say):

1. This Act may be cited as "The Aliens Act, 1896," and shall be construed as one with "The Aliens Act, 1890."

2. The oath verifying a memorial under section 7 of "The Aliens Act, 1890," signed by any person who desires to obtain naturalization, may be taken before some Judge of the Supreme Court, or of a County Court or Court of Mines, or some Police Magistrate or Justice.

3. Section 8 of "The Aliens Act, 1890," shall be read and construed as if the words "or Justice" were inserted after the word "magistrate" wherever it occurs.

4. In section 10 of "The Aliens Act, 1890," for the words "one pound" there shall be substituted the words "two shillings and sixpence."

5.-(1.) The Governor in Council may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act for the purpose of carrying out this Act and "The Aliens Act, 1890."

(2.) All such regulations shall be published in the "Government Gazette," and when so published shall have the force of law, and shall be judicially noticed, and shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after the same shall have been made if Parliament be then sitting, and if not then within ten days after the next meeting of Parliament.

6. In section 5 of "The Aliens Act, 1890," after the word "naturalized" there shall be inserted the words "if he has resided continuously within the Australasian Colonies for a period of three

* Vol. LXXXII, page 1075.