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2. I shall be glad if you will cause an expression of the Queen's appreciation of the loyal spirit which has prompted this gift to be conveyed to Daniela Tangitoru. 3. It will be for your Ministers to decide as to the acceptance or otherwise of the land. I have, &c, J. CPIAMBEELAIN. Governor the Eight Hon. the Earl of Eanfurly, K.C.M.G., &c.

No. 19. (Circular.) Sib, — Downing Street, 26th September, 1899. 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 Guatemala relative to trade-marks, and signed at Guatemala on the 20th July, 1898, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Guatemala on the 28th July, 1899. 2. I have to call your attention to Article 11. 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 Minister of Foreign Eelations of the Eepublic of Guatemala 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 acquaint me as soon as possible of the wishes of your Government in the matter. I have, &c, J. CHAMBEBLAIN. The Officer Administrating the Government, New Zealand.

Enclosure. Convention between the United Kingdom and Guatemala eelative to Tbade-mabks. Signed at Guatemala, 20th July, 1898. Eatifioations exchanged at Guatemala, 28th July, 1899. Hek Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, &c, &c, and His Excellency the President of the Eepublio of Guatemala, being desirous to conclude a Convention for the mutual protection of trade-marks and designs, have for that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries, namely: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, &c, George Birt Jenner, Esquire, Her Minister Eesident in Central America ; and His Excellency the President of Guatemala, Doctor Francisco Anguiano, Secretary of State for the Department of the Interior and Justice, and in charge of that of Foreign Eelations, who, after having mutually communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to 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 to national 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 11. 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, and 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 that effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's representative to the Minister of Foreign Eelations of the Eepublic of Guatemala within one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Convention. Article 111. The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible, and shall remain in force for five years, which will commence to run one month after the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place in the City of Guatemala. Nevertheless, if one year before the expiration of that term neither of the two contracting parties shall have announced to the other, by means of an official declaration, the intention of putting an end to the present Convention, it shall continue binding until the lapse of a year after such declaration shall have been made. In witness whereof the undersigned plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, and affixed thereto their seals. Done in duplicate, in Guatemala, on the twentieth day of July, 1898. G. Jennee. F. Anguiano.