A.—2.

Enclosure.

[Translation.] Order by which the protection accorded to Trade-marks by the Law of November 13th, 1903, is made applicable in relation to Great Britain and Ireland. We, Frederik VIII, by the Grace of God . . . make known that whereas those, who conduct factory or mechanical industries, farming, mining, commerce or other trade in Iceland, enjoy the same protection of trade-marks in Great Britain and Ireland as the subjects of the same, We, in virtue of the authority afforded by section 15 of the Law of November 13th, 1903, relating to trade-marks, hereby decree as follows: — The protection of trade-marks afforded by the law of November 13th, 1903, shall also be accorded to those who conduct factory or mechanical industries, farming, mining, commerce or other trade, in Great Britain and Ireland, subject to the following conditions: — 1. The application must be accompanied by proof that the applicant has fulfilled the conditions which are required in Great Britain and Ireland in order to obtain protection for the trade-mark. 2. The applicant must, for all proceedings relative to the trade-mark, agree to the township Court of Reykjavik as the venue of the action, as well as designate an agent resident in Iceland to conduct the lawsuit on his behalf. , 3. The trade-mark is not protected to a greater extent or for a longer period than in Great Britain and Ireland. 4. The trade-mark, provided it does not contravene morality or public order, is registered in the form which is valid in Great Britain and Ireland. 5. If anyone, at the latest within four months of the trade-mark being notified in Great Britain and Ireland, notifies it for registration in Iceland, such notification shall, in relation to other notifications, be regarded as having been made at the same time as the notification in Great Britain and Ireland. This decree comes into force immediately. All concerned will act accordingly. Given at Amalienborg, July 20th, 1907. Under Our Roval Hand and Seal. Frederik R. H. Hafstbin.

No. 15.

(Miscellaneous.) My Lord,— Downing Street, 20th September, 1907. With reference to your Lordship's despatch (No. 47) of the 25th of June last, I have the honour to state for the information of your Government that the British Ambassador in Paris has reported that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs has notified the interested Governments of the Adhesion of the Dominion of New Zealand to the International Agreement for the suppression of the White Slave Traffic. I have, &c., ELGIN. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Plunket, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.0., &c.

A.-l, 1908, No. 25.

No. 16.

(Miscellaneous.) " M , n My Lord, Downing Street, 21st September, 1907. Since the Conference of Prime Ministers separated in May, I have had under my consideration the arrangements which would most suitably carry out the pledge which I gave at that Conference so to endeavour to arrange the work and the staff of the Colonial Office as to constitute a separate branch of that office for dealing with the business of the self-governing Colonies and to connect with it a permanent Secretary who, with such assistance as may be found to be necessary, will be specially charged with the duties, retrospective and prospective alike, imposed or contemplated by the periodical conferences. Before the close of the late Session of Parliament I was able on the 22nd of August to make a brief statement in the House of Lords indicating the lines upon which those arrangements will be based, of which I enclose a copy, and

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