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" If the Court grants leave, the Comptroller shall, on proof thereof and on payment of the prescribed fee, cause the register to be altered in conformity with the order of leave." " The Exchequer Court of Canada " is substituted in place of " the Court" and " the Minister " in place of " the Comptroller." It is also provided that any person who has registered a trade mark may petition for the cancellation of the same and the Minister may, on receiving such petition, cause that said trade mark to be so cancelled. Newfoundland makes no provision for alteration of a registered trade mark or for correction of the register. Australia. —" The registered proprietor of a trade mark may apply to the Court for leave to add to or alter the trade mark in any manner not substantially affecting its identity and the Court may refuse or grant the leave on such terms as it thinks fit. If leave be granted, the Registrar shall, on service of the order of leave, cause the register to be altered in accordance with the order and shall, in the prescribed manner, advertise the trade mark as altered." Otherwise the provisions for correction of the register are practically the same as those at present in force in the United Kingdom : —" The Registrar may, on request made in the prescribed manner by the registered proprietor of a trade mark., amend or alter the register by— (a) correcting any error in the name or address of the registered proprietor of the trade mark; or (b) altering the name or address of the registered proprietor who has changed his name or address; or (c) cancelling the registration of the trade mark; or (d) striking out any goods or classes of goods from those in respect of which the trade mark is registered; or (c) entering a disclaimer or memorandum relating to the trade mark which does not in any way extend the rights given by the registration of the trade mark. New Zealand. —The provisions for alteration of a registered trade mark are identical with those of the Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act, 1883 (quoted above) with the substitution of " Registrar " for " Comptroller." The provisions for correction of the register are likewise identical with those in the Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act, 1883, which provide that the Registrar may, on request in writing accompanied by the prescribed fee, correct any clerical error in the name, style, or address of the registered proprietor of a trade mark; or cancel the entry or part of the entry of a trade mark on the register, provided that the applicant accompanies his request by a statutory declaration made by himself, stating his name, address, and calling, and that he is the person whose name appears on the register as the proprietor of the said trade mark. Cape Colony makes no provision for the alteration of a registered trade mark. But it is provided in the " Regulations " that if the registered proprieter of a trade mark send to the Registrar of Deeds notice of an alteration in his address, the Registrar shall alter the Register accordingly; and that the Registrar of Deeds may on request in writing cancel the entry or part of the entry of a trade mark on the register, provided, as above, that the applicant accompanies his request by a declaration that he is the person whose name appears in the register as proprietor of the mark. In the Scale of Fees there is an item " For every entry in the Register of a rectification thereof or an alteration therein not otherwise charged " as well as an item " For altering address in Register," and another " For cancelling the entry or part of an entry of a trade mark on the application of the owner of such mark." Natal.— There is nothing provided in the Law regarding alteration of a registered mark, or correction of the Register, but in the Scale of Fees the following items occur : — " For altering address in the Register " " For every entry in the Register of a rectification thereof or an alteration " therein not otherwise charged " " For cancelling the entry of a trade mark upon the Register, on the appli- " cation of the owner of such trade mark." Transvaal. —The provision made for alteration of a registered trade mark and for correction of the Register is practically identical with that in the Patents, 20703 H