in Africa the enemy has lost the last remnant of his Colonial possessions. In all these fields the forces of my Dominions und of the Indian Empire have borne their full share in the toil and in the glory of the day.

During the year the representatives of my Dominions and of the Indian Empire were summoned for the first time to the sessions of an Imperial War Cabinet.

Their deliberations have been of the utmost value, both in the prosecution of the war and in the promotion of Imperial Unity.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

I thank you for the liberality with which you have made provision for the heavy expenditure of the war.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

I have been pleased to give my consent to your proposals for the better Representation of the people. I trust that this measure will ensure to a much larger number of my subjects in the United Kingdom an effective voice in the government of the country, and will enable the National Unity, which has been so marked a characteristic of the war, to continue in the not less arduous work of reconstruction in times of peace.

The settlement of this difficult question by agreement leads me still to hope that, in spite of all the complexities of the problem, a solution may be possible in regard to the government of Ireland, upon which a Convention of representatives of my Irish people is now deliberating.

The successful prosecution of the war is still our first aim and endeavour. I have watched with a proud and grateful heart the unvarying enthusiasm with which all sections of my people have responded to every demand made upon them for this purpose, and, as they face the final tests which may yet be required to carry our efforts to fruition, I pray that Almighty God may vouchsafe to us His blessing.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," to the Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies. -London, February 12, 1918.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of
February, 1918.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
Lord Colebrooke.

Lord President.

Sir Frederick Ponsonby.

WHEREAS by section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915, "* it is (amongst other things) enacted as follows:

Where His Majesty is satisfied that the law in force in any part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom makes due provision for the publication of banns, or for the giving of notice in respect of marriages, between British subjects intended to be solemnised or contracted in the United Kingdom, and for the recognition of certificates for marriage issued by Superintendent Registrars in England, and of certificates for marriage issued by Registrars, and certificates of proclamation of banns, in Scotland, and of certificates for marriage issued by Registrars in Ireland, as sufficient notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, declare that this section shall apply to that part of his Dominions, and in such case:

(a.) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and a British subject resident in that part of His Majesty's Dominions, a certificate of notice of marriage issued in accordance with such law shall in England have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a Superintendent Registrar, and in Scotland and Ireland have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a Registrar in Scotland and Ireland respectively; and

(b.) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject

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resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, a certificate for marriage may be issued in England by a Superintendent Registrar, or in Scotland or Ireland by a Registrar, in the like manner as if the marriage was to be solemnised or contracted under circumstances requiring the issue of such a certificate, and as if both such British subjects were resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the case may be;

And whereas His Majesty is satisfied that due provision is made in respect of all the matters referred to in the hereinbefore-recited section of the said Act by the law in force in the part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the above-recited Act in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," shall apply to the part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereunder mentioned:

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The Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies.

And the Right Honourable Walter Hume Long, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

ERIC

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," to the French Protectorate in Morocco. - London, February 12, 1918.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of
February, 1918.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907,"* it is enacted as follows:

91.—(1.) If His Majesty is pleased to make any arrangement with the Government of any foreign State for mutual protection of inventions, or designs or trade-marks, then any person who has applied for protection for any invention, design, or trade-mark in that State shall be entitled to a * Vol. CI, page 28.

patent for his invention, or to registration of his design or trade-mark, under this Act or "The Trade-Marks Act, 1905,” in priority to other applicants; and the patent or registration shall have the same date as the date of the application in the foreign State:

Provided that

(a.) The application is made in the case of a patent within 12 months, and in the case of a design or trade-mark within 4 months, from the application for protection in the foreign State; and

(b.) Nothing in this section shall entitle the patentee or proprietor of the design or trade-mark to recover damages for infringements happening prior to the actual date on which his complete specification is accepted, or his design or trade-mark is registered, in this country.

(2.) The patent granted for the invention or the registration of a design or trade-mark shall not be invalidated—

(a.) In the case of a patent, by reason only of the publica. tion of a description of, or use of, the invention; or

(b.) In the case of a design, by reason only of the exhibition or use of, or the publication of a description or representation of, the design; or

(c.) In the case of a trade-mark, by reason only of the use of the trade-mark,

in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man during the period specified in this section as that within which the application may be made.

(3.) The application for the grant of a patent, or the registration of a design, or the registration of a trade-mark under this section, must be made in the same manner as an ordinary application under this Act or "The Trade-Marks Act, 1905":

Provided that

(a.) In the case of patents the application shall be accompanied by a complete specification, which, if it is not accepted within the twelve months from the application for protection in the foreign State, shall with the drawings (if any) be open to public inspection at the expiration of that period; and

(b.) In the case of trade-marks, any trade-mark the registration of which has been duly applied for in the country of origin may be registered under "The Trade-Marks Act, 1905."

(4.) The provisions of this section shall apply only in the case of those foreign States with respect to which His Majesty, by Order in Council, declares them to be applicable; and so long only in the case of each State as the Order in Council continues in force with respect to that State.

(5.) Where it is made to appear to His Majesty that the legislature of any British Possession has made satisfactory provision for the protection of inventions, designs, and trademarks, patented or registered in this country, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by Order in Council, to apply the provisions of this section to that Possession, with such variations or additions, if any, as may be stated in the Order;

And whereas by section 103 of "The Patents, Designs, and Trade-Marks Act, 1883," as amended by section 6 of "The Patents, Designs, and Trade-Marks Act (Amendment Act), 1885," and by section 1 of The Patents Act, 1901," and since repealed by section 98 of the said "Patents and Designs Act, 1907," provisions were made to the same or like effect as those above set forth as contained in section 91 of the last-mentioned Act, and by the said section 98 it was provided that "this repeal shall not affect any Convention, Order in Council, Rule, or Table of Fees having effect under any enactment so repealed, but any such Convention, Order in Council, Rule, or Table of Fees in force at the commencement of this Act shall continue in force, and may be repealed, altered or amended, as if it had been made under this Act;

And whereas it pleased Her late Majesty Queen Victoria to make an arrangement of the nature contemplated by the said section 103, by and in virtue of a Declaration signed and sealed by Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris on the 17th March, 1884,* duly conveying the accession of Great Britain and Ireland to the International Convention and Protocol for the protection of Industrial Property, signed by representa tives of certain Powers on the 20th March, 1883, and duly ratified on the 6th June, 1884, power being reserved to Her Majesty to accede thereafter to the provisions of the said Convention and Protocol on behalf of the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and any of Her Majesty's Possessions, which Declaration of Accession was duly accepted by the French Government on behalf of the signatory Powers by and in virtue of a Declaration dated the 2nd April, 1884;

And whereas on the 14th December, 1900, at Brussels. an Additional Act was agreed upon between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and the heads of the foreign countries parties thereto for the purpose of modifying certain of the provisions of the said International Convention and the Protocol annexed thereto, the ratification of which Additional Act was duly effected;

And whereas by a Convention signed at Washington on the 2nd June, 1911,§ His Majesty and the heads of the foreign States named therein agreed to make certain modi+ Vol. LXXIV, page 44. § Vol. CIV, page 116.

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