BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Denunciation by Great Britain of the Treaty between Great Britain and the United States for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade, signed at Washington, April 7, 1862.—London, · June 24, 1922.* Foreign Office, June 24, 1922. In accordance with the general policy of His Majesty's Government to abolish obsolete Treaty instruments, formal notice was given to the United States Government on the 27th April last by His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington, acting on instructions received from His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, of the decision of His Majesty's Government to denounce the Treaty between Great Britain and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade, signed at Washington, the 7th April, 1862, the Additional Article, signed the 17th February, 1863, and the Additional Convention, signed the 3rd June, 1870. § 2. This formal notice was received by the United States Government on the 29th April, and its acceptance by that Government was notified to His Majesty's Ambassador on the 5th instant. 3. Provision being contained in Article XII of the Treaty for its cessation one year after the receipt of notice of denunciation, and the provisions of the Additional Article and Article VII of the Additional Convention giving them the same duration as the Treaty itself, the three Treaty instruments will accordingly cease and determine on the 29th April, 1923. ACT of the British Parliament to amend The Government of the Soudan Loan Act, 1919." [June 29, 1922.] [12 & 13 Geo. V, c. 15.] BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. "The Government of the Soudan Loan Act, 1919 "'|| (which authorises the Treasury to guarantee the payment of interest on a loan to be raised by the Government of the Soudan), shall have effect as though the amount which under the Schedule to that Act is allocated to works for the purposes of irrigating the Gezireh Plain were increased by the sum of *"London Gazette," June 27, 1922. + Vol. LII, page 50. § Vol. LX. page 38. + Vol. LIII, page 50. Page 1. £400,000 (being the amount allocated in the said Schedule to the Tokar irrigation and railway extension) and as though the reference in the said Schedule to the Tokar irrigation and railway extension were omitted therefrom. 2. This Act may be cited as "The Government of the Soudan Loan (Amendment) Act, 1922," and shall be construed as one with "The Government of the Sudan Loan Act, 1919," and those Acts may be cited together as "The Soudan Loan Acts, 1919 and 1922." BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Termination by Great Britain of the Convention between Great Britain and Hayti for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, signed at Portau-Prince, December 23, 1839.-London, July 13, 1922.* Foreign Office, July 13, 1922. In accordance with the general policy of His Majesty's Government to abolish obsolete Treaty instruments, notice of the decision of His Majesty's Government to terminate the Convention between Great Britain and Hayti for the abolition of the slave trade, signed at Port-au-Prince, on the 23rd December, 1839, was given to the Haytian Government by His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Port-au-Prince on the 10th May, 1922, and was accepted by the Haytian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on behalf of His Government on the 30th May, 1922. 2. The Convention accordingly ceased to have effect from the date of the acceptance of the denunciation, viz., the 30th May, 1922. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL reducing the Light Dues to be Levied in respect of the Great Basses, Little Basses and Minicoy Lighthouses.-London, July 14, 1922.‡ At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of July, 1922. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by Section 670 of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,'' it is enacted that when any lighthouse, buoy, or "London Gazette," July 14, 1922. + Vol. XXVIII, page 1158 G beacon has, either before or after passing of that Act, been erected or placed on or near the coast of any British Possession by or with the consent of the Legislature of that Possession, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, fix such dues (in that Act referred to as "Colonial Light Dues ") to be paid in respect of that lighthouse, buoy, or beacon by the owner or master of every ship which passes the same and derives benefit therefrom as His Majesty may deem reasonable, and may by like Order increase, diminish or repeal such dues, and those dues shall from the time mentioned in the Order be leviable throughout His Majesty's Dominions, and further that colonial light dues shall not be levied in any British Possession unless the Legislature of that Possession has, by address to the Crown or by Act or Ordinance duly passed, signified its opinion that the dues ought to be levied; And whereas the Great Basses Lighthouse, the Little Basses Lighthouse, and the Minicoy Lighthouse are lighthouses which have been duly erected under and pursuant to the said section; And whereas by Orders in Council, dated respectively the 22nd day of May, 1883, the 9th day of May, 1892, the 29th day of June, 1896, the 10th day of August, 1903, and the 21st day of October, 1912, the dues leviable in respect of the said lighthouses for the classes of ships therein respectively mentioned were duly fixed; And whereas by Order in Council, dated the 6th day of February, 1917, His Majesty directed that, as from the 1st day of April, 1917, or from the time of the receipt of notice of that Order, if that be later, by the officers authorised to collect light dues, the dues thenceforth to be levied should be as follows, that is to say, in respect of the Great Basses Lighthouse and the Little Basses Lighthouse, three-eighths of 1d. per ton, and in respect of the Minicoy Lighthouse, oneeighth of 1d. per ton, of the burden of every ship on every voyage in which she passes or derives benefit from the said lights respectively; And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the said dues should be altered in manner hereinafter appearing: Now, therefore, His Majesty, in exercise of the powers so vested in him by the above-recited provisions, and by and with the advice of his Privy Council, doth by this Order in Council order, and it is hereby ordered, that as from the 1st day of October, 1922, or from the time of the receipt of this Order, if that be later, by the officers authorised to collect light dues, the dues thenceforth to be levied shall be as follows, that is to say, in respect of the Great Basses Light * Vol. CXI, page 12. house and the Little Basses Lighthouse, three-eighths of 1d. per ton, and in respect of the Minicoy Lighthouse, one-eighth of 1d. per ton, of the burden of every ship on every voyage in which she passes or derives benefit from the said lights respectively, subject in each case to a reduction of 25 per cent. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying the provisions of Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," as amended by The Patents and Designs Acts, 1914 and 1919," to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.-London, July 14, 1922.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of July, 1922. PRESENT THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by Section 91 of The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," as amended by The Patents and Designs Act, 1914," and "The Patents and Designs Act, 1919,"§ 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, or his legal representative or assignee, shall be entitled to a 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: 66 64 Provided that- (a.) The application is made in the case of a patent within twelve months, and in the case of a design or trademark within four 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 trademark is registered, in this country. *S. R. and O., No. 814 (1922). Vol. CVIII, page 17. [cxvi] + Vol. CI, page 28. || Vol. XCVIII, page 15. 66 (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 publication of a description of, or use of, the invention; or 66 (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. 44 (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: "(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, or 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 enact |