applicant to pay over to the actual inventor the profits derived by him from the invention. On petition of any person interested, and proof that the exclusive privilege is not worked in India, or that the reasonable requirements of the public cannot be supplied, or that any person is prevented from using or working an invention of which he is possessed, the Governor-General may order, or may himself grant, licences in such terms as he may deem just. Assignments may be made for any local area. Application for leave to file a specification Rupees 10 30 20 50 100 50 100 20 50 JAMAICA. The law of patents in this island is governed by the Act, chap. 30, of 1857. Every inventor desirous of obtaining a patent must petition the Governor; the petition, accompanied by a declaration as to the invention, and a specification fully describing the same, is then referred to the Attorney-General, who gives a certificate of his allowance, upon which the Governor issues letters patent. Drawings are to be furnished in duplicate. The patent must be brought into operation in Jamaica within. two years from the date of the patent. The term of the grant is for fourteen years, and may be extended for a further period of seven years. The patentee is at liberty to assign all or any part of his rights, and patents may be issued to assignees of any persons who have obtained patents in other countries. The Act makes provision as to disclaimers, and provides that a patentee may add a specification or description of any improvement upon the original invention, and have the same annexed to the original specification. Provisions are also made as to pleadings and costs in actions, as to the writ of scire facias, and as to the appointment of Commissioners. If it is proved in any action that, by mistake, accident, or inadvertence, the patentee has claimed something of which he was not the inventor, the patent shall be deemed valid for so much of the invention as shall actually be his own. Treble damages are recoverable by a patentee from unlawful users of his patented invention. The wrongful marking of goods in imitation of a patentee's mark is subject to a penalty. All applications for patents must be accompanied by a power of attorney, bearing the English stamp duty; proved as required by the local statute, 27th Victoria, chap. 17. The letters patent bear a stamp duty of 6l. 10s. The fee for reference to the Attorney-General is 51. LEEWARD ISLANDS. The Leeward Islands consist of Antigua, Montserrat, St. Christopher, Nevis, Dominica, Anguilla, and the Virgin Islands. The law of patents is contained in the Acts No. 12 of 1876 and No. 16 of 1878. The Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, and the Treasurer of the Presidency of Antigua, with such other persons as may be appointed by the Governor, are the Commissioners of Patents. Patents are granted for the term of fourteen years on applications, including a petition, declaration, and specification. The proceedings in applications for patents are very similar to the proceedings under the British Patent Law Amendment Act of 1852. The patent becomes void with the expiration or determination of any earlier patent elsewhere for the same invention, and no patent granted in the colony after the determination of any earlier patent elsewhere is valid. The Acts provide for the printing of all specifications, registers of patents, and registers of proprietors. Actions for infringements are regulated by the Code of Civil Procedure. The Government fees amount to 281. in the case of every unopposed patent. A duty of 101. is payable at the termination of three years, and a duty of 201. is payable at the end of seven years. The stamp duty on a disclaimer is 31., and a fee of 27. is also payable to the Attorney-General in respect of each disclaimer. MALTA. An ordinance (No. 13 of 1889) enacted by the Governor with the consent of the Council provides for the protection of inventions in Malta. Patents may be obtained by first and true inventors for mechanical contrivances, processes of manufacture, patterns or designs, for a term not exceeding fourteen years. The applicant must file in the Chief Secretary's office two copies of a specification, containing a declaration that the applicant is himself, or is the authorised agent of, the true and first inventor, a description of the invention, illustrated with necessary drawings, and claims for the inventions or combinations claimed as new and for which a patent is asked. A fee of 17. is to be paid on each application, and every two years a further fee of 17., with 5 per cent. upon the profits which have arisen from the exclusive manufacture, the amount of which is to be declared by an affidavit of the applicant. The patent is to cease whenever it is proved before the competent Civil Court that the invention claimed has been previously made publicly known in the islands or elsewhere, or that the applicant is not the first inventor or his representative. The inventor may be required to assign his right, or to grant the use thereof, for a consideration to be determined by the Civil Court if the invention has not been put into action within twelve months subsequent to the concession, or if its working shall have been suspended for twelve months continuously. Copies of specifications may be inspected in the Public Registry and in the Chief Secretary's office. An inventor on filing his specification may request that it be not published, and may within a year file a second amended specification, modifying the first and setting out improvements of details. Patents granted in the United Kingdom, in the Colonies, or in other countries may be extended to Malta for the unexpired term of the original patent. MAURITIUS. The law of patents for this colony is regulated by an ordinance of the Governor of Mauritius dated May 22, 1875. The Governor, with the consent of the Council of Government, is empowered to grant patents for inventions for a period not exceeding fourteen years, and for such further term, not exceeding fourteen years, as the Governor in Council may think fit. The patent may be applied for either by the inventor or by his executors, administrators, or assigns. The application must be in the form of a petition and decla ration, and must be accompanied by a specification and drawings. These papers are referred to the Procureur-General; and if he approves of them, he is authorised to issue a certificate to that effect, and the inventor is thereby provisionally protected. A payment of 107. is to be made to the Procureur-General upon the issue of his certificate. After the issue of the certificate the application is advertised in the Gazette, and any opposition thereto must be entered within one month from the advertisement. If there is no opposition the patent is sealed upon payment of 21. to the Receiver-General, and upon deposit, in the office of the Colonial Secretary, of a printed copy of the petition and specification. The patentee has power to petition the Governor for allowance to amend the specification. No patent is to be granted for an invention in respect of which a patent has been granted out of the colony and has expired. The importer into Mauritius of a new invention is not deemed an inventor unless he is the actual inventor. The use of an invention in public by the inventor, or by his servants or agents, or by any other person with his licence, for a period not exceeding one year prior to the date of the petition, is not deemed a public use within the meaning of the ordinance. An inventor having obtained British letters patent may obtain a patent in Mauritius provided the application be made within twelve months from the date of the letters patent, although previously known or used in Mauritius, provided that such knowledge or use in Mauritius was not prior to the date of the British patent. The ordinance also regulates the proceedings in cases of infringement of letters patent. NATAL. The law of patents for this colony is governed by the Colonial Act No. 4 of 1870, To provide for the granting in this colony of patents for inventions,' and is based on the provisions of the British Patent Law Amendment Act of 1852. The law No. 32 of 1884 provides for the extension to this colony of the provisions of the International Convention. The power of granting letters patent for fourteen years is vested in the Lieutenant-Governor. Applicants are required to deposit in the office of the Attorney-General a description of the invention or a provisional specification; a certificate of such deposit is given to the applicant, whereupon the invention is protected for six months. In lieu of the provisional specification the appli cant may, if he thinks fit, deposit a complete specification with the Attorney-General. The applicant may give notice to proceed immediately after the deposit of his specification. This notice to proceed is advertised in the Government Gazette. After the expiry of the period allowed for oppositions, the Attorney-General grants his warrant, upon which letters patent are sealed. The letters patent are void unless certain duties are paid at the expiration of three and of seven years. The letters patent also expire with the determination of any British or foreign patent of an earlier date. Patentees are at liberty, with leave of the AttorneyGeneral, to enter disclaimers or memoranda of alteration. The Lieutenant-Governor is empowered to grant prolongations of the original term not exceeding fourteen years. The law provides that a Register of Patents' and a 'Register of Proprietors' shall be kept. All actions for infringements are to be brought in the Supreme Court. The fees for sealing the letters patent are £1 10s. 'The law of patents for this colony is defined by the Consolidated Statutes XV., chap. 54, sect. 1. Inventors desirous of obtaining patents in Newfoundland must present a petition to the Governor for the grant, and must deliver into the office of the Colonial Secretary a specification of the invention, and, in case of a machine, a model also. The patent is granted upon this petition, after a reference to the Attorney-General. The patent is granted for fourteen years, but may be extended for a further term of seven years. The invention must be worked in the colony within two years from the date of the grant. The patent expires with the determination of any earlier patent elsewhere. NEW SOUTH WALES. The Acts of the Colonial Legislature relating to patents are dated December 6, 1832, June 19, 1879, and July 8, 1887. Every person who, upon claiming to be the author or designer of any invention by his agent or assignee, shall be desirous of obtaining letters patent, shall pay to the Colonial Treasurer the |