STATUTORY RULES.

1904. No. 3.

Commonwealth of Australia,

Department of Trade and Customs,

Melbourne, 12th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of the Patents Act 1903, has been pleased to make the following Regulations, to come into force forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

WILLIAM JOHN LYNE,

Minister for Trade and Customs.

* Provisional Regulations under the Patents Act 1903.

Section 29.

Pending the commencement of the Patents Act 1903, the following Provisional Regulations shall have force:—

1. The Patent Office shall be temporarily established at the Commonwealth Public Offices, in Spring-street, Melbourne, in the State of Victoria.

2. Applications for Letters Patent may be lodged at the Patent Office so established.

3. Applications for Letters Patent may also be lodged by being left with the principal officer at the Customs House in the capital city in each State (except the State of Victoria), for transmission to the Patent Office.

By Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.

C.3701.—Price 3d.