§ MR. MUNDELLA (Sheffield, Brightside)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies which of our Colonies have adopted the principles of the Merchandise Marks Act, how many have failed to do so, and what steps are being taken by the Colonial Office to secure uniformity in that respect?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSLaws similar to the Merchandise Marks Act are in force in the following Colonies:—Canada, Newfoundland, the Cape of 913 Good Hope, Natal, Western Australia, Jamaica, British Guiana, British Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, the Leeward Islands, the Falkland Islands, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, the Gold Coast, Lagos, Gibraltar, Ceylon, Mauritius, and the Straits Settlements. The Governments of the following Colonies have promised to introduce similar legislation:—Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Bahamas, Barbados, Malta, and Hongkong. In Fiji, Heligoland, and Labuan, it has not been considered necessary at present to legislate, but the Governors will be instructed to do so. In Bermuda a Bill has been introduced by the Government, but has been rejected by the Legislature. The Government of New South Wales has not yet signified its intention of adopting the principles of the Act, and the Governor has been recently requested to report on the subject. The Secretary of State has taken the necessary steps to secure uniformity of legislation in Crown Colonies, and he trusts that in those Colonies in which the Crown has no control over legislation (with the unimportant exception of Bermuda) uniformity will shortly be established.