sought to be thereby acquired; as proprietors of designs must use their own discretion in judging whether or not the design proposed for registration be for the shape or configuration of an article of utility coming within the meaning and scope of the Acts above mentioned. After the design has been registered, one of the drawings will be filed at the office, and the other returned to the proprietor duly stamped and certified. Parties bringing designs to this office before half-past 12 o'clock, will be informed after 3 o'clock the same day, whether they are approved of; and if so, they will be registered the following day; and provided the fee has been paid before half-past 1 o'clock on such day, the certified copies will be ready for delivery after 3 o'clock on that subsequent. An acknowledgment of its receipt will be delivered, on payment of the fees, to the person bringing a design, and no certified copy of a design will be returned, except to the bearer of this acknowledgment, which must be produced on application at the office for the certified copy, and given in exchange for the same. TRANSFERS. In case of the transfer of a completely registered design, a copy thereof [or the certified copy, provided there is space sufficient thereon for the certificate,] made on one sheet of paper, with a blank space left for the certificate, must be transmitted to the registrar, together with the forms of application (which may be procured at the office), properly filled up and signed; the transfer will then be registered, and a certified copy returned. For the transfer of a design provisionally registered, a new copy will not be required, but the certified copy must be transmitted to the registrar with the above-mentioned forms. EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT. The copyright may be extended in certain cases in provisional registration, for a term not exceeding the additional term of six months, as the Board of Trade may think fit. In case of extension, the certified copy, together with the proper fee, should be transmited to the Designs Office for registration, prior to the expiration of the existing copyright. Persons bringing designs to be registered, on delivering their designs, and on examining their certificates, previous to leaving the office, must see that the titles, names, &c., are correct, as no error can afterwards be rectified. SEARCHES. An index of the titles and names of the proprietors of all the registered designs for articles of utility is kept at the Designs Office, and may be inspected by any person, and extracts made from it. Designs, the copyright of which is expired, may be inspected, and copied at the office. Designs, the copyright of which is unexpired, may also be inspected, but not copied, except according to a judge's order. All communications for the registration of designs, either for ornamental or useful purposes, may be made either through the General Post, directed to "The Registrar of Designs, Designs Office, London, S.W.," or by any other mode of conveyance; and provided the carriage be paid, and the proper fees, or a post-office order for the amount, payable at the Post-Office, Charing-Cross, to J. H. Bowen, Esq., be inclosed, the designs will be duly registered, and the certified copies returned to the proprietor, free of expense. Postage stamps, orders upon bankers or other persons, Scotch and country bank notes, and light gold, cannot be received in payment of fees, The Designs Office, No. 1, Whitehall, S.W., is open every day, between the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon, during which time inquiries and searches may be made. Designs and transfers are registered from eleven until three. Directions for registering ornamental designs may also be procured at the office. By order of the Registrar. FORMS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, &c. Agreement for publishing on Terms of Division of Profits, Publisher undertaking all Expenses of Publication. and C. D. and dated 2 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT between A. B., of The said A. B. agrees to prepare for publication and superintend through the press It is hereby agreed between the said parties that the said C. D. and E. F. shall procure such work to be printed, and shall publish the edition of the said work, to consist of not exceeding copies, and shall defray the expenses of paper, printing, and advertising, and account to the said A. B. for all copies sold or delivered out of the same, giving credit only for the trade sale price they the said C. D. and E. F. shall charge to the booksellers, and being allowed a commission of per cent. on the amount of all copies sold or delivered out of the said work, and a warehouse room charge of per annum. The copies of the work sold or delivered out by the said C. D. and E. F. shall be accounted for to the said A. B., at the rate of [twenty-five copies as twenty-four]. In consideration of which the said C. D. and E. F. agree to take the risk arising from bad debts and otherwise attending the sales, upon themselves, and after the said charges are refunded by the sales of the said work, the profits shall be divided in equal moieties between the said A. B. and the said C. D. and E. F. The accounts shall be made up at the end of every year, and the moiety of profits, if any, that may be due to the said A. B. shall be paid to him by following. It is the said C. D. and E. F. in the month of hereby also agreed between the said parties, that, should a further edition or editions of the said work be required, the said C. D. and E. F. shall have the option of agreeing with the said A. B. for the printing and publishing the same upon such terms as may be hereafter agreed upon. It is also further agreed between the said parties, that, in case all the copies of the abovenamed edition of the said work shall not be sold off at the end of years after publication, the said C. D. and E. F. shall be at liberty, but shall not be compellable, to dispose of the remaining copies unsold by public or private sale, or in such manner as they the said C. D. and E. F. shall deem most advisable, and shall account for the said unsold copies at such price or prices only as they shall actually be sold for, so that the account with reference to the said work may be finally settled and closed. The said A. B. shall be entitled to copies of the said work free of any charge. In witness whereof the said parties have subscribed their names the day and year above written. Another Form. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this one thousand eight hundred and seventy day of between A. B., of of the one part, and C. D. and E. F., of , publishers, of the other part. The said A. B. being the author of a certain book intituled doth hereby agree with the said C. D. and E. F., that they shall print, reprint, and publish the same on the following conditions, to which they also agree. I. That the said A. B. shall fully prepare the whole of the said book for the press on or before the day of 18, and that he will correct the proof sheets, and superintend the printing thereof. II. That the said C. D. and E. F. shall direct the mode of printing the said book, and shall bear and pay all the charges thereof, and of publishing the same, and shall take all the risk of the publication on themselves. III. That the said C. D. and E. F. shall, out of the produce of the sale of the said book in the first instance be refunded all the charges and expenses which they shall have incurred respecting the said book, after which the profits shall be divided in equal moieties between the said A. B. and the said C. D. and E. F. IV. That the accounts shall be made up at the end of every year, and the profits, if any, be then divided. V. That the said C. D. and E. F. shall account for all the copies which they shall sell of the said book at the wholesale bookseller's price, deducting therefrom a commission of per cent., they taking the risk of all credits which they shall give on the same. VI. That in case all the copies of the said book shall have been sold off, and a second or any subsequent edition of the said book be required by the public, the said A. B. shall make all necessary alterations and additions thereto, and the said C. D. and E. F. shall print and publish the said second and every subsequent edition of the said book on the above conditions. VII. That in case all the copies of any edition of the said work shall not be sold off within five years after the time of publication, the said C. D. and E. F. shall be at full liberty to dispose of the remaining copies so unsold, either by public auction or private sale, or in such manner as they may deem most advisable, so that the account may be finally settled and closed. Witness our hands, the other part. The said A. B., being the author of a certain book, entitled doth hereby agree with the said C. D. that the said C. D., for the consideration hereinafter expressed, shall print, publish, and sell one edition of copies of the said work, the said A. B. reserving to himself the general copyright in the said work. The said A. B., in consideration of the payments hereinafter agreed to be made by the said C. D., doth hereby agree with the said C. D. that he will furnish to the printer to be employed by him, fair copy of the said work, and will superintend the printing and correct the proofs thereof in the usual manner, and that he will duly register his title as proprietor of the copyright of the said work, and will not print, publish, or sell, and will not authorise any other person to print, publish, or sell, any and other copies until the whole of the said copies have been disposed of by the said C. D., provided the said copies are sold within years from the date hereof. The said C. D., in consideration of the aforesaid agreement on the part of the said A. B., doth hereby agree with the said A. B. that he will pay him, the said A. B., the sum of for each and every copy of the said copies, payable [quarterly, half-yearly, &c.], as fast as the said copies shall be sold or otherwise disposed of; he, the said C. D., rendering to the said A. B. an account of sales of the said work, at the expiration of months from the day of the first publication, until the whole shall be sold. The said C. D. also agrees to give to the said A. B. copies of the said work, well bound and free of charge, as soon as conveniently may be done, after the manuscript copy has been furnished by the said A. B. And the said C. D., in consideration of the aforesaid agreement on the part of the said A. B., doth hereby further agree with the said A. B. that he, the said C. D., will not print, publish, or sell, any more than the said copies, until authorised by the said A. B. or his legal representatives in writing; it being understood that the licence herein contained extends only to one edition of the number of copies above specified. In witness whereof, &c. Agreement to enlarge a Second Edition of a Book, and correct Proof of the same. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made the between A. B. of of the other part. day of of the one part, and C. D. of The said A. B., for and in consideration of A.D., and other con sideration herein named, hereby agrees with the said C. D. to examine, correct, and enlarge the work known as manuscript matter for the to furnish additional edition of the work, and to enlarge the index and make it full and complete. It is understood and agreed that the new edition of the work shall be of the same sized page as the present work, and contain an equal amount of matter on each page, and that the additional matter furnished shall enlarge the work not less than shall be furnished to the said C. D., commencing on the pages, and The said A. B. is to examine and to correct the proof sheets as fast as they shall be furnished, and to complete the index as soon as may be after the whole signatures of the text shall be ready for him for that purpose. The said C. D., on his part, agrees to print the said work as the matter shall be furnished, to furnish the said A. B. with a copy of the work by signatures, as each signature shall be worked off, for the purpose of arranging the index; to furnish the said A. B. with copies of the work, as soon as they can be conveniently finished, and to pay the said A. B. the sum of on the day the last proof sheet is corrected for the press. In witness whereof, &c. Reservation by Artist of Copyright in a Painting, Drawing, or Photograph, to be taken from Vendee, or Assignee, or Person for whom the Work is executed (under 25 & 26 Vict. c. 68, 8. 1). Ir is hereby agreed between A. B., residing at in the United , that the copyright (Registered No. ) of the [painting, &c.], entitled representing AAA |