11--Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, process or composition of matter, or any new or useful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in this country, or described in any printed publication before his invention or discovery thereof, may upon payment of the fees required by law and other due proceedings had, obtain a patent therefor. Provided, also, that if such person has received a patent or patents for his invention or discovery from any foreign government, he may also obtain a patent therefor in this country, unless the article patented has been introduced into public use in the Hawaiian Islands for more than one year prior to his application for a patent. 12--In case of the invention or discovery having been previously patented in a foreign country, the patent issued in this country shall be so limited that it shall not continue longer than the time of the expiration of such foreign patent, or if there is more than one foreign patent it shall not continue longer than the time of the expiration of the one with the shortest unexpired term, and in no case shall it be in force more than ten years. THE APPLICATION. 13--Applications for Letters Patent must be made to the Minister of the Interior in writing. 14--A complete application comprises the petition, specification, oath and drawings, and the model or specimen when required, and the first fee of twenty-five dollars. The petition, specification and oath must be written in the English or the Hawaiian language. 15--No application for a patent will be placed upon the files for examination until all of its parts except the model or specimen are received. THE PETITION. 16--The petition is a communication duly signed by the applicant, and addressed to the Minister of the Interior, stating the name and residence of the petitioner, and requesting the grant of a patent for the invention therein designated by name, with a reference to the specification for a full disclosure thereof. THE SPECIFICATION. 17--The specification is a written description of the invention or discovery, and of the manner and process of making, constructing, compounding and using the same, and is required to be in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it appertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, construct, compound and use the same. It must conclude with a specific and distinct claim or claims of the part, improvement or combination which the applicant regards as his invention or discovery. 18--The following order of arrangement should be observed in framing the specifications: First--Preamble, giving the name and residence of the applicant and the title of the invention; Second--General statement of the object and nature of the invention; Third--Brief description of the drawings, showing what each view represents;