CANADA.—An _ad valorem_ duty not exceeding 20 per cent. imposed, to be applied in like manner. BRITISH GUIANA.—An _ad valorem_ duty of 20 per cent., after deducting 5 per cent., to be remitted to the author. ST. VINCENT.—An _ad valorem_ duty of 20 per cent. to be applied in similar manner. MAURITIUS.—A poundage of 20 per cent. to be paid, to be deposited in the Colonial Treasury, there to be kept at the disposal of the British authors of such works. GRENADA.—An _ad valorem_ duty of 20 per cent. to be remitted for the benefit of the author. JAMAICA.—An _ad valorem_ duty of 15 per cent. An _ad valorem_ duty of 20 per cent. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—An _ad valorem_ duty of 20 per cent. to be applied in similar manner. NEVIS.—An _ad valorem_ duty of 15 per cent. to be applied to the benefit of the author, after deducting 5 per cent. for the remuneration of the treasurer collecting the duty. NATAL.—An _ad valorem_ duty of 20 per cent. to be remitted to the registered proprietor of the Copyright. EXAMINATIONS BY CUSTOMS’ OFFICERS. The officers of Customs are compelled to discharge various duties beyond those connected with the collection and protection of the Revenue. Among others they have to take care that foreign goods, on their importation, do not bear the mark or brand of any British maker, or such marks or brands as would be likely to give them a British character. All goods so marked and branded are, by 16 and 17 Vict., cap. 107, sec. 44, prohibited to be imported into this country. Cases are constantly occurring where such goods have to be dealt with by the Customs’ authorities. In some instances the goods are confiscated, in others the brands or labels are ordered to be removed, upon which the goods are delivered to the owner, either with or without fine; and in other cases they are ordered to be returned to the port whence they were imported. But why should this duty devolve upon the Customs’ officers? It is an extremely disagreeable one, involving much trouble to the department and vexation to importers. If a manufacturer or dealer in this country infringes the right of another by using his mark or brand, he has his remedy in a court of justice; but he has no right to enter a factory or warehouse, to open packages and make an indiscriminate search, with or without grounds of suspicion that his brands have been placed on the contents of the packages. Yet, practically, this is really the case with regard to the Customs’ right of search for prohibited marks and brands. Why not let the goods pass without reference to brands or marks? Leave the owner of the marks to his remedy in law; and the vendor of the goods bearing such forged or false brands to the risk and penalty which he thus incurs. In this case the fraudulent dealer only will be the sufferer, while the innocent will be saved the vexation of having his goods pulled about at the Custom-house;