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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 1914.
NOTICES.
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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 489.-The following Board of Trade notification published in No. 28915 of the London Gazette, is published for general information.
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Board of Trade, Whitehall.
THEREAS by Royal Proclamation relating to Trading with the Enemy dated the 9th
day of September, 1914, it was, amongst other things, declared as follows:-
"The expression 'enemy country' in this Proclamation means the territories of the German Empire and of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, together with all the Colonies and Dependencies thereof.
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The expression 'enemy' in this Proclamation means any person or body of persons of whatever nationality resident or carrying on business in the enemy country, but does not include persons of enemy nationality who are niether resident nor carrying on business in the enemy country. In the case of incorporated bodies enemy character attaches only to those incorporated in an enemy country."
AND WHEREAS it was also declared by the said Proclamation that from and after the date of the said Proclamation, all persons resident, carrying on business, or being in His Majesty's Dominions were prohibited from doing certain acts therein more specifically referred to:
AND WHEREAS it was further declared by the said Proclamation as follows :
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Nothing in this Proclamation shall be taken to prohibit anything which shall be expressly permitted by Our licence, or by the licence given on Our behalf by a Secretary of State, or the Board of Trade, whether such licences be especially granted to individuals or be announced as applying to classes of persons.'
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AND WHEREAS it appears desirable to grant the licence hereinafter set out :
NOW THEREFORE the Board of Trade, acting on behalf of His Majesty, and in pursuance of the power reserved in the said Proclamation, do hereby give and grant licence to all persons resident, carrying on business, or being in His Majesty's Dominions,
To pay any fees necessary for obtaining the grant, or for obtaining the renewal of patents, or for obtaining the registration of Designs or Trade Marks, or the renewal of such registration in an "enemy country".
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And also to pay on behalf of an enemy any fees payable on application for or renewal of the grant of a British patent or on application for the registration of British Designs or Trade Marks or the renewal of such registration.
Dated this twenty-third day of September, 1914.
For and on behalf of the Board of Trade,
(Signed) H. LLEWELLYN SMITH,
Secretary to the said Board.