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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 27, 1915.
And whereas by the third section of the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 1862 as enacted by the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 1914 it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor by and with the advice of the Executive Council by proclamation to prohibit for such period as may be therein mentioned the exportation of all or any of the following articles namely arms ammunition military and naval stores and any articles which the Governor shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of arms ammunition or military or naval stores to any country or place therein named whenever the Governor by and with the advice aforesaid shall judge such prohibition to be expedient in order to prevent such arms ammunition or military or naval stores being used against His Majesty's subjects or forces or against any forces engaged or which may be engaged in military or naval operations in co-opera- tion with His Majesty's forces :
And whereas by the fourth section of the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 1862 as renumbered by the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 1914 it is enacted that the Governor may whilst any such proclamation is in force permit to be exported or to be water-borne to be so exported any particular articles or class of articles the export of which is prohibited by such proclamation to such persons and on such terms and sub- ject to such conditions and regulations if any as to the Governor may seem fit and may at any time revoke or vary the terms of any such permission:
And whereas by sub-clause (9) of clause III of the order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria-in-Council made on the 26th day of October 1896 as amended by the order of His Majesty-in-Council made on the 28th day of August 1914 it is enacted that the Governor may prohibit the export from the Colony of any article:
And whereas by proclamations dated the 22nd January and the 24th February 1915 the exportation from the Colony of certain articles was prohibited to all destinations for the period therein mentioned :
And whereas the articles hereinafter specified are articles which I with the advice aforesaid judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of arms ammunition or military or naval stores :
And whereas in order to prevent such arms ammunition or military or naval stores being used against His Majesty's subjects or forces or against any forces engaged or which may be engaged in military or naval operations in co-operation with His Majesty's forces I with the advice aforesaid have deemed it expedient to prohibit to all destinations the exportation of the articles hereinafter specified :
Now therefore I Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same by and with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony and in virtue and pursuance of the powers aforesaid by this proclamation declare and it is hereby declared that the exportation of the following articles be prohibited to all destinations for the period from the date hereof to the 21st day of January 1916 both dates inclusive :
Foodstuffs for man and beast, all raw materials for (including copra, palm
kernels, and cocoa beans).
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 27th day of February 1915.
By Command,
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING.