THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 14, 1915.
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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 the exportation of the articles hereinafter enumerated :
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 exercise of the aforesaid powers do by this Proclamation declare and it is hereby declared that the above- mentioned proclamation of the 1st April 1915 so amended as aforesaid be and the same is hereby further amended as follows:
(1.) That the following headings be added to the list of goods the exportation
of which is prohibited to all destinations :-
American pine.
Chinese copper coins.
(2) That the heading "Salicylic acid and Salicylate of soda" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the heading "Salicylic acid, Salicylate of soda and Methyl salicylate ".
(3.) That the following headings be deleted from the list of goods the exporta- tion of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates :-
Iodides.
Oleo oil, Premier jus, and animal tallow.
(4.) That the following headings be added to the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates :-
Copper iodide.
Neat's foot oil.
Sheepgut.
(5.) That in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates :-
(a.) the heading "Thorium nitrate" be deleted, and the heading
Thorium oxide, thorium nitrate, and other salts of thorium be substituted therefor;
(b.) the heading "Rubber (including raw, waste and reclaimed rubber) and goods made wholly of rubber, including tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles, together with articles or materials especially adapted for use in the manufacture or repair of tyres" be deleted, and the heading "Rubber (including raw, waste and reclaimed rubber, solutions containing rubber, jellies containing rubber, or any other preparations containing rubber) and goods made wholly of rubber; including tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles, together with articles or materials espe- cially adapted for use in the manufacture or repair of tyres be substituted therefor;
(c.) the heading "Sheepskins, woolled, i.e., with the wool left on" be deleted, and the heading "sheepskins, whether woolled or not" be substituted therefor;
(d) the heading "Skins of calves, sheep, goats and deer" be deleted, and the heading "Skins of calves, sheep, goats and deer, dressed and undressed" be substituted therefor;