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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 23, 1915.
(6.) That the following headings be added to the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all foreign ports in Europe and on the Mediter- ranean and Black Seas, other than those of France, Russia (except Baltic Ports), Spain and Portugal :---
Arsenic and its compounds.
Lignum vitae.
Rice and Rice Flour.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 23rd day of July 1915.
By Command,
GOD SAVE THE KING,
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary
No. 332. The following Proclamation of His Majesty the King is published for general information :-
By the KING.
A PROCLAMATION
MAKING CERTAIN FURTHER ADDITIONS TO AND AMENDMENTS IN THE LIST OF
ÁRTICLES TO BE TREATED AS CONTRABAND OF WAR.
GEORGE R.I.
WHEREAS on the twenty-third day of December, 1914, We did issue Our Royal
Proclamation specifying the articles which it was Our intention to treat as contraband during the continuance of hostilities or until We did give further public notice; and
WHEREAS on the eleventh day of March, 1915, We did by Our Royal Proclamation of that date make certain additions to the list of articles to be treated as contraband of war; and
WHEREAS it is expedient to make certain further additions to and amendments in the said list :
NOW, THEREFORE, We do hereby declare, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, that during the continuance of the war, or until We do give further public notice, the following articles will be treated as absolute contraband in addition to those set out in Our Royal Proclamations aforementioned :-
Toluol, and mixtures of toluol, whether derived from coal-tar, petroleum, or any
other source;
Lathes and other machines or machine-tools capable of being employed in the
manufacture of munitions of war;
Maps and plans of any place within the territory of any belligerent, or within the area of military operations, on a scale of four miles to one inch or on any larger scale, and reproductions on any scale by photography or other- wise of such maps or plans.
And We do hereby further declare that item 4 of Schedule I of Our Royal Proclama- tion of the twenty-third day of December aforementioned shall be amended as from this date by the omission of the words "and all other metallic acetates after the words "calcium acetate".