86 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 11, 1916.
No. 59. The Pension Minute published on pages 112 to 454 (both inclusive) of the "Regulations of Hongkong, 1914" are hereby amended by the addition of the follow- ing clauses :--
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No. 25.-Notwithstanding any provision in these Regulations to the contrary any period during which an officer absent on leave from the Colony has, with the consent of the Governor or the Secretary of State, served with His Majesty's armed forces during the present war, or in any other capacity connected with the state of war, may be counted as service on full pay for the purposes of the Pension Regulations.
No. 28. Notwithstanding any provision in these Regulations to the contrary, no pensioner shall be liable to have his pension abated in respect of temporary employment, either in a military or in a civil capacity, during the present war.'
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No. 60. The following is published for general information.
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TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.
DANGERS IN NEUTRAL COUNTRIES,
The particular attention of all traders concerned is directed to the need for scrupu- lous care in the transaction of their business with neutral countries in view of the fact that some traders in some neutral countries are making themselves agents for the supply of goods to and from enemy countries. Especial care should be taken in opening new accounts in neutral countries, and in relation to any orders or inquiries of an abnormal character. In any case of doubt as to particular firms abroad business should be suspended pending reference to the Attorney General. It is inadvisable that any new accounts should be opened by any British trader in neutral countries during the war without the fullest inquiries as to the character of the business proposed to him.
The Proclamations relating to Trading with the Enemy cover indirect trading with the enemy through neutral agents, and carelessness in transacting neutral business may involve traders in the severe penalties attaching to trading with the enemy.
No. 61. The following notification of the Board of Trade is published for general information.
Whereas 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 neither resident nor carrying on business in the enemy country. the case of incorporated bodies enemy character attaches only to those incorporated in an enemy country":
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And Whereas it was also declared by the said Proclamation that from and after the date of the said Proclamation the persons therein referred to were prohibited from doing certain acts therein more specifically mentioned :