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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 7, 1916.
PROCLAMATIONS.
No. 140. The following Proclamation of His Majesty the KING is published for general information :-
By the KING.
A PROCLAMATION
FOR PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION OF PAPERMAKING MATERIALS, PAPER, TOBACCO, FURNITURE WOODS, AND STONES AND SLATES INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
GEORGE R.I.
WE
THEREAS by Section forty-three of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, it is provided that the importation of arms, ammunition, gunpowder, or any other goods may be prohibited by Proclamation:
And whereas it is expedient that the importation into the United Kingdom of certain goods of a bulky character should be prohibited as hereinafter provided:
Now, therefore, We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, in pursuance of the said Act and of all other powers enabling Us in that behalf, do hereby proclaim, direct and ordain as follows:
As from and after the First day of March, 1916, subject as hereinafter provided, the importation into the United Kingdom of the following goods is hereby prohibited, viz.:
All materials for the manufacture of paper, including wood pulp, esparto grass
and linen and cotton rags.
Paper and cardboard (including strawboard, pasteboard, millboard and wood
pulp board) and manufactures of paper and cardboard.
All periodical publications exceeding 16 pages in length, imported otherwise,
than in single copies through the post.
Tobacco, unmanufactured and manufactured (including cigars and cigarettes). Furniture woods, hard woods and veneers.
Stones and slates.
Provided always, and it is hereby declared, that nothing in this Proclamation shall apply to any goods of the descriptions specified which are imported under licence given by or on behalf of the Beard of Trade, and subject to the provisions and conditions of such licence.
This Proclamation may be cited as the Prohibition of Import (Paper, Tobacco, Furniture Woods, and Stones) Proclamation, 1916.
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the sixth year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE KING.