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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 17, 1916.
PROCLAMATIONS.
No. 491. The following Proclamation of His Majesty the KING is published for general information :--
By the KING.
A PROCLAMATION
MAKING CERTAIN ADDITIONS TO AND AMENDMENTS IN THE LIST OF ARTICLES TO BE TREATED AS CONTRABAND OF WAR.
GEORGE R.I.
HEREAS on the 14th day of October, 1915, 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 ;
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And whereas, on the 27th day of January, 1916, the 12th day of April, 1916, and the 27th day of June, 1916, We did, by Our Royal Proclamations of those dates, make certain ́ additions to and modifications in the said list of articles to be treated as .contraband;
And whereas it is expedient to make certain further additions to 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:
Insulating materials, raw and manufactured. Fatty acids.
Cadmium, cadmium alloys, and cadmium ore, Albumen.
And We do hereby further declare that as from this date the following amendments shall be made in Schedule I of Our Royal Proclamation of the 14th day of October, 1915, aforementioned :-
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For item 6, “paraffin wax," there shall be substituted waxes of all kinds."
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And We do hereby further declare that the following article shall as from this date be treated as conditional contraband in addition to those set out in Our Royal Proclama- tions aforementioned :-
Yeast.
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the Seventh year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
NOTE: The dates of the publication in the Hongkong Gazette of the various contraband proclama- tions now in force are as follows:-
Date of proclamation.
14th October, 1915.
27th January, 1916. 12th April, 1916. 27th June, 1916. 3rd October, 1916.
Date of Hongkong Gazette.
22nd October, 1915.
24th March, 1916.
9th June, 1916.
25th August, 1916. 17th November, 1916.
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