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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 17, 1917.
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No. 364. The following Proclamation of His Majesty the KING, which was pub- lished in the London Gazette of the 3rd July, 1917, is published for general informa- tion :-
By the KING.
A PROCLAMATION
CONSOLIDATING, WITH ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS, THE LISTS OF
ARTICLES TO BE TREATED AS CONTRABAND OF WAR,
GEORGE R.I.
W
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 :
And whereas on the 27th day of January, and on the 12th day of April, and on the 27th day of June, and on the 3rd day of October, and on the 23rd day of November, and on the 29th day of December, 1916, We did, by Our Royal Proclamations of those dates, make certain additions to the lists of articles to be treated as contraband of war :
And whereas it is expedient to make certain additions to and amendments in the said lists, and to consolidate and re-issue the same in alphabetical order :
Now, therefore, We do hereby declare, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, that the lists of contraband contained in the Schedules to Our Royal Proclamation of the 14th day of October, 1915, as subsequently amended by Our Proclamations of the 27th day of January, and of the 12th day of April, and of the 27th day of June, and of the 3rd day of October, and of the 23rd day of November, and of the 29th day of December, 1916, aforementioned, are hereby withdrawn, and that, in lieu thereof, during the continuance of the war or until We do give further public notice, the articles enumerated in Schedule I hereto will be treated as absolute contraband, and the articles enumerated in Schedule II hereto will be treated as conditional contraband.
Schedule I.
Abrasive materials. (See "Emery.")
Acetic acid and acetates.
Acetic anhydride.
Acetic ether.
Acetones, and raw or finished materials usable for their
preparation.
Aircraft of all kinds, including aeroplanes, airships, bal
loons, and their component parts, together with accessories and articles suitable for use in connection with aircraft.
Albumen.
Alcohols, including fusel oil and wood spirit, and their
derivatives and preparations.
Aluminium, and its alloys, alumina, and salts of alumina.
Ammonia.
Ammonia liquor.
Ammonium salts.
Aniline and its derivatives.
Animals, saddle, draught, and pack, suitable, or which
may become suitable, for use in war.
Antimony, and the sulphides and oxides of antimony. Apparatus which can be used for the storage or projecting of compressed or liquefied gases, flame, acids, or other destructive agents capable of use in warlike operations, and their component parts.