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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 9, 1917.
PROCLAMATIONS.
No. 491.--The following Proclamations of His Majesty the KING are published for general information :-
By the KING.
A PROCLAMATION
RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ARTICLES INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
W
GEORGE RJ.
HEREAS 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 by certain Proclamations entitled Prohibition of Import Proclamations the importation of certain goods has been prohibited accordingly :
And whereas it is expedient that the importation into the United Kingdom of certain other goods should be prohibited:
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 date hereof, subject as hereinafter provided, the importation into the United Kingdom of the following goods is hereby prohibited, eiz.:--
All machinery driven by power and suitable for use in cutting, working or operating on wood, including:
Sawing machines of all descriptions;
General joiners ;
Mortise, tenon and boring machines;
Lathes and rounding machines;
Box and cask making machines and all machines accessory thereto ;
Scraping and sandpapering machines;
Wheelwright machinery;
Firewood-making and bundling machinery:
Wood wool fibre and pulp machinery;
Saw-sharpening and setting machines;
Saw stretchers and brazing apparatus;
All machines for grinding, planing or moulding irons.
Electrical motors up to one-half horse power.
Provided always, and it is hereby declared, that this prohibition shall not apply to any such goods which are imported under licence given by or on behalf of the Board of Trade, and subject to the provisions and conditions of such licence.
This Proclamation may be cited as the Prohibition of Import (No. 18) Proclamation, 1917.
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and in the Eighth year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE KING.