THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 28, 1919.
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Legislation will be introduced when Parliament reassembles in the autumn: (a) For the protection of goods manufactured in Great Britain and Ireland against dumping by taking power to prevent the sale in this country of similar goods beneath their price in the country of origin;
(b) to enable the Board of Trade to check any flood of imports (for instance, from Germany) that might arise from a collapse of exchange so disproportionate to costs of production in the country of origin as to enable sales to take place in this country at prices altogether below costs of production here;
(c) to deal with unstable "Key" industries in the following way:---
A limited number of unstable "key" industries will be scheduled, the products of which will be prohibited from importation into this country except on licence.
Pending legislation, a general licence under the Prohibition of Import Proclamations will be issued by the Board of Trade having effect as from the 1st September, 1919, and authorising the importation into the United Kingdom of all goods with the exception of those in the following list, which will be treated as unstable "key" industries:-
(1) All derivatives of coal tar generally known as intermediate products capable of being used or adapted for use as dyestuffs or of being modi- fied or further manufactured into dyestuffs. All direct cotton colours, all union colours, all acid colours, all chrome and mordant colours, all alizarine colours, all basic colours, all sulphide colours, all vat colours (including synthetic indigo), all oil, spirit and wax colours, all lake colours, and any other synthetic colours, dyes, stains, colour acids, colour lakes, leuco acids, leuco bases, whether in paste, powder, solution, or any other form.
(2)-() Synthetic drugs. (including antiseptics).
(ii) Synthetic perfumes and flavourings; synthetic photographic chemi- cals; synthetic tannins; esters and acid derivatives of aromatic hydro-carbons; alkaloids and their salts (except quinine); and the following organic chemicals :---Acetamide; acetic acid; acetic anhy- dride; acetyl chloride; camphor bromide, cinnamic acid and its salts; ethylene bromide; formamide; formic acid and its salts; gallic acid; lactic acid; and its salts; nuclein; paraldehyd; pyro- gallic acid; saccharin or other substances of like nature or use; salicin; thymol.
(i) Analytical re-agents; and the following fine chemicals:-Barium compounds; cerium fluoride and fluorides of other rare earth metals; hydro-sulphites and allied bleaching compounds; hypo- phosphorus acids; iron and ammonium citrate; iron tartrate; molybdic acid and its salts; phosphorus oxides and halogen com- pounds; salts of per acids and artificial peroxides; silver nucleinate and proteinate; tungstic acid and its salts.
(3) Optical glass, including lenses, prisms and like optical devices. (4) Scientific glassware.
(5) Illuminating glassware.
(6) Laboratory porcelain.
(7) Scientific and optical instruments.
(8) Potassium compounds.
(9) Tungsten powder and ferro-tungsten.
(10) Zinc oxide.
(11) Lithopone.
(12) Thorium nitrate.
(13) Gas mantles and mantle rings.
(14) Magnetos.
(15) Hosiery needles, latch.
(16) Gauges.
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