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13. The 1925 Ams Traffle Jonvention is very much wider
in scope than that of 1919 as regards the classes of goods
it covers, and in many other respects. The special zones
in respect of which exceptional control has to be
exercised, are, however, smaller in extent than
hibited areas defined in the 1919 Convention. The goods to
which the 1925 Convention relates are classified into five
categories: Category 1 includes arms, ammunition and
implements of war, exclusively designed and intended for
land, sea or aerial warfare; Category II, arms and ammuni-
tion capable of use for both military and other purposes;
Category III, vessels of war end their armaments;
Category
IV, airci it and aircraft engines; and Category V, gunpowder
and explosives, and arms and ammunition of a definitely
non-military neture.
14. The Convention stipulates that the export of articles
falling within Categories I and II shall be permitted only
under licence issued by the competent authorities of the
exporting countries. As regards Category III, the Convention
requires cach Government to publish quarterly a return
giving certain particulars of each vessel of war constructed
for, or transferred to, the Government of another State.
The Convention places no restriction on the exportation of
articles in Categories IV and V, except when the articles are
being sent to the special zones, in which case an export
licence is required. In addition to the provisions relating
to export lic.neus, there are clauses in the Convention under
which comprehensive import and export statistics have to be
published at stated intervals. The form the statistics
should take is indicated in annexes to the Convention itself.
15.
This Convention was ratified by His Majesty's
Government in 1930, with the reservation that ratification
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