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Hong Kong Government would normally
require a huchao from the Nanking
Government before permitting the
export to China of explosives destined
for military use under the Importation
and Exportation Ordinance No.32 of
1915. Gazette notification No.291 of
1922, issued under this Ordinance and
referred to in the Governor's telegram,
prohibits the export to any destination
of any of the following articles except
with the express permission of the
Superintendent of Imports and Exports:-
Aircraft and all kinds of their
component parts.
Ammunition (whole or parts).
Arms of all kinds and their
component parts.
Explosives other than industrial
explosives.
Saltpetre.
Sulphur.
3. It also appears that in the
case of the particular consignment
envisaged by Messrs. Jardine,
Matheson and Company, the Hong Kong
Government are not prepared to take
the