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No. 6.
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PROCLAMATION.
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir MATTHEW NATRAN, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Salut George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same.
Whereas by the Military Stores (Prohibition of Exportation) Ordinance, 1862, it is enacted that it should be lawful for His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executivo Council, by Proclamation to be published in the Hongkong Government Gazette or in any Extraor dinary Gazette, to prohibit, for such period as should be mentioned in such Proclamation, dither to be exporter from the Colony of Hongkong, or to be surried coastwise within the said Colony (amongst other things) Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, and Military and Naval Stores, and any articles which His Excellency may judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of Military or Naval Stores, or any or either of such Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, Stores, Goodla or Articles respectively, subject to any permission that may be obtained under Section 3 of the Chrlinance:
And whereas, by various Proclamations issued from time to time, such exportation and carriage castwise were prohibitol, and remain prohibited until the 28th day of November, 1905, and that it is expedient to continue such prohibition:
Now, therefore, 1, Sir MATTHEW Nathan, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong- kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony, do, by this Proclamation, prohibit for a further period of six months from and including the 28th day of November, 1905, either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong, or to be carried coastwise within the said Colony, Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, and Military and Noval Stores, and any articles which I may julge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of Military or Naval Stares, or any or either of such Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, Stores, Goods or Articles respectively, unless this Proclamation shall, in the meantime, be revoked, or unless permissiou shall have been obtained under Section & of the Ordinance above mentioned.
By His Excellency's Command,
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Given at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this
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Colonial Secretary.
day of November, 1905,