And whereas it is expedient that coal should be exempted from such prohibition until further notice:
Now therefore I Sir Francis HENEY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distiu- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same do hereby until further notice and while the sail proclamation shall be in force grant permission for the exportation without restriction of the following article :-
Coal
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 27th day of February 1915,
By Command,
Claudlevem
Colonial Secretary.