And whereas certain proclamations dated respectively the 22nd January and the 24th and 27th February 1915 prohibiting the exportation of certain articles therein referred to from the Colony to all destinations have been issued in pursuance of the afore- said powers or some of them:
And whereas it is expedient that the said proclamations should be consolidated with amendments and additions and that the said proclamations should be revoked:
And whereas the articles other than orus ammunition or military or naval stores hereinafter enumerated are articles which I with the advice aforesaid judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of arms ammuuition or military or naval atores :
And whereas in order to prevent such arms ammunition or military or naval stores being used against His Majesty's subjects or forces or against any forces engaged or which may be engaged in military or naval operations in co-operation with His Majesty's forces I with the advice aforesaid have deemed it expedient to prohibit the exportation of the articles hereinafter enumersted:
Now therefore I Sir Frans BONEY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distin- 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 by and with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony do by this Proclamation declare and it is hereby declared that the above-mentioned proclamations be and the same are hereby revoked:
And I do further by and with the advice aforesaid and in virtue and in exercise of the powers aforesaid by this proclamation declare and it is hereby declared as follows:- (A.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destinations for a period of one year from the date hereof
Acetanilide;
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin);
Aconite and its preparations and alkaloids;
Alcohol, mothylic;
Ammonia liquor, and its compounds;
Antipyrine (phetazone);
Anti-tetanus serum;
Barium chlorate ;
Belladonna and its preparations and alkaloids;
Benzoic acid (synthetic) and benzoates;
Bismuth and its salts:
Bromine and alkaline bromides;
Calcium acetate and all other metallic acetates ;
Camplior;
Cantharides and its preparations;
Carbolic acid;
Chloral and its preparations, induding chloramid;
Coal tar distillation products, namely, benzol and cresol and the fractious of the
distillation products of coal tar between benzol and cresol;
Coal tar products for use in dye manufacture, including aniline oil and
aniline sult;
Coca and its preparations aud alkaloids;
Collodion;
Copper sulphate;
Cresol, all preparations of (including cresylic acid) and nitro-cresol,
Emetin and its salts;
Ergot of rye, not including liquid extract or other medicinal preparations
of ergot;
Eucaine hydrochlor;
Formic aldehyde;
Gentian and its preparations;
Glycerine, crude and refined;
Henbare and its preparations;
Hexamethylene tetramin (urotropin) and its preparations ;
Hydrobromic acid;
Hydroquinone;
Iodine and its preparations and compounila; Mercury, salts and preparations of;
Neo salvarsan; Nitric acid; Novocain;
Nux Vomica and its alkaloids and preparations; Opium and its preparations and alkaloide; Paraffin, liquid medicinal; "Peptone Witte"; Phenacetin; Potash, caustic; Potash salts, namely:
Bicarbonate; Bichromate ; Carbouste; Chlorate;
Chloride;
Nitrate (saltpetre);
Permanganate;
Sulphate (including Kainit);
Protargol, not including silver proteinate, Saccharin (including "saxin ");
Salicylic acid and salicylate of soda; Salol;
Salvarsa;
Santonin and its preparations:
Sodium chlorate and perchlorate;
Spirits of a strength of not less than 13 degrees above proof; Sulphonal;
Sulphur
Sulphuric acid;
Surgical bandages and dressing (including buttercloth);
Tartaric acid and alkaline tartrates;
Thymol and its preparations;
Trional;
Turpentine (oil and spirit);
Zinc sulphate.
(B) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions und Protectorates, for a period of one year from the date hereof :--
Accoutrements, namely, web equipment, leather belts, leather bandoliers, leather pouches, other leather articles of personal equipment manu- factured for military purposes;
Aeroplanes, airships, balloons sad aircraft, of all kinds and their component purta, together with accessories and articles recognisable as intended for hee in connection with aeroplanes, airships, balloons, and aircraft, including gold beators' skin; shautung silk in the piece; flax fabric suitable for aeroplanes; non-inflammable celluloid sheet (or similar transparent material non-soluble in lubribating oil, peural or water); aeroplane dope; high tensile steel tubes; aeroplane instruments (ane roida, barographs, revolution indicators); aeroplane turnbuckles; steel stampings; magnetos; aeroplane engines and parts; fusel oil (umyl alcohol); amyl acetate; aceto-celluloses; truphenyl phosphate; Ammonia and its salts, whether simple or compound;
Aniline and its compounds ¦
Auimals, pack, saddle and draught, suitable for use
war
Blankets, coloured, exceeding 3 lbs, in weight, known as "woollen" blankets; Boots, heavy, for men;
Camp equipment, articles of, including tents and their component parts, ovens,
cump kettles, buckets, lauterus, and borse rugs;
Cannon and other ordnance and machine guns, and parts thereof;
Carbons, suitable for searchlights;