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And whereas by s proclamation dated the 1st day of April 1915 the exportation of certain articles therein referred to from the Colouy was prohibited to certain or all desti- nations:
And whereas by proclamations date the 21st day of April and the 14th day of May 1915 the said proclamation of the 1st April 1915 was amended as therein respectively stated:
And whereas it is expedient that the said proclamation of the 1st April 1915 should be further amended:
And whereas the articles other thau arms 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 arme amunition or military or naval stores:
And whereas in order to prevent such arms ammunition or military or naval stores being used against His Majesty's subjects or furces 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 enumerated:
Now therefore I Sir Francis Hesty 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 and in virtue and exercise of the aforesaid powers do by this Proclamation declare and it is hereby declared that the above- mentioned proclamation of the 1st April 1915 so amended as aforesaid he and the same is hereby further amended as follows :---
(1.) That in the list of goods the exportation of which is probibited to all destinations the words “and all other metallic acetstes be omitted after the words "calcium acetate ".
(2.) That the following headings be added to the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United King- dom and British Possessions und Protectorates :-
Toluol and mixtures of tolual whother derived from coal tar petro-
leum or any other source;
Lathes and other machines or machine tools capable of being em-
ployed in the manufacture of munitions of wär;
Maps and plans of any place within the territory of my belligerent or within the area of military operations on a scale of four miles to one inch or on any larger scale and reproductions on any scale by photography or otherwise of such inaps or plans. (3.) That in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all foreign ports in Europe and on the Merliterraneau and Black Seas, other than those of France, Russia (except Baltic Ports), Belgium, Spain and Portugal, the words "(other than linseed oil, boiled and boiled, un- mixed with other oil, and not including essential oils)" be omitted after the words “all animal and vegetable oils and fits”.
Cliven under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at. Victoria Hongkong this 4th day of June 1915.
By Command,
Gon Save The Kixo.
Adnosevem
Colonial Secretary.