And whereas by sub-clause (9) of clanse III of the order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria-in-Council inade on the 26th day of October 1896 as amended by the order of Ilis Majesty-in-Council made on the 28th day of August 1914 it is enacted that the Governor may prohibit the export from the Colony of any article:
And whereas by a proclamation dated the 17th day of September 1915 the exporta- tion of certain articles therein referred to from the Colony was prohibited to certain or all destinations;
And whereas by proclamations dated respectively the lat and 29th days of October 1915 the said proclamation of the 17th day of September 1915 was amended as therein stated:
And whereas it is expedient that the said proclamation of the 17th day of September 1915 so amended as aforesaid should be further amended:
And whereas the articles other than arms ammunition or military or naval stores horeinafter enumerated are articles which I with the advice aforesaid judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of arms ammunition or military or naval stores :-
And whereas in order to prevent such arine 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 operatione in co-operation with His Majesty's forces 1 with the advice aforesaid have deemed it expedient to prohibit the exportation of the articles hereinafter enumerated:
Now therefore I Sir FRANCIS HESHY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governur 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 du by this Proclamation declare and it is hereby declared that the above- mentioned proclamation of the 17th day of September 1915 so mended as aforesaid be aul the same is hereby further amended as follows :--
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(1.) That the heading "Animals, pack, saddle and draught, suitable for use in in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the head- ing Animals, pack, saddle and draught, suitable or which may become suitable for use in war."
(2) That the heading " Diamonds, rough, suitable for industrial purposes" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the heading *Diamonds, rough, suitable for industrial purposes, including Braziliau carbon."
(3.) That the exportation of the following gonds should be prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates :-
Iron ore, Cumberland haematite.
(4.) That the hearting "Hone ash" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the heading "Bones for mature, dissolved bones, bone flour, bone meal and bone ash."
(5.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdoni and British Possessions and Pro- tectortes:-
Chlorides of sulphur;
Fustic (chips and extract) and logwood (chips and extract, including
haematine crystals and other logwood preparations);
Whale meal.
(0.) That the heading "Maize germ meal" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all foreign countries in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than France, Russia (except through Baltic ports), Italy, Spain and Portugal, be deleted, and there be sub- stituted therefor the heading "Maize germs and maize germ meal.”
(7.) That the exportation of sults of aluminium (other than alunite and nitrate of aluminium), which is at present prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates, be prohibited to all foreign countries in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than France, Russia (except through Baltic ports), Italy, Spain and Portugal.
(8.) That the heading "Iron ore" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all foreigu countries in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than France, Russia (except through Baltic ports), Italy, Spain and Portugal, be deleted and there be substituted therefor the heading :-
"Iron ore (except Cumberland haematite iron ore, the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom aud British Possessious and Protectorates)."
(9.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all forsigu countries in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than France, Russia (except through Baltic ports), Italy, Spain and Portugal:-
Calcium sulphide;
China clay (including China stone and potters' clay); Gas carbon;
Kapok hempen fibre.
(10.) That the following sub-headings be added to the heading "Food stuffs of all kinds and anything which can be made into food for mau including inter alia the following "
Rean flour and meal;
Biscuits, bread and cakes, all kinds of;
Corn flour;
Corn grits; Hominy
Lentil flour and meal;
Macaroui, spaghetti and vermicelli ;
Meat of all kinds (except poultry and game);
Pea flour and meal;
Prepared foods wholly or partially derived from cereals; Bemolina.
(11.) That the sub-heading "Milk, condensed, sweetened or not
"under the
beading "Food stuffs of all kinds and anything which can be made into lood for man, including inter alia the following" by deleted, and there be substituted therefor the anb-beading "Milk, condeused or preserved, whether sweetened or not.*
(12) That the sub-heading "Antipyrine (phenazone)" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the sub-heading "Antipyrine (phena- zone) and its derivatives."
(13.) The the heading "Jute piece goods and bags and sacks made of jute" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinatione other than the United Kingdom and British Fossessions and Protectorates be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the heading "Jute piece goods, jute webbing, and bags and sucks made of jute."
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