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 1st and 20th days of October the 19th day of November and the 10th 24th and 31st days of December 1015 the 7th and 21st days of January and the 11th and 18th days of February and the 17th and 24th days of March 1916 the said proclamation of the 17th day of September 1915 was amended as therein stated:
And whereas by a proclamation dated the 17th day of December 1915 the said pro- clamation of the 10th day of December 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 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 ammunition or military or naval stores ta
And whereas in order to prevent such arme ammunition or military or unval stores being used against His Majesty's subjects or forces or against any forces engaged or which may
be engaged in military or uaval 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 HESRY 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 17th day of September 1915 so amended as aforesaid be and the same is hereby further amended as follows
(1.)
That the following headings be deleted in the list of goods the exportation
of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom
and British Possessione and Protectorates :-*
Bones for manure, dissolved bonea, bone flour, bone meal and boue
ash:
Capsicum and oleo-resin of capsicum;
Lead, pig, sheet or pipe (including solder containing lead);
Pepper.
(2.) That the following headings be deleted from the list of goods the exporta- tion 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
Bichromate of soda;
Bladders, casings aud sausage sking;
Iron, bemetite pig:
*
Telegraphs, wireless telegraphs, and telephones, material for;
Vegetable fibres and yarns made therefrom, all.
(3.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Pro-
tectorates !—
Bichromate of soda;
Bladdere, guts, casings and sausage skins;
Bones, in any form, whole or crushed (including dissolved bones,
bone flour and bone meal), and bone ash; Capsicum and peppers;
* See the substituted prohibitions below,
Carbon electrodes for electric furnaces;
Colchicum and its preparations;
Hæmatite pig iron;
Iron and steel smelting scrup;
Lead, pig, aleet, pipe or scrap (including solder containing lead); Oleo-resin of capsicum;
Petroleum coke;
Solid drawn steel tubes;
Wireless telegraphs, materials for.
(4.) That the exportation of the following goods 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:-
All such vegetable fibres and yaras mude therefrom (not including linen thread) as are not at present prohibited to be exported to any destination;
Arrack;
Casein ;
Cork and cork dust, not including floor coveringe manufactured
partly of cork dust;
Telegraphs (other than wireless) and telephones, material for.
(5.) That Table E be deleted and the following Table be substituted there-
for:-
(E.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom, British Possen- sions and Protectorates, and France, Italy and Russis (except through Baltic ports) :-
All oleaginous nuts, seeds and products, including the
following:
Castor beans;
Coconuts;
Coprs;
L'otton seed;
Ground nuts, earth nuts or pea nuts;
Hempseed;
Linseed;
Palm unts and palm kernels;
Poppy seeds;
Rape or colza seed;
Sesome sead;
Soya beaus;
Sun-flower seed.
(6.) That the heading "Foodstuffs of all kinds and anything which can be made into food for man, except such articles as may for the time being be prohibited to all destinations or to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Fossessions and Protectorates, but including inter alio the following", in the list of goods the exportation of which is pro- hibited to all foreign countries in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than those of France, Russia (except through Baltic porte), Italy, Spain and Portugal, together with the various sub-headings of the said heading, be deleted, and that the following be substituted therefor :-
All provisions and victuals which may be used as food for man and the raw materials thereof, not otherwise prohibited, including:---
Animals, living, for food;
Arrowroot;
Bacon, ham and pork;