And whereas by sub-clause (9) of clause 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 His 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 1st and 29th days of October the 19th day of November and the 10th 24th and 1st days of December 1915 the 7th and 21st days of January and the 11th and 18th lays of February and the 17th 24th and 31st days of March sud the 20th day of April 1916 the said proclamation of the 17th day of September 1015 was amended as therein stated:
And whereas by a proclamation dated the 17th day of December 1915 the said pro- lanation of the 10th day of December 1915 was amended as therein stated :
And whereas it
expedient that the said proclamation of the 17th day of September 1915 su amended as aforesaid should be further amended:
And whereas the articles other than acis ammunition or military or naval stores hereinafter enumerated are articles which I with the advice aforestil judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of arms ammunition or military or naval stores:
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And whereas in order to prevent such arms aumunition or military or naval stores being used against His Majesty'e subjects or forces ur 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 experlient to prohibit the exportation of the articles hereinafter enumerated :
Now therefore I Sir Fuses Hosey 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 it 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 1916 an amended as aforesaid be and the same is hereby further amended as follows:
(1.) That the heading "Silk, Shantung, in the piece", in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions aui Protectorates be deleted, and that there be substituted therefor the heading "Shautung silk”. (2.) That the heading "Sugar of all kinds, refined and unrefined" in the list of goods the exportation of which in prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingilou and British Possessions and Protectorates be deleted, and that there be substituted therefor the healing "Cane and beet sagar, unrefined or refined including candy ",
(3.) That the heading "Guns, resing, balsams, and resinous substances of all kinds, except such as contain caoutchouc" in the list of goods the expor- tation of which is prohibited to all foreign countries in Europe and ou the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other thau France, Russia (except through Baltic ports), Italy, Spain and Portugal be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the heading
Gums, resins, balsame and resinous substances of all kinds, except
such as contain caoutchone, and except gum tragacanth.
(4.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protecto-
rates:-
Acetic acid;
Chemicals, drugs, de. :---
Guaiacol and guaiacol carbonate;
Senua leaves and pods;
Stramonium leaves and seeds;
Cinematograph films;
Clinical thermometers ; Ferro-silicum;
Gramophone and other sound records;
Gum tragacanth; Hypodermic syringes,
Manufactured fuel:
Photographic sensitive blms, plates and printing paper whether
exposed or not;
Platinum, salts of;
Radiun;
Ramie stockings and ramie fabrics for the maunfacture of gas
mantles;
Silica bricks;
Silk and silk manufactures, the following:
Broad silke of all kinds, whether all silk or of silk mixed with other parns (except with artificial silk yarn or metal threads), in the grey or discharged, undyed, dyed or printed, but unweighted;
Schappe and spun yarns;
Silk, raw or thrown;
Silk waste:
Surgical instruments; X-Ray apparatus.
(5.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all foreign countries in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Sens, other than France. Russia (except through Baltic ports), Italy, Spain and Portugal-
Absinthe
Chemicals, the following:-
Barium sulphate:
Calcium sulphate;
Iron sulphates:
Sodium sulphate and bisulphate (including nitre cake);
Strontium sulplute;
Glucose and malt suger;
Leather, varnished, japanuod or enamelled;
Leather waste ;
Linen thread;
Rock crystal:
Salt, rock and white, except table salt;
Spices, all kinds of, other than pepper, but including pimento; Starch, including dextrine, farina and potato flour.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 12th day of May 1916.
By Command.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
Clans Severn
Colonial Secretary},