1899-HKRS29-1-1-2_Part01 — Page 16

No. 4.

PROCLAMATION.

Name

une Marty,

Major-General,

Office Administering the GovernMEN.

By His Excellency Major-General WILSONE BLACK, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Officer Administering the Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong- kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Adroical of the same.

Whereas, by Ordinance No. 3 of 1882, entitled An Ordinance to authorise His Excellency the Governor by Proclamation to prohibit the Exportation of Military Stores and other Articles, as ainended by Ordinance 3 of 1884, entitled An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 3 of 1862, it is enacted that it should be lawful for His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, by Proclamation to be published in the Hongkong Government Gazette or in any Extraor dinary Gazette, to prohibit, for such period as should be mentioned in such Proclamation, either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong, or to be carried coastwise within the said Colony, (amongst other things) Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, and Military and Naval Stores, anbject to any permis sion that may be obtained under the last mentioned Ordinance.

And whereas, by Proclamation dated 25th day of November, 1897, such exportation and carriage coustwise were prohibited for a period of six months from the 28th day of November, 1897, and where- have determined with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony, that it is expedient to continue and extend such prohibition for the period hereinafter mentioned

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Now, therefore, I, Major-General WILSONE BLACK, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony, do, by this Proclamation, prohibit for a further period of six months from and including the 28th day of May, 1898, either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong, or to be carried coastwise within the said Colony, Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, and Naval and Military Stores, unless bis Proclamation shall, in the meantime, be revoked, or unless permission shall have been obtained under Ordinance 3 of 1884.

By lis Excellency's Command,

Dorcombelitt

Gud Save Tax QUEEN.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Given at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this 26th day of May, 1898.