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No. 3.

PROCLAMATION.

Offrer administering the Guer cuarent.

By His Excellency Sir Francis Hessy Mar, Knight Commurder of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vico-Admirat of the same.

Whereas by the-Šilitary Stores (Prohibition of Exportation) Orlimuuice, 1862, it is efftiered that it should be lawful for Elis Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Excentive Council, by Proclamation to be published in the Hongkong Government Gazelle or in any Betraordinary 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 constwise within the said Colony (amongst other things) Arins, Aminudtion, Gunpowder, mad Military and Naval Stores, and any articles which His Excellency may judge capabl of being converted into or made useful in incrensing the quantity of Military or Naval Stores, or any or either of such Arias, Anumition, faappowder, Stores, Goods or Articles respect, ively, subject to any permission that may be obtained under Section # of the Dediounee:

And whereas, by various Proclumpations issued from time to time, such exportation and carriage constwise were prohibited, and remain probibited until the 27th day of May, 1910, and that it is expedient to continne such prohibition:

Now, therefore, I, Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Knight Commander of the Most Distin guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Government und Canumander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vico-Adiniral of the saine, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony, do, by this Prochunation, prohibit for a further period of one year from and including the 28th day of May, 1910, other to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong, or to be carried crustwise within the said Colony, Arms, Ammunition, Glupowder, and Military and Naval Stores, and any articles which I umny judge capable of being converted into or mude useful in breasing the grootity of Military of Naval Stores, or any or either of such Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, Stores, Goods or Articles respectively, unless this Proclamation shall, in the unsuitime, be revoked, or unless permission shall have been obtained under Section 3 of the Orionner above mentioned.

Given under my hand mud the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 31st day of May, 1904.

By Command,

GOD SAVE THE KINO.

Colonial Semetary.