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And whereas by a proclamation dated the 1st day of April 1915 the exportation of certain articles therein referred to from the Colony was prohibited to certain or all desti-

nations:

And whereas by proclamations dated the 21st day of April the 14th day of May the 4th day of Jnce the 11th day of Inue and the 23rd day of July 1915 the said proclama- tion of the 1st April 1915 was amended as therein respectively stated;

And whereas it is expedient that the said proclamation of the 1st April 1915 should be further amended ;

And whereas the articles other than urins 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 anns asmunition or military or naval stores : |

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And whereas in order to prevent such amis uummunition 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 operations in co-operation with Ilis Majesty's furces 1 with the advice aforesaid have decongd it expedient to prohibit the exportation of the articles hereinafter enumerated ;,,

Now therefore 1 Sir Francis Hexny May Koight 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 aud 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- nuentioned proclamation of the 1st April 1915 sa umended as aforesaid be antl the same is hereby further amended as follows :—

d. That the following headings be added to the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom

and British Possessions and Protectorates :

Bone ash.

Capsicum and olso-resin of capsicum.

Chemicals, drugs, etc., viaj-

Caffeine and its salts.

Faraldehyde.

Theobromine-Sodium Salicylate.

Conl (including anthracite and steam, gas, household and all other

kinds of coal) and coke.

Guanus.

Phosphates of metals, manufactured.

Phosphate rock, niz.:--

Apatites.

Phosphates of line and alumina.

Phosphides.

Phosphoric acids and oxides,

Steel containing tungaten or molybdenum or both, and any tools or

other articles made from such steel.

(2) That paragraph (4) in the said proclamation of the 23rd July 1915 be

revoked.

(3.) That the heating “Rubber (including raw, waste, and reclaimed rubber, solutions containing rubber, jellies containing rubber, or any other pre- parations containing rubbery and goods made wholly of rulsber; including tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles, together with articles or materials especially adapted for nee in the manufacture or repair of leves" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations ather than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protec- forates should be deemed to include balata and gotra-percha and files following varieties of rubber, riz:-- Borneo, Guayule, Jelutong, Palem- Jang, Pontianac, and all other substances containing caoutchoue"; atud that the words "goods made wholly or partly of rubber" be substituted for the words "goods mude wholly of rubber" in the aforesaid heading,

(1) That the heading "win" in the list of goods the exportation of which is

prohibited to all foreigu ports in Europe and on the Mediterraneau and Black Seas, other than those of France, Russin (except Baltic ports). Spain and Portugal, be deleted.

(5.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all foreign ports in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other thin Those of France, Russia (except Baltie ports), Spain and Portugal:

Cotton yarn and thread,

Glums, resins, balsatus, and resinous substances of all kinds, except such as contain caoutchone (the export of substances contain- ing caoutchone being prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and Britialı Possessions and Protectorates). Hair, animal, of all kinds; and tops, noils and yarns of animal hair. (6.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to ports in Den-

mark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden :-

Terneplates.

(7) That the exportation of “tin-plates, including tin boxes and tin caudsters for fond parking" which is prohibited to ports in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, be prohibited also to ports in Norway,

18.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to Spain :-

All vegetable oils.

All oleaginous nuts, seeds, kernels and proinet».

Given under my hand and the Public Send of the Colony su Vietoria Hongkong this 20th day of August 1915.

By Command,

Gon Save The Kise.

Colonial Secretury.