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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 31st lays of December 1915 the 7th and 21st days of January the 11th and 18th days of February the 17th 24th and 31st days of March the 20th day of April the 12th day of May and the 0th day of June 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 us therein stated:

And whereas it is expedient that the said proclamation of the 17th day of September 1916 ao amended as aforesaid should be revoked:

Now therefore I Sir FRANCIS HENRY 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 mnoutled us aforesaid be and the sanie is hereby revoked.

Cliven under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 18th day of August 1916.

By Command,

GOD SAVE THs Koo.

Claus Seven

Colonial Secretary,

Nore:- The prohibitious, which were formerly in force by virtue of the prulanatious revoked above are now in force by virtue of the Order nude by the Governor in Council under the Triporta. tion and Exportation Ordinance, 1915, on the 17th August, 1916, and published in this sumber of the Government Gazette.