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And whereas the articles other than arms 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 arms ammunition ur military or naval stores:

And whereas in order to prevent such arms ammunition 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 His Majesty's forces I with the advice aforesaid have deemed it expedient to prohibit the exportation of the articles hereinafter enumerated:

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 1st April 1915 so amended as aforesaid be and the same is hereby further amended as follows:-

1.

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 oleo-resin of capsicum.

Chemicals, drugs, etc., viz.:-

Caffeine and its salts.

Paraldehyde.

Theobromine-Sodium Salicylate.

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

kinds of coal) and coke.

Guanos,

l'hosphates of metals, manufactured.

Phosphate rock, riza

Apatites.

Phosphates of lime and alumina.

Phosphides.

Phosphoric acids and oxides.

Steel containing tungsten 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 heading "Rubber (including raw, waste, and reclaimed rubber, solutions containing rubber, jellies containing rubber, or any other pre- parations containing rubber) and goods made wholly of rubber; including tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles, together with articles or materials especially adapted for use in the manufacture or repair of tyres in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protec- torates should be deemed to include balata and gutta-percha and the following varieties of rubber, riz. - Borneo, Guayule, Jelutong, Palem- Lang, Pontianae, and all other substances containing caoutchoue"; and that the words "goods made wholly or partly of rubber" he substituted lor the words "goods made wholly of rubber" in the aforesaid heading. (4.) That the heading "rosin" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all foreign ports in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than those of France, Russia (except Baltic ports), Spain and Portugal, be deleted.

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

Cotton yarn and thread.

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

mark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden:

Terneplates,

(7.) That the exportation of “tin plates, including tin boxes and rin canisters for food packing" 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 products,

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 20th day of August 1915.

By Command,

GOD SAVE THE KING.

A. M. ThomsoN,

Colonial Secretary.

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