CO129-425 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [10-12] — Page 156

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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 Hesar Mar 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 aud with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony and in virtue and exercise of the aforesaid powers de by this Proclamation declare and it is hereby declared that the above- mentioned proclamation of the 17th day of September 1915 be and the same is hereby amended as follows:

(1.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdon and British Possessions and Protectorates, for a period of one year from the 17th day of September, 1915 :----

Canstic Sora ; Sodium.

(2) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all foreign countries in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than France, Russia (except through Baltic ports), Italy, Spain and Portugal, for a period of one year from the 17th day of September,

1915 :-..

Acetic Acid;

Antimony, compounds of, except sulphides and oxides of antimony (the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protec- torates);

L'opper, compounds of, except copper nitrate, copper iodide, copper sulphate, and subuxide of copper (the exportation of which is prolibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protoctorates);

Sodium cyanide;

Sodium sulphide.

3. That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdom, for a period of one year from the 17th day of September, 1915:

Hessian cloth and bags.

liven under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 1st day of Octuber 1915.

By Command,

Goo Save THE KING.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary,

No. 31.

[L.S.]

FRANCIS HENRY MAY,

Govertur

PROCLAMATION.

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REC REG 10 DEC 15

By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished 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:

Whereas by the second section of the Military Stores Exportation Ordinance 1862 as amended by the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 1914 it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by and with the advice of the Executive Conncil by proclamation to prohibit for such period as may be therein mentioned to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong arms ammunition and gunpowder military and naval stores and any articles which the Governor may judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores provisions or any sort of victual which may be used as food by man or any or either of such arms ammunition gunpowder stores goods or articles respectively :

And whereas by the third section of the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 1862 as enacted by the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 191 4 it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor by and with the advice of the Executive Conneil by proclamation to prohibit for such period as may be therein mentioned the exportation of all or any of the following articles namely arms ammunition military and naval stores and any articles which the Governor shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of arms ammunition or military or naval stores to any country or place therein named whenever the Governor by and with the advice aforesaill shall judge such prohibition to be expedient 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-opera- tion with His Majesty's forces :

And whereas by the fourth section of the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 1862 as renumbered by the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance 191 it is enacted that the Governor may whilst any such proclamation is in force pernit to be exported or to be water-borne to be so exported any particular articles or class of articles the export of which is prohibited by such proclamation to such persons and on such terms and sub- ject to such conditions and regulations if any as to the Governor may seem fit and may at any time revoke or vary the terms of any such permission:

And whereas by sub-clause (9) of clanse II 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 a proclamation dated the Ist day of October 1915 the said procla- mation of the 17th day of September 1915 was amended as therein stated :

And whereas it is expedient that the said proclamation of the 17th day of September 1915 so amended as aforesaid should be further amended: