428 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 26, 1914.
On and after the 1st of November the following codes will be permitted to be used in tele. grams passing between the United Kingdom on the one hand and British Possessions and allied or neutral countries outside the European telegraphic system on the other hand:-A.B.C. 5th Edition, Scott's Code 10th Edition, Western Union Code and Lieber's Code. Messages in private or any other code not recognised will be stopped. Neither private supplements nor numerical equivalents of phrases in published codes are admissible. It should be remembered that groups or series of numbers and similar expressions (for example prices of stocks) are not necessarily admissible because they appear in code. If the decode would not have been passed by the Censors neither will the coded message be passed. In every case the name of the code used must be indicated on the form and no charge will be made for the transmission of the name of the code.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
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26th October, 1914.
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