41159-1915-PROCLAMATION — Page 2

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 23, 1915.

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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 or 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 heading be added to the list of goods the exportation of

which is prohibited to all destinations :

"Coal tar, crude."

(2.) That the heading "Aniline and its compounds", in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates, be amended by the deletion of the words "and its compounds", such compounds being included under the heading "Coal tar products for use in dye manufacture, including aniline oil and aniline salt" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations.

(3.) 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 :-

Chemicals, etc. :----

Hydrochloric acid;

Magnesium chloride; Oxalic acid;

Oxides and salts of cobalt ;

Oxides and salts of nickel;

Oxides and salts of tungsten ;

Manufactures of aluminium.

Metals and ores :---

Wulfenite:

Zinc ore.

Mineral and vegetable wax.

Phosphorus.

Tungsten filaments for electric lamps.

(4.) That the exportation of the following articles be prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdom, British Possessions and Pro- tectorates, and Allied Countries:

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

kinds of coal) and coke.”

(5.) That the heading "India-rubber, sheet, vulcanised", 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, the exportation of the articles included in the said heading being prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protec- torates by virtue of the Proclamation of the 14th day of May 1915.