41204-1915-PROCLAMATION — Page 3

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 20, 1915.

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.

Phosphates of metals, manufactured.

Phosphate rock, viz.:-

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, viz.:-" Borneo, Guayule, Jelutong, Palein- bang, Pontianac, and all other substances containing caoutchone"; and that the words "goods made wholly or partly of rubber" be substituted for 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 foreigu 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.

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

mark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden:---

Terneplates.

(7.) That the exportation of "tin-plates, including tin boxes and tin canisters for food packing" which is prohibited to ports in Denmark, the Netherlands. and Sweden, be prohibited also to ports in Norway.

(S.) 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,

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Colonial Secretary.