41335-1915-PROCLAMATION — Page 2

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 19, 1915.

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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 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 17th day of September 1915 so amended as aforesaid be and the same is hereby further amended as follows :-

(1.) That the heading "Animals, pack, saddle and draught, suitable for use in war" 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 deleted, and there be substituted therefor the head- ing "Animals, pack, saddle and draught, suitable or which may become suitable for use in war."

(2.) That the heading "Diamonds, rough, suitable for industrial purposes" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the heading "Diamonds, rough, suitable for industrial purposes, including Brazilian

carbon.'

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(3.) That the exportation of the following goods should be prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates :-

Iron ore, Cumberland haematite.

(4.) That the heading "Bone ash" 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 deleted, and there be substituted therefor the heading "Bones for manure, dissolved bones, bone flour, bone meal and bone ash.”

(5.) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Pro- tectorates:

Chlorides of sulphur;

Fustic (chips and extract) and logwood (chips and extract, including

haematine crystals and other logwood preparations);

Whale meal,

(6.) That the heading "Maize germ meal" in the list of goods the exportation of which is 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, be deleted, and there be sub- stituted therefor the heading "Maize germus and maize germ meal." (7.) That the exportation of salts of aluminium (other than alunite and nitrate of aluminium), which is at present prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates, 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.

(8.) That the heading "Iron ore" in the list of goods the exportation of which is 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, be deleted and there be substituted therefor the heading :-

"Iron ore (except Cumberland haematite iron ore, the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates).'