THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 7, 1916.
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And whereas His Majesty holds it to be His Prerogative Duty as well as His Prero- gative Right to take all steps necessary for the Defence and Protection of the Realm:
And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that it is essential to the Defence and Protection of the Realm that, in the exercise of His Prerogatives as afore- said, He should prohibit as from and after the First day of December, 1915, the carrying of cargo from any foreign port to any other foreign port by any British Steamship 1gis- tered in the United Kingdom exceeding 500 tons gross tonnage-and whether or not such ship while carrying such cargo calls at any intermediate port within His Majesty's Dominions--unless the Owner or Charterer of such Steamship has been granted exemp- tion by Licence as hereinafter provided :
Now, therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and in exercise of His Prerogatives as aforesaid and of all other powers Him thereunto enabling, to order and it is hereby ordered that, from and after the First day of Decem:- ber, 1915, no British Steamship registered in the United Kingdom exceeding 500 tons gross tonnage shall carry any cargo from any foreign port to any other foreign port--and whether or not such ship while carrying such cargo calls at any intermediate port within His Majesty's Dominions unless the Owner or Charterer of such Steamship has been granted exemption by Licence as hereinafter provided.
And His Majesty doth hereby declare that the expression "foreign port” herein used shall mean and include any port outside His Majesty's Dominions.
And His Majesty, by and with the advice aforesaid, and in exercise of His Preroga- tives and Powers as aforesaid, is further pleased to authorize and direct the President of the Board of Trade to appoint a Committee of persons to carry out and give effect to the provisions hereof, and that the said Committee shall have power to grant Licences of exemption therefrom to or in favour of Owners and Charterers of such Steamships as aforesaid, which Licences may be general in reference to classes of ships or their voyages *or special.
And His Majesty is further pleased to authorize the President of the Board of Trade from time to time to add other persons as members of such Committee, and to substitute as members thereof other persons for such members as may from time to time die, resign, or be or become incapable of acting thereon.
And the President of the Board of Trade is to act and to give instructions and direc- tions accordingly.
ALMERIC FITZROY.
No. 10. The following Order of the King in Council is published for general information.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1915.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS a state of war exists between His Majesty and the German Emperor, the
Emperor of Austria King of Hungary, the Sultan of Turkey, and the King of the Bulgarians:
And whereas His Majesty holds it to be His Prerogative Duty as well as His Pre- rogative Right to take all steps necessary for the Defence and Protection of the Realm:
And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that it is essential to the Defence and Protection of the Realm that all British ships registered in the United King- dom should be made liable to requisition in manner hereinafter appearing for the carriage of foodstuffs and of any other articles of commerce :
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