45945-1916-PROCLAMATION — Page 2

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 18, 1916. 95

And whereas it is expedient that the said proclamation of the 17th day of September 1915 so amended as aforesaid should be further amended:

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 arins 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 following headings 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, viz. :-

Flaxen canvas, namely:-

Hamnock canvas;

Kit Bag canvas ;

Merchant Navy canvas;

Royal Navy canvas ;

Tent canvas;

Linen close canvas ;

Linen duck cloth.

(2.) That the exportation of the following goods 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:---

Canvas of all kinds;

Canvas hose of all kinds;

Drills, woven, of all kinds;

Ducks, woven, of all kinds;

Linen, viz. :-

Linen yarns (not including linen thread);

Linen piece goods, unbleached or not bleached in the piece; Union cloths containing cotton in the proportion of 25 per cent.

or upwards.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 18th day of February 1916.

By Command,

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE KING.