46135-1916-PROCLAMATION — Page 2

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 9, 1916.

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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 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 exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destina- tions other than the United Kingdom and British Possessions and Protectorates:

Aluminium Sulphate and alumino-ferric;

Files ;

Laes, not including lac dye;

Pig iron of all descriptions;

Railway material, the following:-

Steel rails;

Steel sleepers;

Steel springs;

Steel wheels and axles;

Shipbuilding material, the following:-

Boiler tubes;

Condenser tubes ;

Steel plates and sectional materials for shipbuilding ; Soap containing more than one per cens. of glycerine;

Soap, soft, containing one per cent, and less of glycerine;

Steel in bars, angles, rods and shapes or sections;

Steel blooms, billets and slabs;

Steel bridge, boiler and other plates not under inch thick;

Steel girders, beams, joists and pillars ;

Steel ingots:

Steel tubes of all descriptions;

(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:

Asphalt and solid or liquid bitumen;

Fishing gear, except tackle for fishing by rod and line;

Petroleum and its products not already specifically prohibited; Soap, hard, containing one per cent. and less of glycerine.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 9th day of June 1916.

By Command,

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

GoD SAVE THE KING.