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70 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 16, 1917.

And whereas it is expedient that the importation into the United Kingdom of cocaine or of opium should be prohibited except as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, in pursuance of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling Us in that behalf, do hereby proclaim, direct and ordain, as follows :—

As from and after this date, subject as hereinafter provided, all cocaine and all opium shall be prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom :

Provided always, and it is hereby declared, that nothing in this Proclamation shall apply to cocaine or opium imported under the licence of one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and in accordance with the provisions of such licence.

The word "cocaine" includes all preparations, salts, derivatives, or admixtures pre- pared therefrom or therewith and containing 0.1 per cent. (one part in a thousand) or more of the drug, or any solid or liquid extract of the coca leaf containing 1 per cent. or more of the drug.

The word "opium" means raw opium, powdered or granulated opium, or opium prepared for smoking, and includes any solid or semi-solid mixture containing opium.

The Cocaine and Opium (Prohibition of Import) Proclamation, 1916, is hereby revoked.

This Proclamation may be cited as The Cocaine and Opium (Prohibition of Import) No. 2 Proclamation, 1916.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Eleventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the Seventh year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

NOTE--Previous proclamations were published in the Hongkong Gazettes of the 7th April, 19th May, 9th and 30th June, 21st July, 25th August, 22nd September, 6th October, and 17th November, 1916, and 19th January, 1917. Proclamations have also been issued prohibiting the importation into the United Kingdom of Belgian Bank Notes and of Unset Diamonds. See also Notification No. 47 in the present issue of the Gazette.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 49.

Order made by the Governor in Council under Section 8 (2) of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, (Ordinance No. 6 of 1901), this 15th day of February, 1917.

It is hereby ordered that the existing valuation of the tenements in the Colony shall be wholly adopted for the year 1917-1918.

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

15th February, 1917.