51133-1917-Proclamation-by-the-KING-Prohibition-of-Import-No-14--1917 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 27, 1917.

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Hats and bonnets.

Hides, wet and dry.

Incandescent gas mantles. Jute, raw.

Leather, dressed and undressed.

Linen, yarns and manufactures of.

Lobsters, canned.

Mats and matting.

Mops.

Painters' colours and pigments..

Perfumery.

Photographic apparatus.

Pictures, prints, engravings, photographs and maps. Plated and gilt wares.

Quails, live.

Quebracho, hemlock, oak and mangrove extracts. Rum.

Salmon, canned.

Silk, manufactures of, not including silk yarns.

Skins and furs, manufactures of.

Soya beans.

Stereoscopes.

Straw envelopes for bottles.

Straw plaiting.

Sugar, articles and preparations containing, used for food

(except condensed milk).

Tea. Tomatoes.

Typewriters.

Wine.

Wood and timber of all kinds,, hewn, sawn or split, planed

or dressed.

Provided always, and it is hereby declared, that this prohibition shall not apply to any such goods which are imported under licence given by or on behalf of the Board of Trade, and subject to the provisions and conditions of such licence.

(2) As from and after the date hereof the prohibition imposed by the Prohibition of Import (Paper, Tobacco, Furniture Woods and Stones) Proclamation, 1916, on the impor- tation of the following goods shall be removed, and the said Proclamation amended accordingly viz. :--

All periodical publications exceeding 16 pages in length, imported otherwise

than in single copies through the post.

This Proclamation may be cited as the Prohibition of Import (Nd. 14) Proclamation, 1917.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and in the Seventh year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

NOTE :--Previous pro-lamations 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, and 16th (2) and 23rd February, 1917. Proclamations have also been issued prohibiting the importation into the United Kingdom of Belgian Bank Notes, and Unset Diamonds.