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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 27, 1918.

PROCLAMATIONS.

No. 371. The following Proclamation of His Majesty the KING is published for general information :--

By the KING.

A PROCLAMATION

FOR PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION OF COCAINE AND OPIUM ENTO the Uxited Kingdom.

GEORGE R.L.

WHEREAS by Section forty-three of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, it is provided that the importation of arms, ammunition, gunpowder, or any other goods may be prohibited by Proclamation :

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 eegonine, and any substauce, whether preparation, admixture, extract or otherwise, containing .1 per cent, (one part in a thousand) or more of cocaine or ecgonine, or of any salt or derivative thereof.

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) No. 2 Proclamation, 1916, is hereby revoked.

This Proclamation may be cited as The Cocaine and Opium (Prohibition of Import) No. 3 Proclamation, 1918.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and in the Ninth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

NOTE L-See the London Gazette of the 25th June, 1918.

Nore 2.-The following proclamations prohibiting the importation of certain articles into the United Kingdom are now in force :-

Subject.

Belgian Bank Notes.

Unset Diamonds.

Foreign Coins.

Consolidating.

(No. 16.)

Date of Proclamation.

Date of Hongkong Gazeite.

5th May,

1915.

28th July,

1915.

30th March,

1917.

Sth June,

1917.

30th March,

1917.

8th June,

1917.

10th May,

1917.

B3th July,

1917.

28th June,

1917.

(No. 17.)

17th August,

1917.

22nd August,

1917.

(No. 18.)

9th November, 1917.

29th August,

· 1917.

(No. 19.)

9th November, 1917.

16th November, 1917.

(No. 20.)

25th January,

1918.

21st December, 1917.

(No. 21.)

8th March,

1918.

16th January,

1918.

(No. 22.)

28th March,

1918.

22nd March,

1918.

(No. 23.)

21st June,

1918.

13th April,

1918.

(No. 24.)

21st June,

1918.

4th June,

1918.

(No. 25.)

9th August,

1918.

25th June,

1918.

Cocaine and Opium,

27th September, 1918.