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mineral tar between benzol and cresol inclusive, their mixtures and derivatives, perchloride of ammonium, perchloride of sodium, nitrate of ammonium, cyanamide and mercury.

62. Resinous products, camphor and turpentine (oil and spirit).

63. Projectiles, charges and cartridges of all kinds, and their distinctive component parts.

64. Soap.

65. Potassium salts.

66. Oleaginous seeds, nuts and kernels, and animal or vegetable fats and oils.

67. Sodium; prussiate and cyanide of sodium.

68. Foodstuffs.

69. Stuffs suitable for clothing or for use in war.

70. Toluol and its mixtures and derivatives.

71. Implements, instruments, machines and apparatus capable of being used for the manufacture of explosives and munitions of war, or for the manufacture or repair of arms or of war material for use on land or sea.

72. Vehicles of all kinds, available for use in war, and their component parts, including automobiles and motor cars of all kinds, their component parts and accessories, and material for their manufacture or repair.

73. Xylol, and its mixtures and derivatives.

BRITISH ORDER OF COUNCIL further varying the Orders relative to the Prohibition of Exports.London, September 8, 1916.*

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 8th day of September,

1916.

BY THE LORDS OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section 2 of "The Customs (Exportation Prohibition) Act, 1914,"† that any Proclamation or Order in Council made under section 8 of "The Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1879," as amended by the Act now in recital, may, whilst a state of war exists, be varied or added to by an Order made by the Lords of the Council on the recommendation of the Board of Trade :

And whereas it is provided by section 2 of "The Customs (Exportation Restriction) Act, 1914," that any Proclamation * London Gazette," September 8, 1916.

† Vol. CVIII, page 39.

Vol. CVIII, page 48.

made under section 1 of "The Exportation of Arms Act, 1900, may, whether the Proclamation was made before or after the passing of the Act now in recital, be varied or added to, whilst a state of war exists, by an Order made by the Lords of the Council on the recommendation of the Board of Trade:

And whereas by a Proclamation, dated the 10th day of May, 1916," and made under section 8 of "The Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1879," and section 1 of "The Exportation of Arms Act, 1900,' and section 1 of "The Customs (Exportation Prohibition) Act, 1914," the exportation from the United Kingdom of certain articles to certain or all destinations was prohibited:

And whereas by subsequent Orders of Council the said Proclamation was amended and added to in certain particulars :

And whereas there was this day read at the Board a recommendation from the Board of Trade to the following effect :

That the Proclamation, dated the 10th day of May, 1916, as amended and added to by subsequent Orders of Council, should be further amended by making the following amendments in and additions to the Schedule to the same :(1.) That the following headings should be deleted:(c) Bleaching powder;

(B) Gloves, fingerless, sheepskin ;

(B) Gloves, with leather palms;

(B) Hair, animal, tops, noils, and yarns of;

Provisions and victuals which may be used as food for man, the following:

(B) Scarves, jerseys, cardigan jackets, socks, men's gloves and underwear, manufactured wholly or partly of wool;

(A) Small tools, the following:

Files;

(B) Waxes, mineral and vegetable (except carnauba).

and composite waxes;

(B) Wool, raw (sheep's and lamb's) and mixtures

(2.) That the following headings should be added:

thereof.

(A) Bleaching powder;

* Vol. XCII, page 1284.

† Page 192.

(B) Gloves made wholly or partly of leather; (c) Gramophone record compositions ;

(B) Grindery, the following articles of :Brads ;

Metal toe tips ;

(A) Grindstones;

(A) Hacksaw blades;

(B) Hair, animal, and tops, noils, mixtures, waste and yarns thereof;

(A) Iron wire ;

(A) Iron wire rods;

(A) Leather, sole;

Provisions and victuals which may be used as food for man, the following:

(B) Scarves, shawls, jerseys, cardigan jackets, socks, men's gloves and underwear, manufactured wholly or partly of wool;

(B) Shoemakers' tools, the following:

Awls;

Awl halfts;

Chisels, hand cold, 8 inches by 34 inch;
Files, seat;

Hammers, single and double faced;

Irons, forepart, glazing, lap, seat wheel and

waist;

Knives ;

Nippers, cutting;

Pincers;

Pliers, eyelet ;

Punches, spring;

Rasps;

Welt ploughs, runners and mills;

(A) Small tools, the following:

Files, other than shoemakers' seat files;

(B) Steel rivets, bifurcated;

(B) Strontium sulphate;

(c) Tissues manufactured wholly or partly of wool or hair, except khaki woollen or worsted cloth; (A) Umbrella ribs, tubes and tube frames;

(B) Waxes, animal, mineral, and vegetable (except carnauba) and composite waxes;

hibited;

(3.) That on and after the 1st day of October, 1916, the exportation of "steel hoops" should be prohibited to all destinations.

(4.) That on and after the 9th day of October, 1916, the heading "(c) Bags and sacks not otherwise specifically prohibited (except paper bags)" should be deleted and there be substituted therefor the heading "(c) Bags, wrappers or sacks not otherwise specifically prohibited (except paper bags) other than any such bags, wrappers or sacks as constitute the coverings of goods to be shipped for exportation and are allowed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to be shipped as such coverings."

Now, therefore, their Lordships, having taken the said recommendation into consideration, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the same be approved.

Whereof the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise, the Director of the War Trade Department, and all other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH LETTERS PATENT passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom constituting the Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast Colony, and providing for the Government thereof.-Westminster, September 20, 1916.

George the Fifth, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting.

WHEREAS by certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the 13th day of January, 1886,* Her Majesty Queen Victoria did constitute the Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Gold Coast Colony, and did provide for the Government thereof :

And whereas by further Letters Patent under the Great Seal of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the 8th day of November, 1905, the 16th day of March, 1906, and the 19th day of March. 1912, the above recited Letters Patent of the 13th day of January, 1886, were amended as therein is set forth :

And whereas we are minded to make other provision in lieu thereof :

* Vol. LXXVII, page 991. † Vol. CV, page 413.

Now, therefore, we do hereby revoke, as from the date of the coming into operation of these our Letters Patent, the above recited Letters Patent of the 13th day of January, 1886, the 8th day of November, 1905, the 16th day of March, 1906, and the 19th day of March, 1912, but without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder, and in lieu thereof we do ordain and declare our will and pleasure as follows:1. There shall be a Governor and Commander-in-Chief hereinafter called the Governor) in and over our Gold Coast Colony, and appointments to the said Office shall be made by Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet.

2. Our Gold Coast Colony (hereinafter called the Colony) shall, until we shall otherwise provide, comprise all places, settlements, and territories belonging to us on the Gold Coast in Western Africa as more particularly defined in the Order of His late Majesty King Edward the Seventh in Council bearing date the 22nd day of October, 1906,* or in any Order in Council adding to, amending, or substituted for the same.

3. We do hereby authorize, empower, and command the Governor to do and execute all things that belong to his said Office, according to the tenour of these our Letters Patent and of such Commission as may be issued to him under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, and according to such Instructions as may from time to time be given to him under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, or by Order in our Privy Council, or by us through one of our Principal Secretaries of State, and to such laws as are now or shall hereafter be in force in the Colony.

4. Every person appointed to fill the Office of Governor shall, with all due solemnity, before entering on any of the duties of his Office, cause the Commission appointing him to be Governor to be read and published at the seat of Government in the presence of the Chief Justice, or of some other Judge of the Supreme Court, and of such members of the Executive Council of the Colony as can conveniently attend, which being done, he shall then and there take before them the Oath of Allegiance, in the form provided by an Act passed in the Session holden in the thirty-first and thirty-second years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to amend the Law relating to Promissory Oaths"; and likewise the usual Oath for the due execution of the Office of Governor and for the due and impartial administration of justice, which Oaths the said Chief Justice or Judge, or, if they be unavoidably absent, the senior member of the Executive Council then present, is hereby required to administer.

5. The Governor shall keep and use the public Seal of the Colony for sealing all things whatsoever that shall pass the said Seal.

* Vol. XCIX, page 498.

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