BRITISH PROCLAMATION prohibiting the Importation of certain Articles into the United Kingdom.London, June 27, 1916.*

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS by section 43 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 certain goods should be prohibited 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 the 6th day of July, 1916, subject as hereinafter provided, the importation into the United Kingdom of the following goods is hereby prohibited, viz. :—

Such motor cars, chassis, parts and accessories (other than tyres) as were expressly exempted from the prohibition on the importation of motor cars, chassis, motor cycles and parts and accessories thereof which was imposed by "The Prohibition of Import (No. 3.) Proclamation, 1916."†

Vacuum cleaners.

Yeast.

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.

This Proclamation may be cited as "The Prohibition of Import (No. 7.) Proclamation, 1916."

Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 27th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1916, and in the 7th year of our Reign.

BRITISH PROCLAMATION making certain Additions to the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War.-London, June 27, 1916.*

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS on the 14th day of October, 1915,† we did issue our Royal Proclamation specifying the articles which it was our intention to treat as contraband during the continuance of hostilities, or until we did give further public notice, and

Whereas on the 27th day of January, 1916, and the 12th day of April, 1916, § we did by our Royal Proclamations of those dates make certain additions to and modifications in the said list of articles to be treated as contraband; and

Whereas it is expedient to make certain further additions to the said list :

Now, therefore, we do hereby declare, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, that during the continuance of the war or until we do give further public notice, the following articles will be treated as absolute contraband in addition to those set out in our Royal Proclamations aforementioned :—

Electric appliances adapted for use in war and their component parts.

Asphalt, bitumen, pitch, and tar.

Sensitized photographic films, plates, and paper.
Felspar.

Goldbeaters' skin.

Talc.

Bamboo.

Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 27th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1916, and in the 7th year of our Reign.

God save the King!

* "London Gazette," June 27, 1916.

↑ Vol. CIX, page 328. Page 94. § Page 180.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION of Italian Notice relative to the Treatment of Goods discharged from German Ships requisitioned by the Italian Government.— London, June 28, 1916.*

With reference to the notification which appeared in the "London Gazette" of 12th May last, His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from His Majesty's Ambassador at Rome the following additional notification from the Italian Government stating the conditions under which the admission into private warehouses of goods disembarked from German ships requisitioned by them will be allowed :

(Translation.)

With reference to the Circular No. 20101 of the 1st May last regarding the treatment of merchandise disembarked from requisitioned steamships, the Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs has the honour to inform His Britannic Majesty's Embassy that the Royal Government are, in cases where it is not possible to provide for the importation or re-exportation abroad within the prescribed time-limit of merchandise disembarked from requisitioned German steamships, ready to allow the admission of such merchandise, under Customs bond, into private warehouses; such facilities, however, being subordinated to the conditions enumerated in the annexed memorandum and without prejudice to the conditions and formalities under headings (a.), b.), (c.), (d.), (e.), (f.), (g.) of the document attached to the above-mentioned note verbale from the Royal Ministry.†

Memorandum.

Conditions for the admission into private warehouses of goods disembarked from requisitioned German ships.

Merchandise disembarked from requisitioned German ships may be admitted, under Customs bond, into private warehouses under the following conditions:

1. The Royal Authorities, from the moment the merchandise leaves its present warehouses, are exonerated from all responsibility towards the proprietors of the said merchandise in consequence of the prolonged warehousing and of the increased expenses incurred thereby;

* "London Gazette," June 30, 1916.

† Page 211.

2. From the same moment the Royal Authorities are exonerated from meeting any expense even by means of advances for the new period of warehousing, beginning from expenses of transport to the new warehouses;

3. Similarly the Royal Authorities are exonerated from any responsibility for any loss or damage which the merchandise may suffer after leaving the present warehouses;

4. The new warehouses shall not be connected with maritime business or traffic;

5. The expenses borne up to now by the competent maritime authorities on account of the merchandise, whether for discharge or warehousing, shall be paid before leaving the present warehouses.

Firms desirous of benefiting by the above-mentioned concession should address specific requests to the Royal Ministry of Finance, through the competent Customs Authority.

The withdrawal of merchandise from private warehouses is only granted subject to the observance of the same conditions and the same formalities as have been fixed for their withdrawal from the Customs warehouses.

Foreign Office, June 28, 1916.

BRITISH ORDER OF COUNCIL further varying the Orders relative to the Prohibition of Exports.London, June 28, 1916.*

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 28th day of June,

1916.

BY THE LORDS OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY

COUNCIL.

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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 made under section 1 of "The Exportation of Arms Act, 1900,"§ may, whether the Proclamation was made before or

* "London Gazette," June 28, 1916.

↑ Vol. CVIII, page 39.

Vol. CVIII, page 48. § Vol. XCII, page 1284.

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 I 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 :-
Woods, the following:-

(c.) Lignum vitæ ;

(c.) Mahogany.

(2.) That the following headings should be added :—
(c.) Bristles;

(A.) Cape garnets or rubies;

(A.) Copper stamps used for stamping woven piece goods; (A.) Fire bricks and fire clay;

(c.) Insulating materials, the following:

Leatheroid;

Oiled cloth and tape;

Vulcanised fibre;

(c.) Rattan, woven;

(c.) Tea;

(c.) Varnishes, spirit, containing gum;

(B.) Vinegar containing not more than 6 per cent. of acetic acid;

(A.) Vinegar essence and similar preparations containing more than 6 per cent. of acetic acid;

(A.) Wire, barbed, and galvanised wire;

Woods, the following:

(A.) Beefwood;

(A.) Birch;

(A.) Boxwood;

(A.) Dogwood;

(A.) Greenheart;

(A.) Hickory;

(A.) Lancewood;

(A.) Lignum vitæ ;

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