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 Roval Proclamations aforementioned :Insulating materials, raw and manufactured. Fatty acids. Cadmium, cadmium alloys, and cadmium ore. And we do hereby further declare that as from this date the following amendments shall be made in Schedule 1 of our Royal Proclamation of the 14th day of October, 1915, aforementioned : For item 6, "paraffin wax," there shall be substituted "waxes of all kinds." And we do hereby further declare that the following article shall as from this date be treated as conditional contraband in addition to those set out in our Royal Proclamations aforementioned : Yeast. : Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 3rd day of October, in the year of our Lord 1916, and in the 7th year of our Reign. God save the King! BRITISH ORDER OF COUNCIL further varying the Orders relative to the Prohibition of Exports.London, October 23, 1916.* At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 23rd day of October, 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,"t 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,"t 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 roth 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 (Exporta- ́ tion 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 :(B) Chronometers; (B) Gloves made wholly or partly of leather; (c) Hemp braid; (B) Cordage and twine (except cordage or twine of Manila hemp, and binder or reaper twine); (c) Cordage and twine of Manila hemp; (A) Hemp ropes, old; (A) Hemp waste ; (B) Needles, hosiery; (B) Rubber, gutta-percha or balata, goods made. wholly or partly of (except rubber hose covered with steel wire); (A) Rubber hose covered with steel wire; (B) Sheepskins, haired or woolled; * Vol. CVIII, page 48. [1916. cx.] + Vol. XCII, page 1284. + Page 192. U Silk and silk manufactures, the following:- (A) Silk braid, silk cloth, silk thread, suitable for (B) Schappe and spun yarns; (B) Shantung silk; (A) Silk noils; (B) Silk, raw or thrown; (B) Silk waste. (2.) That the following headings should be added :-(c) Agar-agar; (A) Basic slag and superphosphates; (B) Binder twine (except binder twine made of Manila hemp); (A) Chronometers; (A) Copper wire and cables containing copper; (c) Other hemp and manufactures thereof (except (B) Needles, hosiery machine (latch and bearded); (c) Quillaia bark; (B) Rubber, gutta-percha or balata, goods made (B) Sheepskins, haired or woolled, and pelts; (A) Cocoons; : (A) Raw silk and all threads, yarns and twists thereof (except thrown silk undyed); (A) All threads, yarns and twists of Tussah silk (A) Silk waste of all kinds (including artificial silk (c) Made up articles of silk or artificial silk of all kinds, whether pure or mixed with other yarns or materials; Woods, the following: (c) Poplar. 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 ORDER IN COUNCIL applying the provisions of "The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," to the Federated Malay States, Johore, Kedah and Perlis, Kelantan, Brunei, and North Borneo.-London, October 24, 1916.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of October, WHEREAS it is provided by section 1 of "The Fugitive Offenders (Protected States) Act, 1915, "t that His Majesty, by Order in Council, may direct that "The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," shall apply as if, subject to the conditions, exceptions, and qualifications (if any) contained in the Order, any place or group of places over which His Majesty extends his protection, named in the Order, were a British possession, and may provide for the carrying into effect of such applica tion: And whereas the States named in the Schedule to this Order are places or groups of places over which His Majesty extends his protection : And whereas by reason of the contiguity of the said States with each other, and with the Colony of the Straits Settlements (hereinafter called "The Colony "), and the frequent intercommunication between them, it seems expedient to His * "London Gazette," October 27, 1916. Vol. LXXII, page 622. † Vol. CIX, page 3. Majesty, and conducive to the better administration of justice therein, and the Rulers of the said States have requested, that Part II of "The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," should apply to the Colony and the said States, and that, subject to the provisions of this Order, the said Act should apply to the said States as if they were British Possessions: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the powers in this behalf by "The Fugitive Offenders Acts, 1881 and 1915," and otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as "The Straits Settlements and Protected States Fugitive Offenders Order in Council, 1916," and shall come into force on such day as may be fixed by notification by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies published in the London Gazette, which date is in this Order referred to as the commencement of this Order. 2. Subject to the provisions of this Order "The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," shall apply as if the States named in the Schedule to this Order were British Possessions. 3-(1.) In "The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," as hereby applied to the States named in the Schedule to this Order, and in this Order with reference to the said States, unless the context otherwise requires. "The Governor means the Officer for the time being exercising the functions: (a.) As regards the Federated Malay States, of British Resident of the State in or on his way to which the Fugitive is or is suspected of being; (b.) As regards Johore, of General Adviser; (c.) As regards Kedah, Perlis and Kelantan, of British Adviser; (d.) As regards Brunei, of British Resident; (e.) As regards North Borneo, of Principal Representative of the British North Borneo Company in Borneo. (2.) "The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," shall apply to the Federated Malay States as though they were one British Possession, and one part of His Majesty's Dominions. 4. Part II of "The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," shall apply to the Colony and the States named in the Schedule to this Order. SO 5. "The Straits Settlements Extradition Order, 1889 far as it applies to any of the States named in the Schedule to this Order, but not further or otherwise, "The Strait s Settlements Extradition Order, 1901," "The Straits Settlements Extradition Order, 1908," and "The Straits Settlements Fugitive Offenders Order, 1904," shall, as from the * Vol. LXXXI, page 218. Vol. CI, page 100. Vol. XCVII, page 121. |