Whereof the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise, and all other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH NOTIFICATION relative to German and AustroHungarian Lists of Contraband.-London, September 16, 1914.* Foreign Office, September 16, 1914. His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received communications from the United States Ambassador informing him that during the present hostilities the German and Austro-Hungarian Governments will treat as absolute or conditional contraband those objects and materials which are enumerated in Articles 22 and 24 of the Declaration of London.† BRITISH PROCLAMATION specifying certain Additional Articles which are to be Treated as Contraband of WarLondon, September 21, 1914.‡ GEORGE, R.I. WHEREAS on the 4th day of August last we did issue our Royal Proclamations specifying the articles which it was our intention to treat as contraband of war during the war between us and the German Emperor; And whereas on the 12th day of August last we did by our Royal Proclamation of that date extend our Proclamation aforementioned to the war between us and the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary; And whereas by an Order in Council of the 20th day of August, 1914, it was ordered that during the present hostilities the Convention known as the Declaration of London should, subject to certain additions and modifications therein specified, be adopted and put in force as if the same had been ratified by us; And whereas it is desirable to add to the list of articles to be treated as contraband of war during the present war; And whereas it is expedient to introduce certain further modifications in the Declaration of London as adopted and put in force: "London Gazette," September 18, 1914. † Vol. CIV, page 246. "London Gazette," September 21, 1914. § Page 72. Page 92. 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 articles enumerated in the schedule hereto will, notwithstanding anything contained in article 28 of the Declaration of London, be treated as conditional contraband. SCHEDULE. Copper, unwrought. Lead, pig, sheet, or pipe. Ferro-chrome. Hæmatite iron ore. Magnetic iron ore. Rubber. Hides and skins, raw or rough tanned (but not including dressed leather). Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 21st day of September, in the year of our Lord 1914, and in the 5th year of our reign. God save the King! BRITISH ORDER authorising in certain cases Payments to or from Persons Resident in an Enemy Country-London, September 22, 1914.* WHEREAS by paragraph 5 (1) of the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation No. 2, dated the 9th September, 1914,† the payment of any sum of money to or for the benefit of any person or body of persons resident in the territories of the German Empire or in the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, or in the respective colonies and dependencies thereof, in this licence and in the said Proclamation referred to as "enemy country" is prohibited; And whereas by paragraph 8 of the said Proclamation it is provided that nothing in the Proclamation shall be taken to prohibit anything which shall be expressly permitted by the licence of a Secretary of State, whether such licence be expressly granted to indivi luals or be announced as applying to classes of persons: Now I, the Right Honourable Reginald McKenna, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, hereby authorize such persons as may be empowered by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in that behalf to make such payments and to carry out such exchange transactions for the benefit of London Gazette," September 25, 1914. + Page 117. persons resident in an enemy country as their Lordships may from time to time sanction, or to receive payment of moneys from persons resident in an enemy country in such cases as their Lordships may from time to time sanction. Home Office, Whitehall, September 22, 1914. R. MCKENNA. BRITISH ORDER authorising the Payment of Fees for the Registration or Renewal of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks in an Enemy Country, or on behalf of an Enemy for the Registration or Renewal of the sume in the United Kingdom.--London, September 23, 1914.* Board of Trade, Whitehall. WHEREAS by Royal Proclamation relating to Trading with the Enemy dated the 9th day of September, 1914, it was, amongst other things, declared as follows: "The expression 'enemy country' in this Proclamation means the territories of the German Empire and of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, together with all the colonies and dependencies thereof. "The expression enemy' in this Proclamation means any person or body of persons, of whatever nationality, resident or carrying on business in the enemy country, but does not include persons of enemy nationality who are neither resident nor carrying on business in the enemy country. In the case of incorporated bodies enemy character attaches only to those incorporated in an enemy country." And whereas it was also declared by the said Proclamation that from and after the date of the said Proclamation all persons resident, carrying on business, or being in His Majesty's dominions were prohibited from doing certain acts therein more specifically referred to; And whereas it was further declared by the said Proclamation as follows: "Nothing in this Proclamation shall be taken to prohibit anything which shall be expressly permitted by our licence, or by the licence given on our behalf by a Secretary of State or the Board of Trade, whether such licences be especially granted to individuals or be announced as applying to classes of persons." And whereas it appears desirable to grant the licence hereinafter set out: Now, therefore, the Board of Trade, acting on behalf of His Majesty, and in pursuance of the power reserved in the said Proclamation, do hereby give and grant licence to all persons resident, carrying on business, or being in Ilis Majesty's dominions, "London Gazette," September 25, 1914. + Page 117. To pay any fees necessary for obtaining the grant, or for obtaining the renewal of patents, or for obtaining the registration of designs or trade-marks, or the renewal of such registration in an enemy country." And also to pay on behalf of an "enemy" any fees payable on application for or renewal of the grant of a British patent or on application for the registration of British designs or trade-marks, or the renewal of such registration. Dated this 23rd day of September, 1914. For and on behalf of the Board of Trade, Secretary to the said Board. BRITISH ORDER relative to the Payment of Freight and other Charges on British Cargoes Lying on Enemy Vessels in Neutral Ports.-London, September 25, 1914.* WHEREAS by paragraph 5 of the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation No. 2, dated the 9th day of September, 1914,† all persons resident, carrying on business, or being in the King's dominions were prohibited from doing certain things save so far as licences might be issued enabling them so to do. And whereas by paragraph 8 of the aforesaid Proclamation it is provided that nothing in such Proclamation shall be taken to prohibit anything which shall be expressly permitted by the King's licence or by the licence given on his behalf by a Secretary of State or the Board of Trade, whether such licences be especially granted to individuals or be announced as applying to classes of persons. Now, therefore, the Board of Trade hereby announce that British owners of cargo now lying in a neutral port in a ship owned by an enemy may for the purpose of obtaining possession of such cargo pay freight and other necessary charges to the Agent of the shipowner at such port. G. S. BARNES, A Secretary to the Board of Trade. * "London Gazette," September 25, 1914. † Page 117. BRITISH ORDER OF COUNCIL varying the Orders relatire to the Prohibition of Exports.-London, September 25, 1914.* At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 25th day of September 1914. 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 there was this day read at the Board a recommendation from the Board of Trade in the following words : 1. That the prohibition to export "pack, saddle, and draught animals, suitable for use in war," established by His Majesty's Proclamation dated the 3rd August, 1914, should extend to the carriage coastwise of all such animals between ports of the United Kingdom. 2. That the heading "Cotton suitable for use in the manufacture of explosives" should be deleted from His Majesty's Proclamation dated the 3rd August, 1914, and that the heading "Cotton waste" in the same Proclamation should be expanded so as to read "Cotton waste of all descriptions." 3. That the heading "Harness and saddlery of all kinds" in His Majesty's Proclamation dated the 5th August, 1914,8 should be deleted. 4. That the heading "Coal tar products for use in dye manufacture" in the Order of Council dated the 8th September, 1914, should be expanded so as to read "Coal tar products for use in dye manufacture, except aniline oil and aniline salt." 5. That the exportation of Bags and sacks of all kinds (not including paper bags); Shipbuilding materials, namely Boiler tubes; Condenser tubes; Iron and steel castings and forgings for hulls and machinery of ships: Iron and steel plates and sectional material for shipbuilding; "London Gazette," September 25, 1914. + Page 40. § Page 79. | Page 115. |