Oct. 12. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3751

By the King.

A PROCLAMATION.

RELATING TO TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS it is desirable to amend Our Proclamation of the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, called “The Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, Number two”:

Now, therefore, We have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation declaring and it is hereby declared as follows:—

1. Paragraph five, heading (6), of the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, Number two, is hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof the following heading shall be inserted in the said paragraph five as from the date hereof:—

(6.) “Not to make or enter into any new marine, life, fire, or other policy or contract of insurance (including reinsurance) with or for the benefit of an enemy; nor to accept or give effect to any insurance of any risk arising under any policy or contract of insurance (including reinsurance) made or entered into or for the benefit of an enemy before the outbreak of war; and in particular, as regards treaties or contracts of reinsurance current at the outbreak of war to which an enemy is a party or in which an enemy is interested, not to cede to the enemy or to accept from the enemy under any such treaty or contract any risk arising under any policy or contract of insurance (including reinsurance) made or entered into after the outbreak of war, or any share in any such risk.”

2. (1.) The expression “Order in Council made and published on the recommendation of a Secretary of State” in paragraph five, heading (10), of the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, Number two, shall, as regards persons resident, carrying on business, or being in Our Dominions beyond the Seas, be taken to mean an Order of the Governor in Council published in the Official Gazette.

(2.) The expression “Governor in Council” in this paragraph means as respects Canada the Governor-General of Canada in Council, as respects India the Governor-General of India in Council, as respects Australia the Governor-General of Australia in Council, as respects New Zealand the Governor of New Zealand in Council, as respects the Union of South Africa the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa in Council, as respects Newfoundland the Governor of Newfoundland in Council, and as respects any other British Possession the Governor of that Possession in Council.

3. The power to grant licenses on Our behalf vested by paragraph eight of the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, Number two, in a Secretary of State may be exercised in Canada, India, Australia, and the Union of South Africa by the Governor-General, and in any British Possession not included within the limits of Canada, India, Australia, or South Africa by the Governor.

4. In this Proclamation the expression “Governor-General” includes any person who for the time being has the powers of the Governor-General, and the expression “Governor” includes the Officer for the time being administering the Government.

5. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph six of the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, Number two, where an enemy has a branch locally situated in British, allied, or neutral territory, which carries on the business of insurance or reinsurance of whatever nature, transactions by or with such branch in respect of the business of insurance or reinsurance shall be considered as transactions by or with an enemy.

6. This Proclamation shall be read as one with the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, Number two.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace this eighth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and in the fifth year of Our Reign.

God save the King!

Government House, LIVERPOOL, Governor.
Wellington, 12th October, 1914.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.