New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 76

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✨ Contraband of War Proclamation

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

CONTRABAND OF WAR.

THE following Proclamation by His Majesty the King is published by His Excellency the Governor for the information of the public.

BY THE KING.

A PROCLAMATION

Making certain Additions to the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War.

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, 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 twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and the twelfth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, We did by Our Royal Proclamations of these 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 aforesaid :—

Electric appliances adapted for use in war, and their component parts.
Asphalt, bitumen, pitch, and tar.
Sensitized photographic films, plates, and paper.
Felspar.
Goldbeater’s skin.
Talc.
Bamboo.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace this twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the seventh year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Government House,
Wellington, 10th July, 1916.

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.

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🌏 Additions to the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

Domain🌏 External Affairs & Territories
Dated27 June 1916
KeywordsContraband, War, Proclamation, Trade Restrictions, World War I
👩‍💼 Officials

George R.I., King
Liverpool, Governor
Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer

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