✨ Contraband of War Proclamation
170 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 6
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 and Amendments in 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, the twelfth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, the third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, 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 Proclamation aforesaid :—
Oxalic acid and oxalates.
Formic acid and formates.
Phenates.
Metallic sulphites and thiosulphates.
Soda lime and bleaching powder.
Platinum, osmium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, and the alloys and compounds of these metals.
Strontium salts and compounds thereof.
Sulphate of barium (barytes).
Bone black.
And We do hereby further declare that as from this date the following amendments shall be made in Schedule I of Our Royal Proclamation of the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, aforesaid :—
For item 8, “Ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol,” there shall be substituted “Alcohols, including fusel oil and wood spirit and their derivatives and preparations.”
For item 35, “Aluminium, alumina, and salts of aluminium,” there shall be substituted “Aluminium and its alloys, alumina, and salts of aluminium.”
For item 41, “Wolframite, scheelite,” there shall be substituted “Tungsten ores.”
And We do hereby further declare that as from this date the following amendments shall be made in Schedule II of Our Royal Proclamation of the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, aforesaid :—
For item 5, “Fuel other than mineral oils,” there shall be substituted “Fuel (including charcoal) other than mineral oils.”
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace this twenty-ninth day of December, 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,
Christchurch, 13th January, 1917.
By Authority : MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1917, No 6
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🌏 Proclamation Amending Contraband of War List
🌏 External Affairs & Territories29 December 1916
Contraband, War, Proclamation, Amendments, Trade Restrictions
- George R.I., King
- Liverpool, Governor
- Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer