Exportation of Warlike Stores Prohibited.

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 one of The Exportation of Arms Act, 1900, may, whether the Proclamation was made before or after the passing of the Act now in recital, 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 by a Proclamation, dated the 3rd day of February, 1915, and made under section 8 of The Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1879, and section one of The Exportation of Arms Act, 1900, and section one of The Customs (Exportation Prohibition) Act, 1914, the exportation from the United Kingdom of certain warlike stores was prohibited;

And whereas by Orders of Council, dated respectively the 2nd day of March, 1915, and the 18th day of March, 1915, 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 3rd day of February, 1915, as amended and added to by the Orders of Council, dated respectively the 2nd day of March, 1915, and the 18th day of March, 1915, should be further amended by making the following amendments in and additions to the

same:

(1) That the heading "Oil, mineral lubricating (including mineral lubricating grease and lubricating oil composed of mineral and other oils)" in the list of goods, the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations abroad other than British Possessions and Protectorates should be deleted, and there should be substituted therefor the heading "Lubricants."

(2) That the heading "Oil, whale, namely, train, blubber, sperm or head matter, and seal oil, shark oil and Japan fish oil," in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations abroad other than British Possessions and Protectorates should be deleted, and there should be substituted therefor the heading "Oil, whale (train, blubber, sperm), seal oil, shark oil, fish oil generally, and mixture or compounds of any of the foregoing."

(3) That the following article should be added to the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations abroad other than British Possessions and Protectorates:

Alunite.

(4) That the following articles should be added to the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all foreign ports in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than those of France, Russia (except Baltic Ports), Spain and Portugal:

Anthracite.

Lacs of all kinds, including shellac, gum lac, seed lac, stick lac, and

Notice to Importers and Exporters.

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, and all other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xlviii, p. 3405.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

DOWNING STREET,

30th April, 1915.

SIR, I have the honour to request Your Royal Highness to inform your Ministers that a notice has been issued by the Foreign Office under date 24th April in the following terms:

"His Majesty's Government have decided to declare a blockade of the coast of the Cameroons as from midnight April 23rd-24th. The blockade will extend from the entrance of the Akwayafe River to Bimbia Creek, and from the Benge mouth of the Sanaga River to Campo.

"Forty-eight hours' grace from the time of the commencement of the blockade will be given for the departure of neutral vessels from the blockaded area."

Governor General

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your Royal Highness's most obedient, humble servant,

His Royal Highness

L. HARCOURT.

The Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn, K.G., K.T., etc., etc., etc.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xlviii, p. 3690.

NOTICE TO IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS.

1. The attention of importers and exporters is directed to the provisions of His Majesty's Proclamation dated the 9th September, 1914, relating to trading with the enemy. By paragraph 5 (7) of this proclamation all persons resident, carrying on business, or being in His Majesty's Dominions are warned" not directly or indirectly to supply to or for the use or benefit of, or obtain from an enemy country or an enemy any goods, wares, or merchandise; nor directly or indirectly to supply to or for the use or benefit of, or obtain from any person any goods, wares or merchandise, for or by way of transmission to or from an enemy country or an enemy; nor directly or indirectly to trade in or carry any goods, wares, or merchandise destined for or coming from an enemy country or an enemy.' It is further provided

Notice to Importers and Exporters.

by paragraph 3 that the expression "enemy" in the 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." By the proclamation of 16th February, 1915, the prohibitions in the above-mentioned proclamation of 9th September, 1914, are extended so as to apply to territory in the effective military occupation of an enemy as they apply to an enemy country.

2. It is hereby notified that with a view to preventing breaches of this proclamation, importers may be required to produce certificates of origin issued by His Majesty's consular officers, and exporters to make declarations of the ultimate destination of their goods.

3. Declarations of the ultimate destination of goods exported to any foreign place in Europe or on the Mediterranean Sea, with the exception of those situated in Russia and France, are now, in view of the provisions of section 5 (1) of the Customs (War Powers) Act, 1915, required to be made to the collectors or other proper officers of Customs and Excise, in accordance with the Customs Order issued under section 139 of The Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, as extended by section 2 of The Customs (War Powers) Act. The statutory declarations hitherto made before justices of the peace or commissioners of oaths will no longer be required.

4. For the present certificates of origin will not be required in respect of imports of the bona fide personal and household effects of persons entering this country, of foodstuffs, of timber of any kind (including pit-props), strawboard, mechanical wood pulp, cut flowers, flax or flax seed, iron ore, granite, granite sets for paving, paving stones, kerbstone, slatestone, cod liver oil, ice, marble, alabaster, sienna earth, tar, carbide of calcium or cyanamide of calcium, or in respect of any imports from places other than those situated in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, and Italy, or in respect of goods imported from an allied country by way of a neutral country on a through bill of lading or by through postal parcel, or in respect of goods of enemy origin imported under license. The certificates referred to must be in the form prescribed by the schedule hereto.

5. Any goods, wares or merchandise imported from the abovementioned foreign places, except as provided in paragraph 4, unaccompanied by certificates of origin will be detained by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise until the requisite certificates are produced. The commissioners are, however, authorized in such cases, and at their discretion, to allow delivery of the goods on the security of a deposit or of a bond to the amount of three times the value of the goods with a view to the production of the necessary certificates within a prescribed period, provided that they see no reason for suspecting that the goods emanate from enemy territory. 6. This notice will take effect as from the 3rd May, 1915.

Board of Trade,

I,

Exportation of Warlike Stores Prohibited.

SCHEDULE.

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.

hereby certify that Mr.

manufacturer, merchant, trader, etc.), residing at

to (a)

(producer,

in this town has declared before me that the merchandise designated below, which is to be shipped from this town to consigned (merchant, manufacturer, etc.), in the United Kingdom, has not been produced or manufactured in enemy territory, and that he has produced to my satisfaction invoices or other trustworthy documents in proof thereof.

Number and
description

of cases.

Marks and Weight or Total
numbers. quantity.

Name of Producer or

value. Contents.
(b)

Manufacturer.

This certificate is valid only for a period of not more than from the date thereof.

(Signature of person declaring.)

(Signature of consular authority issuing certificate, and date.)

(a) If desired the word "order" may be inserted here instead of the name of the purchaser in the United Kingdom. (b) This column may be left blank if desired.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xlviii, p. 3691.

AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHITEHALL, THE 21ST DAY OF APRIL, 1915.

By the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

WHE

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 recom

Exportation of Warlike Stores Prohibited.

And whereas it is provided by section 2 of The Customs (Exportation Restriction) Act, 1914, that any Proclamation made under section one of The Exportation of Arms Act, 1900, may, whether the Proclamation was made before or after the passing of the Act now in recital, 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 by a Proclamation dated the 3rd day of February, 1915, and made under section 8 of The Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1879, and section one of The Exportation of Arms Act, 1900, and section one of The Customs (Exportation Prohibition) Act, 1914, the exportation from the United Kingdom of certain warlike stores was prohibited;

And whereas by Orders of Council, dated respectively the 2nd day of March, 1915, the 18th day of March, 1915, and the 15th day of April, 1915, 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 3rd day of February, 1915, as amended and added to by the Orders of Council, dated respectively the 2nd day of March, 1915, the 18th day of March, 1915, and the 15th day of April, 1915, should be further amended by making the following amendments in and additions to the same:

(1) That the heading " Oils, all vegetables and fats (other than linseed oil, boiled and unboiled, unmixed with other oil and not including essential oils)" which was substituted by the Order in Council of the 18th day of March, 1915, for the heading in the Proclamation of "All vegetable oils (other than linseed oil, boiled and unboiled unmixed with other oil and not including essential oils)" in the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations abroad other than British Possessions and Protectorates should be deleted, and there be substituted therefor the heading " Oils, all vegetable, and fats, (not including essential oils)."

(2) That the following article should be added to the list of goods the exportation of which is prohibited to all foreign ports in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, other than those of France, Russia (except Baltic ports), Spain and Portugal:

Binder twine.

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.