RODOLPHE BOUDREAU,

Clerk of the Privy Council.
No. 77



Extra Canada Gazette, 17th November, 1914.
Second Supplement to the London Gazette, 27th October, 1914, —

e9th October, 1914-



A Proclamation Revising the List of Contraband of War.
By the king.
GEORGE R.I.
Whebeas on the fourth day of August, 1914, We did
issue Our Royal Proclamation 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, 1914, 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 on the twenty-first day of September, 1914,
We did by Our Royal Proclamation of that date make certain
additions to the list of articles to be treated as contraband
of war; and

Whereas it is expedient to consolidate the said lists and
to make certain additions thereto, —

Now, Therefore, We do hereby declare, by and with
the advice of Our Privy Council, that the lists of contraband
contained in the schedules to Our Royal Proclamations of
the fourth day of August and the twenty-first day of September
aforementioned are hereby withdrawn, and that in lieu thereof
during the continuance of the war or until We do give further
public notice the articles enumerated in Schedule I hereto



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will be treated as absolute contraband, and the articles
enumerated in Schedule II hereto will be treated as
conditional contraband.
Schedule I.
1. Arms of aU kinds, including arms for sporting purposes,
and their distinctive component parts.
2. Projectiles, charges, and cartridges of all kinds, and their
distinctive component parts.
3. Powder and explosives specially prepared for use in
war.
