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tion,  prohibit  the  exportation  of  all  or  any  of  ihe  following
  articles,  namely:  Arms,  ammunition,  military
and  naval  stores  and  any  article  which  We  shall  judge
capable  of  being  converied  into  or  made  useful  in  increasing
  the  quantity  of  arms,  ammunition  or  military
or  naval  stored  to  any  country  or  place  therein  named,
whenever  We  shall  judge  such  prohibition  to  be  Expedient ­
  in  Order  to  prevent  such  arms,  ammunition  or
military  or  naval  stores  being  used  against  Our  forces
or  against  any  forces  engaged  or  -which  may  be  engaged
  in  military  or  naval  Operation»  in  co-operation  with
Onr  forces  :
And  whereas  by  section  1  of  the  Customs  (Exportation ­
  Bestriction)  Act,  1914,  it  is  enacted  that  the
aboverecited  section  1  of  the  Exportation  of  Arms  Act
1900,  shall  have  effect  whilst  a  state  of  war  in  which
His  Majesty  is  engaged  exists  as  if,  in  addition  to  the
articles  therein  mentioned,  there  were  included  al
other  articles  of  every  description:
And  whereas  by  section  1  of  the  Customs  (Exportation ­
  Bestriction)  Act,  1915,  it  is  enacted  that  the
power  of  His  Majesty  under  section  1  of  the  Exportation ­
  of  Arms  Act,  1900,  as  amended  by  the  Customs
(Exportation  Bestriction)  Act,  1914,  by  Proclamation  to
prohibit  the  exportation  of  articles  to  any  country  or
place  named  in  the  Proclamation,  shall  during  the
continuance  of  the  present  war,  include  the  power  to
prohibit  the  exportation  of  any  article  to  any  such
country  or  place  unless  consigned  to  such  person  or
persons  as  may  be  authorised  by  or  under.  the  Proclamation ­
  to  receive  such  article:
Now  therefore,  Wo  have  thought  fit,  by  and  with
the  ad  vice  of  Our  Privy  Council,  in  virtue  and  in
exercise  of  the  powers  aforesaid,  to  declare,  and  it  is
hereby  declared,  that  the  exportation  of  the  articles
mentioned  in  the  second  column  of  the  Schedule  hereto
is  prohibited  to  the  country  named  in  the  first  column
of  the  said  Schedule  unless  tlmse  articles  are  consigned
to  the  persons  referred  to  in  the  third  column  of  the
said  Schedule.
SCHEDULE.
Country.  Articles.  Authorised
Persons.
The  Netherlands.  All  articles.  The  Netherlands ­
  Oversea
Trust  (or,  in  the
case  of  any  prohibited ­
  or  restricted
  goods  which
are  authorised  by
licence  to  be  exported,
  the  person
named  in  the  licence ­
  as  consignee.)

(„The  London  Gazette“,  June  29th,  1915.)

7.  Geerechlliche  Bestimmungen.
a)  Anwendung  der  Londoner  Deklaration.
Order  in  Council  adopting,  During  the  Present
Hostilities,  the  provisions  of  the  Convention
known  as  the  „Declaration  of  London“  with
additions  and  modifications.
1914.  No.  1260.  August  20th  1914.
Whereas  during  the  present  hostilities  the  Naval
Forces  of  His  Majesty  will  co-operate  with  the  Eren  eh
and  Bussian  Naval  Forces,  and
Whereas  it  is  desirahle  that  de  naval  operations
of  the  allied  forces  so  far  as  they  affect  neutral  ships
and  commerce  should  he  eonducted  on  similar  principles,
  and
Whereas  the  Governments  of  France  and  Bnssia
have  informed  His  Majesty’«  Government  that  during
the  present  hostilities  it  is  their  Intention  to  act  in
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Convention
known  as  the  Declaration  of  London,  signed  on  the
26th  day  of  February,  1909,  so  far  as  may  he  practicahle.

Now,  therefore,  His  Majesty,  by  and  with  the
advice  of  His  Privy  Conucil,  is  pleased  to  Order,  and
it  is  hereby  ordered,  that  during  the  present  hostilites
the  Convention  known  ns  the  Declaration  of  London
shall,  Subject  to  the  following  additions  and  modifications, ­
  be  adopted  and  put  in  force  by  His  Majesty’s
Government  as  if  the  same  bad  been  ratified  by  His
Majesty:  —
The  additions  and  modifications  are  as  sollews:  —
(1)  The  list.s  of  absolute  and  conditional  contrabaml
  contained  in  the  Proclamation  dated  August  4th,
1914,  shall  he  substituted  for  the  lists  contained  in
Articles  22  and  24  of  the  said  Declaration.
(2)  A  neutral  vessel  which  succeeded  in  carrying
contrahand  to  the  enemy  with  false  papers  may  he
detained  for  having  carried  such  contraband  if  she  is
enconntered  before  she  has  completed  her  return
voyage.
(3)  The  destination  referred  to  in  Article  33  may
be  inferred  from  any  sufsicient  evidence,  and  (in
addition  to  the  presumption  laid  down  in  Article  34)
shall  be  presumed  to  exist  if  the  goods  are  consigned
to  or  for  an  agent  of  the  Enemy  State  or  to  or  for
a  merchant  or  other  person  under  the  control  of  the
authorities  of  the  Enemy  State.
(4)  The  existence  of  a  blockade  shall  be  presumed
to  he  known:  —
a)  to  all  ships  which  sailed  from  or  touched  at
an  enemy  port  a  sufficient  time  after  the  notication
  of  the  blockade  to  the  local  autorities  to
have  enabled  the  enemy  Government  to  make
known  the  existence  of  the  blockade.
b)  to  all  ships  which  sailed  from  or  touched  at  a
British  or  allied  port  after  the  publication  of
the  declaration  of  blocade.