Lord Pauncefote
to Mr. Adee.
Newport
,
September 3,
1900
.
No. 254.]
Sir: By direction of the Marquis of
Salisbury, I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the
information of your Government, a copy of a proclamation which was
issued by Her Majesty the Queen on the 7th ultimo, prohibiting the
exportation of arms and ammunition to China.
I have the honor to be, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Extract from the London Gazette of Tuesday,
August 7, 1900.
By the Queen.
A PROCLAMATION.
Victoria, R.
Whereas by “The exportation of arms it shall be lawful for Her
Majesty by proclamation to prohibit the exportation of all or
any of the following articles, namely: Arms, ammunition,
military and naval stores, and any article which Her Majesty
shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in
increasing the quantity of arms, ammunition, or military or
naval stores, to any country or place therein named, whenever
Her Majesty shall judge such prohibition to be expedient in
order to prevent such arms, ammunition, military or naval stores
being used against Her Majesty’s subjects or forces, or against
any forces engaged or which may be engaged in military or naval
operations in cooperation with Her Majesty’s forces:”
And whereas we, by and with the advice of our privy council,
judge it expedient to prohibit the exportation to China of arms
and ammunition in order to prevent their being used as in the
said act stated:
Now we, by and with the advice aforesaid, do hereby prohibit the
exportation to China of arms and ammunition from and after the
date hereof.
Given at our court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, this 7th day
of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred,
and in the sixty-fourth year of our reign.
God save the Queen.