Appendix II: Contraband Proclamations. A History of the Blockade of Germany and of the countries associated with her in the Great War: Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey. By A. C. Bell.

Part IV: Appendices (cont'd.)

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Appendix II: Contraband Proclamations

Contraband Proclamations

Proclamation of 4th August, 1914

Do. 21st September, 1914

Do. 29th October, 1914

Do. 23rd December, 1914

Do. 11th March, 1915

Do. 27th May, 1915

Do. 20th August, 1915

Do. 14th October, 1915

Do. 27th January, 1916

Do. 12th April, 1916

Do. 27th June, 1916

Do. 3rd October, 1916

Do. 23rd November, 1916

Do. 29th December, 1916

Do. 2nd July, 1917

Classified list of foregoing proclamations

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PROCLAMATION
August 4, 1914
Specifying the Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS a state of war exists between us on the one hand and the German Empire on the other:

And whereas it is necessary to specify the articles which it is Our intention to treat as contraband of war:

NOW, THEREFORE, We do hereby, 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 articles enumerated in Schedule I hereto will be treated as absolute contraband, and the articles enumerated in Schedule II hereto will be treated as conditional contraband:

Schedule I

The following articles will be treated as absolute contraband:

Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their distinctive component parts.
Projectiles, charges, and cartridges of all kinds, and their distinctive component parts.
Powder and explosives specially prepared for use in war.
Gun mountings, limber boxes, limbers, military wagons, field forges, and their distinctive component parts.
Clothing and equipment of a distinctively military character.
All kinds of harness of a distinctively military character.
Saddle, draft, and pack animals suitable for use in war.
Articles of camp equipment and their distinctive component parts.
Armour plates.
Warships, including boats, and their distinctive parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war.
Aeroplanes, airships, balloons, and air craft of all kinds, and their component parts, together with accessories and articles recognizable as intended for use in connection with balloons and air craft.
Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, for the manufacture or repair of arms, or war materials for use on land and sea.

Schedule II

The following articles will be treated as conditional contraband:

Foodstuffs.
Forage and grain suitable for feeding animals.
Clothing, fabrics for clothing, and boots and shoes, suitable for use in war.
Gold and silver in coin or bullion; paper money.
Vehicles of all kinds available for use in war and their component parts.
Vessels, craft, and boats of all kinds; floating docks, parts of docks, and their component parts.
Railway material, both fixed and rolling stock, and materials for telegraphs, wireless telegraphs, and telephones.
Fuel; lubricants.
Powder and explosives not specially prepared for use in war.
Barbed wire, and implements for fixing and cutting the same.
Horseshoes and shoeing materials.
Harness and saddlery.
Field glasses, telescopes, chronometers, and all kinds of nautical instruments.

Given at our court at Buckingham Palace, this fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, etc., etc.

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PROCLAMATION
September 21, 1914 No. 1410
Specifying certain Additional Articles which are to be treated as Contraband of War

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS on the 4th day of August last, 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 last 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 by an order in council of the 20th day of August, 1914, it was ordered that during the present hostilities the convention known as the Declaration of London should, subject to certain additions and modifications therein specified, be adopted and put in force as if the same had been ratified by Us.

And whereas it is desirable to add to the list of articles to be treated as contraband of war during the present war.

And whereas it is expedient to introduce certain further modifications in the Declaration of London as adopted and put into force.

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 articles enumerated in the schedule hereto will, notwithstanding anything contained in Article 28 of the Declaration of London, be treated as conditional contraband.

Schedule
Copper Lead, pig, sheet, or pipe Glycerine Ferrochrome Haematite iron ore	Magnetic iron ore Rubber Hides and skins, raw or rough tanned (but not including dressed leather)

Given at our court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, etc., etc.

PROCLAMATION
October 29, 1914 No. 1613
Revising the List of Contraband of War

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS, 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 twelth [sic] 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 will be treated as absolute contraband, and the articles enumerated in Schedule II hereto will be treated as conditional contraband.

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Schedule I

Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their distinctive component parts.
Projectiles, charges, and cartridges of all kinds, and their distinctive component parts.
Powder and explosives specially prepared for use in war.
Sulphuric acid.
Gun mountings, limber boxes, limbers, military wagons, field forges and their distinctive component parts.
Range-finders and their distinctive component parts.
Clothing and equipment of a distinctively military character.
Saddle, draft, and pack animals suitable for use in war.
All kinds of harness of a distinctively military character.
Articles of camp equipment and their distinctive component parts.
Armour plates.
Haematite iron ore and haematite pig iron.
Iron pyrites.
Nickel ore and nickel.
Ferrochrome and chrome ore.
Copper, unwrought.
Lead, pig, sheet, or pipe.
Aluminium.
Ferro-silica.
Barbed wire, and implements for fixing and cutting the same.
Warships, including boats and their distinctive component parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war.
Aeroplanes, airships, balloons, and aircraft of all kinds, and their component parts, together with accessories and articles recognizable as intended for use in connection with balloons and aircraft.
Motor vehicles of all kinds and their component parts.
Motor tires; rubber.
Mineral oils and motor spirit, except lubricating oils.
Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, for the manufacture or repair of arms, or war material for use on land and sea.

Schedule II

Foodstuffs.
Forage and feedings stuff for animals.
Clothing, fabrics for clothing, and boots and shoes suitable for use in war.
Gold and silver in coin or bullion; paper money.
Vehicles of all kinds, other than motor vehicles, available for use in war, and their component parts.
Vessels, craft, and boats of all kinds; floating docks, parts of docks, and their component parts.
Railway materials, both fixed and rolling stock, and materials for telegraphs, wireless telegraphs, and telephones.
Fuel, other than mineral oils. Lubricants.
Powder and explosives not specially prepared for use in war.
Sulphur.
Glycerine.
Horseshoes and shoeing materials.
Harness and saddlery.
Hides of all kinds, dry or wet; pigskins, raw or dressed; leather, undressed or dressed, suitable for saddlery, harness, or military boots.
Field glasses, telescopes, chronometers, and all kinds of nautical instruments.

Given at our court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, etc., etc.

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PROCLAMATION
December 23, 1914
Revising the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS on the 4th 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 21st 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 on the 29th day of October, 1914, We did by Our Royal Proclamation of that date withdraw the said lists of contraband and substitute therefor the lists contained in the schedule to the said proclamation; and

Whereas it is expedient to make certain alterations in and additions to the said lists:

NOW, THEREFORE, We do hereby declare, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, that the lists of contraband contained in the schedule to Our Royal Proclamation of the twenty-ninth day of October 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 will be treated as absolute contraband, and the articles enumerated in Schedule II hereto will be treated as conditional contraband.

Schedule I

Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their distinctive component parts.
Projectiles, charges and cartridges of all kinds and their distinctive component parts.
Powder and explosives specially prepared for use in war.
Ingredients of explosives, viz.: nitric acid, sulphuric acid, glycerine, acetone, calcium acetate and all other metallic acetates, sulphur, potassium nitrate, the fractions of the distillation products of coal tar between benzol and cresol, inclusive, aniline, methylaniline, dimethylaniline, ammonium perchlorate, sodium perchlorate, sodium chlorate, barium chlorate, ammonium nitrate, cyanamide, potassium chlorate, calcium nitrate, mercury.
Resinous products, camphor, and turpentine (oil and spirit).
Gun mountings, limber boxes, limbers, military wagons, field forges, and their distinctive component parts.
Range-finders and their distinctive component parts.
Clothing and equipment of a distinctively military character.
Saddle, draught, and pack animals suitable for use in war.
All kinds of harness of a distinctively military character.
Articles of camp equipment and their distinctive component parts.
Armour plates.
Ferro alloys, including ferro-tungsten, ferro-molybdenum, ferro-manganese, ferro-vanadium, ferro-chrome.
The following metals: Tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, nickel, selenium, cobalt, haematite pig-iron, manganese.
The following ores: Wolframite, scheelite, molybdenite, manganese ore, nickel ore, chrome ore, haematite iron ore, zinc ore, lead ore, bauxite.
Aluminium, alumina, and salts of aluminium.
Antimony, together with the sulphides and oxides of antimony.
Copper, unwrought and part wrought, and copper wire.
Lead, pig, sheet, or pipe.
Barbed wire, and implements for fixing and cutting the same.
Warships, including boats and their distinctive component parts of such nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war.
Submarine sound signalling apparatus. [726]
Aeroplanes, airships, balloons, and aircraft of all kinds, and their component parts, together with accessories and articles recognizable as intended for use in connection with balloons and aircraft.
Motor vehicles of all kinds and their component parts.
Tires for motor vehicles and for cycles, together with articles or materials especially adapted for use in the manufacture or repair of tires.
Rubber (including raw, waste, and reclaimed rubber) and goods made wholly of rubber.
Iron pyrites.
Mineral oils and motor spirit, except lubricating oils.
Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, for the manufacture or repair of arms, or war material for use on land and sea.

Schedule II

Foodstuffs.
Forage and feeding stuffs for animals.
Clothing, fabrics for clothing, and boots and shoes suitable for use in war.
Gold and silver in coin or bullion; paper money.
Vehicles of all kinds, other than motor vehicles, available for use in war, and their component parts.
Vessels, craft, and boats of all kinds; floating docks, parts of docks, and their component parts.
Railway materials, both fixed and rolling stock, and materials for telegraphs, wireless telegraphs, and telephones.
Fuel, other than mineral oils. Lubricants.
Powder and explosives not specially prepared for use in war.
Horseshoes and shoeing materials.
Harness and saddlery.
Hides of all kinds, dry or wet; pigskins, raw or dressed; leather, undressed or dressed, suitable for saddlery and harness, or military boots.
Field glasses, telescopes, chronometers, and all kinds of nautical instruments.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, etc., etc.

PROCLAMATION
March 11, 1915
Adding to the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS on the twenty-third day of December, 1914, We did issue Our Royal Proclamations 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 it is expedient to make certain additions to the lists contained in the said proclamation:

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 aforementioned:

Raw wool, wool tops and noils and woollen and worsted yarns.
Tin, chloride of tin, tin ore.
Castor oil.
Paraffin wax.
Copper iodide.
Lubricants.
Hides of cattle, buffaloes, and horses; skins of calves, pigs, sheep, goats, and deer; leather, undressed or dressed, suitable for saddlery, harness, military boots, or military clothing.
Ammonia and its salts whether simple or compound; ammonia liquor, urea, aniline, and their compounds.

[727] And We do hereby declare that the following articles will be treated as conditional contraband in addition to those set out in Our Royal Proclamation aforementioned:

Tanning substances of all kinds (including extracts for use in tanning).

And We do hereby further declare that the terms "foodstuffs" and "feeding stuffs for animals" in the list of conditional contraband contained in Our Royal Proclamation aforementioned shall be deemed to include oleaginous seeds, nuts and kernels; animal and vegetable oils and fats (other than linseed oil) suitable for use in the manufacture of margarine; and cakes and meals made from oleaginous seeds, nuts and kernels.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, etc., etc.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Making certain further Additions to and Amendments in the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS on the twenty-third, day of December, 1914, 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 eleventh day of March, 1915, 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 make certain further additions to and amendments in 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 Proclamations aforementioned:

Toluol, and mixtures of toluol, whether derived from coal-tar, petroleum, or any other source;
Lathes and other machines or machine-tools capable of being employed in the manufacture of munitions of war;
Maps and plans of any place within the territory of any belligerent, or within the area of military operations, on a scale of four miles to one inch or on any larger scale, and reproductions on any scale by photography or otherwise of such maps or plans.

And We do hereby further declare that item 4 of Schedule I of Our Royal Proclamation of the twenty-third day of December aforementioned shall be amended as from this date by the omission of the words "and all other metallic acetates" after the words "calcium acetate."

And We do hereby further declare that in Our Royal Proclamation of the eleventh day of March aforementioned the words "other than linseed oil" shall be deleted and that the following article will as from this date be treated as conditional contraband:

Linseed oil.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twenty-seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and in the Sixth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

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AT THE COURT AT THE ROYAL PAVILION, ALDERSHOT CAMP
The 20th day of August 1915
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Adding to the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

WHEREAS on the 23rd day of December, 1914, 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 notice; and

Whereas on the 11th day of March and on the 27th day of May, 1915, We did, by Our Royal Proclamations of those dates, make certain additions to the list of articles to be treated as contraband of war; and

Whereas it is expedient to make certain further additions to the said lists:

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 Proclamations aforementioned:

Raw cotton, cotton linters, cotton waste, and cotton yarns.

And We do hereby further declare that this Our Royal Proclamation shall take effect from the date of its publication in the London Gazette.

Given at Our Court at the Royal Pavilion, Aldershot Camp, this Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and in the Sixth Year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 14th day of October, 1915
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Revising the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

Whereas on the 11th day of March, and on the 27th day of May, and on the 20th day of August, 1915, We did, by Our Royal Proclamations of those dates, make certain additions to the lists of articles to be treated as contraband of war; and

Whereas it is expedient to make certain further additions to and amendments in the said lists:

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 Proclamation of the 23rd day of December, as subsequently amended by Our Proclamations of the 11th day of March, and of the 27th day of May, and of the 20th day of August 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 will be treated as absolute contraband, and the articles enumerated in Schedule II hereto will be treated as conditional contraband.

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Schedule I

Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their component parts.
Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, or for the manufacture or repair of arms or of war material for use on land or sea.
Lathes and other machines or machine tools capable of being employed in the manufacture of munitions of war.
Emery, corundum, natural and artificial (alundum), and carborundum, in all forms.
Projectiles, charges, and cartridges of all kinds, and their component parts.
Paraffin wax.
Powder and explosives specially prepared for use in war.
Materials used in the manufacture of explosives, including: - Nitric acid and nitrates of all kinds; sulphuric acid; fuming sulphuric acid (oleum); acetic acid and acetates; barium chlorate and perchlorate; calcium acetate, nitrate and carbide; potassium salts and caustic potash; ammonium salts and ammonia liquor; caustic soda, sodium chlorate and perchlorate; mercury; benzol, toluol, xylol, solvent naphtha, phenol (carbolic acid), cresol, naphthalene, and their mixtures and derivatives; aniline, and its derivatives; glycerine; acetone; acetic ether; ethyl alcohol; methyl alcohol; ether; sulphur; urea; cyanamide; celluloid.
Manganese dioxide; hydrochloric acid; bromine; phosphorus; carbon disulphide; arsenic and its compounds; chlorine; phosgene (carbonyl chloride); sulphur dioxide; prussiate of soda; sodium cyanide; iodine and its compounds.
Capsicum and peppers.
Gun mountings, limberboxes, limbers, military waggons, field forges, and their component parts; articles of camp equipment and their component parts.
Barbed wire, and the implements for fixing and cutting the same.
Range-finders and their component parts; searchlights and their component parts.
Clothing and equipment of a distinctively military character.
Saddle, draught, and pack animals suitable, or which may become suitable, for use in war.
All kinds of harness of a distinctively military character.
Hides of cattle, buffaloes, and horses; skins of calves, pigs, sheep, goats, and deer; and leather, undressed or dressed, suitable for saddlery, harness, military boots, or military clothing; leather belting, hydraulic leather, and pump leather.
Tanning substances of all kinds, including quebracho wood and extracts for use in tanning.
Wool, raw, combed or carded; wool waste; wool tops and noils; woollen or worsted yarns; animal hair of all kinds, and tops, noils and yarns of animal hair.
Raw cotton, linters, cotton waste, cotton yarns, cotton piece goods, and other cotton products capable of being used in the manufacture of explosives.
Flax; hemp; ramie; kapok.
Warships, including boats and their component parts of such a nature that they can only by used on a vessel of war.
Submarine sound-signalling apparatus.
Armour plates.
Aircraft of all kinds, including aeroplanes, airships, balloons and their component parts, together with accessories and articles suitable for use in connection with aircraft.
Motor vehicles of all kinds and their component parts.
Tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles, together with articles or materials especially adapted for use in the manufacture or repair of tyres.
Mineral oils, including benzine and motor spirit.
Resinous products, camphor and turpentine (oil and spirit); wood tar and wood-tar oil.
Rubber (including raw, waste, and reclaimed rubber, solutions and jellies containing rubber, or any other preparations containing rubber, balata, and gutta-percha, and the following varieties of rubber, viz.: Borneo, Guayule, Jelutong, Palembang, Pontianac, and all other substances containing caoutchouc), and goods made wholly or partly of rubber.
Rattans.
Lubricants.
The following metals; Tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, sodium, nickel, selenium, cobalt, haematite pig-iron, manganese, electrolytic iron, and steel containing tungsten or molybdenum.
Asbestos. [730]
Aluminium, alumina, and salts of aluminium.
Antimony, together with the sulphides and oxides of antimony.
Copper, unwrought and part wrought; copper wire; alloys and compounds of copper.
Lead, pig, sheet, or pipe.
Tin, chloride of tin, and tin ore.
Ferro alloys, including ferro-tungsten, ferro-molybdenum, ferro-manganese, ferro-vanadium and ferro-chrome.
The following ores: Wolframite, scheelite, molybdenite, manganese ore, nickel ore, chrome ore, haematite iron ore, iron pyrites, copper pyrites and other copper ores, zinc ore, lead ore, arsenical ore, and bauxite.
Maps and plans of any place within the territory of any belligerent, or within the area of military operations, on a scale of 4 miles to 1 inch or any larger scale, and reproductions on any scale, by photography or otherwise, of such maps or plans.

Schedule II

Foodstuffs.
Forage and feeding stuffs for animals.
Oleaginous seeds, nuts and kernels.
Animal, fish, and vegetable oils and fats, other than those capable of use as lubricants, and not including essential oils.
Fuel, other than mineral oils.
Powder and explosives not specially prepared for use in war.
Horseshoes and shoeing materials.
Harness and saddlery.
The following articles, if suitable for use in war: Clothing, fabrics for clothing, skins and furs utilisable for clothing, boots and shoes.
Vehicles of all kinds, other than motor vehicles, available for use in war, and their component parts.
Railway materials, both fixed and rolling stock, and materials for telegraphs, wireless telegraphs, and telephones.
Vessels, craft, and boats of all kinds; floating docks and their component parts; parts of docks.
Field glasses, telescopes, chronometers, and all kinds of nautical instruments.
Gold and silver in coin or bullion; paper money.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and in the Sixth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 27th day of January, 1916
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Making certain Additions to and Amendments in the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

WHEREAS on the 14th day of October, 1915, 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 it is expedient to make certain further additions to and amendments in the said list:

[731] 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 Schedule I of Our Royal Proclamation aforementioned:

Cork, including cork dust.
Bones in any form, whole or crushed, and bone ash.
Soap.
Vegetable fibres and yarns made therefrom.

And We do hereby further declare that as from this date the following amendments shall be made in Schedule I of Our Royal Proclamation aforementioned:

In item 8, for "acetone" shall be substituted "acetones, and raw or finished materials usable for their preparation."
In item 9, for "phosphorus" shall be substituted "phosphorus and its compounds."
In item 26 there shall be added after the word "parts" the words "and accessories."
In item 38 the more general term "lead" shall be substituted for the words "lead, pig, sheet, or pipe."

And We do hereby further declare that the following articles shall as from this date be treated as conditional contraband in addition to those set out in Schedule II of Our Royal Proclamation aforementioned:

Casein.
Bladders, guts, casings, and sausage skins.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twenty-seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the Sixth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 12th day of April, 1916
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Making certain Additions to and Amendments in the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

And whereas on the 27th day of January, 1916, We did by Our Royal Proclamation of that date make certain additions to and modifications in the list of articles to be treated as contraband;

And whereas it is expedient to make certain further additions to and modifications in the said list:

Gold, silver, paper money, and all negotiable instruments and realisable securities.
Metallic chlorides, except chloride of sodium; metalloidic chlorides; halogen compounds of carbon.
Starch.
Borax, boric acid, and other boron compounds.
Sabadilla seeds and preparations therefrom.

[732] And We do hereby further declare that as from this date the following amendments shall be made in Schedule I of Our Royal Proclamation aforesaid:

In item 3 the following shall be substituted for the present wording:

"Lathes, machines, and tools capable of being employed in the manufacture of munitions of war."

In item 8 for "either" [sic] shall be substituted "formic ether; sulphuric ether."

And We do hereby further declare that no gold, silver, or paper money captured after this date shall be treated as conditional contraband, and that, except as to captures already effected, item 14 shall as from this date be struck out of Schedule II of Our Royal Proclamation aforementioned.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the Sixth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 27th day of June, 1916
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Making certain Additions to the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

Whereas on the 27th day of January, 1916, and the 12th day of April, 1916, 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:

Electric appliances adapted for use in war and their component parts.
Asphalt, bitumen, pitch, and tar.
Sensitized photographic films, plates, and paper.
Felspar.
Goldbeaters' skin.
Talc.
Bamboo.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the Seventh year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

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AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 3rd day of October, 1916
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Making certain Additions to and Amendments in the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

And whereas on the 27th day of January, 1916, the 12th day of April, 1916, and the 27th day of June, 1916, 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 Proclamations aforementioned:

Insulating materials, raw and manufactured.
Fatty acids.
Cadmium, cadmium alloys, and cadmium ore.
Albumen.

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 14th day of October, 1915, aforementioned:

For item 6, "paraffin wax," there shall be substituted "waxes of all kinds."

And We do hereby further declare that the following article shall as from this date be treated as conditional contraband in addition to those set out in Our Royal Proclamations aforementioned:

Yeast.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the Seventh year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 23rd day of November, 1916
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Making certain Additions to and Amendments in the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

WHEREAS, on the 14th day of October, 1915, 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

[734] Whereas, on the 27th day of January, 1916, the 12th day of April, 1916, the 27th day of June, 1916, and the 3rd day of October, 1916, 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 Proclamations aforementioned:

Diamonds suitable for industrial purposes.
Silk in all forms and the manufactures thereof; silk cocoons.
Artificial silk and the manufactures thereof.
Quillaia bark.
Zirconium, cerium, thorium, and all alloys and compounds thereof.
Zirconia and monazite sand.

And We do hereby further declare that, as from this date, the following amendents [sic] shall be made in Schedule I of Our Royal Proclamation of the 14th day of October, 1915, aforementioned:

For item 4, "emery, corundum, natural and artificial (alundum), and carborundum in all forms," there shall be substituted "emery, corundum, carborundum, and all other abrasive materials whether natural or artificial, and the manufactures thereof."

And We do hereby further declare that, as from this date, the following amendments shall be made in Our Royal Proclamation of the 12th day of April, 1916, aforementioned:

For "gold, silver, paper money, and all negotiable instruments and realisable securities," there shall be substituted "gold, silver, paper money, securities, negotiable instruments, cheques, drafts, orders, warrants, coupons, letters of credit delegation or advice, credit and debit notes, or other documents, which in themselves, or if completed, or if acted upon by the recipient, authorise, confirm, or give effect to the transfer of money, credit, or securities."

And We do hereby further declare that the following articles shall, as from this date, be treated as conditional contraband in addition to those set out in Our Royal Proclamations aforementioned:

Sponges, raw and prepared.
Glue, gelatine, and substances used in the manufacture thereof.
Empty barrels and casks of all kinds and their component parts.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Twenty-third day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the Seventh year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 29th day of December, 1916
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Making certain Additions to, and Amendments in, the List of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

Whereas on the 27th day of January, 1916, the 12th day of April, 1916, the 27th day of June, 1916, the 3rd day of October, 1916, and the 23rd day of November, 1916, 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

[735] 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 Proclamations aforementioned:

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 14th October, 1915, aforementioned:

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 14th October, 1915, aforementioned:

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

BY THE KING
A PROCLAMATION
Consolidating, with Additions and Amendments, the Lists of Articles to be treated as Contraband of War

GEORGE R.I.

And whereas on the 27th day of January, and on the 12th day of April, and on the 27th day of June, and on the 3rd day of October, and on the 23rd day of November, and on the 29th day of December, 1916, We did, by Our Royal Proclamations of those dates, make certain additions to the lists of articles to be treated as contraband of war;

And whereas it is expedient to make certain additions to and amendments in the said lists, and to consolidate and re-issue the same in alphabetical order:

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 Proclamation of the 14th day of October, 1915, as subsequently amended by Our Proclamations of the 27th day of January, and of the 12th day of April, and of the 27th day of June, and of the 3rd day of October, and of the 23rd day of November, and of the 29th day of December, 1916, 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 will be treated as absolute contraband, and the articles enumerated in Schedule II hereto will be treated as conditional contraband.

[736]

Schedule I

Abrasive materials. (See "Emery.")
Acetic acid and acetates.
Acetic anhydride.
Acetic ether.
Acetones, and raw or finished materials usable for their preparation.
Aircraft of all kinds, including aeroplanes, airships, balloons, and their component parts, together with accessories and articles suitable for use in connection with aircraft.
Albumen.
Alcohols, including fusel oil and wood spirit, and their derivatives and preparations.
Aluminium, and its alloys, alumina, and salts of alumina.
Ammonia.
Ammonia liquor.
Ammonium salts.
Aniline and its derivatives.
Animals, saddle, draught, and pack, suitable, or which may become suitable, for use in war.
Antimony, and the sulphides and oxides of antimony.
Apparatus which can be used for the storage or projecting of compressed or liquefied gases, name, acids, or other destructive agents capable of use in warlike operations, and their component parts.
Armour plates.
Arms all of kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their component parts.
Arsenic and its compounds.
Arsenical ore.
Asbestos.
Asphalt.
Balata. (See "Rubber.")
Bamboo.
Barbed wire, and the implements for fixing and cutting the same.
Barium chlorate and perchlorate.
Barium sulphate (barytes).
Bauxite.
Benzine. (See "Mineral Oils.")
Benzol and its mixtures and derivatives.
Bitumen.
Bleaching powder.
Bone black.
Bones in any form, whole or crushed; bone ash.
Borax, boric acid, and other boron compounds.
Bromine.
Cadmium, cadmium alloys, and cadmium ore.
Calcium acetate, nitrate, and carbide.
Calcium sulphate.
Camp equipment, articles of, and their component parts.
Camphor.
Capsicum.
Carbolic acid. (See "Phenol.")
Carbon disulphide.
Carbon, halogen compounds of.
Carborundum. (See "Emery.")
Carbonyl chloride. (See "Phosgene.")
Cartridges. (See "Projectiles.")
Caustic potash.
Caustic soda.
Celluloid.
Cerium, and its alloys and compounds.
Charges. (See "Projectiles.")
Cheques. (See "Gold.")
Chloride of lime.
Chlorides, metallic (except chloride of sodium), and metalloidic.
Chlorine.
Chromium and its alloys, salts, compounds and ores.
Clothing and equipment of a distinctively military character.
Cobalt and its alloys, salts, compounds and ores.
Copper pyrites, and other copper ores.
Copper, unwrought and part wrought; copper wire; alloys and compounds of copper.
Cork, including cork dust. [737]
Corundum. (See "Emery.")
Cotton, raw, linters, cotton waste, cotton yarns, cotton piece-goods, and other cotton products capable of being used in the manufacture of explosives.
Coupons. (See "Gold.")
Credit notes. (See "Gold.")
Cresol and its mixtures and derivatives.
Cyanamide.
Debit notes. (See "Gold.")
Diamonds suitable for industrial purposes.
Electrical appliances adapted for use in war and their component parts.
Electrolytic iron.
Emery, corundum, carborundum, and all other abrasive materials, whether natural or artificial, and the manufactures thereof.
Equipment. (See "Clothing.")
Explosives, materials used in the manufacture of.
Explosives specially prepared for use in war.
Fatty acids.
Felspar.
Ferro-alloys of all kinds.
Ferro-silicon.
Fibres, vegetable, and yarns made therefrom.
Financial documents. (See "Gold.")
Flax.
Forges, field, and their component parts.
Formic acid and formates.
Formic ether.
Fusel oil. (See "Alcohols.")
Gases for war purposes and materials for production thereof.
Glycerine.
Gold, silver, paper-money, securities, negotiable instruments, cheques, drafts, orders, warrants, coupons, letters of credit, delegation, or advice, credit and debit notes, or other documents which in themselves, or if completed, or if acted upon by the recipient, authorise, confirm, or give effect to the transfer of money, credit, or securities.
Goldbeaters' skin.
Gun-mountings and their component parts.
Gutta-percha. (See "Rubber.")
Haematite iron ore.
Haematite pig-iron.
Hair, animal, of all kinds, and tops, and noils and yarns of animal hair.
Harness, of all kinds, of a distinctively military character.
Hemp.
Hides of cattle, buffaloes, and horses.
Hydrochloric acid.
Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, or for the manufacture or repair of arms or of war material for use on land or sea.
Incendiary materials for war purposes.
Insulating materials, raw and manufactured.
Iodine and its compounds.
Iridium and its alloys and compounds.
Iron (electrolytic).
Iron pyrites.
Kapok.
Lathes, machines, and tools, capable of being employed in the manufacture of munitions of war.
Lead and lead ore.
Leather, undressed or dressed, suitable for saddlery, harness, military boots, or military clothing.
Leather belting; hydraulic leather; pump leather.
Letters of credit, delegation, or advice. (See "Gold.")
Light producing materials for war purposes.
Limbers and limber-boxes and their component parts.
Lithium. (See "Strontium."')
Lubricants.
Machines. (See "Lathes.")
Manganese and manganese ore.
Manganese dioxide.
Maps and plans of any place within the territory of any belligerent, or within the area of military operations, on a scale of 4 miles to 1 inch or any larger scale, and reproductions on any scale, by photography or otherwise, of such maps or plans. [738]
Mercury.
Metallic sulphites and thiosulphates.
Mineral oils, including benzine and motor-spirit.
Molybdenum and molybdenite.
Monazite sand.
Motor-spirit. (See "Mineral Oils.")
Motor vehicles of all kinds, and their component parts and accessories.
Naphtha. (See "Solvent Naphtha.")
Naphthalene and its mixtures and derivatives.
Negotiable instruments. (See "Gold.")
Nickel and its alloys, salts, compounds and ores.
Nitrates of all kinds.
Nitric acid.
Oleum. (See "Sulphuric Acid.")
Orders. (See "Gold.")
Osmium and its alloys and compounds.
Oxalic acid and oxalates.
Palladium and its alloys and compounds.
Paper-money. (See "Gold.")
Peppers.
Phenates.
Phenol (carbolic acid) and its mixtures and derivatives.
Phosgene (Carbonyl Chloride).
Phosphorus and its compounds.
Photographic films, plates, and paper, sensitised.
Pitch.
Platinum and its alloys and compounds.
Potassium salts.
Powder specially prepared for use in war.
Projectiles, charges, cartridges, and grenades of all kinds, and their component parts.
Prussiate of soda.
Quebracho wood. (See "Tanning substances.")
Quillaia bark.
Ramie.
Rangefinders and their component parts.
Rattans.
Resinous products.
Rhodium and its alloys and compounds.
Rubber (including raw, waste, and reclaimed rubber, solutions and jellies containing rubber, and any other preparations containing balata and gutta-percha, and the following varieties of rubber, viz.: Borneo, Guayule, Jelutong, Palembang, Pontianac, and all other substances containing caoutchouc), and goods made wholly or partly of rubber.
Ruthenium and its alloys and compounds.
Sabadilla seeds and preparations thereof.
Searchlights and their component parts.
Securities. (See "Gold.")
Selenium.
Silk, artificial, and the manufactures thereof.
Silk, in all forms, and the manufactures thereof; silk cocoons.
Silver. (See "Gold.")
Skins of calves, pigs, sheep, goats, and deer.
Smoke producing materials for war purposes.
Soap.
Soda lime.
Sodium.
Sodium chlorate and perchlorate.
Sodium cyanide.
Solvent naphtha and its mixtures and derivatives.
Starch.
Steel containing tungsten or molybdenum.
Strontium and lithium compounds and mixtures containing the same.
Submarine sound-signalling apparatus.
Sulphur.
Sulphur dioxide.
Sulphuric acid; fuming sulphuric acid (oleum).
Sulphuric ether.
Talc. [739]
Tanning substances of all kinds, including quebracho wood, and extracts for use in tanning.
Tantalum and its alloys, salts, compounds and ores.
Tar.
Thiosulphates. (See "Metallic Sulphites.")
Thorium and its alloys and compounds.
Tin; chloride of tin; tin-ore.
Titanium and its salts and compounds; titanium ore.
Toluol and its mixtures and derivatives.
Tools. (See "Lathes.")
Tungsten and its alloys and compounds; tungsten ores.
Turpentine (oil and spirit).
Tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles, together with articles or materials especially adapted for use in the manufacture or repair of tyres.
Uranium and its salts and compounds; uranium ore.
Urea.
Vanadium and its alloys, salts, compounds and ores.
Vegetable fibres. (See "Fibres.")
Wagons, military, and their component parts.
Warrants. (See "Gold.")
Warships, including boats and their component parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war.
Waxes of all kinds.
Wire, barbed. (See "Barbed wire.")
Wire, steel and iron.
Wood spirit. (See "Alcohols.")
Wood tar and wood-tar oil.
Woods of all kinds capable of use in war.
Wool, raw, combed, or carded; wool waste; wool tops and noils; woollen or worsted yarns.
Xylol and its mixtures and derivatives.
Zinc and its alloys.
Zinc ore.
Zirconia.
Zirconium and its alloys and compounds.

Schedule II

Algae, lichens, and mosses.
Barrels and casks, empty, of all kinds, and their component parts.
Bladders.
Boots and shoes, suitable for use in war.
Casein.
Casings.
Casks. (See "Barrels.")
Charcoal. (See "Fuel.")
Chronometers.
Clothing and fabrics for clothing, suitable for use in war.
Docks, floating, and their component parts; parts of docks.
Explosives not specially prepared for use in war.
Field glasses.
Foodstuffs.
Forage and feeding-stuffs for animals.
Fuel, including charcoal, other than mineral oils.
Furs utilisable for clothing suitable for use in war.
Gelatine and substances used in the manufacture thereof.
Glue and substances used in the manufacture thereof.
Guts.
Harness and saddlery.
Horse-shoes and shoeing materials.
Lichens. (See "Algae.")
Mosses. (See "Algae.")
Nautical instruments, all kinds of.
Oils and fats, animal, fish, and vegetable, other than those capable of use as lubricants, and not including essential oils.
Oleaginous seeds, nuts, and kernels.
Powder not specially prepared for use in war.
Railway materials; both fixed and rolling stock.
Sausage skins. [740]
Skins utilisable for clothing suitable for use in war.
Sponges, raw and prepared.
Telegraphs, materials for; materials for wireless telegraphs.
Telephones, materials for.
Telescopes.
Vehicles of all kinds, other than motor vehicles, available for use in war, and their component parts.
Vessels, craft, and boats of all kinds.
Yeast.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this Second day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and in the Eighth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

Classified List of Articles Treated as Absolute and Conditional Contraband from July, 1917, to Armistice

I. Arms, Munitions, and Military Equipment

Absolute Contraband:

Aircraft of all kinds, including aeroplanes, airships, balloons and their component parts, together with accessories and articles suitable for use in connection with aircraft.
Animals, saddle, draught, and pack, suitable or which may become suitable for use in war.
Apparatus which can be used for the storage or projecting of compressed or liquified gases, flame, acids, or other destructive agents capable of use in warlike operations, and their component parts.
Armour plates.
Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their component parts.
Barbed wire and the implements for fixing and cutting the same.
Camp equipment, articles of, and their component parts.
Cartridges.
Electrical appliances adapted for use in war and their component parts.
Explosives, materials used in the manufacture of.
Explosives specially prepared for use in war.
Forges, field, and their component parts.
Gases for war purposes and materials for production thereof.
Gun mountings and their component parts.
Harness of all kinds, of a distinctly military character.
Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, or for the manufacture or repair of arms or of war material for use on land or sea.
Incendiary materials for war purposes.
Lathes, machines, and tools, capable of being employed in the manufacture of munitions of war.
Leather, undressed or dressed, suitable for saddlery, harness, military boots, or military clothing.
Light producing materials for war purposes.
Limbers and limber boxes and their component parts.
Maps and plans of any place within the territory of any belligerent, or within the area of military operations, on a scale of four miles to one inch or any larger scale, and reproductions on any scale, by photography or otherwise, of such maps or plans.
Powder specially prepared for use in war.
Projectiles, charges, cartridges, and grenades of all kinds, and their component parts.
Rangefinders and their component parts.
Searchlights and their component parts.
Smoke producing materials for war purposes.
Submarine sound signalling apparatus.
Toluol.
Wagons, military, and their component parts.
Warships, including boats, and their component parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war.
Woods of all kinds, capable of use in war.

[741] Conditional Contraband:

Boots and shoes suitable for use in war.
Clothing and fabrics for clothing suitable for use in war.
Furs utilisable for clothing suitable for use in war.
Skins utilisable for clothing suitable for use in war.
Vehicles of all kinds, other than motor vehicles, available for use in war, and their component parts.

II. Foodstuffs and Forage

Conditional Contraband:

Casein.
Casings.
Foodstuffs.
Forage and feeding stuffs for animals.
Sausage skins.

III. Oils

Absolute Contraband:

Benzine.
Benzol and its mixtures and derivatives.
Glycerine.
Lubricants.
Mineral oils including motor spirit.
Naphtha.
Naphthalene and its mixtures and derivatives.
Solvent naphtha and its mixtures and derivatives.
Turpentine (oil and spirit).

Conditional Contraband:

Oils and fats, animal, fish, and vegetable, other than those capable of use as lubricants, and not including essential oils.
Oleaginous seeds, nuts, and kernels.

IV. Metals and Minerals

Absolute Contraband:

Aluminium, and its alloys, alumina and salts of alumina.
Arsenical ore.
Asbestos.
Asphalt.
Bauxite.
Bitumen.
Cadmium, cadmium alloys, and cadmium ore.
Cerium, and its alloys, and compounds.
Chromium, and its alloys, salts, compounds, and ores.
Cobalt and its alloys, salts, compounds, and ores.
Copper pyrites, and other copper ores.
Copper, unwrought, and part wrought.
Copper wire.
Copper alloys and compounds.
Electrolytic iron.
Felspar.
Ferro alloys of all kinds.
Ferro silicon.
Haematite iron ore.
Hematite pig iron.
Iridium and its alloys and compounds.
Iron pyrites.
Lead and lead ore.
Manganese and manganese ore.
Manganese dioxide.
Mercury.
Molybdenum and molybdenite.
Monazite sand.
Nickel and its alloys, salts, compounds and ores.
Osmium, and its alloys and compounds. [742]
Palladium and its alloys and compounds.
Phosphorus and its compounds.
Platinum and its alloys and compounds.
Rhodium and its alloys and compounds.
Ruthenium and its alloys and compounds.
Selenium.
Steel containing tungsten and molybdenum.
Talc.
Tantalum and its alloys, salts, compounds and ores.
Thorium and its alloys and compounds.
Tin; chloride of tin; tin ore.
Titanium and its salts and compounds; titanium ore.
Tungsten and its alloys and compounds; tungsten ores.
Uranium and its salts and compounds; uranium ore.
Vanadium and its alloys, salts, compounds, and ores.
Zinc and its alloys.
Zinc ore.
Zirconia.
Zirconium and its alloys and compounds.

V. Textiles and Clothing

Absolute Contraband:

Clothing and equipment of a distinctly military character.
Cotton, raw, linters, cotton waste and yarns, cotton piece goods, and all cotton products capable of being used in the manufacture of explosives.
Wool, raw, combed, or carded.
Wool waste.
Wool tops and noils.
Woollen and worsted yarns.

VI. Chemical Substances

Absolute Contraband:

Acetic acid.
Acetates.
Acetic anhydride.
Acetic ether.
Acetones, and raw or finished materials usable for their preparation.
Ammonia.
Ammonia liquor.
Ammonium salts.
Aniline and its derivatives.
Antimony, and the sulphides and oxides of antimony.
Arsenic and its compounds.
Barium chlorate, and perchlorate.
Borax, boric acid and other boron compounds.
Bromine.
Calcium acetate, nitrate, and carbide.
Calcium sulphate.
Capsicum.
Carbolic acid.
Carbon disulphide.
Carbon, halogen compounds of.
Carbonyl chloride.
Caustic potash.
Caustic soda.
Chloride of lime.
Chlorides, metallic (except chloride of sodium), and metalloidic.
Chlorine.
Cresol, and its mixtures and derivatives.
Cyanamide.
Formic acids and formates.
Formic ether.
Hydrochloric acid.
Iodine and its compounds.
Metallic sulphites and thiosulphates. [743]
Nitric acid.
Oleum (fuming sulphuric acid).
Oxalic acid and oxalates.
Phenates.
Phenol (carbolic acid) and its mixtures and derivatives.
Phosgene (carbonyl chloride).
Potassium salts.
Prussiate of soda.
Sabadilla seeds and preparations thereof.
Soda lime.
Sodium.
Sodium chlorate and perchlorate.
Sodium cyanide.
Strontium and lithium compounds and mixtures containing the same.
Sulphur.
Sulphur dioxide.
Sulphuric acid.
Sulphuric ether.
Urea.

VII. Industrial Materials and Equipment

Absolute Contraband:

Emery, corundum, carborundum, and all other abrasive materials, whether natural or artificial, and the manufactures thereof.
Albumen.
Alcohols, including fusel oil and wood spirit, and their derivatives and preparations.
Balata.
Bamboo.
Bleaching powder.
Bone black.
Bones in any form, whole or crushed.
Bone ash.
Camphor.
Celluloid.
Cork, including cork dust.
Diamonds suitable for industrial purposes.
Fatty acids.
Fibres, vegetable, and yarns made therefrom.
Flax.
Gutta-percha.
Hair, animal, of all kinds, and tops, and noils, and yarns of animal hair.
Hemp.
Hides of cattle, of buffaloes, and of horses.
Insulating materials, raw and manufactured.
Kopok.
Leather belting; hydraulic leather; pump leather.
Motor vehicles of all kinds, and their component parts and accessories.
Nitrates of all kinds.
Pitch.
Quillaia bark.
Ramie.
Rattans.
Resinous products.
Rubber (including raw, waste, and reclaimed rubber, solutions and jellies containing rubber, and any other preparations containing balata and gutta-percha, and the following varieties of rubber, viz.: Borneo, Guayule, Jelutong, Palembang, Pontianac, and all other substances containing caoutchouc), and all other goods made wholly or partly of rubber.
Silk, artificial and the manufactures thereof.
Silk, in all forms, and the manufactures thereof.
Silk cocoons.
Skins of calves, pigs, sheep, goats, and deer.
Soap.
Starch.
Tanning substances of all kinds, including quebracho wood, and extracts for use in tanning. [744]
Tar.
Tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles, together with articles or materials especially adapted for use in the manufacture or repair of tyres.
Waxes of all kinds.
Wire, steel and iron.
Wood tar and wood tar oil.
Xylol.

Conditional Contraband:

Algae.
Barrels and casks, empty, of all kinds, and their component parts.
Bladders.
Docks, floating, and their component parts; parts of docks.
Explosives, not specially prepared for use in war.
Fuel, including charcoal, other than mineral oils.
Gelatine and substances used in the manufacture thereof.
Glue and substances used in the manufacture thereof.
Guts.
Harness and saddlery.
Horse shoes, and shoeing materials.
Lichens.
Mosses.
Powder not specially prepared for use in war.
Railway materials; both fixed and rolling stock.
Sponges, raw and prepared.
Telegraphs, materials for; materials for wireless telegraphs.
Telephones, materials for.
Vessels, craft, and boats of all kinds.

VIII. Miscellaneous

Absolute Contraband:

Gold.
Silver.
Paper money.
Securities, negotiable instruments.
Cheques, drafts, orders, warrants, coupons.
Letters of credit, delegation or advice.
Credit and debit notes, or other documents which in themselves, or if completed or acted upon by the recipient, authorise, confirm, or give effect to the transfer of money, credit, or securities.
Goldbeaters' skin.
Peppers.
Photographic films, plates, and paper, sensitized.

Conditional Contraband:

Chronometers.
Field glasses.
Nautical instruments.
Telescopes.
Yeast.

A History of the Blockade of Germany
and of the countries associated with her in the Great War:
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
by A. C. Bell (Historical Section, Committee of Imperial Defence).