'[Crown Cq/a-rif/fit Reserved.] OF EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. MATERIAL SUPPLIES MANUAL, REVISED TO FEBRUARY 28th, 1918. COMPRISING PAGE Introduction iii-xxx Alphabetical Table of War Material Supplies sub- ject to Control * 1_26 Part I. Defence of the Realm Regulations Enabling" the making- of War Material Supplies Orders, AS AMBJNut-D TO FEBRUARY 26TK, 1918, WITH NOTES 27-52 "f trt II. War Material Supplies Orders, IN FORCE ON FEBRUARY ^TH, 1918, WITH NOTES 53-366 Part III. Priority of Work Orders 367-372 APPENDIX I.--The Steel Supplies Orders and General Permit thereunder, in Consolidated form ...373-391 APPENDIX II. Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act and Rules ' 392-404 APPENDIX HI. Restrictions on Importation or Ex- portation of War Material Supplies 405-439 APPENDIX IV.Relief from Liability under Contracts affected by Control of War Material Supplies 440-443 APPENDIX V. Proof, Construction and Citation of War Material Supplies Orders, and of the Enabling Regulations ... ...443-458 Addenda ... ... 459-465 EDITED BY ALEXANDER PULLING, C.B., OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND OF THE INNER TEMPLE, B ARKIST ER- AT -L A W . PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICB. R M anft^&m& 1 &88? any B <>fc8eHer or directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses- IMPERIAL HOUSE, KINGSWAY, LONDON; W.C.2 ; and 28, ABINGDON STREET, LONDON, s.w.1 37, PETER STREET, MANCHESTER ] l, ST. ANDREW'S CRESCENT, CARDIFF; 23 FORTH STREET, EDINBURGH or from E. PONSONBY, LTD., lib. GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN. February, 1918. Price Five Shillinas, Net. \Crown Copyright Reserved.^ MANUALS OF EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES MANUAL, REVISED TO FEBRUARY 28th, 1918. COMPRISING PAGE Introduction iii-xxx Alphabetical Table of War Material Supplies sub- ject to Control ... 1-26 Part I. Defence of the Realm Regulations Enabling the making of War Material Supplies Orders, AS AMENDED TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 1918, WITH NOTES 27-52 Part II. War Material Supplies Orders, IN FORCE ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 1918, WITH NOTES 53-366 Part III. Priority of Work Orders 367-372 APPENDIX I. The Steel Supplies Orders and General Permit thereunder, in Consolidated form ...373-391 APPKNDIX II. Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act and Rules 392-404 APPENDIX III. Restrictions on Importation or Ex- portation of War Material Supplies 405-439 APPENDIX IV. Relief from Liability under Contracts affected by Control of War Material Supplies 440-442 APPENDIX V. Proof, Construction and Citation of War Material Supplies Orders, and of the Enabling Regulations 443-458 Addenda ... ... 459-465 EDITED BY ALEXANDER PULLING, C.B., OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND OP THE^INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. LONDON : PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased through any Bookseller or directly irorn H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses : IMPERIAL HOUSE, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C.2, and 28, ABINGDON STREET, LONDON, S.W.I ; 37, PETER STREET, MANCHESTER ; 1. ST. ANDREW'S CRESCENT, CARDIFF : 23, FORTH STREET, EDINBURGH ; or from E. fONSONBY, LTD., 116, QRAFTON STREET, February, 1918. Price Five Shillings Net. Ill INTRODUCTION. TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. SCOPE AND ARRANGEMENT OF MANUAL, p. iv. II. ALPHABETICAL TABLK OF CONTROLLED SUPPLIES, p. iv. III. ENABLING REGULATIONS. 1. Authority for the Regulations, p. iv. 2. Official 'Editions of ' the complete Defence of the Realm Code, p. v. 3. Initiation of the Enahling Regulations, p. vi. IV. WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES ORDERS. 1. Classification of the Orders, p. vi. 2. Order-making Departments* p. vi. 3. General Character of the Orders, p. vi. 4. Application to United Kingdom or otherwise of the Orders, p. vii. 5. ProoJ, Construction and Citation of the Orders, p. vii. 6. Trial and Punishment of Contraventions of the Orders, p. ix. 7. Effect on Contracts of the Orders, p. xi. V. PRIORITY OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACT WORK, p. xii. VI. IMPORT OR EXPORT OF WAR MATERIAL. 1. Restrictions on Import of War Materials, p. xiii. 2. Restrictions on Export of War Materials, p. xiii. VII. TRANSPORT. STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF WAR MATERIAL. 1. Transport, Storage, fyc., p. xiv. 2. Control of means of transport, p. xiv. 3. Increase or Limitation of Transport Charges, p. xv. VIII. CONTROL OF MINES AND PETROLEUM BORING. 1. Coal Mines, p. xvi. 2. Metalliferous Mines, p. xvi. 3. Petroleum Boring, p. xvi. IX. FACTORY ACT LEGISLATION. Administration of Factory and Workshop Acts, p. xvi. X. EXPLOSIVES ACT LEGISLATION, p. xvii. XI. NON-FERROUS METAL INDUSTRY ACT AND RULES. 1. Initiation of the Legislation, p. xvii. 2. The Act, p. xviii. 3. Rules under the Act, p. xviii. (3749 IB.) Wt. 12153 962/45. 2000. 6/18. D & S. Q. 10. iv Scope and Arrangement of Manual. I. Scope and Arrangement of Manual. This Manual comprises all the legislation relating to the Control of Supplies of " War Material " which is defined by Regulation 62 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations as in- cluding " arms, ammunition, warlike stores and equipment, and everything required for or in connection with the production thereof/' That definition is identical with that contained in s. 1 (3) of the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915 (5 Geo. 5, c. 37) (a). The Manual is divided into three parts, of which the first com- prises the Regulations empowering the making of " War Material Supplies Order"; the second, the text of all such Orders there- under made subjecting particular articles to Requisition or Control and now (February 28th, 1918) in force; and the third, the General Orders providing for Priority of Government Con- tract work. The main text of the Manual is preceded by an Alphabetical Table of all the Supplies which are controlled, showing which articles coming within the scope of the Manual are controlled, which Department has made the Order, &c., the date of the Order, and the page of this Manual at which it is printed. The main text is followed by a series of Appendixes. The contents of each portion of the book are described in further detail below. II. Alphabetical Table of Controlled Supplies. This Table (pp. 126) gives in alphabetical sequence the name of every article and commodity (other than those specified in the Note at p. 1 as not having been viewed as " War Material Supplies," and which therefore fall outside the scope of the Manual) which is (February 28th, 1918) controlled by a " War Material Supplies Order " or specifically, by name, by a Defence of the Realm Regulation or the Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act. The Table (which is revised to February 28th, 1918) shows which Department made the Order, the date of the Order, &c. (distinguishing Notices and general Permits from " Orders " strictly so termed), and the page of the Manual at which the full text of the Order is printed. It is believed that this Table, which so far as the names of controlled articles are concerned serves the purpose of an Index, will facilitate reference to the numerous Orders which form Part II. of this book. III. Enabling* Regulations. 1. AUTHORITY FOR THE REGULATIONS. Part I. of this Manual comprises those of the Defence of the Realm Regulations which confer express powers on the Admiralty, the Army Council, the Minister of Munitions, the Board of Trade, and the Controller of the Stationery Office of taking (a) The full text of this and of the other Defence of the Realm Acts form Part T of the " Defence of the Realm Manual " further referred to in Section III, 2 of this Introduction. Editions of Defence of the Realm Regulations. v possession of or of regulating the manufacture, production, sale or other dealings in " war material " as above defined, and of requiring particulars and returns, or which otherwise impose restriction as to war material supplies. The Defence of the Eealm Consolidation Act, 1914 (5 Geo. 5, . 8), s. 1, as amended by the Ministry of Munitions Order in Council, 1915 (St. R. & 0., 1915, No. 580), empowers the confer- ment by Defence of the Realm Regulations of powers on the Admiralty, Army Council and Minister of Munitions, and also on other persons acting on His Majesty's behalf. The full text of this and of the other Defence of the Realm Acts forms Part I. of the " Defence of the Realm Manual " hereinafter further referred to. 2. OFFICIAL EDITIONS OF THE COMPLETE DEFENCE OF THE REALM CODE. As above stated, this Manual comprises only those of the Regulations which empower the making of War Material Supplies Orders. The whole of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, consoli- dated under the authority of Regulation 64 as one single code, form Part II. of the "Defence of the Realm Manual," which is published at half-yearly intervals the latest Edition (now in the press) covering, like this present Manual, the legislation to February 28th last. In that Manual the Regulations are accom- panied by editorial notes and by the full text of both the enabling Acts and of the Departmental Orders(ai) made under the Regulations and by an analytical index to the whole of the Defence of the Realm Legislation. The Defence of the Realm Regulations, similarly consolidated, but without any editorial or marginal notes, revised to the last day of each month, are published at the commencement of the ensuing month the latest issue covering to May 31st, 1918. (a) Neither the new (February 28th) Edition of the Defence of the Realm Manual, now in the press, nor subsequent editions of that Manual, will contain -the text of the following Classes of Orders under the Regulations which are given in full form in the undermentioned Manuals : (i) WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES ORDERS, which are printed at length in this " War Material Supplies Manual " ; (ii) FOOD CONTROLLER'S ORDERS and Orders of the Local (government Board and Secretary for Scotland, &c., relative thereto, which are printed at length in the Manual entitled " Food Control Manual ", of which new editions are issued every three months that covering all such Orders to April 30th, 1918, being now in the press ; (in) FOOD PRODUCTION ORDERS of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, and the Department of Agri- culture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. All such Orders in force on January 31st, 1918, are printed in Parts IV, Y, and VI and the Addenda to the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual." (iv) " SECURITIES " ORDERS made by the Treasury. These will all be in- cluded in the Financial Manual, of which a new Edition is now in course of preparation. vi 1IV/7- Material Supplier Orders. 3. INITIATION OF THE ENABLING REGULATIONS. No Regulations of the character of those included in this Manual found a place amongst the Defence of the R/ealm Regula- tions as first issued on the outbreak of War (Manual of Emergency Legislation, pp. 146-151). Legislation of this character was initiated by the introduction into the Code in November, 1914, of regulations empowering the Admiralty and the Army Council to requisition the output of, and to take possession of, ammunition factories. These 1914 provisions as subsequently amplified form Regulations 7 and 8 of the present Code (pp. 34, 35 of this Manual). By a series of Amending Orders in Council the other Regulations printed in Part I. hereof have been gradually built up. The power to prohibit dealings in war material (Regulation 30A, p. 37) dates from September, 1915, and the general Requisi- tion power (Regulation 2B, p. 29) from February, 1916. The Board of Trade's powers as to articles of commerce (pp. 40-47) were first conferred in November, 1916, whilst those of the Con- troller of the Stationery Office date back only to March 1st last. IV. War Material Supplies Orders. 1. CLASSIFICATION or THE ORDERS. The full text of all the " War Material Supplies Orders " made under the Enabling Regulations forms Part II. of this Manual. They are there printed in 13 Groups according to the character of the supplies, the longer Groups being sub-divided. A list of such Groups and Sub-groups is given pp. 54, 55; and the Sub- groups are also re-enumerated at the commencement of each Group in the main text. The text of each Group or Sub-group is preceded by a list (in alphabetical order) of the short titles of the Orders printed thereunder. 2. ORDER-MAKING DEPARTMENTS. Except as regards a few special matters such as Timber Supplies, the control of which is assigned to a single Department, the powers conferred by the Enabling Regulations are on the whole concurrent, i.e., they enable any one of the Departments in whom they vest powers to exercise the same. But, by arrange- ment between the offices, one Department takes control of, and makes the orders as to, a particular class of supplies. The general scheme of distribution between the Departments is indicated by the " Alphabetical Table of Controlled Supplies " (pp. 1-26) to which the reader is referred in the case of any particular article in which he is interested. 3. GENERAL CHARACTER OF TITE ORDERS. The " War Material Supplies Orders " are directed to 3 classes of objects : (1) Controlling Dealings and in that connection taking possession of supplies, restricting use, and fixing maximum prices. (2) Controlling Manufacture. (3) Requiring Returns. General Character of the Orders. vii The most numerous and far-reaching Orders are those of the first of these classes. Certain Orders of that class declare various kinds of supplies to be " War Material " within Regulation 30A (p. 37), and thereby prohibit all dealings in, or offers or negotia- tions to deal in, the same without a permit. Orders under other of the enabling Regulations impose other restrictions. Amongst the Orders under Regulation 30A are those relating to- Steel Supplies; the Order applying Regulation 30A to such supplies has been amended 6 times, and the General Permit allowing dealings in such supplies, subject to prescribed maxi- mum prices, 12 times. As in all other cases the full text of all these Amending Orders and Notices is printed in Part II. of the Manual, but in view of the repeated amendments and conse- quent intricacy of the Steel Supplies Order the Editor has- reproduced them in a simple consolidated form in Appendix I. (pp. 373-391) hereto. 4. APPLICATION TO THE UNITED KINGDOM on OTHERWISE or THE ORDERS. The Enabling Regulations, unless extended with or without adaptations to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, apply to the whole United Kingdom, i.e., to England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and only thereto, and the War Material Supplies Orders have the like application. Certain of the Regulations have been by Order in Council applied to Jersey and to the Bailiwick of Guernsey which com- prises the remainder of the Channel Islands, and numerous Orders in Council (all of which are printed as Statutory Rules and Orders) have been made under the Isle of Man War Legisla- tion Act, 1914, applying certain of the Regulations with or without adaptations to that Isle. It would seem that a War Material Supplies Order applies in the absence of a provision restricting its application throughout the same territorial area as that to which the enabling power extended when the Order was made. Certain of the Orders -are specifically expressed to apply only to certain parts of the United Kingdom. 5. PROOF, CONSTRUCTION, AND CITATION OF THE ORDERS. Proof of Regulations and Orders. The Documentary Evidence Acts, as applied to the Minister of Munitions by s. 18 of the Munitions of War Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 54) and to the Army Council by s. 5 of the Evidence (Amendment) Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 94), provide that primd facie -evidence of Defence of the Realm Regulations and of " War Material Supplies Orders " (i.e., Orders of the Admiralty, Army Council, Minister of Munitions and Board of Trade made under the powers conferred by such Regulations) may be given in all courts and legal proceedings in all or any of three ways, viz. : (1) By the production of a copy of the " Gazette " purport- ing to contain such Regulations or War Material Supplies Orders. viii Proof of Regulations and Orders. In Part II. of this Manual, which comprises the full text of all the War Material Supplies Orders in force (February 28th, 1918) a note is inserted at the end of each Order, referring to the copy of the " Gazette " containing the same. (2) By the production of a copy of the Defence of the Realm Regulations or of a " War Material Supplies Order," purporting to be printed under the " Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office." This Manual is printed under that Authority, and the " War Material Supplies Orders," &c., as therein printed in full, are evidence accordingly. This Manual advisedly contains only those portions of the Defence of the Realm Regulations which empower the making of War Material Supplies Orders and those portions are printed in Part I. hereof not in the form in which they appear in the general Consolidated Defence of the Realm Code, but in the form they appear to assume as applied to and empowering the Departments who make the said War Material Supplies Orders. Where it is required to put the Defence of the Realm Code in evidence recourse should be had to the (monthly issued) official copies of the complete consolidated Code which i? reissued early in each month revised to the last day of the preceding month. <3) By the production of a copy or extract of the Defence of the Realm Regulations purporting to be certified to be true by the Clerk of the Privy 'Council or by any Privy Councillor or of a War Material Supplies Order pur- porting to be certified to be true in the case of : An Admiralty Order by any Lord of the Admiralty or either of the Secretaries of the Admiralty : An Army Council Order by two members of the Army Council, or the Secretary to the Army Council, or any person authorised by the Army Council to act on their behalf : An Order of the Minister of Munitions by the Minister or a Secretary of the Ministry or any person authorised by the Minister to act on his behalf : A Board of Trade Order by any Member, or any Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trade, Construction of Regulations and Orders. Regulation 63 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations applies the Interpretation Act, 1889, for the purpose of the interpretation of the Regulations :and of all Orders thereunder. The effed; of thai Regulation would appear to be that : (1) In the Regulations themselves all expressions defined by the Interpretation Act (52 & 53 Viet. c. 63), though not occurring in the Defence of the Realm Acts have Trial and Punishment of Contraventions. ix the respective meanings so given to them and all the rules of construction' laid down by that Act for the construction of Acts of Parliament apply to the con- struction of the Regulations ; (2) In an Order under the Regulations expressions occurring both in the Order and in the empowering Regulations have the same meaning as they have in the empower- ing Regulations (see s. 31 of the Interpretation-Act) ; (3) But both as regards the Regulations and the Orders thereunder such interpretation ^ excluded by anything in the Regulation or Order importing " a contrary intention." (See the provision to this effect which occurs throughout the Interpretation Act.) Citation of Regulations and Orders. The Regulations may be -cited as the '" Defence of the Realm Regulations," and any refer- ence in any document to them by that short title, or to them as the " Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations, 1914," or to any of them, is unless the context otherwise requires to be construed as a reference to the Regulations as amended by any Order in Council for the time being in force (see Regulations 63, 65). Very few of the " War Material Supplies Orders " made by the Admiralty, the Army Council, or the Minister of Munitions, except the most recently issued ones, contain a clause conferring a short title on the Order, and there was therefore no means in the case of an Amending Order or otherwise of simple and con- venient reference. Such means of reference has now been provided by three " Citation of War Material Supplies Orders," made by The Admiralty, the Army Council, and the Minister of Munitions respectively. Those three Orders, which are printed in full as Section 3 of Appendix V. (pp. 447-458) of this: Manual, provide for the citation by a short title of every War Material Supplies Order made by one of those three Departments which was in force on February 28th last and did not contain a Clause so providing. Each of the Orders as printed in Part II. of this Manual on which a short title has been so conferred by these Citation Orders is accompanied by a footnote referring to the said Appendix V. containing the Authority for such short title. Most of the Board of Trade Orders contain a clause providing for the citation of the Order by a short title. ^6. TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF CONTRAVENTIONS OF THE ORDERS. Contraventions of "War Material Supplies Orders" and of the Defence of the Realm Regulations enabling the making of the same, are triable in one of three modes, viz. : 1. By Court-martial; 2. By a Civil Court with a Jury; 3. By a Court of Summary Jurisdiction; and Regulation 56 provides which of these three classes of tri- bunals is to be the court for trial of each class of offences. x Trial and Punishment of Contravention*. Certain of the Regulations declare a contravention of the same or of Orders thereunder to be a " summary offence " and Regu- lation 56 (2) provides that a person alleged to be guilty of an offence so declared to be a "summary offence" shall (if not subject to the Naval Discipline Act or to Military Law) be tried by a court of summary jurisdiction and not otherwise. A contravention of Regulations 2s, 2D, 2E, 8, SA, 15c, 3(U or 3033 (pp. 32-39, which confer concurrent powers on the Admiralty, Army Council and Minister of Munitions) or of an Order of any one of those Departments thereunder, and the improper dis- closure of information as to an invention or process under Reg. 8cc (p. 36) are " offences " and therefore not being declared to be a "summary offence" may fall to be tried either by a Court of summary jurisdiction, or by court-martial, or by a civil court with a jury as the designated authority may decide. A contravention of Regulation 30c (p. 39) or of Regulations 2F, 2c, 2aa, or 15A (pp. 40-44, 47, which confer powers on the Board of Trade) or of Regulations 2s, 2uB, 7, 8, SA and 15c in the form in which as adapted by Treasury Order they confer powers on the Controller of the Stationery Office (pp. 48-52) or of a War Material Supplies Order made under such powers con- stitutes a " summary offence " and if the contravention is by a person not subject to the Naval Discipline Act or to military law is triable only by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction. The general provisions as to Trial and Punishment of Offences are comprised in Regulations 56 to 58D of the Defence of the Realm Regulations which as amended are issued monthly as a single Consolidated Code as mentioned in Section III. 2 of this Introduction. Many of the contraventions of War Material Supplies Orders are in fact prosecuted before Courts of Summary Jurisdiction, and in view of the modifications of the ordinary Summary Juris- diction Acts which is effected by the Regulations the more salient features of the provisions applying to the summary prosecution of such contraventions may conveniently be stated as follows : (i) FORUM. The question of how an offence not declared to be a summary offence shall be tried is determined as provided by Regulation 56. (ii) VENUE. The "determining place" may be taken as either that at which the offence was committed, or that in which the offender may be (Reg. 58). (iii) WHO MAY PROSECUTE. In England and Ireland an offence may not (without the consent of the Attorney- General) be prosecuted summarily except by certain official persons (Reg. 56 (11) )." In Scotland all prosecutions in the Sheriff Court (which is the court for the trial of summary offences) (Reg. 58) proceed at the instance of. and are conducted by, the pro- curator-fiscal. (iv) LIMITATION OF TIME FOR PROSECUTIONS. A contraven- tion may be prosecuted notwithstanding it took place more than six months before the institution of the Effect on Contracts of the Orders. xi proceedings (Reg. 56 (5) ). The effect of this pro- vision is to exclude the operation of s. 11 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848. (v) CLAIM TO TRIAL BY JURY. This cannot, notwithstand- ing s. 17 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, be claimed in a case triable summarily (Reg. 58). (vi) HEARING IN CAMERA. On the application of the prose- cution the public may be excluded from the hearing ; but the sentence must be passed in public (Beg. 58). (vii) PUNISHMENT. The maximum sentence may be six months' imprisonment with or without hard labour and a fine of ,100 and forfeiture of any goods in respect of which the offence was committed (Reg. 58). (viii) APPEALS. An appeal from a summary conviction lies (a) In England or Wales to quarter sessions, or to the High Court (i.e., to a Divisional Court of the King's Bench Division) by special case on the ground that the conviction is erroneous in point of law, or is in excess of jurisdiction (42 & 43 Viet. c. 49. s. 33) ; but an appeal by special case is an abandonment of the right of appeal to quarter sessions " finally and conclusively and to all intents and purposes ' ' (20 & 21 Viet. c. 43, s. 14). The decision of quarter sessions in the one case and the Divisional Court in the other is final and conclusive. (b) In Scotland by stated case to the High Court of Justiciary (8 Edw. 7, c. 65, ss. 60-76) or by " any other competent mode of appeal," see s. 76 of that Act. There is no appeal " on the merits" in any case nor any further appeal from the High Court of Justiciary. (c) In Ireland to quarter sessions or by special case on point of law to the High Court. 7. EFFECT ON CONTRACTS OF THE ORDERS. Those provisions of the Defence of the Realm and Courts (Emergency Powers) Acts which relate to this subject are printed in Appendix IV. (pp. 440-442) of this Manual. They may be thus briefly stated in outline : 1. COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENT OF WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES ORDER OR ENABLING REGULATION A GOOD DEFENCE TO ACTION FOR NON-FULFILMENT OF CONTRACT. It is a good defence to proceed- ings for the non-fulfilment of a contract that the defendant: (a) was under the necessity of complying with a requirement, restriction, or regulation of the Admiralty, Army Council or Minister of Munitions under the Defence of the Realm Regulations (5 Geo. 5, c. 37, s. 1 (2), p. 441) ; or xii Priority of Government Contract Work. (6) complied with any such requirement, &c., regulation, order, restriction, direction or advice imposed or given in connection with the present war by any Government Department (T & 8 Geo. 5, c. 25, 6-. 3, p. 442). The last named provision does not apply to contracts of tenancy, as to relief from liability arising under which see T & 8 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 2, which is printed at p. 444 of the " Tood (Supply and Production) 'Manual." Article 6 of the Paper Restriction Order, 1917 (p. 271) and Article 23 of the Paper Restriction (Posters and Circulars) Order, 1918 (p. 269), make special provision as to contracts interfered with by those Orders. 2. POWERS OF COURT TO SUSPEND OR ANNUL CONTRACT. Where on the application of any party to any contract the Court is satisfied that owing to any restriction imposed by or under the Defence of the Realm Regulations any term of a contract cannot be enforced without serious hardship the Court can suspend or annul the contract on such conditions as it thinks fit (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 1 (2) (3), p. 441). 3. ABROGATION OF CONTRACTS BY BOARD OF TRADE ORDER. An Order of the Board of Trade or an Order of the Army Council as to road material may direct that all contracts or any class of contracts, or any special contract, affected by the order shall be abrogated, or shall remain in force notwithstanding anything in the order but subject to any exceptions or modifications for which provision may be made by the order. (Defence of the Realm Regulations 2j (3), p. 45, as applied to the Army Council as regards road material by Regulation 9ao (5).) Art. 2 of the Coal Transport Order, 1917 (p. 178), and Art. 2 of the Wholesale Coal Prices Order, 1917 (p. 180), provide for the abrogation of certain contracts for the sale of coal, and Art, 3 of the Road Transport Order, 1917 (p. 279), provides for the abrogation of contracts as to road material. It is to be noted that Regulation 2BB (p. 31) empowers the Admiralty, Army Council or Minister of Munitions to vary the terms of certain sub-contracts. It may be also mentioned that by 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 9 (p. 442) a Member of the House of Commons is relieved from disqualification as to sitting or voting by reason of any contract or agreement he may enter into as to the price to be paid to him for any property of his which may be requisitioned or taken over under a "War Material Supplies Order." V. Priority of Government Contract Work. Regulation SA (p. 35) empowers the Admiralty, Army Council or Minister of Munitions to give directions regulating the priority to be given to work at any factory, workshop or other premises. The Priority of Work Order (printed in Part III., p. 367 of this Manual) divides all work, and orders for work or materials, in a large number of specified trades and industries into 3 classes and gives priority over other work, first to " Government Restrictions on Export of War Material. xiir War Contracts," " Certified War Work/' and Merchant Shipping: Work certified to be Munitions Work, and secondly to certain special contracts or orders. Certain of the War Material Supplies Orders printed in Part II. of this Manual provide specially for orders being, executed in prescribed ' priority, for : Anchors and Chain Cables (Anchors and Chain Cables 0.,. 1917, p. 148). Flax, Hemp or Jute goods manufactures (Flax, Hemp and Tute Priority 0., 1917, p. 29.1). Horse Hides, treatment of (Horse Hides 0., 1917, p. 116), Oxygen (Oxygen Order, 1917, p. 90). Paper or paper-making material (Paper Restriction 0. (No. 5), 1917, p. 270). Spelter, use of for manufactures, &c. (Spelter Control 0., 1917, p. 238). Steel made by certain processes (Control of Steel Supplies 0., 1916, p. 228). Steel rods and wire (Control of Steel Supplies (Steel Rods and Wire) 0., 1917, p. 232). Wool or Hair goods manufactures (Woollen and Worsted Consolidation 0., 1917, p. 335). Regulation 2o (p. 32) empowers the Admiralty, Army Council or Minister of Munitions after consultation with the Board of Trade to give directions for securing precedence for orders for the supply of coal or coke in accordance with their .national importance. VI. Import or Export of War Material. 1. RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORT OF WAR MATERIALS. A series of Proclamations prohibit the importation of many classes of war material supplies. Lists of the Proclamations in question, and of the articles of which the import is so prohibited, revised to Feb. 28th,, 1918, form Section 1 of Appendix III. (pp. 405-408) to this Manual. The restricted articles are there grouped, so far as possible, under the same plan which has been adopted for the War Material Supplies Orders in Part II. hereof. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT OF WAR MATERIALS. By Proclamation of May 10th, 1917, and a series of Amending Orders of Council (of which a list is given at p. 409), the export of many kinds of war material supplies is prohibited except under licence as regards some articles to all, and as regards others only to certain, destinations. Lists of all such articles of which the export is so restricted, showing in each case whether the prohibition is to all or to which destinations, form Section 2 (1} of Appendix III. (pp. 409-432) to this Manual and the articles are there grouped, so far as possible, under the same plan which has been adopted for the War Material Supplies Orders in Part II. hereof. xiv Transport, Storage and Distribution of War Material. Open General Licences have been issued by the Privy Council authorising the exportation of goods, the export of which is by the above named Proclamations and Orders prohibited except to British Possessions and Protectorates, to destinations in certain of such Possessions and Protectorates by certain routes. A Memorandum indicating the Licences which have been so issued is printed at the end of the said section (pp. 432-438). Sections (2) and (3) of the same section consist of statements on the restriction of exports except to specified consignees, and of the prohibitions on export of War Material Supplies to the enemy. VII. Transport, Storage and Distribution of War Material. The body of this Manual is restricted to the Regulations and Orders controlling dealings, &c.. in and maximum prices of war material, but it may be convenient to give in brief outline the war emergency provisions relating to transport, storage and the like. 1. TRANSPORT, STORAGE, &c. Regulation 34A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations empowers the Admiralty, Army Council, or Minister of Munitions to require services for the storage,, cooling, transport or distribution of any war material. Regulation 2c (p. 45 of this Manual) confers powers as to the transport and storage of felled timber, and Regulation 34 pro- vides as to the construction of premises in which petroleum and other inflammable liquids are stored. Regulation 2AA empowers the Board of Trade to take possession of land and construct works ior increasing coal transport facilities. 2. CONTROL OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT. As to the various means of transport it is to be borne in mind that railways, light railways, tramways, highways, canals, and shipping are all now liable to Government control. The railways of the whole United Kingdom (as regards Great Britain on the outbreak of the war and as regards Ireland in December, 1916) were taken possession of in pursuance of the Regulation of the Forces Act, 1871. Control over the other " ways of communication " is bestowed by Defence of the Realm Regulations. Under Regulation TBBB the Board of Trade can take possession of the permanent way of any light railway or tramway. The Board of Trade can by order as regards railways generally or any particular railway or part of a railway : restrict or prohibit classes of traffic (Reg. TB (1) (d) ); authorise the company to refuse to carry goods by rail when other means of transport exist (Reg. TB (1) (k) ). The same Board can by order prohibit the carriage of goods of any class by road and prescribe the radius within which they may be so carried (Reg. 2jJj (1) (c) ). Under Regulation 9n the Board of Trade can take possession of any canal, and thereunder they have by Orders printed in the Control of Mines and Petroleum Boring. xv " Defence of the Realm Manual " taken possession of certain non-railway owned canals : all railway owned canals in the United Kingdom passed into the Board's control with their respective railways. The Coal Transport Order, 1917 (p. 177), empowers the Board of Trade to place restrictions on the transport of coal. 3. INCREASE OR LIMITATION OF TRANSPORT CHARGES. Carriage of merchandise by Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The Board of Trade may by order authorise an increase beyond the statutory maxima of the charges for carrying goods between Great Britain and Ireland (Reg. 7BB). The Through Rates (Great Britain and Ireland) Order, 1917 (printed in Part III. of the February, 1918, Edition of the "Defence of the Realm Mamial ") and a further Order of April 26th, 1918 (St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 476) authorise the following increased charges (to be allocated to the sea portion of the journey) : Per ton. s. d. On goods and minerals ... ... ... ... 15 Per Lead. s. d. On horses, mules and other beasts of burden ... 15 On cattle and calves ... ... ... ... 39 On pigs, sheep and goats ... ... ... 16 On lambs and other small animals ... ... 09 Rates for Freight. Regulation 39BBB empowers the Shipping Controller By order to fix the rates (maxima or minima) to be charged for freight The Limitation of Freights (French Ports) Amendment Order, 1918 (St. ^R. & 0., 1918, No. 504) fixes the rate of freight for coal, coke, iron and certain other war material supplies carried between certain British and certain French ports. That Order revokes a similar Order (St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 162) which had effect from February llth to May 1st, 1918. Harbour or Dock Rates. The Board of Trade can by order authorise any harbour or dock undertakers to increase their rates dues or charges beyond the statutory maxima (Reg. 39BB). Numerous orders have been made under this power : they are all printed as St. R. & 0., and a detailed list of those in force (Feb. 28, 1918) is printed in Part III. of the February, 1918, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual. " Carriage by Road. The Board of Trade can by order prescribe the rates at which horses and vehicles may be hired for road transport (Reg. 2J.TJ (1) (h) ). VIII. Control of Mines and Petroleum Boring*. Coal, certain metals and minerals, and road-material are " War Material Supplies " and therefore fall within the scope of this Manual : the control exercisable over the mines and quarries from which the material is extracted does not so fall, but is so closely allied to the subjects of this Manual that it may conveniently be referred to. xvi Factory Act Legislation. 1. COAL MIXES. Regulation 9a of the Defence of the Realm Regulations empowers the Board of Trade to by Order take possession of any coal mines. In pursuance of this power the Board of Trade have issued two Orders both of which are printed in Part III. of the February, 1918, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual," by the first of which they took possession of the South Wales Coalfield and by the second of all other coal mines in the United Kingdom. Notwithstanding the State Control thus established owners and managers remain liable to the provisions of the Coal Mines Acts which apply not only to coal mines but also to those of stratified ironstone, shale, and fireclay. Under a recent (April 13th, 1918) addition to the Regulations (Regulation 9GGG) the Board of Trade can take possession of coal seams adjacent to mines and get coal therefrom. 2. METALLIFEROUS MINES. Regulation 9aa empowers the Minster of Munitions to take possession of any metalliferous mines or quarries. This power extends to mines of stratified ironstone, shale, or fireclay, which though not " coal mines" are within the Coal Mines Acts. By Order of July 24th, 1917, tKe Minister took possession of all iron ore mines in the counties of Cumberland and Lancaster. Regula- tion 9GG (5) confers on the Army Council, so far as regards road stone quarries, like powers to those of the said Minister, and by Order of August 7th, 1917, the Army Council took possession of all road stone quarries including slag dumps and slag works pro- ducing road material but excluding all quarries producing only gravel and flint used as road stone. These two Orders are printed in Part III. of the February, 1918, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." 3. PETROLEUM BORING. On August 15th, 1917, a Bill to make provision with respect to the searching and boring for and the getting of Petroleum in the United' Kingdom (H.C. Bill 90, 1917) was introduced in the House of Commons (97 H.C. Deb. 5s., 1187) after debate it received 2nd reading (98 H.C. Deb. 5s., 31-50) and was considered in Committee (98 H.C. Deb. 5s,. 1137-1147). On January 14th, 1918, the Bill was withdrawn (101 H.C. Deb. 5s., 131) a new Regu- lation 2AAA having by Order in Council of January 6th, been added to the Defence of the Realm Code which empowered persons authorised by the Board of Trade or the Minister of Munitions, but no others to search or bore for and get " petroleum " as thereby defined and for that purpose to enter on and take possession of any land and sink wells and construct works. IX. Factory Act Legislation. Administration of Factory and Workshop Acts. Under the ordinary pre-war legislation the Acts relating to factories and workshops are administered by the Home Office, and those Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act and Rules. xvii Acts apply, save so far as the Secretary of State exempts par- ticular factories therefrom by Order under Regulation BA of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, to every factory and workshop. The Factory and Workshop Acts were consolidated in 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22). That 1901 Act and its amendments confer extensive Order-making powers on the Secretary of State, the Orders made under such powers applying, modifying, or extend- ing the provisions of the Acts. All such Orders are printed and purchasable as Statutory Rules and Orders, and derailed refer- ences to all such Orders as in force on December 31, 1915, are given at pp. 258-270 of the " Index to Statutory Powers and Rules and Orders in force December 31, 1915." Since that date the only General Orders made by the Secretary of State were in pursuance of &. 7 (1) of the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscel- laneous Provisions) Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 31) for securing the welfare of workers. Those Orders provide for the supply of drinking water in all factories. &c., in which more than 25 persons are employed (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 1068), for the welfare of employees in tinplate and terneplate factories (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 1035), in factories in which bichromate of potassium or sodium is used in tanning by the " two-bath " process (St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 368), and in factories in which bichromate of potassium or sodium is used in dyeing other than job-dyeing (St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 369), and for ambulance and first-aid arrangements at blast furnaces, copper mills, iron mills, foundries, and metal works (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 1067). Rules under sub-section (6) of the same s. 7 (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 742) provide for the hearing by referees of objections to the making of such welfare Orders. X. Explosives Act Legislation. The manufacturing, keeping, selling, carrying and importing of explosive substances is controlled by the Explosives Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Viet., c. 17), and Orders in Council and Secretary of State's Orders thereunder. All such Orders are printed and purchasable as Statutory Rules and Orders. An analytical table showing the purport of each Order and the enabling power as in force on December 31, 1915, forms pp. 253-257 of the " Index to Statutory Powers and Rules and Orders in force Decem- ber 31, 1915. " Since that date Art. 2 of the Order in Council of March 27, 1905, exempting picric acid from certain restrictions has been revoked (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 704), and the Order in Council of June llth, 1910, exempting tri-nitro-toluol from certain restrictions has also been revoked (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 898). XI. Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act and Rules. 1. INITIATION OF THE LEGISLATION. The Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on November 12th, 1917 (99 H.C. Deb. 5s. 39). After debates (100 H.C. Deb. 5s., 165-207: 1019-1135) it 3749 l, xviii Conclusion. received 2nd reading, and after discussion in Committee of that House (100 H.C. Deb. 5s.. 1824-1889; 101, 146-272, 335-460, 1007-1085) it was read a third time and passed. The Bill was also debated in the House of Lords (28 ELL. Deb. 5s., 250-276). On February 6th, 1918, it received the Royal Assent. 2. THE ACT. The Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 67) which forms section 1 of Appendix II. to this Manual prohibits as from August 6th, 1918, dealings without a licence from the Board of Trade in certain specified metals or metallic ores or in any others to which it may be extended by Board of Trade Order ; no such extending Order has (Feb. 28th, 1918) been made. . 3. RULES UNDER THE ACT. The Rules made by the Board of Trade under s. 6 of the Act form section 2 of the same Appendix II. (pp. 398-401). They exclude from the restrictions of the Act wholesale dealings in quantities below certain limits and provide as to the grant of and the fee for the licences to be issued by the Board. Rules of the Supreme Court (printed as section 3 of the same Appendix) provide for the determination of questions as to the businesses to which the Act applies, &c., by a Divisional Court of the King's Bench Division of the High Court in England : from that Court there is no appeal. No corresponding Rules have (Feb. 28, 1918) been made as to the decision of questions by the Court of Session as regards Scot- land or by a Divisional Court of the King's Bench Division in Ireland. In the preparation of this Manual, as in the preparation of all the various Manuals of Emergency Legislation which have been published since the outbreak of the War, the Editor has been in constant communication with the numerous Government Departments concerned, and has received from each and every such Department continued assistance by the aid of which he has attempted to make the information this Manual contains complete and exhaustive. For the plan of the Manual, the system of arrangement, and the Consolidations of the Steel Supplies Orders and Permits, and the numerous Summaries, Epitomes and Editorial Notes that it contains, and for the Outline of the Legislation as to the Control of War Material Supplies which is comprised in this Introduction, the Editor is alone responsible. The amount of work involved by the rearrangement under which both the " War Material Supplies " and the " Food Control and Production " Orders are relegated to separate Manuals instead of as heretofore forming part of the " Defence of the Realm Conclusion. xix Manual," coupled with the difficulties attending printing at the present time, has delayed the appearance of the present Editions of all the Manuals concerned. New Editions of all such Manuals are in course of preparation. Suggestions tor improvements, or corrections called for, m any of the Emergency Manual publications will be welcomed : these should be addressed to the Editor by name at his address as below. The publications are to be obtained as stated on the title page: communications as to the date of appearance, &c... of forthcoming publications vshould be addressed to the Controller of His *>F;npstv's Stationery Office and not to the Editor. ALEXANDER PULLING Chambers of the Editor of " The Manuals of Emergency Legislation," 2, Harcourt Buildings, The Temple, E.C.4. May 15th, 1918. ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES WHICH ARE, FEBRUARY 28TH, 1918, SUBJECTED TO CONTROL BY REGULATION AND ORDER. Part II. of this the " War Material Supplies Manual'" contains the full text of all the published "War Material Supplies" Orders, Notices, and General Permits now (February 28th, 1918) in force. For the purposes of this Manual the following classes of Orders have not been treated as "Wai Material Supplies" Orders and are therefore not included herein: 9 (1) Orders of the Food Controller: all such Orders in force on January 31st, 1918, are printed in the edition of that date of the "Food Controller's Orders." New Editions of that volume will be issued every three months, and the next edition will therefore include all Orders in force on April 30th, 1918; (2) The Orders and Notices of last May and June of the Minister of Munitions as to Oils, Fats, and Oleaginous Seeds, Nuts and Kernels: these Orders are administered by the Food Controller, and an epitome of them is given at p. 501 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual " ; / (3) Orders of the Board of Trade as to Tobacco and Matches : all such Orders in force on February 28th, 1918, will be found in the edition of that date of the " Defence of the Eealm Manual," now in the press; (4) Orders of the Board of Trade as to the retail sale and distribution of Household Coal which will also be found in the last-mentioned Manual : other Orders as to coal are included in this " War Material Supplies Manual." This Table shows what articles so coming within the scope of this Manual are now (February 28th, 1918) subject to requisition or control, or in which dealings are regulated by such Orders, &c., which Department has made the Order, &c. ; the date of such Order, T f* P TT * i March 30,19 17 57 Jan. 10, 1917 147 Alloys used in Manufacture of High Speed Steel. Almanacks (advertising) ... ... j B. Alpaca " W.O. Regulation 30c 39 Jan. 15, 1918 265 April 30, 1917! 318 Jan. 1, 19181 337 Note. A single asterisk (#) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a " Notice ": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a "Permit" as distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Depart- ment. Date of Order, 'Notice,^: Page, or Permit. ^.^. Alumina. See " Aluminium." Aluminium(a) M. ^June 30, 1916 167 Dec. 2, 1916 _167 Feb. 17,1917 16R Aluminium Scrap and Swarf M. Dec. 2, 1916 167 . Feb. 17, 1917 168 Feb. 28, 1917i 169 W.O. ^Feb. 12, 1918 62 Ammonal W.O. ^June 16, 1916 59 Ammonia, Perchlorate of... W.O. ^June 16, 1916 59 Ammonia, Sulphate of M. Oct. 31,1916 81 Ammoniacal Liquor M. Oct. 31, 1916 81 Ammunition W.O. Sept. 24, 1915 58 ^June 16, 1916 59 Sept. 4, 1917 61 Anastigmatic Lenses M. Jan. 19, 1917 257 Anchors A. Sept. 27, 1917 148 Angle of Sight Instruments M. Nov. 23, 1915J 256 ^June 30, 1916 97 Angles, Steel M. July 7, 1916 200 ^Nov. 1, 1916 204 ^Jan. 1, 1917 210 Animal Oils. See " Oils, Animal and Vegetable." Anthracene Oil M. Feb. 1, 1918 85 Antimony ... Regulation 30B 39 Arms ... ... . ... W.O. Sept. 24, 1915 58 ^June 16, 1916 59 Sept. 4, 1917 61 Artificial Human Eyes M. June 5, 1917 258 Asbestos (raw) A. Jan. 5, 1918 174 Auctioneers' Catalogues ... B. Jan. 15, 1918 265 Awls W.O. Feb. 19, 1917 150 B. Ball Bearings M. Nov. 1, 1917 149 Ballistite W.O. ^June 16, 1916 59 Bar Iron M. July 7, 1916 200 ^Nov. 1, 1916J 204 ^Feb. 1, 19181 226 =JM^Feb. 15, 19181 227 Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a " Notice ": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a " Permit " as distinguished from nn Order strictly so termed. (a) Licence for wholesale dealing. &c., after Aug. 6th, 1918, required (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 67). 3 74 '. A 2 Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Depart- ment. Date of Order, Notice,^: Page, or Permit.:^: Bars. See " Aluminium " ; " Copper " ; "Platinum " ; " Steel." Basils. See " Sheep Skins." Bellite w.o. ^June 16, 1916 59 Benzol M. Oct. 31, 1916 81 Aug. 29, 1917 81 Betting Circulars ... ... B Jan. 15, 1918 265 Binder Twine M Feb. 15, 1918 148 Binoculars ... M. Nov. 23, 1915 256 ^June 30, 1916 97 Bituminous Material. See " Coal Tar." Blast- Furnace Dust M. Aug. 7, 1917 92 ^Feb. 8,1918 94 Blastine W.O. ^June 16, 1916 60 Blue Stone and Blue Vitriol M Feb. 15,1918 76 Boilers M. June 26, 1917 159 Bombs W.O. ^June 16, 1916 59 Bookmakers' Circulars B Jan. 15, 1918 265 Boot Manufacture Machinery W.O. Feb. 19, 1918 151 Boot & Saddlery Stitching Needles W.O. Feb. 19,1917 150 Boots. See " Leather " ; " War Time Boots " : " Women's Boots." Boring Machines and Mills, Metal M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 Working. ^Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^June 26, 1917 158 Boring Machines, Wood Working M. June 5,1917 164 Box Chronometers, Marine A. Aug. 4,1917 152 Box-making machines M. June 5, 1917j 164 Brass. See also " Copper." Regulation 30B 39 Brass Ingots M. Dec. 1, 1916 176 Brass Rods M. Dec. 1, L916 175 Brass Swarf and Scrap ... M. Feb. 24, 1917 175 Brass Tubing M. Dec. 1, 1916 175 Buffalo Hides ... W.O. Nov. 8, 1916 107 Bull Hides. See " Cow, Bull and Ox Hides." Bung Gut Skins ... A. March 19,1917 56 By-products, Coal or Coke-oven ... M. Oct. 31, 1916 81 C. Calcium Carbide ... M. Sept, 24, 1917 78 Calendars (advertising) B Jan. 15, 1918 265 Calf Hides. See " Cow, Bull and Ox Hides." Camel-hair W.O. April 30, 1917 318 Jan. 1, 1918 337 Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a " Notice " : two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. Permit " as Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Depart- 1 ment. Date of Order, Notice,^: Page, or Permit.^:^: Cape Sheep Skins. See " Sheep Skins or Pelts, Imported." Carbolic Crstals ... M. Carbon. See " Gas Works Retort Carbon/ Oct. 31, 1916| 81 Carbonate of Potash M. Oct. 17, 1917 Tr Cardboard ... M. May 15, 1917 277 B Feb. 27, 1918 273 Carnauba Wax W.O. ^July 11, 1917 79 ^Nov. 19, 1917 80 Carolina Sea Islands Cotton A Aug. 28, 1917 284 Cartridges... W.O. ^June 16,1916 59 Cases ... ... ... ... W.O. April 24, 1917 356 Cashmere W.O. April 30, 1917 318 Jan. 1,1918 337 "Casualty" Hides. See also "Hides." W.O, April 17, 1917 111 Dec. 29, 1917 121 Catalogues (tradesmen's) ... B Jan. 15, 1918 265 Caustic Potash M. Oct. 17, 1917 91 Cavalry Swords W.O. sfcJune 16, 1916 69 Centring Machines, Metal-working M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^^June 26, 1917 158 Chain Cables A. Sept. 27, 1917 148 Chain Cable Gear ... A. Sept. 27, 1917 148 Chain Cable Iron ... A. Sept. 27, 1917 148 Chairs. See " Railway Material." "Chance" Hides. See also " Hides." W.O. April 17, 1917 111 Dec. 29, 1917 121 Charcoal Tin plates M. Aug. 24, 1917 202 Charcoal Wasters ... M. Aug. 24, 1917 202 Chassis, Motor M. Jan. 6, 1917 158 Chemical Glassware M. Sept. 19, 1917 258 Chemicals. (See also under names W.O. Jan, 3, 1918 166 of particular Substances.) Chestnut Extract ... W.O. Oct. 23, 1916 145 Chloride of Potash M. Oct. 17, 1917 91 "Chop" (Hay and Straw) W.O. May 9, 1917 99 July 17,1917 103 Chrome Ore M. Aug. 31,1917 177 Chronometers A. May 11,1917 151 A. Aug. 4,1917 152 Chucking Machines, Metal- working M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^^June 26, 1917 158 Cinder. See " Tap Cinder, &c." Jan. 15, 1918| 265 Circulars, Advertising .. ... j B. Xote. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a "Notice": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a "Permit" as distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. 3749 A 3 Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Date of Order. Article. < De P arfc - Notice.^: Page. mem. or Permit.:^ Clinometers M. Nov. 23, 1915 256 3^ June 30, 1916 97 Clippings of Cotton Material W.O. ^Oct. 6, 1917i 286 Clippings of Woollen and Worsted W.O. S T OV. 21, 1916 329 Material. Nov. 24, 1916 330 Cloth. fe"Jute"; "Linen"; "Wool"; "Worsted." Clothing. See " Military Clothing." Coal B. July 4,1917 177 Sept. 5,1917 179 Sept. 11, 1917 462 Oct. 12,1917 1S2 Coal Tar ^ M. Oct. 31, 1916 81 Dec. 31,1917 82 Dec. 31, 1917 S3 Coal Tar, Oils Distilled from M. Aug. 29, 1917 M Dec. 31, 1917 82 Feb. 1, 1918 85 Cobalt Regulation 30c 39 Coke, Metallurgical. See " Metalli Coke-oven By-products ... irgical 2oke." Oct. 31, 1916 81 Coke-oven Tar. See "Tar Oils." Coke Tinplates M. Aug. 24, 1917 202 Colliery Wagons ... B. Sept. 6,1917 162 Colonial Wool W.O. Dec. 9, 1916 316 March 6, 1917 317 Commission Agents, Betting Cir- B. Jan. 1-5,1918 265 culars. Companies, Annual Reports, Pro- B. Jan. 15, 1918 265 spectus, etc. Compasses ... M. Nov. 23, 1915 256 ^^Jime 30, 1916 97 Compound Fertilisers M. Oct. 13, 1917 70 Nov. 14,1917 75 Copper.(a) (See also " Cupro-nickel Scrap.") Regulation 30B 39 June 5, 1916 183 Dec. 1, 1916 175 Dec. 8, 1916 183 Dec. 8, 1S16 184 Jan. 1, 1917 185* Copper Alloy M. June 5, 1916 183 Copper Cable M. Dec. 8, 1916 184 Copper Ore M. Jan. 1.1917 185 Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a " Notice ": two asterisks (^^) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a " Permit " as distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. (a) Licence for wholesale dealing, &c., after Aug. 6th, 1918, required (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 67). Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Depart- ment. Date of Order, Notice,^ or Permit. ^^ Page. Copper Rod M. Dec. 1, 1916 175 Dec. 8, 1916 183 184 Copper Scrap and Swarf ... M. Jan. 1,1917 185 Copper Sulphate ... M. Feb. 15, 1918 76 Copper Tubing M. Dec. 1, 1916 175 Copper Wire M. Dec. 1,1916 175 Dec. 8, 1916 184 W.O. ^June 16, 1916 59 Cotton (raw) B. June 28, 1917 282 Sept. 21, 1917 284 Oct. 19, 1917 287 Cotton Industries ... W.O. Dec. 22, 1916 281 Cotton Materials ... W.O. Oct. 6, 1917 286 Cotton Rag. See " Paper-making Materials. Cotton Restriction of Output B. Aug. 9, 1917 283 Cotton Yarn A. Aug. 28, 1917 284 Courtrai Flax W.O. Jan. 5, 1917 309 ^Jan. 5, 1917 290 Cow, Bull and Ox Hides, Domestic W.O. Nov. 8, 1916 107 (As to hides generally see Feb. 9, 1917 109 ' "Hides.") April 17, 1917 111 Dec. 29, 1917 121 Dec. 29, 1917 122 Cow, Bull and Ox Hides, Imported W.O. Oct. 16,1916 106 (As to hides generally see Nov. 8,1916 107 "Hides.") Dec. 15,1916 108 Feb. 9, 1917 109 Cranes M. Dec. 20, 1916 152 Crates ... ... W.O. April 24, 1917 356 Creosote Oil M. Feb. 1, 1918 85 Crosses." See " Tinplates." Crossbred Tops and Wool. See " Wool." Crude Benzol. See " Benzol." Crude Naphtha and Crude Solvent Naphtha. See " Naphtha." Crude Tar. See " Tar." Cupro-Nickel Scrap ... ... | M. Curried Leather ... ... ... j W.O. Cutting Machines, Metal- working M. Cuttings of Cotton Material ... W.O. Cuttings of Woollen and Worsted W.O. Material. Cycles (motor) ... ... ... M. March 9, 1917 187 July 14, 1917 134 Aug. 28, 1916 154 >. 28, 1916 154 26, 1917 158 Oct. 6, 1917 286 #Nov. 21, 1916 329 Nov. 24, 1916 330 Jan. 6,1917 158 Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a "Notice": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a "Permit" as distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. 3749 A 4 Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Date of Order, Anich. Depart- ment. Notice,^ Page, or Permit ^^ D. j Dairy, Machines, &c., for... W.O. Jan. 10, 1917 147 Danish Timber w.o. ^May 19, 1917 359 Dehydrated Tar ... ... w.o. Aug. 31, 1917 279 M. , Dec. 31,1917 83 Detonators ... W.O. ^June 16. 1916 59 Dial Sights M. Nov. 23^ 1915 256 3MWune 30, 1916 97 Diaries (Advertising) B. Jan. 15, 1918 265 Directors (Optical) M. Nov. 23, 1915 256 3MWuue 30, 1916 97 Drawn Steel Bars ... M. Feb. 24, 1917 232 Drawn Steel Rods M. Feb. 24, 1917 232 Drilling Machines (Metal- working) M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 3^ Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^June 26, 1917 158 Dross. See " Spelter/' Drugs W.O. Jan. 3, 1918 166 Dust, Blast-Furnace M. Aug. 7, 1917 92 ^^Feb. 8, 1918 94 E. East African Sisal Fibre ... W.O. Jan. 11, 1918 302 Electric Lamp Glass M. Sept. 19, 1917 258 Engines, Locomotive M. Feb. 2,1917 161 Engines, Motor M. Jan. 6, 1917 158 Esparto Grass. See " Paper-makino Explosives, Military Mater W.O. ials " Sept. 24, 1916 58 M. ^Feb. 8,1916! 'M M. =&May 6, 1916 59 W.O. #June 16, 1916 59 Sept. 4,1917 61 Eyes, Artificial (human) M. June 5,1917 258 F. " Fallen " Hides (see also Hides ") j W.O. ! April 17, 1917 111 Fastenings (Railway) j M. Dec. 29,1916! 160 Fellmongering of skins. See " Sheep Skins." Ferro-alloys ... ... ... , | Regulation 30 B j 39 i Regulation 30c | 39 Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a " Notice ": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a " Permit " as distinguished from an Order" strictly so termed. Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Depart- ment. Date of Order, Notice,^ Page. Fertilisers j Blast Furnace Dust M. ^Feb. 8,1918 94 Compound Fertilisers ... M. Oct. 13,1917 70 Nov. 14,1917 75 Potassium Compounds ... ... M. ^Feb. 8,19181 94 Superphosphates ... ... M. Aug. 20, 1918 67 Nov. 14,1017 75 Fibre, Maguey W.O. April 18, K>17 301 Fibre, Sisal (East African) ... W.O. Jan. 11,1918 302 Field-plotters M. Nov. 23, 1915 256 $*June 30, 1916 97 Fire (Apparatus for Control of) ... M. Nov. 23, 1915 256 $*Jnne 30, 1916 97 Fire- wood Making and Bundling M. June 5, 1917 164 Machines. Fish Plates (railway) ... M. Dec. 29,1916 160 Flax, Home Grown Irish Crop (as to flax seed. See W.O. Feb. 7, 1918 298 "Flax Seed, Irish ") M. Feb. 8, 1916 299 W.O. Feb. 28, 1918 300 U.K. Crop generally (as to fer- W.O. Dec. 22, 1916 281 tilisers for flax crop. See W.O. "Fertilisers") W.O. March 2, 1917 290 A. and March31,1917 291 W.O. M. Aug. 25, 1917 295 M. Aug. 25, 1917 ;uo W.O. Dec. 27, 1917 297 W.O. Feb. 26, 1918 300 Flax, Imported i Courtrai flax ... W.O. Jan. o, 1917 309 W.O. ^Jan. 5, 1*J17 290 Russian flax W.O. Jan. 28, 1916 288 W.O. March21,1916 289 W.O. ^Dec. 1, 1916 289 W.O. ^MarchS, 1917 291 Imported flax generally W.O. Dec. 22, 1916 281 W.O. ^Jan. 5, 1917 290 W.O. March 2, 1917 290 A. and March31,1917 291 W.O. M. Aug. 25,1917 295 M. Aug. 25, 1917 310 W.O. Dec. 27, 1917 297 W.O. Feb. 26,1918 300 Note. A single asterisk (^) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a " Notice " : two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a " Permit distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. as 10 Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Depart- ment. Date of Order. Notice,^: or Permit.:^ Page Flaxseed, Ireland ... w.o. (a) July 12, 1917 292 M. =Nov. 30, 1917 296 M. Dec. 14, 1917 296 Fleeces. See Pelts," " Skins," Wool." Flue Cinder. See " Tap Cinder, &c." Flux skimmings. See " Spelter." Forage ... W.O. May 9, 1917 99 July 17, 1917 100 July 17, 1917 103 Foreign Wool W.O. Dec. 9, 1916 316 March 6, 1917 317 Forging Machines, Metal Working M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^^ Aug. 28, 1ec. 7, 1917 ^Feb. 8,1918 Aug. 28, 1916 Aug. 28,1916 =)MfcJune 26, 1917 356 263 264 270 275 265 273 270 273 270 273 59 59 256 97 165 257 59 59 154 154 158 197 198 97 265 59 91 93 94 154 154 158 (See also " Vegetable Parchment Paper," " Waste Paper.") Paper-making Materials ... Pasteboard Pelts. See " Sheep Skins or Pelts.' Perchlorate of Ammonia ... Perchlorate of Potash Periscopes Petroleum, Petrol or Petrol Substitul " Turpentine Substitute." Phosphates, See " Compound Fe phates." Photographic Lenses Picric Acid Pig Iron. See " Iron (PiG)." Pig Lead. See " Lead." Pistols ... ... ... ... Planers, Metal-working ... Platinum Potash. See " Blast Furnace Dust sers " ; " Potassium Compounds." Potash, Perchlorate of Potassium Compounds ... ... Power - driven Metal - working Machinery. Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a "Notice": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a "Permit" as distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. 19 Article. Depart- ment. Date of Order, Notice,^ or Permit. ^^ p age. Power - driven W ood - working- M. June 5, 1917 164 Machinery. Power Presses, Metal- working ... M. Aug. 28, 1916 154- Aug. 28, 1916 154 - ^June 26, 1917 158 Price Lists (tradesmen's) ... ... B. Jan. 15, 1918 265 Prismatic Binoculars ... ... M. Nov. 23, 1915 256 ^June 30, 1916 97 Private Owners 1 Wagons... B. Marchl6,1917 161 Sept. 6, 1917 162 Pulp. See " Paper-making Material s." Punching Machines, Metal- working M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^Aug. 28, 1916 154 3MMune 26, 1917 158 Q. Quarried Stone W.O. Aug. 31, 1917 279 W O ^Anril 9ft 1Q1 7 i ft^ V_/ /\ -CLIJlll _O_ X. %J A t R Raffia W O ^k.l VI I <=) I Q "I 7 010 . V_7 . A */ tlJ J X ^J J. t/ X i ) 1 t Jan. 15, 1917 312 July 18, 1917 313 Rails M. Julv 7 IQlfi 9OO t/ HI V 4 A C7 JL \J \J\J ^^Nov. 1, 1916 204 ^ :: ^ : March22,1917 212 Railway Material M. Dec. 29, 1916 160 Feb. 2,1917 161 B. Marchl6,1917 161 B. Sept. 6, 1917 162 Rangefinders ... - M. Nov. 23,1915 256 ^June 30, 1916 97 Raw Asbestos A. Jan. 5, 1918 174 Raw Cotton. See " Cotton (raw)." Raw Flax. See " Flax." Raw Goat Skins. See " Goat Skins." Raw Jute. See "Jute." Remnants of Cotton Materials ... W.O. ^Oct. 6, 1917 286 Remnants of Woollen and Worsted W.O. ^Nov. 21, 1916 329 Materials. Nov. 24, 1916 331) Re-scutched Tow. See " Flax." Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a "Notice": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a "Permit" as distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Date of Order, Depart- Notice,^ or Permit.^ Page. Retort Carbon. See " Gas Works 1 | ietort Carbon." Revolvers ... W.O. ^June 16, 1916 59 Rifles w o ^June 16, 1916 59 M. May 11, 1917 61 Rifles, Optical Sights for M. Nov. 23, 1915 256 Road Material W.O. Aug. 31, 1917 279 Rough Dried Leather. See " Leather." Rosin M. Jan. 31, 1918 95 Rosin Oil M. Jan. 31, 1918 95 Rounds, Steel M. July 7, 1916 200 ##Nov. 1, 1916 204 Russian Flax, Hemp or Tow W.O. Jan. 28, 1916 288 March 21, 1916! 289 ^^Dec. I, 1916 289 - ^MarchS, 1917 291 Feb. 26, 1918 303 Russian Timber W.O. May 3, 1917 357 S Sabulite W.O. ^June 16, 1916 59 Saddlery Needles and Awls W.O. Feb. 19,1917 150 St. Helena Hemp and Tow W.O. Jan. 11, 1918 302 Sakelerides Cotton A. Aug. 28,1917 284 Scale. See " Tap Cinder, &c." Scrap. See "Aluminium," "Brass," "Copper," " Cupro-n ckel," " High-speed Steel," " Lead," Steel," " Zinc." Screw-machines, Metal-working ... M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^Aug. 28, 1916 154 $^June 26, 1917 158 Sea-planes ... ... ... M. March 30, 1 91 7 57 Second-hand Railway Material ... M. ^Nov. 1, 1916 204 Dec. 29, 1916 160 : J : ^March22,1917 212 Shapers, Metal-working M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^Aug. 28, 1916 154 i^June 26, 1917 158 Sharp Oil M. Feb. 1, 1918 85 Shearing Machines, Metal- working M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^^Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^June 26, 1917 158 Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a " Notice ": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a " Permit " as distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Depart- ment. Date of Order, Notice,^ or Permit.^ Page. Sheep Skins or Pelts, Domestic ... i W.O. April 9, 1917 110 April 21, 1917] 112 June 5, 1917 113~ June 30,1917! 113 Sept. 18, 1917 115 Sept. 21, 1917 : 115 Nov. 29, 1917; 117 * Dec. 12,1917 118 Dec. 18, 1917 118 Dec. 29, 1917 119 Sheep Skins or Pelts, Imported ... W.O. April 21, 1917 112 June r>, 1917 113 June 30, 1917 114 ^Feb. 16, 1918 125 Shells and Shell Bodies ... W.O. fcJune 16, 1916 59 Shoe Manufacture Machinery W.O. Feb. 19, 1918 151 Shot Guns ... M. May 11, 1917i 61 W.O. Sept. 4,' 1917 61 Signal Apparatus ... M. Dec. 29, 1916! 160 . Silk, Japanese A. July 23, 1917 314 Silk Waste or Noils M. Nov. 8, 1916 313 Sisal Fibre (East African) ... W.O. Jan. 11, 1918, 302 Skins (Animals). See "Goat Skins," "Hides,"' "Sheep Skins or Pelts." Skins (Bung Gut) A. Marchl9,1917 56 Skins (Goldbeater) A. Marchl9,1917 56 sw... W.O. Aue- ;->! 1917 279 Sleepers ... ... M. XA * w^ ^9 -l.t7.L4 w 99 1916 wit/ 160 W.O. JL-"_/V AV) -L 7 i \J Dec. 4, 1917 .L \J \J 361 Slotting Machines, Metal-working M. Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^Aug. 28, 1916 154 ^^June 26, 1917 158 Socks W.O. ^ April 14, 1917 331 Soda, Nitrate of ... M. Oct. 18, 1917 90 Soft Wood... W.O. April 14, 1917 352 May 7* 9 1917 t/lr 358 May 7, 1917 358 ^^May 19, 1917 359 Sole Leather W.O. ^June 30, 1916 126 ^Feb. 12,1917 132 ^March 30,19 17 132 . Aug. 16, 1917 138, note (a) ^Sept. 6,1917 137 Sept. 19, 1917 137 Note. A single asterisk (*) prefixed to a date shows that the document referred to is a "Notice": two asterisks (**) so prefixed show that the document referred to is a "Permit" as distinguished from an Order strictly so termed. 22 Table of Controlled War Material Supplies. Article. Depart- ment. Date of Order, Notice,^ Page, or Permit.4^ Solvent Naphtha. See "Naphtha." South African Goat Skins. See " Goat Skins." Spelter and Zinc Compounds ... j M. March23,1917i 238 Jan. 22, 1918 240 Spirit, Motor. See " Motor Spirit." Sporting Guns M. May 11, 1917 61 W.O. Sep. 4, 1917 61 Standing Timber ... W.O. July 4, 1017; 360 Steam Lorries M. June 26, 1917 159 Steel Supplies(a) ... Regulation 30 B 39 M. July 7, 1916 200 Oct 31, 1916 201 ^Nov. 1, 1916 204 Nov. 20, 1916 228 ^Jan. 1, 1917 210 =X*Tan. 5,1917 211 Feb. 24, 1917 232 March 22,1917 202 =^Mar. 22, 1917 212 * Aug. 24, 1917 202 ##Aug. 24,1917 214 Aug. 28, 1917 202 ^Nov. 27, 1917 219 Nov. 30, 1917 203 ^Nov. 30, 1917 221 Dec. 14, 1917 234 ^Jan. 4, 1918 223 ^^Feb. 1, 1918 226 3MFeb. 15, 1918 227 Steel Alloys Steel Bars ... M. Regulation 30c 39 Feb. 24, 1917 232 Steel, High Speed Regulation 30c 39 Feb. 15, 1918 227 Steel Plates, Stabs and Strips M. ' Nov. 30, 1917 203 ^ L Nov. 30, 1917 221 Steel Rods ... M. Feb. 24, 1917 232 Steel Scrap... ... ... Regulation 30c 39 M. Oct. 31, 1916' 2u- ance thereof are printed in the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual" and the periodically issued Editions of the Food Coa- troller's Orders of which the latest published i- revised to January 31st, 1918. Both the Regulations and Orders in question aie outside the scope of the present Manual, for they relate to the Maintenance of " Food Supply/' as contrasted with the " Supply of War Mateiials," and therefore the Regulations empowering Orders as to War Materials- have been reproduced in this Manual with the following variations from the form they assume in the General Code. Those, Regulations or paragraphs of Regulations which as appearing in the said Code primarily apply to the Food Con- troller but which by Regulation 2jj (1) or otherwise are extended with adaptations to the Board of Trade, are reproduced in the form which they appear to assume as conferring powers on that Board, and therefore in that which they take with respect to matters within the scope of the pre-t-nt Manual. All paragiaphs or portions, of 'Regulations which are printed in this Manual in the form they appear to assume as thu< adapted and applied. instead of that in which they occur in the Orders in Council amending the Regulations, are denoted by thick black lines. of Mine*. TnnixiHH-t tuitl Employment. This Manual is strictly confined to the Control of particular articles forming War Material Supplies: therefore though it comprise- the Regulations and Orders as to metals it does not comprise those relating to mines. Xor does it cover the State Control which has been established over the various means of Tran-poit, nor the power of requiring Services as to Storage, &c., Transport or Distribution, nor the restrictions on Employment, Building Work, Xew Retail Businesses, Exhibitions, &c. But an outline of the provisions governing these matters will be found in the Tntioduction at the beginning of the Volume. Admiralty, Army Council, and Ministry of Munitions' Concurrent Powers. 2. Concurrent Powers of Admiralty, Army Council, and Minister of Munitions. [NOTE. All the Regulations printed in this Group confer concurrent powers on the Admiralty, Array Council, and Minister of Munitions. The concluding paragraphs of two of these Regulations ^2n and 7) empower the Board of Trade to exercise as regards certain articles the requisitioning powers thereby conferred. Those paragraphs are here reproduced in the form they appear to assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2jJ (1) instead of in that in which as applying primarily to the Food Controllet (whose Powers and Orders are outside the scope of the present Manual) they appear in the Defence of the Realm Code, the portions of the Regulations so varied being denoted by thick black lines. Regulation 2jJ (3) (p. 46) conferred on the Board of Trade as respects trees and timber and articles manufactured therefrom the like powers as are given by Regulations 2E and 15c to the Army Council, and Regulation 9co (5) conferred on the Army Council as respects road material the like powers as are exerciseable by the Board of Trade undei Regulations 2r to 2j as reproduced with adaptations in this Manual. The text of the Orders made under all these enabling powers forms Part II. of this Manual the general Priority of Work Orders being relegated to a separate Part III. An outline of the provisions as to the constitution of the Admiralty, Army Council, and Ministry of Munitions, and as to the trial and prosecution of offences against the Regulations and the Orders thereunder is given in the Introduction to this Manual, and' the provisions as to the proof and construction of the enabling Regulations and of the Orders are comprised in Appendix V. hereto.] (a.) General Powers, p. 29. b.) Special Powers as to Metals, p. 39. (a.) General Powers. 2 B . It shall be lawful for the Admiralty or Army Council or Power to the Minister of Munitions to take possession of any war material, take posses- food, forage and stores of any description and of any articles sion of war required for or in connection with the production thereof. material, Where any goods, possession of which has been so taken, are s tores,'&c acquired by the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions, the price to be paid in respect thereof shall in default of agreement be determined by the tribunal by which claims for 30 Admiralty, Army Council, and Ministry of Munitions* Concurrent Powers. compensation tinder these regulations are, in the absence of any express provision to the contrary, determined. (a) In determining such price(b) regard need not be had to the market price, but shall be had (a) if the goods are acquired from the grower or producer thereof, to the cost of production and to the rate of profit usually earned by him in re-pert of similar goods before the war and to whether such rate of profit was unreasonable or excessive, and to any other cir- cumstances of the case; (6) if the goods are acquired from any person other than the grower or producer thereof, to the price paid by such person for the goods and to whether Midi price was unreasonable or excessive, and to the rate of profit usually earned in respect of the sale of similar goods before the war, and to whether such rate or profit was unreasonable or excessive, and to any other circum- stances of the ca>e: so, however, that if tlie (a) TRIBUNAL FOR COMPENSATION CLAIMS. On March 31st, 11)15, a Royal Commission ("The Defence of the Realm (Losses) Commission ") was appointed, the terms of reference of which (printed at length at pp. 367, 3G8 of Supple- ment No. 3 to the Manual of Emergency Legislation) are as follows : " to inquire and determine, and to report what sums (in cases not other- ' wise provided for) ought in reason and fairness to be paid out of ' public funds to applicants who (not being subjects of an enemy ' State) are resident or carrying on business in the United Kingdom, 'in respect of direct and substantial loss incurred and damage ' sustained by them by reason of interference with their property or " business in the United Kingdom through the exercise by the Crown " of its rights and duties in the defence of the Realm." The Commissioii3rs thereby appointed are empowered (i.) to call before them such persons as they shall judge likely to afford them any information upon the subject of the Commission : and also to call for, have access to and examine all such books, documents, registers and records as may afford them the fullest information on the subject, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. (ii.) to visit and personally inspect such places as they may deem it ex- pedient so to inspect for the more effectual carrying out of the purposes aforesaid. The Commissioner further provides that if the Commissioners deem it expedient, the powers and privileges conferred on them shall belong to, and may be exer- cised by, any one or more of them, and that they shall, from time to time, report to the Treasury. The (Feb. 28th, 1918) present members of the Commission are : Lord Terrington (chairman) ; Sir Matthew G. Wallace ; Mr. E. Shortt, K.C., M.P. : and The Rt. Hon. Mr. Laurence Hardy, M.P. Mr. D. du Bois Davidson is Secretary to the Commission, whose address is Spencer House, 27, St. James' Place, S.W.I. (b) DETERMINATION OF PRICE. The terms on which a sub-contract may be varied under Regulation 2BB (p. 31) are if a sub-contractor so requires deter- minable in the manner and in accordance with the principles prescribed by this Regulation 2B. Regulation 7 (p. 33) provides for the determination of the price of factory-output requisitioned thereunder. Admiralty, Army Council, and Ministry of Munitions 9 31 Concurrent Powers. from whom the goods are acquired himself acquired the goods otherwise than in the usual course of his business, no allowance, or an allowance at a reduced rate, on account of profit shall be made : Provided that where by virtue of these regulations or any order made thereunder the sale of the goods at a price above any price fixed thereunder is prohibited the price assessed under this regulation shall not exceed the price so fixed. If, after the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions have issued a notice that they have taken or intend to take possession of any war material, food, forage, stores or article in pursuance of this regulation, any person having control of any such material, food, forage, stores or article (without the consent of the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions) sells, removes, or secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence, permit, or order that may have been granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations. (a) The Board of Trade(b) may as lespects any article of commerce not being an article of food, exercise the like powers as are by this regulation conferred on the Admiralty, Army Council, and Minister of Munitions, where it appears to the Board necessary or expedient to exercise any of those powers for the purpose of encouraging, maintaining or regulating the supply of any such article which is required by the public or by any section of the public or which is otherwise required for the public safety or defence of the Realm, and this regulation shall apply accordingly. 2 BB . Where the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Variance of Munitions have entered into a contract with any person (herein- ^^f f sub " after referred to as "the principal contractor") for the supply to goods or to them of any goods or services, and for the purposes of such services and contract a sub-contract has after the thirteenth day of June as to factory nineteen hundred and seventeen been made with any other person OU ' ; P 11 *- (whether such sub-contract is made with the principal contractor or any sub-contractor), and it appears to the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions that the rate of profit earned or to be earned by the sub-contractor in respect of the sub-contract is unreasonable or excessive, the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions may ('whether or not the sub-contract has been completed) issue a certificate to that effect and may by order vary the terms of the sub-contract by the substitution there- for of such terms as they may think fair and reasonable, and require the sub-contractor (a) to carry out the sub-contract in whole or in part in accord- ance with the terms as so varied ; and (a) OFFENCE AGAINST REGULATIONS. See the Introduction to this Manual. (b) BOARD OF TRADE POWERS. This paragraph of Regulation 2B is here reproduced in the form it assumes as adapted and applied by Regulation 2JJ (1). So far as respects road material the Army Council have the like powers. 32 Admiralty, Army Council, and Ministry of Munitions' Concurrent Powers. (b) either in addition thereto or as an alternative therefor to adjust the price of any goods already supplied or any services already rendered in accordance with the terms so varied, and to account to the other party to the sub-contract for any consequential reduction in price : Provided that no order made under this regulation shall affect the price of any goods supplied or services rendered under any sub- contract where the sub-contract has been completed and the pay- ment has been made more than one year before the date of the order. If any sub-contractor in respect of whom such an order is made fails to comply with any of the requirements contained in the order, he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulation^*) : Provided that if the sub-contractor does not agree to the term* fixed by the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions, he may require the terms to be determined in the manner and in accordance with the principles prescribed by Regulation 2s, (b) without prejudice however to his obligation in the meantime to comply with the terms of the order. In the event of the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions exercising the powers conferred upon them by this regulation, the price payable by them to the principal contractor under the principal contract shall he reduced by such an amount, not exceeding the amount of the saving to the principal contractor due to the exercise of such powers, as may be determined by the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions. This regulation shall apply where the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions have required the. occupier of any factory or workshop to place at their disposal the whole or any part of the output of the factory or workshop as if the occupier had contracted with the Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions to supply such output or part thereof at the price payable therefor as ascertained in accordance with Regulation 7.(o) Directions as 2 D . It shall be lawful for the Admiralty or Army Council or to priority in the Minister of Munitions, or any person authorised by them to coal orcoke act in their Behalf, after consultation with the Board of Trade, to give directions as to the priority to be given in the execution of orders or contracts for the supply of coal or coke, with a view to securing precedence for orders or contracts in accordance with their national importance, and the owner, agent or manager of (a) OFFENCE AGAINST REGULATIONS. See'the Introduction to this Manual. (b) DETERMINATION OF TERMS OF VARIANCE OF SUB-CONTRACT. Regula- lation 2B (p. 29) provides that the Defence of the Realm (Losses) Commission (as to which see footnote (a) to Regulation 2s as printed at p. 30) shall be the determining tribunal and prescribes the principles on which the terms are to be determined. (c) REGULATION 7 Printed p. 33. Admiralty, Army Council, and Ministry of Munitions' 33 Concurrent Powers. any mine or any other person affected by the directions who fails to comply with any directions so given, and any person who in any certificate or document given or issued for the purpose of securing priority for any order or contract in pursuance of such directions makes any false statement or false representation, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations. (a) 2 E . The Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Muni-~ Power to tions(b) may by order regulate, restrict, or prohibit the manufac- regulate ture, purchase, sale, delivery of or payment for, or other dealing in, any war material, food, forage, or stores of any description or j n war any article required for or in connection with the production material, thereof, and if any person refuses to sell any article the sale forage, whereof is regulated by any such order, he may be required by the s t res > c - Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Munitions to sell it 011 the terms and subject to the conditions on and subject to which the sale thereof is authorised by the order, and to deliver it to them or to any person or persons named by them, delivery to be made in such quantities and at such times and places as may be specified by them or on their behalf. If any person fails to comply with any provision of any such order or any requirements made thereunder, or aids or abets(o) any other person, whether or riot such other person is in the United Kingdom, in doing anything which, if done in the United Kingdom, would be a contravention of any such order, he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations. (a) (d) 2 K . Where in anticipation of the issue of an order or requisi- Delivery in tion by the Admiralty, or Army Council, or Minister of Munitions anticipation under these regulations, the whole or any part of the output of of order or any factory or workship or any goods have been delivered to or re( i ul8ltl011 - put at the disposal of the Admiralty, or Army Council, or Minister of Munitions, then, if such order or requisition is subsequently made, the output or part thereof or goods shall be deemed to have been delivered or put at the disposal of the Admiralty, or Army Council, or Minister of Munitions in com- pliance with such order or requisition. 7. The Admiralty or Army Council or the Minister of Muni- p ovver to tions may by order require the occupier of any factory or work- requisition shop in which arms, ammunition, food, forage, clothing, output of factories (a) OFFENCE AGAINST REGULATIONS. See the Introduction to this Manual, turingarms (b) BOARD OF TRADE POWERS AS TO TREES AND TIMBER. As respects ammunition, trees and timber the Board of Trade have under Regulation 2jj (3) (p. 46) forage, the like powers as are given the Army Council by Regulation 2E. stores ') against these regulations (3) It is hereby declared that the possession under this regula- tion by the Board of Trade or by a person >or body of persons nominated by them of any factory, workshop or premises or plant, shall not affect any liability of the actual occupier thereof under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, ers. Power to regulate manufacture or dealings in trees or timber and to require particulars of timber business. Army Council Orders to have effect as Board of Trade Orders. (c) to enter on and take possession of any land, buildings or premises, and to take possession of any plant used, or capable of being used, for the felling, storing, or con- version of trees, and to take possession of any vehicles, locomotives, or animals required for the transport of trees or such plant as aforesaid, or for any purposes in connection therewith ; (d) to provide housing accommodation for workmen employed for any such purposes as aforesaid by taking possession of any land or unoccupied premises ; (e) to utilise any water supply or motive power available for any of the purposes aforesaid. Where any trees, whether standing, felled, or converted, possession of which has been so taken, are acquired by the Army Council or the Board of Trade or any person duly authorised by them, the price to be paid in respect thereof shall, in default of agreement, be determined in the manner and in accordance with the principles prescribed by Regulation 2s. (a) 2 JJ . (3) The Board of Trade, and any person authorised by them, shall, as respects trees and timber, whether standing, felled or converted, and articles manufactured therefrom, have the like powers as are given to the Army Council under Regulation 2E and 15c(b) and those regulations shall apply accordingly. 2 JJ . (4) Any order made by the Army Council under Regula- tions 2s, 2E or 15c before the 22nd day of August, 1917, and in force on that date affecting any such trees or timber as aforesaid or articles manufactured therefrom, (c) shall continue in force and have effect as if it had been made by the Board of Trade or a person authorised by them under this regulation, and as if the Board of Trade were substituted therein for the Army Council, without prejudice however to any action taken thereunder by the Army Council before that date. Powers as to horses and horse-drawn vehicles. (c) Special Powers as to Horses and Horse-drawn Vehicles. 2 JJ . (5) Without prejudice to the powers of the Army Council the Board of Trade may exercise as respects horses (including mules) and horse-drawn vehicles all the powers that they may exercise under Regulations 2s, 2r to 2j inclusive and 7,(d) and orders under this sub-section may provide for the giving of instructions in relation to horses and horse-drawn vehicles in (a) REGULATION 2s. This is printed p. 29. 0>) REGI'LATIONS 2E AND 15c. Of these, Regulation 2E is printed p. 33, and Regulation 15c p. 37. (c) ARMY COUNCIL ORDERS AS TO TREES OR TIMBER. There are 7 of these Orders now (Feb 28, 191 8 ) in force which have effect as Board of Trade Orders. They are printed under Class 13 (Timber Sup lies) of Part II of this Manual. (d) REGULATIONS 2s, 2r TO 2j AND 7. Of these, Regulation 2n is printed p. 29, Regulations 2p to 2j inclusive, pp. 40 to 44, and Regulation 7, pp. 33 to 35. Board of Trade Powers. 47 such manner and by isuch persons as the Board of Trade may direct, and for enabling the Board to take possession of any horse or horse-drawn vehicle either absolutely or by way of hire. Such compensation shall be paid for any horse or horse-drawn vehicle so taken possession of as shall in default of agreement be determined by the arbitration of a single arbitrator appointed in manner provided by an order of the Board of Trade, but in deter- mining the amount of the compensation the arbitrator shall have regard to the age and condition of the horse or vehicle, to the allowance of a reasonable profit on the price, if any, paid by the person from whom the same is taken, and to any other circumstance without necessarily taking into consideration the market price at the time. Nothing in this sub-section shall apply to horses or hoise-drawn vehicles used wholly or mainly in agriculture or to vehicles licensed to ply for hire. (d) Special Powers as to Motor Spirit. 8^. If any person, who is under a contract to supply motor spirit, refrains, on the request of the Board of Trade, or any person authorised for that purpose by the Board of Trade, from delivering motor spirit in accordance with his contract, that person shall not be liable to any action or proceedings taken against him in respect of the non-fulfilment of his contract so far as it is due to compliance with that request. In this regulation, the expression " motor spirit " has the same meaning as in Part VI. of the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, (a) 15-A-. Every person who uses or keeps motor spirit, whether for the purpose of supplying motive power to motor-cars or for any other purpose, shall supply such information in relation to the motor spirit used or kept by him, and the purposes for which and the manner in which it is used or kept by him, as the Board of Trade may by any general or special order require, giving such particulars in such form and at such times as the Board of Trade may by order direct; and if any person fails to comply with this regulation, or with any order made by the Board of Trade there- under, or knowingly gives any false information, he shall be guilty of a summary offence(b) against these regulations. For the purposes of this regulation " motor spirit" has the same meaning as in section eighty-four of the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910.(a) (a) " MOTOR SPIRIT." S. 84 (7) of that Act, 10 Ewd. 7. c. 8, is as follows : " (7) In this Part of this Act, the expression " motor spirit " means any inflammable hydrocarbon (including any mixture of hydrocarbons and anj liquid containing hydrocarbon) which is capable of being used for providing reasonably efficient motive power for a motor car . . . . " (b) " SUMMARY OFFKNCE." See the Introduction to this Manual. Non-liability for non- fulfilment j of contract for supply of motor- spirit. Power; to require information as to motor- spirit used or kept. 4S Stationery Office Controller's Powers. Power to take posses- sion of articles cequired for Government aervice 4. Powers of Controller of the Stationery Office. [NOTE. For the purpose of enabling His Majesty's Stationery Office to obtain stores and other articles, and the execution of printing and other work, required for the service of His Majesty and the various Government Departments, Regulation SEE of the Defence of the Realm Regulations empowered the Treasury to by order apply, with the necesary adaptations, to the Controller pf His Majesty's Stationery Office the provisions of certain specified Regulations of the Defence of the Realm Code and provided that those Regulations as so applied and adapted should have effect as if they formed part of that Code. Regulations 2s, 2BB, 7, 8, SA and 15c are hereundei printed in the adapted form in which they have been so applied to the Controller of the Stationery Office by Treasury Order (St. R & 0., 1918, No. 242) which has effect as from March 1st, 1918. The Treasury Order also applied to the said Controller Regulations 29A and 34A of the said Code, but those Regulations being outside the main scope of this Manual are not here reproduced.] 2 B . It shall be lawful for the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office to take possession of any stores or other articles required for the service of His Majesty or any Government Department. Where any goods, possession of which has been so taken, are acquired by the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office, the price to be paid in respect thereof shall in default of agreement be determined by the tribunal by which claims for compensation under these regulations are, in the absence of any expiess pro- vision to the contrary determined. (a) In determining such price(b) regard need not be had to the market price but shall be had (a) if the goods are acquired from the producer thereof, to the cost of production and to the rate of profit usually earned by him in respect of similar goods before the war and to whether such, rate of profit was unreason- able or excessive, and to any other circumstances of the case; (&) if the goods are acquired from any person other than the producer thereof, to the price paid by such person for the goods and to whether such price was unreasonable or excessive, and to the rate of profit usually earned in respect of the sale of similar goods before the war, and (a) TRIBUNAL FOR COMPENSATION CLAIMS. See footnote (a) to Regula- tion i?B as prin<>ed, p. 30, in the form in which it applies to the Admiralty, &c. (b) DETERMINATION OF PRICE. The terms on which a sub-contract may be varied under Regulation 2BB (p. 49) are if a sub-contractor so requires determinable in the manner and in accordance with the principles prescribed by this Regulation 2B. Regulation 7 (p. 50) provides for the determination of the price of factory-output requisitioned thereunder. Stationery Office Controller 's Powers. 49 to whether such rate of profit was unreasonable or excessive, and to any other circumstances of the case ; so, however, that if the person from whom the goods are acquired himself acquired the goods otherwise than in the usual course of his business, no allowance, or an allowance at a reduced rate, on account of profit shall be made: Provided that where by virtue of these regulations or any order made thereunder the sale of the goods at a price above any price fixed thereunder is prohibited the price assessed under this regulation shall not exceed the price so fixed. If, >after the Controller -of His Majesty's Stationery Office has issued a notice that he has taken or intends to take possession of any stores, or article in pursuance of this regulation, any person having control of any such stores or article (without the consent of the Controller -of His Majesty's Stationery Office) sells, removes, or secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence, permit, or order that may have been granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of a summary offence^) against these regulations. 2 BB . Where the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office Variance of has entered into a contract with any person (hereinafter referred terms of to as "the principal contractor") for the supply to him of any contract as goods or services, and for the purposes of such contract a sub- to g ? ods or contract has after the 1st day of April nineteen hundred and * eighteen been made with any other person (whether such sub- contract is made with the principal contractor or any sub-con- tractor), and it appears to the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office that the rate of profit earned or to be earned by the sub-contractor in respect of the sub-contract is unreason- able or excessive, the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office may (whether or not the sub-contract has been completed) issue a certificate to that effect and may by order vary the terms of the sub-contract by the substitution therefor of such terms as he may think fair and reasonable, and require the sub-con- tractor (a) to carry out the sub-contract in whole or in part in accordance with the terms as so varied ; and (6) either in addition thereto or as an alternative therefor to adjust the price of any goods already supplied or any services already rendered in accordance with the terms so varied, and to account to the other party to the sub-contract for any consequential reduction in price : Provided that no order made under this regulation shall affect the price of any goods supplied or services rendered under any (a) " SUMMARY OFFENCE." See the Introduction to this Manual. 50 Stationery Office Controller's Powers. Power to requisition output of factories manufac- turing articles required for Government Service. subcontract where the sub-contract has been completed and the payment has been made more than one year before the date of the order. If any sub-contractor in respect of whom such an order is made fails to comply with any of the requirements contained in the order, he shall be guilty of a summary offence(a) against these regulations : Provided that if the sub-contractor does not agree to the terms fixed by the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office he may require the terms to be determined in the manner and in accordance with the principles prescribed by Regulation B, (to) without prejudice however to his obligation in the meantime to comply with the terms of the order. In the event of the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office exercising the powers conferred upon him l>y this regula- tion, the price payable by him to the principal contractor under the principal contract shall be reduced by such an amount, not exceeding the amount of the saving to the principal contractor due to the exercise of such powers, as may be determined by the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office. Thifi regulation shall apply where the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office has required the occupier of any factory or workshop to place at his disposal the whole or any part of the output of the factory or workshop as if the occupier had contracted with the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office to supply such output or part thereof at the price payable there- for as ascertained in accordance with Regulation 7. 7. The Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office may by order require the occupier of any factory or workshop in which stores or any article required for the service of His Majesty or any Government Department are or may be manufactured, or in which any operation or process required in the production, alteration, renovation or repair thereof is or may be carried on or in which printing or other work required for such service as aforesaid )s or may bo carried on to pJace at his disposal the whole or any part of the output of the factory or workshop as may be specified in the order, and to deliver to him or to any person or persons named by him the output or such part thereof as afore- said in such quantities and at such times as may be specified in. the order : and the price to be paid for the output so requisitioned shall, in default of agreement, be determined by the arbitration of a judge of the High Court selected by the Lord Chief Justice of England in England, of a judge of the Court of Session (a) "SUMMARY OFFENCE." See the Introduction*to this Manual. (b) DETERMINATION OF TERMS OF VARIANCE OF SUB-CONTRACT. Regula- tion 2e (p. 48) provides that the Defence of the Realm Losses Commission (as to which see footnote (a) to Regulation 2e as printed at p. 30) shall be the determining tribunal and prescribes the principles on which the termt are to be determined. Stationery Office Controller's Powers. 51 -selected by the Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland, -or of a judge of the High Court of Ireland selected fcy the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. In determining such price regard need not be had to the market price, but shall be had to the cost of production of the output so requisitioned and to the rate of profit usually earned in respect of the output of such factory or workshop before the war, and to whether such rate of profit was unreasonable OT ^excessive, and to any other circumstances of the case. If the occupier of the factory or workshop fails to comply with the order, or without the leave of the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office delivers to any other person any part of the output of the factory or workshop to which the order relates, he shall be guilty of a summary offence against these regulations. For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of the output of any factory or workshop or any plant therein and the cost of production of such output, and the rate of profit usually earned in respect of the output of such factory or workshop before the war, the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office may require the occupier of any such factory or workshop, or any officer or servant of the occupier, or where the occupier is a company any director of the company, to furnish to the Con- troller of His Majesty's Stationery Office such particulars as to such output, cost, and rate of profit as he may direct, and may require any such particulars to be verified in such manner as he may direct, and if any such persons fails to comply with any such requirement he shall be guilty of a summary offence. (a) against these regulations. 8. The Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office may take Power to possession of any factory or workshop or of any plant belonging take posses- thereto without taking possession of the factory or workshop itself, f^tor or^ and may use the same for the service of His Majesty or of any pi an t. Government Department at such times and in such manner as the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office may consider necessary or expedient, and the occupier and every officer and servant of the occupier of the factory or workshop, and where the occupier is a company, every director of the company, (t>) shall obey the directions of the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office as to the user of the factory or workshop or plant, and if he fails to do so he shall be guilty of a summary offence(a) against these regulations. (a) u SUMMAKY OFFENCE." See the Introduction to this Manual. (10 OFFENCES BY COMPANY DIRECTORS, &c. -Regulations 4S\ of the Defence of the Realm Regulations provides that every dire tor and officer of a corporation or company shall -e guilty of an offence against the Regulations committed by his corporation or company unless he proves that the act constituting the offence took place without his knowledge or consent. 52 Stationery Office Controller' s Powers. Power to direct or restrict work in any factory and to remove plant. Power to require par- ticulars as to certain businesses. 8 A . It shall be lawful for the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office : (a) to require any work in any factory or workshop to be done in accordance with the directions of the Con- troller of His Majesty's Stationery Office, given with the object of making the factory or workshop or the plant or labour therein as useful as possible for the production of stores and other articles, or the execution of printing or other work, required for the service of His Majesty or any Government Department and to require returns as to the nature and amount of work done in any factory or workshop ; (6) to regulate or restrict the carrying on of any work in any factory, workshop or other premises, or the engage- ment or employment of any workman, or all or any classes of workmen, therein, or to remove the plant therefrom, with a view to maintaining or increasing the production of such articles or the execution of such work in other factories, workshops or promises; and the occupier and every officer and servant of the occupier of the factory, workshop, or premises, and any other person affected by any such directions, regulations, or restrictions, and where the occupier is a company, every director of the company, shall obey the directions, regulations, or restrictions of the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office so given, and if he fails to do so he shall be guilty of a summary offence(a) against these regula- tions. Where under this Regulation any return has been required or any directions regulating the priority to be given to work at any factory, workshop, or other premises, have been given, and any person in any such return, or in any certificate or document given or issued for the purpose of securing priority for any work in pursuance of such directions, makes any false statement or false representation, he shall be guilty of a summary offence(a) against these regulations. 15 C . The Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office may by order require any person engaged in the production, manufacture, purchase, sale, distribution, transport, storage, or shipment of any stores and other articles, or the execution of printing or other work, required for the service of His Majesty or any Government Department to give such particulars as to his business as may be specified in the order, and may require any such particulars to be verified as he may direct, and if any person fails to comply with the order or with any requirement made thereunder, he shall be guilty of a summary offence(a) against these i emulations. If any person, except as authorised by the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office, discloses or makes use of any informa- tion given to him under this regulation he shall be guilty of a eummary offence(a) against these regulations (a) " SUMMARY OFFENCE." See the Introduction to this Manual. PART II. WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES ORDERS. CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES ORDERS" MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY, THE ARMY COUNCIL, THE MINISTER OF MUNI- TIONS OR THE BOARD OF TRADE UNDER THE DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATIONS IN FORCE OR COMING INTO FORCE, FEBRUARY 28th, 1918. ORDERS INCLUDED ; CLASSIFICATION AND ARRANGEMENT. For the purposes of this Manual the following classes of orders have not been treated as " War Material Supplies " Orders and are therefore not included herein : (1) Orders of the Food Controller ; all such Orders in force on January 31st, 1918, are printed in the edition of that date of the "Food Controller's Orders." New Editions of that volume will be issued every three months, and the next edition will therefore include all Orders in force on April 30th, 1918. (2) The Orders and Notices of last May and June of the Minister of Munitions as to Oils, Fats, and Oleaginous Seeds, Nuts and Kernels. These Orders are adminis- tered by the Food Controller and an epitome of them is given at p. 501 of the " Food (Supply and Produc- tion) Manual " ; (3) Orders of the Board of Trade as to Tobacco and Matches ; all such Orders in force on February 28th, 1918, will be found in the edition of that date of the " Defence of the Realm Manual " now in the press ; (4) Orders of the Board of Trade as to the retail sale and distribution of Household Coal which will also be found in the last mentioned Manual ; other Orders as to Coal are included in this " War Material Supplies Manual." The " War Material Supplies " Orders as printed in this Part II of the Manual have been divided into 13 groups, and certain of these into sub-groups, according to the class of article which is the subject of control. Where an Order falls under more than one group or sub-group its text is printed in that group to which it seems principally to belong, the heading being repeated by way of cross-reference 54 Classified List of War Material Supplies Orders. under each other group or sub-group, to which it in part belongs. Thus, ;t The War Material (Insurance) Permit, 1916," which relates to the insurance of Optical Munitions is printed under group 9, but as it also relates to the insurance of Whale Oil and of Aluminium and Platinum it is cross-referred to under group 2 (12) " Whale Oil," and also under group 7 (1) "Aluminium" and (14) " Platinum." In the Lists prefixed to each group or sub-group the Orders falling within the same are enumerated in the alphabetical sequence of their short titles, but in the text the sequence of the Orders of each group or sub-group is that of their date of issue. The Alphabetical Table (pp. 126) affords a rapid means of ascertaining whether any particular article is or is not controlled, and if controlled, how. ALEXANDER PULLING. 1. Aeronautical Supplies, p. 56. 2. Arms, Ammunition and Explosives: (1) Arms, Ammunition and Explosives Generally, p. 58. (2) Acetic Acid, p. 62. (3) Acid Supplies, p. 64. (4) Calcium Carbide, p. 78. (5) Carnauba Wax, p. 79. (6) Coal Tar, &c., p. 81. (7) Gas Works Retort Carbon, p. 89. (8) Nitrate of Soda, p. 90. (9) Oxygen, p. 90. (10) Potash Production,/?. 91. (11) Rosin, Turpentine and Turpentine Substitute,/?. 95. (12) Whale Oil, p. 96. 3. Forage, p. 99. 4. Hides, Leather and Tanning Materials : (1) Hides, p. 106. (2) Leather,/?. 126. (3) Tanning Materials, p. 145. 5. Machinery, Tools, Apparatus and Vehicles : (1 ) Agricultural Machines, Implements and Vehicles,/?. 147. (2) Anchors and Chain Cables, /?. 148. (3) Ball Bearings, p. 149. (4) Boot and Saddlery Machinery and Implements, p. 150. (5) Chronometers, p. 151. (6) Cranes, /?. 152. (7) Hosiery Needles,/?. 153. (8) Machine Tools and Power Machinery for Working Metal, /?. 154. (9) Motor Engines, Lorries, Trailers and Vehicles,/?. 158. (10) Railway Material, /?. 160. ^11) Wire Nails,/?. 163. (12) Woodworking Machinery, p. 164. Classified List of War Material Supplies Orders. 55 6. Medical Stores and Drugs, p. 165. 7. Metals, Coal, Coke, and Eefractories : (1) Aluminium, p. 167. (2) Asbestos,^. 174. (3) Brass, p. 175. (4) Chrome Ore, p. 177. (5) Coal, p. 177. (6) Copper, p. 183. (7) Cupro-Nickel, p. 187. (8) Iron. See " Steel Supplies," p. 199. (9) Lead, p. 188. (10) Magnesite, p. 194. (11) Metallurgical Coke. See " Steel Supplies," p. 199. (12) Molybdenite, p. 194. (13) Nickel, p. 197. (14) Platinum, p. 197. (15) Steel Supplies, p. 199. (16) Tap cinder, &c. p. 236. (17) Tin, p. 237. (18) Tungsten, p. 238. (19) Zinc, including Spelter, p. 238. 8. Oils, Mineral and Fuel, and Gas for Mo for Vehicles, p. 241 . 9. Optical and Glassware Munitions, p. 256. 10. Paper: (1) Newspapers and Magazines, p. 263. (2) Posters and Circulars, p. 265. (3) Priority Certificates, p. 270. (4) Strawboard Prices, p. 275. (5) Vegetable Parchment Paper, p. 276. (6) Waste Paper, p. 277. 11. Road Material, p. 279. 12. Textiles: (1) Cotton, p. 281. (2) Flax,^. 288. (3) Hemp, p. 301. (4) Jute, p. 304 . (5) Linen Yarns, p. 308. (6) Military and Oil-dressed Clothing, p. 311. (7) .Raffia, p. 312. (8) Silk, p. 313. (9) Wool and Hair and Woollen and Worsted Materials, p. 315. 13. Timber Supplies, p. 352. 56 Bung Gut and Goldbeater Skins Order, 1917. 1. Aeronautical Supplies. Aeroplanes (Experimental Manufacture) Order, 1917, /?, 57. Bung Gut or Goldbeaters Skins Order, 1917, p. 56. [NOTE. The Orders relating to Flax are printed in sub-group (2) "Flax" of Group 12, "Textiles," below.] THE BUNG GUT AND GOLDBEATER SKINS ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED MARCH 19, 19.17, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY. In pursuance of the powers conferred on us by Regulation 3(U of the Defence of the Realm Regulation s,( b ) we hereby order that the war material, to which the Regulation applies, shall include Bung Gut Skins or Goldbeater Skins in the unmanufactured etate. Godfrey Raine. E. G. Pretyman. Admiralty, 19 March, 1917. NOTICE. An order has been made by the Admiralty under Regula- tion 30A(b) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, prohibiting all dealings in Bung Gut Skins or Goldbeater Skins in the un- manufactured state except With an Admiralty permit. All applications for permits to deal in these Skins, and any correspondence on the subject of the Order, should be addressed to The Director of Navy Contracts, Admiralty, London, S.W. 1. [The above Order and Notice were published in the London Gazette, March 20th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Admiralty (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30 \.-This is printed p. 37. Aeroplanes (Experimental Manufacture) Order, 1917. 57 THE AEROPLANES (EXPERIMENTAL MANUFACTURE) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED MARCH 30, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. . The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred 1 upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers enabling him, hereby orders as follows : (1) On and after the 1st day bf April, 1917, no person shall without a licence from the Minister of Munitions commence or. proceed with the experimental manufacture of any aeroplane or seaplane or any part thereof othe!r than any kind of aero-engine. Provided that where a first application for a licence under this Order shall have been made and is pending for the carrying on of any experimental manufacture which shall have been commenced before the said 1st day of April, 1917, nothing in this Order shall prohibit the carrying on of such manufacture until the licence shall have been refused. (2) For the purpose of this Order the term experimental manu- facture shall mean any manufacture which is not under or for the direct purpose of fulfilling a Government contract, and shall include the preparation of any working drawings but not the pre- paration of general arrangement drawings. (3) All persons desirous of obtaining licences to commence or carry on any such experimental manufacture as aforesaid shall apply in writing to the Controller of Aeronautical Supplies, Air Board Office, (b) London, W.C.2, for such licence, and shall give full particulars of the manufacture for which the licence is required, and such further information as the Controller may require, and shall comply with any restrictions or conditions subject to which the grant of such licence may be made. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, April 3rd, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) Now the Director General of Aircraft Production, Air Ministry. Arms, Ammunition and Military Explosives Order, 1915. 2. Arms, Ammunition and Explosives. (1.) Arms, Ammunition and Ex- plosives Generally, p. 58. (2.) Acetic Acid, p. 62. (3.) Acid Supplies, p. 64. (4.) Calcium Carbide, p. 78. (5.) Carnauba Wax, p. 79. (6.) Coal Tar, c., p. 81. (7.) Gas Works Retort Carbon, p. 89. (8.) Nitrate of Soda, p. 90. (9.) Oxygen, p. 90. (10.) Potash Production, p. 91. (11.) Rosin, Turpentine, and Tur- pentine Substitute, p. 95. (12.) Whale Oil, p. 96. (1.) Arms, Ammunition and Explosives Generally. Acetone Notice, 1916, p. 59. Amatol Notice, 1918, p. 62. Arms, Ammunition and Military Explosives Order, 1915, p. 58. Arms, Ammunition and Military Explosives Notice, 1916, p. 59. Arms, Ammunition and Military Explosives Order, 1917, p. 61. Grey Acetate of Lime Notice, 1916, p. 59. Sporting Guns and Kifles Order, 1917, p. 61. THE ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND MILITARY EXPLOSIVES ORDER, 1915, (a) DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1915, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Army Council hereby order that the War Material to which that Regulation applies shall be war material of the following classes and descriptions, that is to say : Arms and Ammunition of a military nature, including all arms of greater calibre than '23 inch and ammunition therefor (other than shot guns(c) and sporting ammunition for shot guns) and Military Explosives. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 24th, 1915.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed, p. 37. (c) SINGLE BARREL SHOT GUNS. Regulation 30A now applies to these, see the Arms, Ammunition and Explosives Order, 1917, p. 61. Acetone Notice, 1916; Grey Acetate of Lime Notice, 1916; 59 Arms, Ammunition and Military Explosives Notice, 1916. THE ACETONE NOTICE, 1916, (a) DATED FEBEUARY 8, 1916, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions desires to call attention to the fact that Acetone has been classified as an important constituent of Military Explosives, and that dealings in it are now subject to the restrictions imposed under Defence of the Realm Regula- tion 30A.(b) [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, February 8th, 1916.] THE GREY ACETATE OF LIME NOTICE, 1916, (a) DATED MAY 6, 1916, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions desires to call attention to the fact that ' ' Grey Acetate of Lime ' ' has been classified as an important constituent of military explosives, and that dealings in it are now subject to the restrictions imposed under Defence of the Realm Regulation 30A.(b) All applications for licences to buy, sell or deal in the United Kingdom should be addressed to the Director of Propellant Supplies, Ministry of Munitions, 32, Old Queen Street, S.W. 1. THE ARMS, AMMUNITION AND MILITARY EXPLOSIVES NOTICE, 1916, (c) DATED JUNE 16, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. ARMS AND AMMUNITION. The articles mentioned below are included under the term " Arms and Ammunition " specified by the Army Council as War Material to which Defence of the Realm Regulations 30A(b) is applied : Ammunition. Bombs. Cartridges. Detonators. Fuses (for shells). Gaines. * Grenades. Guns (Artillery) Machine Guns. Mortars. Pistols. Revolvers. Rifles. *Shells and shell bodies (machined). Cavalry Swords. Machinery, Raw Material and Components other than those mentioned are not included under War Material. Applications for a permit under Regulation 30A(b) in respect of any of the above should be addressed to the Secretary CM I 6D) War Office, S.W. 1. No licence is required for rough castings or unmachined shell \See next page.] W SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE The Short Title was conferred by the Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (c) SHOET TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed m Appendix V to this Manual. 60 Arms, Ammunition and Military Explosives Notice, 1916. MILITARY EXPLOSIVES. The articles mentioned below(a) are included under the term '' Military Explosives " specified by the Army Council as War Material to which Defence of the Realm Regulation 30A(b) is applied : t Acetate (giey) of Lime, t Acetone. Ammonal. Ballistite. Bellite. Blastine. Cordite. Fulminate of Mercury. Guncotton Gunpowder (except Sporting and Commercial). Melinite. Megadine. Nitro Cellulose Powder. Nitro Glycerine. Perchlorate of Ammonia. Perchlorate of Potash. Picric. Sabulite. T.N.T. (Trinitrotoluol). Trotyl. Tetryl. Tonite. T.N.X. (Trinitroxylol). Application for a permit under Regulation 30A(b) in respect of any of the above, with the exception of grey acetate of lime or acetone should be addressed to the Secretary (M.I. 6D), War Office, S.W. 1. t Applications for a permit under Regulation 30A(b) in respect of grey acetate of lime or acetone should be addressed to the Director of Propellant Supplies, Ministry of Munitions, 32, Old Queen Street, S.W. 1. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, June 20th, 1916.] (a) AMATOL. Amatol is now included in this list, see the Amatol Notice 1918, p. 62. (b) REGULATIONS 30A. This is printed p. 37. Sporting Guns and Rifles (Manufacture and Repair) Order, 1917; 61 Arms, Ammunition and Military Explosives (Amendment) Order, 1917. THE SPORTING GUNS AND RIFLES (MANUFACTURE AND REPAIR) ORDER, 1917,( a ) DATED MAY 11, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers enabling him hereby orders and requires that as from the 1st day of June, 1917, until further notice, no work shall, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions, be carried on in any factory, workshop or other premises on or in connection with the manufacture or repair of any sporting gun or sporting rifle, or any rifle of a calibre of "23" or less, or any part of such gun or rifle. NOTE. 1. All applications for a licence in connection with the above Order should be made to : The Director-General of Ordnance Supply, E.M. 3 Section, ^) Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I. 2. Any person acting in contravention of or failing to comply with the above Order will be guilty of an offence under the Defence of the Realm Regulations and be liable to penalties of fine and imprisonment. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, May 15th, 1917.] THE ARMS, AMMUNITION AND MILITARY EXPLOSIVES (AMEND- MENT) ORDER, 1917, (o) DATED SEPTEMBER 4, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regula- tion 3(U(d) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order that the War Material ta which that Regulation applies shall include single barrel shot guns. The Army Council Order of September 24th, 1915, (e) is hereby amended to read as follows : ' In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regula- tion 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (f) the Army Council hereby order that the War Material to which that Regulation applies shall be war material of the following classes and descriptions, that is to say: Arms and Ammunition of a (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) Now the Controller, Small Arr* s and Machine Guns, E.M. 1 Section. (c) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (d) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (e) ARMS, AMMUNITION AND MILITARY EXPLOSIVES ORDER, 1915. This is printed p. 58. 62 Amatol Notice, 1918; Acetic Acid Order, 1911. military nature, including all arms of greater calibre than '23 inch and ammunition therefor (other than double barrel shot guns and sporting ammunition for shot guns) and Military Explosives." By Order of the Army Council. R. H. Erode. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 7, 1917.] THE AMATOL NOTICE, 1918, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1918, ISSUED BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. With reference to Army Council Order published in the London Gazette of 24th September, 1915(b) Amatol is now included under the term "Military Explosives " specified by the Army Council as War Material to which Defence of the Realm Regulation 30A(c) is applied. (Vide Notice published in the London Gazette of 20th June, 1916. (d)) [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 12, 1918.] (2). Acetic Acid. Acetic Acid Order, 1917, /;. 62. Acetic Acid (Extension) Order, 1917. p. 63. Acetic Acid Notice of December 18th, 1917, p. 63. THE ACETIC ACID ORDER, 1917, (e) DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regula- tion 30A(o) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the War Material to which that Regulation applies shall include War Material of the following classes, that is to say: Glacial Acetic Acid; Acetic Acid of a purity of 60 per cent, and over.(f) (T)NoTE. All applications and enquiries regarding this Order should be addressed to The Director, Chemical Section, Trench Warfare Supply Department, King CJiai-le* Street, Westminster, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 21st, 1917. J (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) ARMS, AMMUNITION AND MILITARY EXPLOSIVES ORDER, 1915. This is printed p. 58. (c) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (d) ARMS, AMMUNITION AND MILITARY EXPLOSIVES NOTICE, 191 G This is printed p. 59. (e) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (f ) ACETIC ACID OF ALL STRENGTHS. See the Acetic Acid (Extension) Order, 1917, p. 63. (gr) APPLICATIONS REGARDING THIS ORDER. See the Acetic Acid Notice of December 18th, 1917, (p. 63) which cancels this. Acetic Acid (Extension) Order, 1917. Acetic Acid Notice of December 18th, 1917. 'THE ACETIC ACID (EXTENSION) ORDER, 1917, ( a ) DATED OCTOBER 1, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. Whereas by an Order dated the 21st September, 1917, (b) the Minister of Munitions in pursuance of the powers conferred upon Mm by Regulation 30A(c) of the Defence of the Realm Regula- tions applied that regulation to certain war material, namely, glacial acetic acid and acetic acid of a purity of 60 per cent, and over. And whereas the Minister of Munitions is desirous of applying that regulation to acetic acid of all strengths. Now therefore the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that on and after the date hereof the war material to which that regulation applies shall include in addition to the war material specified in the said Order of the 21st September, 1917,(b) the following war material, that is to say : Acetic Acid of all strengths. (d)NoTE. All applications and enquiries regarding this Order should be addressed to : The Director, Chemical Section, Trench Warfare Supply Department, St. Ermin's Hotel, Westminster, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 2nd, 1917.] THE ACETIC ACID NOTICE OF DECEMBER 18, 1917, (e) MADE BT THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With regard to the Order of the Minister of Munitions, dated the 1st October, 1917, (f) including Acetic Acid in the war materials to which Defence of the Realm Regulation 30A(b) applies. Notice is hereby given that, as from the present date, all applications for permits to deal in Acetic Acid and other appli- cations and enquiries regarding the above-mentioned Order should be addressed to The Director of Propellant Supplies, Explosives Supply Department, 32, Old Queen Street, Westminster, S.W.I. This Notice cancels the footnote to the said Order directing applications and enquiries regarding such Order to be addressed to the Chemical Section, Trench Warfare Supply Department. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 18th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 19l8," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) ACETIC ACID ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 62. (c) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (d) APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS. -See the Acetic Acid Notice of December 18th, 1917, (below) which cancels this. (e) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (f) ACETIC ACID (EXTENSION) ORDER, 1917. This is printed above. Sulphuric Acid Order, 1917. (3.) Acid Supplies. Compound Fertilisers (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, p. 70. Compound Fertilisers (Isle of Man) Order, 1917, p. 75. Copper Sulphate Order, 1918, p. 76. Sulphuric Acid Order, 1917, p. 64. Superphosphates (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, p. 67. Superphosphates (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) Order, 1917, p. 75. THE SULPHURIC ACID ORDER, 191 7, (a) DATED MAY 29, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him hereby Orders as follows : 1. No person shall as on and from the llth June, 1917, until further notice manufacture Sulphuric Acid, except under a licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions and in accordance with the terms and conditions of such licence as to the quantities to be manufactured or otherwise. 2. No person manufacturing Sulphuric Acid shall as on and from the llth June, 1917, until further notice, use during any one calendar month more than ten tons in all of 95 per cent. Sulphuric Acid (or its equivalent in acid of other strengths), for the purpose of all other manufactures, trades and businesses carried on by him, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 3. No person shall as on and from the day following the date of this Order until further notice supply Sulphuric Acid (includ- ing Waste Sulphuric Acid) to any person, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. Provided that no licence shall be required to supply not more than 56 Ibs. of 95 per cent. Sulphuric Acid (or its equivalent in acid of other strengths) to any person during any one calendar month. And Provided also that any Sulphuric Acid supplied subsequently to the date of this Order in pursuance of written directions or requests given or made by or on behalf of the Minister of Munitions previously to the date of this Order shall unless and until such written directions or requests are cancelled or with- drawn be deemed to have been supplied under a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions within the meaning of this Order. 4. As on and from the date of this Order until further notice no manufacturer of Sulphuric Acid or Agent of such a Manufac- turer shall charge or receive in payment for any Sulphuric Acid supplied by or through him a price exceeding the maximum price specified in the schedule to this Order for Sulphuric Acid of the (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Sulphuric Acid Order, 1917. 65 description and strength supplied. Provided that the maximum prices specified in the schedule hereto shall not apply to (a) Sulphuric Acid supplied to persons outside the United Kingdom under export licences. (6) Sulphuric Acid manufactured outside the United Kingdom. (c) Sulphuric Acid made wholly from Brimstone. (d) Sulphuric Acid specially purified for Laboratory purposes. 5. All persons engaged in producing, manufacturing, selling, distributing or storing Sulphuric Acid (including Waste Acid), or in any manufacture, trade or business in which the same is used shall make such returns with regard to their businesses as may from time to time be required by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 6. For the purpose of this Order the expression Sulphuric Acid shall include Sulphuric Acid of all strengths up to 100 per cent. H 2 S0 4 , but shall not include acid containing free S0 3 (commonly called Oleus or fuming Sulphuric Acid). Note. All applications in reference to this Order (including applications for licences) should be addressed to the Director of Acid Supplies, Ministry of Munitions, Department of Explosives Supply, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W.I. The Schedule. MAXIMUM PRICES FOR SULPHURIC ACID. 1. WEAK ACID. i.e., Acid of all strengths up to and including 90 per cent. H 2 S0 4 . Maximum price per ton. CLASS A. Arsenical Acid 70 /- For acid of 140 Tw. at 60 F. with an increase or reduction of 5d. in respect of each complete degree Twaddell by which the specific gravity is more or less than 140 Tw. at 60 F. CLASS B. Non- Arsenical 85 /- For acid of 144 Tw. at or De-Arseni- 60 F. with an increase cated Acid or reduction of Qd. in respect of each complete degree Twaddell by which the specific gravity is more or less than 144 Tw. at 60 F. 3749 C 66 Sulphuric Acid Order, 1917. 2. CONCENTRATED ACID. i.e., Acids of all strengths over 90 per cent. H 2 S0 4 . Maximum price por ton. Mono-hydrate (HzSCU) Content of Acid. Class C. Class D. De-Arsenicated Arsenical Acid. or non- ArM-nical Acid. | *. d. *. d. Over 90 per cent, and up to 91 per cent. 530 f> 13 91 . 92 590 5 19 92 93 5 15 650 93 93i 610 6 11 93* 94 640 (J 14 94 94* 670 6 17 94* 95 6 10 700 95 95* 6 15 750 95* 96 700 7 10 Over 96 per cent, in both classes, an addition of I/- per ton, for each complete one-tenth of 1 per cent, of additional mono-hydrate. Packages. All the above maximum prices are for acid delivered into tank wagon, tank cart or tank barge at makers' works. When the Acid maker supplies the railway tank wagons, he shall be entitled to make a further charge of not more than 5*. per ton for hire of such wagons. When the Acid maker supplies the acid in his own drums, he shall be entitled to make a further charge of not more than 10s. per ton for filling and hire of drums. When drums are supplied by the purchaser, a charge of 2s. per ton may be made to cover the cost of filling. When the Acid is supplied in the Acid maker's own carboys, lie shall be entitled to make a further charge of ,1 per ton for filling and hire of carboys. When carboys are supplied by the purchaser, a charge of 5s. per ton may be made by the Acid maker to cover the cost of filling. Extra Carriage. In cases where a maker of Sulphuric Acid has, in order to supply his customers, to purchase supplies of acid from a third party, it will be permissible for him, in so far as this is a departure from his normal procedure, to charge to his customers any extra cost of carriage thereby incurred. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette May 29th. 1917.] Superphosphates (Maatimwn Prices) Order, 1917. 67 TlIE SUPERPHOSPHATES (MAXIMUM PltlCES) OllUER, 1917, () DATED AUGUST 20, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him, hereby orders as follows: 1. As on and from the day following the date of this Order the maximum prices for Superphosphate shall be as follows : (a) In the case of sales or purchases for delivery in railway trucks at purchaser's or consumer's siding or nearest ~ railway station, or ex barge or ship at purchaser's or consumer's wharf, or in the case of sales or purchases for shipment to the Channel Islands, f .o.b. at port of shipment, the prices specified in the schedule hereto, but less a discount or deduction of 2s. fid. per ton on sales of two tons and upwards by makers or producers to Manure Mixers, Agricultural Merchants and Dealers, and Co-operative Societies registered under the Friei)dly Societies' Acts.(b) (b) In the case of sales or purchases for delivery at maker's or producer's works free into purchaser's or consumer's carts or wagons for conveyance direct by road to con- sumer's premises, the prices specified in the schedule hereto less 10s. per ton. (c) In the case of sales or purchases for delivery ex vendor's store or shop or ex warehouse, railway goods yard or public wharf, the prices specified in the schedule hereto with the addition of the following amounts according to the quantity of Superphosphate included in the sale or purchase, namely: Additional price Quantity sold or purchased. authorised. 4 tons and over ... ... ... 5s. per ton. 1 ton and over but less than 4 tons... 10s. ,, ,. 2 cwts and over but less than 1 ton... Is. ,, cwt. Less than 2 cwts: ... ... ... 2s. ,, ,, Provided that such additional prices shall not be charged or paid in the case of sales or purchases of more than one ton for delivery ex railway goods yard or public wharf. (d) In the case of sale or purchases for delivery by road at consumer's premises from vendor's store or sjiop, or from warehouse, railway goods yard, or public wharf, the maximum prices authorised under paragraph (c) above plus cost of or local rates for cartage or haulage. 2. The maximum prices fixed by paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 1 of this Order shall not apply to any sale or purchase by (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the ' Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACTS. The Consolidation Act of 1896 (59 & 60 Viet, c. 25) was amended in 1908 by 8 Edw. 7. c. 32 and as provided by s. 14 (4) of the later Act has been reprinted both separately and in Yol. 20 of the Statutes Revised as so Amended. 3749 C 2 68 Superphosphates (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. or from a maker or producer for delivery as mentioned in thoee paragraphs where the quantity of Superphosphate included in the sale or purchase is less than two tons ; and none of the provisions of Clause 1 hereof shall apply to any sale of Superphosphate for export from the United Kingdom. (a*) But save as aforesaid no person shall, as on and from the day following the date of this Order until further notice, effect or offer to effect any Sale or purchase of Superphosphate except for delivery in accordance with the terms specified in one or other of sup-paragraphs (a), (6), (c) and (d) of Clause 1 of this Order, and at a price not exceeding that prescribed by the said clause and the schedule hereto as the maximum price (having regard to quantity, quality, and date for and terms of delivery) for such sale or purchase. 3. The maximum prices fixed by Clause 1 of this Order are net prompt prices for Superphosphate in maker's or vendor's 'bags. Where credit is given to the purchaser a reasonable extra charge may be made provided that a price for net prompt cash is quoted on the invoice and does not exceed the maximum price authorised, li purchaser's bags are used, a reasonable allowance shall be made. 4. All persons engaged in producing, manufacturing, selling, distributing or storing Superphosphate, or in any manufacture in which the same is used, shall make such returns with regard to their businesses as shall from time to time be required by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 5. All the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, *906, and the regulations made by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in pursuance of the provisions of that Act(b) shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Order. 6. For the purposes of this Order Superphosphate shall mean Superphosphate of Lime manufactured from mineral Phosphate, but shall not include Basic Superphosphate, Bone Superphosphate, Dissolved Bones, Bone Meal or Bone Compound, Guanos or Com- pound Manures. Note. All applications in reference to this Order should be addressed to the Director of Acid Supplies, Ministry of Munitions, Department of Explosives Supply, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W.I, and marked "Fertilisers." (a) EXPORT FROM U.K. TO CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN. The Order now applies to such export (see the Superphosphates Channel Islands and Isle of Man). Order, p. 75. (b) FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1906. That Act (6 Edw. 7. c. 27) provides for warranties on sale of fertilisers and empowers a purchaser or official sampler to obtain an analysis. Besides the chief analysts there is :m agricultural analyst for each county, and councils of county boroughs in England and Ireland and town councils in Scotland may also appoint analyst*. The Act is administered by the Agricultural Departments for England, Scotland and Ireland respectively who are empowered to make Regulations. The six sets of Regulations made by the Roard of Agriculture and Fisheries (St. R. & 0., 1906, Nos. 940, 945 ; 1907, No. 752 ; 1908, Nos. 963, 964 ; and 1910, No. 90) relate mi inly to the taking of samples, method of anlysis and limit of error ; they have effect throughout Great Britain, having been made before the English Boards powers were as regards Scotland transferred to the Scottish Board by 1 and 2 Geo. 5, c. 49, ss. 4 (11), 28 (2). The Irish Regulations (St. R. & O., 1910, No. 146) were consolidated in 1910. Superphosphates (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. The Schedule. Maximum prices for Superphosphate referred to in Clause 1 of the above Order : Percentage of Tri-Basic Phosphate of Lime rendered soluble in. Water. Price per ton. s. d. 15 per cent, or over but less than 16 per cent... 4 12 6 16 M 17 ... 4 15 17 18 ... 4 17 6 18 19 ... 500 19 20 ... 5 2 6 20 21 ... 550 21 . ,, 22 ... 5 7 6 22 23 ... 5 10 23 24 , ... 5 12 6 24 25 ;, ... 5 15 25 ., 26 ... 5 17 6 26 ., 27 ... 6 27 28 ... 6 2 6 28 ;, ;, 29 ; ... 6 5 o 29 30 ... 6 7 6 30 ,, ,", 31 ... 6 10 31 ,; 32 ... 6 14 32 33 ... 6 18 33 34 ... 7 2 34 35 ... 7 6 35 M 36 ... 7 10 36 37 ,, ... 7 14 37 38 ,, ... 7 18 38 ,, 39 ... 8 2 39 , 40 ... 8 6 40 ,, 41 ... 8 10 41 42 ... 8 14 42 ,, 43 ... 8 18 43 , 44 ... 9 2 44 ,, 45 ... 9 6 The above prices for all qualities are for orders placed for delivery during December, 1917. In the case of orders placed for delivery during other months, the above prices are in each case to be reduced or increased Is. per ton per month according as the month for delivery precedes or is subsequent to December, 1917, but with a maximum increase of 6s. per ton, e.g., the prices for October, 1917, deliveries will be 2s. less per ton while the prices for May and June, 1918, deliveries will be 5s. more per ton than the prices set out above. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August 21st. 1917.] 3749 C 3 70 Compound Fertilisers (Maximum Prices} Order, 1917. THE COMPOUND FERTILISERS (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917, (a; DATED OCTOBER 13, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNI- TIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him, hereby orders as follows: 1. This Order shall take effect as on and from the 17th October. 1917. 2. For the purposes of this Order the maximum prices for Compound Fertilisers shall be as follows : (a) In the case of sales for delivery free on rail, cart, barge or ship at maker's works, the basis price for Com- pound Fertilisers of the description sold or purchased to be arrived at as provided in Clause 6 of this Order with the addition of a charge for mixing or 1*0111- poimding, bags and bagging, not exceeding 22 <> per ton. (6) In the case of sales for delivery elsewhere than at maker's works the maximum prices authorised under paragraph (a) with the following addition-, namely : (i) In the case of sales for delivery ex vendor 1 - store or shop or ex warehouse, the following extra distribution charges according to the quantity of Fertilise!- included in the sale, namely: Additional price Quantity sold. authorised. 4 tons and over ... ... ... 5 /per ton. 1 ton and over, but less than 4 tons 10 /- ,, 2 cwts. and over, but less than 1 ton I/- per cwt. 1 cwt. and over, but less than 2 cwts. 1/6 ,, Less than 1 cwt. ... ... ... 2/- ,, (ii) In the case of sales for delivery ex railway goods yard or public wharf, an extra distribution charge at the rate of 2/6 per ton of Fertiliser included in the sale. (iii) In the case of all sales for delivery elsewhere than at maker's works all costs of transport of the Fertiliser from maker's works to place of delivery, any cartage or haulage to be charged at local rates. 3. On sales of two tons and upwards by makers to Agricultural Merchants and Dealers or to Co-operative Companies and Societies incorporated or registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts or any other Act the maximum prices fixed by clause 2 of this Order shall be reduced by a discount or allowance to the purchaser, such discount to be 5/- per ton where the maximum price of tKe Fertiliser (after deduction of such discount) is less than 6 per ton, and 7/6 per ton where the maximum price (after deduction of a 5/- discount) is 6 per ton or upwards. (a) SHORT TITLE or ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Compound Fertiliser* (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. 71 4. The maximum prices fixed by this Order are net prompt cash prices for Compound Fertiliser in maker's or vendor's bags or other packages. Where credit is given to the purchaser a reasonable extra charge may be made, provided that the discount allowed for net prompt cash is quoted on the invoice, and is such as to bring the net prompt cash price within the maximum authorised. If purchaser's bags or other packages are used a reasonable allowance shall be made. Where one ton or upwards of Fertiliser is sold for delivery in bags containing not -mere than 1 cwt. each an extra charge of 5/- per ton may be made beyond the maximum price which would otherwise have been authorised. i. The maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this Order are for sales of Fertilisers for delivery during December, 1917. In the case of sales of Fertilisers for delivery during other months, the maximum prices are in each case to be reduced or increased I/ per ton per month, according as the month for delivery precedes or is subsequent to December, 19.17, but with a maximum increase of 5/ per ton, e.g., the maximum prices for sales for October, 1917, delivery will be 2/ less per ton, while the maximum prices for sales for May and June, 1918, delivery will be 5/ more per ton than the maximum prices fixed as above for sales for December, 1917, deliveries. 6. For the purpose of Clauses 2 and 7 of this Order the basis price for any Compound Fertiliser shall be the aggregate value of the Nitrogen Phosphates and Potash contained in the Fer- tiliser when valued at the respective unit rates specified in the First Schedule hereto, and distinguishing in the case of Nitrogen between the two classes of Nitrogen, and in the case of Phos- phates between the different descriptions of Phosphates, also specified in the First Schedule. In arriving at such basis price nothing shall be allowed or added for the value of any con- stituents other than Nitrogen, Phosphates and Potash contained in the Fertiliser. 7. As on and from the date on which this Order takes effect no person shall sell any Compound Fertiliser without giving to the purchaser on or before or as soon as possible after delivery an invoice stating (a) The percentage contained in such Compound Fertiliser of each of the following constituents contained therein, namely: (i) Class I Nitrogen, (ii) Class II Nitrogen, (iii) Water soluble Phosphate, (iv) Citric soluble Phosphate, (v) Insoluble Phosphate, and (vi) Soluble Potash, all as more particularly defined in the First Schedule hereto (such percentages to be stated accurately in the case of each constituent within the limits of error specified in the Second Schedule hereto) ; (6) The maximum unit rates authorised to be charged for each of such constituents as specified in the first schedule hereto; 3749 4 72 Compound Fe /////. s-rr.v (Ma.niunin Prices) Order, 1917. (c) The basis price for such fertilser in which may, however T be included any charge made for credit ; (d) All additions made to such basis price in arriving at the actual price charged for such fertiliser (in- cluding the maker's charge, not exceeding 22/6 per ton, for mixing and compounding, bags and bagging) ; and (e) The price charged for the fertiliser, and where such price includes an extra charge for credit, the discount allowed for net prompt cash. 8. The foregoing provisions of this Order shall not apply to any sale of Compound Fertiliser for export from the United Kingdom, (a) nor to any sale of any quantity of Compound Fertiliser not exceeding 28 Ibs., nor to any sale of Compound Fertiliser in quantities exceeding 28 Ibs. where such Fertiliser is sold for horticultural purposes packed in special bags, tins, boxes or cartons, each branded or marked with the maker's or vendor's name and address, and the words " Horticultural Fertiliser " and containing not more than 28 Ibs. But save as aforesaid no person shall as on and from the .date on which this Order takes effect sell or purchase or offer to sell or purchase any Compound Fertiliser at a price exceeding that prescribed by this Order as the maximum price (having regard to quantity, composition, packages, date for and terms of delivery) for such sale. Provided that no person shall be liable to conviction for: (a) Selling a Compound Fertiliser at a price in excess of the maximum price prescribed by this Order if the invoice given to the purchaser, as required by Clause 7 of this Order, states accurately within the limits of error allowed by that clause the percentages of the different constituents therein referred to contained in the Fertiliser sold, and the price charged and stated nu such invoice does not exceed the correct maximum price on the basis that the percentages stated in such invoice are correct, or (6) Purchasing any Compound Fertiliser at a price exceed- ing the maximum price unless the price agreed to be paid by him is to his knowledge in excess of the maximum price authorised for such purchase. 9. All persons engaged in producing, making, selling, distri- buting or storing Compound Fertilisers, shall make such returns with regard to their businesses, and shall verify the same in sur.li manner (including production of their books to any accredited representatives of the Minister of Munitions) as shall from time to time be required by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. (a) EXPORTS FROM U.K. TO ISLE OF MAN. The Order now applies to such export, *e?. the Compound Fertilisers (Isle of Man) Order, 1917, p. 75. Compound Fertilisers (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. 73 10. For the purpose of this Order and the Schedules hereto, the following expressions shall have the following meanings : The Act shall mean the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906. (a) The Regulations shall mean the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Methods of Analysis) Regulations, 1908.(b) Potash shall mean compounds of Potassium calculated- as Potassium Oxide soluble in water or acid as provided by the Regulations. Unit shall mean 1 per cent, by weight in 1 ton of Compound Fertiliser. Compound Fertiliser shall mean any Fertiliser or substance sold for use as a Fertiliser of which the ingredients are or contain Nitrogen, Phosphates and Potash or any two of these constituents and in which either such constituents have been brought together or the percentage of any one or more of them has been increased or reduced by artificial mixing, but shall not include any sub- stance containing in the natural state two or all of the said con- stituents, or any Fertiliser made by dissolving or treating any such natural substance without any such artificial mixing as aforesaid. Maker shall mean a Mixer or Compounder of Compound Fertilisers. 11. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to a sale by a maker to a consumer of two or more Fertilisers or substances neither of which is by itself a Compound Fertiliser as above defined, notwithstanding that it is one of the terms of the pur- chase that the Fertilisers or substances purchased are to be arti- ficially mixed or compounded by the maker before delivery, provided that an invoice is given to the consumer on or before or as soon as possible after delivery which states the quantity and price of each of the Fertilisers or substances included in the mixture or compound as delivered and the charge made for mixing or compounding, bags and bagging. 12. Nothing contained in this Order shall be held to vary or supersede any of the provisions of the Act or any Regulations made thereunder or to exempt any person from compliance. with any of the provisions or requirements of such Act or Regulations applicable to sales or purchases of Compound Fertilisers. Note. All applications in reference to this Order should be addressed to the Director of Acid Supplies, Ministry of ^Muni- tions, Department of Explosives Supply, Storey's Gate, TTest- minster, S.W.I, and marked "Fertilisers/' (a) FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1906. As to this Act we foot- note (b) to the Superphosphates Order, p. 68. (b) REGULATIONS. The Regulations referred to (St. R. & O., 1908, No. 964) apply throughout Great Britain. The corresponding Regulations for Ireland form St. R. & 0., 1910, Xo. 146. 74 Compound Fertilisers (Ma.rnnuw frier.*) ()r<1er, 1917. The Firxt Schedule. Unit rates of Nitrogen, Phosphates and Potash for the purpose of Clauses 2 and 6 of the above Order. PART 1. NITROGEN. Class 1. Unit rule,. Derived from Sulphate of Ammonia, Salts of Ammonia, Nitrate of Soda, or other Salts of Nitric Acid, Cyanamide, meat, blood, bone, slaughter house refuse, horn, hoof, guano, fish offal, fish meal, fish guano, oil seed, cakes or meals, or dissolved shoddy, dissolved wool waste or dissolved silk waste as below defined ... ...17/6 Note. The expressions " dissolved shoddy/' " dissolved wool waste/' and "dissolved silk waste" shall mean shoddy wool waste and silk waste treated with sulphuric acid or nitre ntko in such a way that at least 80 per cent, of the fibre is destroyed. Class 2. Unit rale. Derived from other sources ... ... 7/6 PART 2. PIIOSIMIATKS. Description. Unit rate. " Water Soluble," i.e., rendered soluble in water 4/3 "Citric Soluble," i.e., insoluble in water, but soluble in a 2 per cent, solution of Citric Acid in the manner prescribed by the Regulations ... ... ... 2/6 " Insoluble," i.e., insoluble either in water or in a 2 per cent, solution of Citric Acid in the manner prescribed by the Regulations ... 1/6 PART 3. POTASH. JJ exemption. 14 Soluble," i.e., soluble by the methods pre- scribed by the Regulations ... ... ... 21/6 Compounds Fertilisers (Isle of Man} Order, 1917; Superphos- phates (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) Order, 1917. The Second Schedule. Limits of error referred to in Clauses 7 and 8 of the above Order. Nitrogen, Class 1. >s t soluble. Phosphate, Citric soluble. Phosphate, insoluble. Potash, soluble. 3 -3 1 1 1 3 If the percentage j of Potash stated 1 in the invoice does not exceed 4. 5 If such percent- age exceeds 4. E. The above percentages for limits of error are percentages of the whole bulk of the Compound Fertiliser. [The above Order wa^ published in the London Gazette. October Kith, 1917.] THE COMPOUND FERTILISERS (!SLE OF MAN) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 14, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him By the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling 1 him, hereby orders that the provisions of the Order relating to Compound Fertilisers made by the Minister of Munitions 011 the 13th October, 1917, (b) shall, as on and from the 17th November, 1917, apply to sales of Compound Fertilisers for export from the United Kingdom to the Me of Man, and that Clause 8 of the said Order shall as on and from the said date be modified accordingly. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 16th, 1917.] THE SUPERPHOSPHATES (CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him, hereby Orders that the provisions of the Order relating to Superphosphates made by the Minister of Munitions on the 20th August, 1917,(c) shall, as on and from the 21st November, 1917, apply to sales of Superphosphate for export from the United Kingdom to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and clause 2 of the said Order shall as on and from the date aforesaid be modified accordingly. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November '20th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) COMPOUND FERTILISERS (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917. Printed p. 70. (c) SUPERPHOSPHATES ORDER, 1917. Printed p. 67. 76 Copper Sulphate Order, 1918 THE COPPER SULPHATE ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Ifcealm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him hereby, Orders as follows : 1. For the purposes of this Order the maximum prices for Sulphate of Copper shall be as follows: (a) In the case of sales for delivery free on rail, cart, barge or ship at maker's works or nearest siding or railway station or nearest available wharf, the prices specified in the first schedule -hereto according to the date on which, under the terms of the contract for sale, delivery is to be made. (b) In the case of sales for delivery to consumer's premises or nearest station, siding or wharf direct from maker's works the maximum prices under paragraph (a) above, pins all costs of transport, from maker's works to place of delivery excepting that where transport is partly by rail or water no charge is to be made for cost of cartage or haulage by road from maker's works to railway station, siding or wharf. Any cartage or haulage to consumer's premises to be charged at local rates. (a) In the case of sales for delivery ex vendor \s store or shop or ex warehouse, railway goods yard or public wharf, the prices specified in the second schedule hereto according to the quantity of Sulphate of Copper included in the sale and the date on which, under the terms of the contract of sale, delivery is to be made. (d) In the case of sales for delivery to consumer's premises from vendor's store or shop or from warehouse, rail- way goods yard or public wharf, the maximum prices authorised under paragraph (c) above, plus all costs of transport from vendor's store or shop, or from ware- house, railway goods yard or public wharf to con- sumer's premises any cartage or haulage by road to be charged at local rates. 2. The maximum prices fixed by this Order are net prompt cash prices for Sulphate of Copper in maker's or vendor's bags. Where credit is given to the purchaser a reasonable extra charge may be made, provided that the discount allowed for net prompt cash is quoted on the invoice and is such as to bring- the net prompt cash price within the maximum authorised. If purchaser's bags or other packages are used a reasonable allowance shall be made. 3. The maximum prices fixed by paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 1 of this Order shall not apply to any sale by a maker for delivery as mentioned in those paragraphs where the quantity of Sulphate of Copper included in the sale is less than 1 ton ; and none of the provisions of this Order shall apply to any sale of Copper Sulphate Order, 1918. Sulphate of Copper for export from the United Kingdom. Save as aforesaid no person shall as on and from the day following- the date of this Order until further notice effect or offer to effect any sale or purchase of Sulphate of Copper for delivery previously to the 1st September, 1918, at a price exceeding that prescribed by this Order as the maximum price (having regard to the quantity, packages, date for and terms of delivery) for such sale. 4. The maximum prices fixed by this Order are for Sulphate of Copper of standard quality, i.e., of not less than 98 per cent, purity and as on and from the day following the date of this Order no person shall effect or offer to effect any sale or purchase of Sulphate of Copper of less than standard quality for delivery previously to the 1st September, 1918, except under and in accord- ance with the termvS and provisions as to price or otherwise of a licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 5. All persons engaged in producing, making, selling, distri- buting or storing Sulphate of Copper shall make such returns with regard to their businesses and shall verify the same in such manner (including production of their books to any accredited representatives of the Minister of Munitions) as shall from time to time be required by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 6. For the purposes of this Order and the schedules hereto, Sulphate of Copper shall mean and include Sulphate of Copper, Blue Stone and Blue Vitriol. 7. Nothing contained in this Order shall affect any Order here- tofore or hereafter made by the Minister of Munitions with regard to Copper, (a.) 8. This Order may be cited as the Copper Sulphate Order, 1918. NOTE. All applications in reference to this Order should be addressed to the Director of Acid Supplies, Ministry of Munitions, Department of Explosives Supply, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W.I, and marked " Copper Sulphate." First Schedule. Date for Delivery. Price. January /February, 1918 48 per ton. March/April, 1918 ... 50 May/August, inclusive, 1918 52 (a) MINISTERS ORDERS AS TO COPPER. Those Orders are printed in sub- group 6, " Copper " of Group 7, " Metals " below. Calcium Carbide Order, 1917 Second Schedule. Date for Delivery. Quantity included in Sale Jan /Feb. March/ April. May/Ausj. inclusive. s . t> Iba. and over, but less than 2 cwt. ... 56 57 58 28 561bs. ... 58 59 60 8 ,, 28 ,, <>i 7 7 per Ib. -r 5, 8 ... 7 7i 08 1 Ib. 4 ... 8 8j 9 [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. February 15th. 15)18.] (4) Calcium Carbide. THE CALCIUM CARBIDE ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling* him, hereby gives notice and orders as follows : 1. He hereby takes possession as from the date hereof until further notice of all Calcium Carbide, now or hereafter situated in the United Kingdom, except the stocks of persons who do not own more than half a cwt. 2. If any person having control of any Calcium Carbide to which Clause 1 hereof applies, without the consent of the Minister of Munitions, sells, removes, or secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any permit that may have been granted in respect thereof, he will be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 3. No person shall, as from tlie date hereof, until further notice, buy, sell, or supply except for the purpose of carrying out a contract in writing existing at the date hereof, enter into any transaction or negotiation in relation to the sale or purchase of Calcium Carbide situated outside the United Kingdom, except under and in accordance with the terms of a Permit issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 4. No person shall, as from the date hereof until further notice, offer to sell, sell, supply or deliver any Calcium Carbide situated (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the '' Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Carnauba Wax (Control) Notice, 1917. 79 ia the United Kingdom except under and in accordance with the terms of a Permit issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 5. All persons shall within seven days from the first day of e^ch month commencing in the month of October, 1917, send in to the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply (AM2/H), Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, London, W.C.2, monthly returns of (a) All Calcium Carbide held by them on the last day of the preceding month. (b) All Calcium Carbide purchased or sold by them for future delivery and not yet delivered on such last day. (c) All Calcium Carbide delivered to them during the preceding month. Notwithstanding the above, no return is required from any person where total stock of Calcium Carbide in hand and on order for future- delivery to him has not at any time during the preced- ing month exceeded half a cwf . 6. All applications in reference to this order shall be made to The Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply (AM2/H), Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, London, W.C.2, and marked " Calcium Carbide/' [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 25th, 1917.] (5) Carnauba Wax. Carnauba Wax (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 79. Carnauba Wax (Yellow Wax) Notice, 1917, p. 80. THE CARNAUBA WAX (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED JULY 11, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of all stores of the following class and description, that is to say: All stocks of Carnauba Wax,(b) excepting stocks of less than two tons, that are at present or may hereafter arrive in the United Kingdom. (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) YELLOW CARNAUBA WAX. This Notice does not apply to Yellow Wax see the Carnauba Wax (Yellow Wax) Notice, 1917, printed p. 80. Carnauba Wax (Yellow Wax) Notice, 1917. If after this notice any person having control of any such stores sells, removes or secretes them without the consent of the Army Council, or deals therewith in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence, permit or order that may have been granted in respect thereof he shall be guilty of an offence ; i gainst the said Regulations. All persons having in their custody or control any such stocks are hereby required to make a return thereof with full particulars of quantity, description and cost price to Director of Army Contracts, Jmperial House, Tothill Street, Boom 79, S.W.I, together with all such further and other particulars as to their business as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, July 17th, 1917.] THE CARNAUBA WAX (YELLOW WAX) NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1917, ISSUED BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by an Order dated the llth day of July, 1917,(b> and made under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council give notice of an intention to take possession of all stocks of Carnauba Wax, excepting stocks of less than 2 tons, that were at the said date or might thereafter arrive in the United Kingdom ; And whereas the Army Council deem it desirable that Yellow Carnauba Wax should be dealt in without restriction; Now therefore the Army Council hereby give notice that nothing in the said Order shall apply to Yellow Carnauba Wax. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London (xazette, November 23rd, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 191-S," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. fb) THE CARNAUBA WAX (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917. Printed p. 79. Coal Tar or Coke Oven By-Products (Returns) Order, 1916; 81 Benzol and Naphtha Order, 1917. (6.) Coal Tar, &c. Benzol and Naphtha Order, 1917, p. 81. Coal Tar or Coke Oven By-products (Returns) Order, 1916, p. 81. Naphtha Order, 1917, />. 82. Tar (Coal and Water Gras) Order, 1917, ;;. 83. Tar Oils Control Order, 1918, p. 85. THE COAL TAR on COKE OVEN BY-PRODUCTS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1916,(a) DATED OCTOBER 31, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS . In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 15c of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions heieby requires all persons engaged in the production, manufacture, purchase, sale or distribution of any coal tar or coke oven by-products (including in particular tar, carbolic crystals, benzol, toluol, ammoniacal liquor, and sulphate of ammonia) to furnish to the Minister of Munitions such particulars as to output, working of plant, cost of manufacture, sales, deliveries, stock-in-hand, purchases, and prices, as may be required on his behalf, such particulars to be furnished in such form and at such intervals as may be required as aforesaid. The Minister of Munitions further requires that any particulars so furnished shall be verified and authenticated by the signature of the person required to furnish the same or, where such person is a firm or company, of a partner, director or other responsible officer. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 3rd, 1916.] THE BENZOL AND NAPHTHA ORDER, 1917, (a*) DATED AUGUST 29, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and ,of all other powers enabling him hereby Orders as follows : 1. No person shall as from the 1st October, 1917, until further notice supply to any person, or take, or accept, or attempt to obtain delivery of any Crude Benzol, Crude Naphtha or Light (a) SHORT TITLE or ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the ' Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 15c. This is printed, p 37. Naphtha Order, 1917. Oils containing recoverable quantities of Benzol or Toluol, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions, or under and in accordance with the terms and con- ditions of a contract in writing for the delivery of such articles existing at the date of this Order. 2. All persons engaged in producing, treating, distributing, storing, selling or dealing in Crude Benzol, Crude Naphtha 01 Light Oils or in any manufacture, trade or business in which the same or any of them are used shall make all such returns with regard to their businesses as may from time to time be required by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 3. For all purposes of this Order the following expressions shall have the following meanings : "Crude Benzol" and "Crude Naphtha" shall mean Crude Benzol and Crude Naphtha obtained by distillation of Coal Tar or extracted from Coal Gas, including benzolised wash-oil before separation of the Crude Benzol. "Light Oils" shall mean Light Oils obtained by the distillation of Coal Tar. Note. All applications in reference to this Order, including applications for Licences, should be addressed to the Director of Raw Materials Supply, Minister of Munitions, Department of Explosives Supply, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August 31st, 1917.] THE NAPHTHA ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 3.1, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers coirf erred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him, heieby Orders as follows : 1. No person shall, as from the 10th January, 1918, until further notice, supply to any person, or take, or accept, or attempt to obtain delivery of any Crude Solvent Naphtha, Solvent Naphtha or Heavy Naphtha, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 2. All persons engaged in producing, treating, distributing, storing, selling or dealing in Crude Solvent Naphtha, Solvent Naphtha or Heavy Naphtha, or in any manufacture, trade or business in which the same or any of them are used, shall make all such returns with regard to their businesses and verify the same in such manner (including production of their books) as may from time to time be required by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. Tar (Coal and Water Gas) Order, 1917. 3. For all purposes of this Order the expressions " Ciude Solvent Naphtha," " Solvent Naphtha " and " Heavy Naphtha " shall mean Crude Solvent Naphtha, Solvent Naphtha and Heavy Naphtha obtained during distillation of coal tar or extracted from coal gas. 4. This Order may be cited as the Naphtha Order, 1917. Note. All applications in reference to this Order, including Applications for licences, should be addressed to the Director of Haw Materials Supply, Ministry of Munitions, Department of Explosives Supply, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 1st, 1918.] THE TAR (COAL AND WATER GAS) ORDER, 1917, DATED .DECEMBER 31, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him hereby orders as follows : 1. For the purposes of this Order, the expression "coal tar" shall mean tar produced or derived from the destructive distilla- tion of bituminous material by any means other than blast furnaces, the expression "water gas tar" shall mean tar pro- duced by carburetting water gas, and the expression "tar" shall mean and include both coal tar and water gas tar as above defined. 2. No person shall as from the day following the date of this Order until further notice purchase or offer to purchase any tar (whether crude or dehydrated) except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. Provided that no Licence shall be required : (a) By a Tar Distiller for the purchase of Tar in any quan- tities, provided that the whole quantity purchased is intended to be and is in fact distilled to pitch by such Distiller. (b) By any person for the purchase of Tar (whether crude or dehydrated) in quantities not exceeding 10 gallons, provided that the total quantity purchased, by any one person during any one calendar month does not exceed 50 gallons. 3. No person shall as from the day following the date of this Order until further notice except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions: (i) Accept delivery of or make payment for any Coal Tar tendered for delivery under any contract existing at the date of this Order unless (a) such contract was 84: Tar (Coal and Water Gas) Order, 1917. entered into prior to the 5th September, 1917, and is in writing, and (6) full written particulars of such contract were furnished to the Minister of Munitions before the 1st October, 1917, by the person entitled at that date to deliveries thereunder; or (ii) Accept delivery of or make payment for any water gas tar tendered for delivery under any contract existing at the date of this Order unless (a) such contract is in writing, and (b) full written particulars of such contract shall be furnished to the Minister of Munitions before the 25th January, 1918, by the person for the time being entitled to deliveries thereunder. 4. As on and from the 15th January, 1918, until further notice, no person manufacturing or producing Tar shall burn or consume any such Tar for firing, steam raising, or heating purpose, nor use any such Tar for any other purpose erxcept under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. Provided that no such licence shall be required by a manufacturer or producer of Tar who is also a Tar Distiller to entitle him to distil to pitch all or any of the Tar manufac- tured or produced by him. 5. The Order of the Minister of Munitions dated the 4th September, 1917,(aj) relating to Coal Tar is hereby cancelled, but such cancellation shall not affect the previous operation of that Order nor the validity of any action taken thereunder, nor the liability to any penalty or punishment in respect of any con- travention or failure to comply with such Order prior to this cancellation nor any proceeding or remedy in respect of such penalty or punishment. 6. This Order may be cited as the " Tar (Coal and Water Gas) Order, 1917." NOTE. All applications in reference to this Order (including applica- tions for licences) should be addressed to the Ministry of Muni- tions, Department of Explosives Supply, Storey's Gate, West- minster, S.W.I, and marked " E.G.S." [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 1st, 1918.] (a) ORDER OF SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1917. That Order was published in the London Gazette, September 4th, 1917. Tar Oils Control Order, 1918. 85- THE TAR OILS CONTROL ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. Whereas the Minister of Munitions is desirous of cancelling the Order controllng Tar Oils made by him on the 23rd October, 1917, ( a ) as from the 1st February, 1918, and of substituting the following Order therefor. Now the Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers con- ferred upon him by the Defence of the Eealm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him, gives notice and orders as follows : 1. He hereby takes possession as from the 1st February, 1918, until further notice, of all Tar Oil as hereinafter denned then or thereafter situate in the United Kingdom. 2. If any person having control of any such Tar Oil of which possession has been taken under clause 1 hereof without the consent of the Minister of Munitions sells, removes, or secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licences that may be granted in respect thereof, he will be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 3. No person shall on or after the 1st February, 1918, until further notice purchase or take delivery of any such Tar Oil, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions, or offer to sell, sell, supply, or deliver any such Tar Oil to any person other than the holder of such a licence and in accordance with the terms thereof. Provided that no such licence shall be required: (a) By any person for the purchase and delivery of such Tar Oil in quantities not exceeding an aggregate of 5 gallons during any one calendar month. (b) By any person, after the first application by him for and pending the granting or refusal of a licence, for the delivery to him under a contract in writing existing at the date hereof and lawfully entered into of such Tar Oil for the purpose of benzol washing, or the manufacture of disinfectants, antiseptic drugs, lamp or vegetable black, or fuel, to a total amount not exceeding the amount of one month's average monthly deliveries under such contract during the three calendar months, immediately preceding the date hereof. In every case where any such Tar Oil is sold or bought under licence the contract note shall specify the grade to be delivered in accordance with the licence issued to the purchaser, and the Oil so delivered shall be in reasonable accordance with the grade (a) ORDER OF OCT. 23, 1917. That Order which was published in the London Gazette, October 26th, 1917, is revoked by Clause 9 of the present Order. 86 Tar Oils Control Order, 1918. so specified. The contract note shall also show in detail the actual f.o.r. or f.o.b. price of the Oil to be delivered, and all additions and extra charges whether for freight or otherwise. 4. No purchase or sale of any such Tar Oil or offer to purchase or sell the same, unless such purchase, sale or offer is made under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions, and authorising some other price or prices, shall, in the case of any class of Tar Oil specified in the schedule hereto, be at a price exceed- ing the price fixed for the same in the said schedule ; provided that this clause shall not apply to any deliveries under and in pursuance of a contract in writing > entered into prior to the 13th July, 1917. 5. No person, whether he is or is not the actual producer of such Tar Oil, shall on and after the 1st February until further notice, use any Tar Oil exceeding in quantity 5 gallons in any one calendar month for the purpose of or in connection with any manufacture or work, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 6. All persons producing Tar Oil or holding any stock thereof shall furnish to the Controller of Explosives Supply, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W.I, as and when required by him, such returns of Tar Oils at any time manufactured, purchased, sold, supplied, delivered or used by them at such times and in such form as the said Controller of Explosives shall from time to time direct. T. All persons heretofore required by the Minister of Muni- tions to furnish returns relating to Tar Oil shall, until further notice, continue to furnish returns in accordance with such previous requirements. 8. For the purpose of this Order the expression " Tar Oil " shall mean Light Oil, Sharp Oil, Creosote Oil, Green Oil, and Anthracene Oil, and any other oil produced from or containing an admixture of oil produced from the distillation of gas coal tar, coke oven tar. oil gas tar, producer gas tar, water gas tar, and Mond gas tar or any of them with the exception of crude benzol, crude naphtha, crude solvent naphtha, solvent naphtha, heavy naphtha, crude carbolic acid, light oil containing recoverable amounts of benzol and toluol, and oils produced from the said Tars or any of them containing more than 50 per cent, of pyridine or any other tar bases. 9. The above mentioned Order of the Minister of Munitions of the 23rd October 1917, (a) is hereby cancelled as from the 1st February, 1918, but such cancellation shall not revive any Order thereby cancelled, or affect the previous operation of the (a) TAR OILS ORDER, 1917. That Order was published in the London Gazette, October 26th, 1917. Tar Oils Control Order-, 1918. 87 said Order of the 23rd October, 1917, prior to the 1st February, 1918, or the validity of any action taken thereunder or the right of the Minister to any oil of any description of which possession was thereby taken, or the liability to any penalty or punishment in respect of any contravention or failure to comply with the said Order of the 23rd October, 1917, prior to its cancellation, or any proceeding or remedy in respect of such penalty or punish- ment. 10. This Order may be cited as the Tar Oils Control Order, 1918. 11. All applications for licences under this Order shall be made to the Controller, Mineral Oil Production Department, Ministry of Munitions, 8, Northumberland Avenue W.C.2 The Schedule. MAXIMUM PRICES. 1. Oils for Benzol washing:- (a) Creosote complying- with the following specification: Sp. Gr. at 60 F. not less than T020. Shall deposit no naphthaline crystals at 45 F. On distillation in retort with thermometer in liquid shall give no distillate below 200 C. (corrected) not less than 5 per cent, at 230 G. (corrected) and not less than 90 per cent, at 300 C. (corrected), 103s. per ton. For each degree F. by which the crystallising point is above 45 F. Is. per ton shall be deducted from the price, and for each 1 per cent, by which the volume of distillate at 300 C. (corrected) falls below 90 per cent. Qd. per ton shall be deducted from the price. (b) Oil heavier than Creosote, frequently known as " Green Oil," complying with the following specification: Sp. Gr. at 60 F. not less than T05. Free from water and sediment, and completely fluid at 60 F. On distillation with thermometer in liquid shall give the following amounts of distillates : Up to 270 'C. (corrected) between 5 and 15 per cent. Up to 350 C. (corrected) between 60 and 70 per cent., 98s. per ton. 2. Oil for fuel purposes: (a) For use in Diesel Engines complying with the following specification : Sp. Gr. at 60 F. not exceeding I'lOO. Calorific value not less than 15,800 B.T.U.'s. Fluid at 60 F. Maximum content of Wafer, 2 per cent., Coke, 5 pei cent., Ash, O'lO per cent., 90s. 6d. per ton. * 88 Tar Oils Control Order, 1918. (b) For other Engines and Furnaces generally : Per ton. s. d. 1. Admiralty specification Oil ... ... 75 2. 75 per cent. Creosote Oil and 25 per cent. Pitch ... 64 3. 66| per cent. Creosote Oil and 33 J per cent. Pitch ' ... 60 4. 50 per cent. Creosote Oil and 50 per cent. Pitch 52 6 5. 40 per cent. Creosote Oil and 60 per cent. Pitch 48 6. 25 per cent. Creosote Oil and 75 per cent. Pitch 41 6 The method of ascertaining the percentage of Pitch contained in any oil supplied for fuel purposes shall be as follows : About 100 grams of the Fuel Oil is weighed into a tarred Wurtz flask of about ">() or. rapacity, and distilled until the thermometer, placed in the vapour with the bulb just below side tube of flask shows a temperature of 350 C. (corrected). The weight of the residue is taken, and its percentage found by multiplying by 100 and dividing by the weight of fuel oil taken. The difference between the percentage of residue at 350 thus found and 100 shall be taken as the percentage of distillate to 350. From the percentage of residue at 350 thus found, one-tenth of the percentage of distillate at 350 shall be deducted, and the difference thus found shall be taken as the percentage of pitch present in the sample. Thus for example, if on testing in the above specified manner the percentage of residue at 350 is found to be 40 per cent. , and the percentage of distillate at 350 to be 60 per cent., then Percentage of Pitch = 40 - one-tenth of 60. = 40-6 = 34 per cent. In addition to the above maximum prices the sum of 5s. per ton may be charged for each ton of oil lor fuel purposes supplied containing Creosote Oil and Pitch in any of the proportions hereinbefore mentioned to cover the cost of reheating, mixing, straining through a one-sixteenth inch mesh and testing, provided that the distillation shall have been carried to 350 C. or over, and that the mixtures supplied shall not contain more than 1 per cent, of water or *5 per cent, of ash or a greater percentage of free carbon after being strained as above mentioned than the amounts specified hereunder: Free Carbon. No. 2. B. 2. 7-5 per cent. No. 2. B. 3. 10 per cent. No. 2. B. 4. 15 percent. No. 2. B. 5. 18 percent. tto. 2. B. 6. 22'5 per cent. Gas Works Retort Carbon (Sale and Purchase) Order, 1917. A commission not exceeding* 2J per cent, in addition to the sums mentioned above may be charged by brokers, dealers and merchants. The prices mentioned in this schedule are for oil or fuel delivered free on rail or barge at the .sellers' works or at the nearest station or wharf into the purchasers tank cars or barges, and sold according to the producers 3 weights and measurements. In cases where the seller supplies the tank cars an additional charge of 20s. for each 2,200 gallons capacity per week for the use~ of such cars is permitted. In the case of Creosote Oil delivered from such Ocean installa- tions as shall be approved by the Minister of Munitions, an additional charge of f d. (three-eighths of a penny) per gallon is permitted, which increase shall cover all charges for insurance, pumping and such other expenses as are usually defrayed by the purchaser. The cost of analysis, measurement and sampling if required by the purchaser may be charged in addition to the maximum prices above specified. The cost of barrels (including coopering and filling) and the hire of barges used for transport may be charged for at current rates. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 1, 1918, and is here printed with the correction made in the last paragraph but two by erratum notice.] (7.) Gas Works Retort Carbon. THE GAS WORKS RETORT CARBON (SALE AND PURCHASE) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JANUARY 10, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation. SE of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) and all other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby orders that no person shall as from the date hereof until further notice purchase or take delivery of any gas works retort carbon except under and in accordance with the terms of a permit issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions, and further, that no person shall as from the date hereof until further notice sell, supply, or deliver any gas works retort carbon to any person other than the holder of such a permit as aforesaid. NOTICE. All applications for a permit in connection with the above Order should be addressed to the Director of Materials (Refer- ence A.M. 2 F.W.H.), Armament Buildings, Whitehall Place, S.W.I. (c) [The above Order and Notice were published in the London Gazette, January 12th, (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the ' Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 2E. This is printed p. 33. (c) Now the Department of Non-Ferrous Materials, M.S./R., 8, Northumber- land Avenue, W.C. 2. 90 titrate of Soda Order, 1917; Oxygen Order, 1917. (8.) Nitrate of Soda. THE NITRATE OF SODA ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED OCTOBER 18, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. Iii pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30 A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the war material to which that Regulation applies shall include war material of the following class, that is to say, XITRATE OF SODA. Note. All applications and communications in connection with the above Order should be addressed to the Department of Explosives Supply, Ministry of Munitions, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W. 1. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. October 23rd, 1917.] (9.) Oxyg-en. THE OXYGEN ORDER, 1917, (c) DATED DECEMBER 17, 1917, MADK BY THE ADMIRALTY. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling, and with the concurrence of the Army Council and the Minister of Muni- tions, hereby order that, from and after the date of this Order and until further notice, the sale and supply of Oxygen in the United Kingdom shall be regulated in accordance with such directions as may from time to time be given by the Director of Materials and Priority, Admiralty, and hereby order and require as follows : (1) No person or company manufacturing or supplying Oxygen shall sell or supply the same otherwise than to such persons or companies and in such quantities as the said Director of Materials and Priority shall from time to time direct. (2) All persons and companies manufacturing or supplying Oxygen for sale or for their own use, and all persons and companies requiring to purchase Oxygen shall render such full and accurate returns as the said Director of Materials and Priority shall from time to time direct. (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (c) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Admiralty (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918, J? printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Potassium Compounds Order, 1917. (3) Any failure to comply with any restriction or condition imposed or with any directions given hereunder will be an offence against the Defence of the Eealm Regulations. Given under our hands this 17th day of December, 1917. Lionel Halsey. A. G. Anderson. [The ahovr OnU-r was published in the London Gazette, December 21st. 1917.] (10.) Potash Production. Blast Furnace Dust Order, 1917, p.. 92. Blast Furnace Dust Licence (Use as Fertiliser), 1918,^.94. Potassium Compounds Order, 1917, p. 91. Potassium Compounds Licence (Medicinal Purposes), 1917, p. 93. Potassium Compounds General Licence (Use as Fertiliser), 1918, p. 94. THE POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED OCTOBER 17, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Eealm Regulations and all other powers enabling him hereby gives notice and orders as follows : 1. No person shall as from the date hereof until further notice offer to purchase, purchase or take delivery of any potassium compounds as defined in clause 3 hereof except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued on behalf of the Minister of Munitions by the Controller of Potash Production, or offer to sell, sell, supply or deliver any such potassium com- pounds to any person other than the holder of such a licence and in accordance with the terms thereof (t>) ; provided that no such licence shall be required (a) By the Admiralty or War Office. (b) By any person for the purchase and delivery of potas- sium compounds in quantities not exceeding in weight an aggregate of 3 Ib. avoirdupois during any one calendar month. 2. All persons shall furnish returns to the Controller of Potash Production at the times and in the manner prescribed by him (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the ' Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) GENERAL LICENCES UNDER ORDER. See the Potassium Compounds Lirence (Medicinal Purposes), 1917 (p. 93), and the Potassium Compounds Licence (Use as Fertilisers), 1918 (p. 94). Superphosphates (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. of all potassium compounds held in stock by them or otherwise under their control or manufactured, produced, bought, sold or otherwise dealt in by them. 3. The potassium compounds to which this order relates are caustic potash (KOH) chloride or muriate of potash (KC1) car- bonate of potash (K 2 C0 3 ) and sulphate of potash (K 2 S0 4 ) whether in a pure or in a commercial form, and any material (other than blast furnace dust referred to in the Order of the Minister of Munitions of 7th August, 1917), of which more than ten per cent, consists of any one or more of the above. 4. All applications in reference to the above Order to be addressed to The Controller of Potash Production, Ministry of Munitions, 117, Piccadilly, W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. October 19th, 1917.] THE BLAST-FURNACE DUST ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED AUGUST 7, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. .The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Muni- tions of War Acts 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders as follows : 1. No person shall buy, sell, deal in or dispose of any Blast- furnace Dust except under and in accordance with the terms of a Licence issued on behalf of the Minister of Munitions by the Controller of Potash Production, (b) 2. No person shall treat any such dust so as to extract any compoiient part thereof except under and in accordance with the terms of a Licence issued as aforesaid. 3. All persons producing or in possession of Blast-furnace Dust shall make returns in regard to rate of production, stocks, purchases, sales, dealings or other matters relating to Blast- furnace Dust in such form and at such times as may be required by the said Controller. 4. Samples of any Blast-furnace Dust produced by or in the possession of any person shall be furnished to the said Controller by such person in such form and quantity and at such times as the said Controller may prescribe. Such samples shall be taken in such manner as the said Controller or his authorised repre- sentative may prescribe. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) LICENCE UNDER ORDER. See The Blast Furnace Dust Licence (Use as Fertiliser), 1918, p. 94. Potassium Compounds Licence (Medicinal Purposes), 1917. 93 5. For the purpose of this Order Blast-furnace Dust shall mean dust deposited or otherwise derived from the gases of any furnace used for treating ores for the production of iron or any of its alloys. 6. All applications in reference to the above Order should be made to the Controller of Potash Production, Ministry of Munitions, 117, Piccadilly, 'W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August 7th. 1917.] THE POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS LICENCE (MEDICINAL PURPOSES), 1917, (a) DATED DECEMBER 7, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Controller of Potash Production hereby announces that in accordance with the powers conferred on him by the Order of the Minister of Munitions of October 17th, 1917, relating to Potassium Compounds, (b) he licenses until further notice the purchase by any person of potassium compounds coming within the terms of the Order, notwithstanding that such purchases may exceed an aggregate of 3 Ibs. per month, provided that the compounds so purchased are used solely in B.P. form or in B,P. preparations for purely medicinal purposes. By this general licence retail druggists, hospitals and similar institutions, medical men and others, are relieved of the onus of applying for individual licences to purchase compounds coming within the conditions indicated in italics above, and wholesale druggists and others may supply such compounds for use as above set out without the necessity of verifying that the purchaser holds an* individual licence to purchase or take delivery. It will, however, be necessary for the wholesaler in making his returns to the Controller to state the aggregate amount and value of his sales of compounds for purely medicinal purposes during the period covered by each return. Special forms of return will be provided for this purpose. All sales of compounds other than those exceeding 3 Ibs. aggregate per month per person and the sales for medicinal pur- poses hereby licensed, must be conducted strictly under pur- chasers' licences as prescribed by the Order, and, together with an aggregate statement of sales under 3 Ibs., and for medicinal purposes, must be brought out on the returns as at present. A. S. Esslemont. December 7, 1917. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 7th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OP LICENCE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS ORDER. 1917. This is printed p. 91. Potassium Compounds General Licence (Use as Fertiliser), 1918: Blast-Furnace Dust Licence (Uxe ax Fertiliser), 1918. THE POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS GENERAL LICENCE (USE AS FER- TILISER), 19.18, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1918, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Controller of Potash Production hereby gives notice as follows : 1. As from the date hereof until May 31st, 1918, he hereby licences the purchase by a person of any potassium compounds to which the Order of the Minister of Munitions, dated the 17th October, 1917, (b) relates, provided that the compounds so pur- chased are used wholly by the purchaser for direct and immediate application as a fertiliser to the flax crop in Ireland and to no other crop, and provided that they are purchased from or through an agent prescribed for that purpose by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. 2. As from the date hereof until further notice he hereby licenses the purchase by any person of any potassium compound?-, to which the said Order relates, in quantities not exceeding in weight an aggregate of three tons during any one calendar month, provided that the compounds so purchased are used wholly by the purchaser for direct and immediate application to the ground as a fertiliser. A. S. Esslemom. February 8, 1918. [The above Order was published in the London (Jazette, February 8th, 1918.] THE BLAST-FURNACE DUST LICENCE (USE AS FERTILISER), 1918, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1918, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Controller of Potash Production gives notice as follows : 1. As from the date hereof until May 31st, 1918, he hereby licenses the purchase by any person of any blast-furnace dusts to which the Order of the Minister of Munitions dated the 7th August, lDlT,(c) relates containing potash to an amount exceed- ing 13 per cent., expressed as potassium oxide (K 2 0), provided that the blast-furnace dusts so piirchased are used wholly by the purchaser for direct and immediate application as a fertilizer to the flax crop in Ireland and to no other crop, and provided that they aie purchased from or through an Agent prescribed for that purpose by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruc- tion for Ireland and licensed so to sell by the Controller of Potash Production. (a) SHORT TITLE or LICENCE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918, printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 91. (c) BLAST FURNACE DUST ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 92. Rosin Control Order, 1918. 95 2. As from the date hereof until further notice he hereby licenses the purchase by any person of any blast-furnace dusts to which the said Order relates containing potash to an amount of 13 per cent, or less, expressed as potassium oxide (K 2 0), provided that the blast-furnace dusts so purchased are used wholly by the purchaser for direct and immediate application to the ground as a fertilizer and provided they are purchased from a person licensed so to sell by the Controller of Potash Production. A. S. Esslemont. February 8, 1918. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. February 8th, 1918.] (11.) Rosin, Turpentine and Turpentine Substitute. Rosin Control Order, 1918, p. 95. Turpentine, &c., Control Order, 1918, p. 95. THE TURPENTINE, &c., CONTROL ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 25, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. [This Order which relates to Mineral Turpentine as well as to Turpentine is printed at p. 250 in group 8, " Oils, Mineral and Fuel, Etc."] THE E-OSIN CONTROL ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 31, 1918. MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and 'all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby gives notice and orders as follows : 1. All persons holding or having under their control any Rosin or Rosin Oil whether in stock or transit shall, within seven days of the date hereof, furnish returns to the Controller, T^on-Ferrous Materials Supply, M.S. L., at the address under-mentioned, containing full particulars of such Rosin or Rosin Oil, the grade thereof, the purposes for which the same are intended and the average monthly consumption of Rosin and Rosin. Oil by such person for any purpose during the year 19 IT ; provided that 110 such return is required from any person unless he has at some time since January 1st, 1917, had in his possession or under his control an amount of Rosin exceeding three ordinary American barrels, or one cask of French, Spanish, or Portuguese Rosin, or an amount of Rosin Oil exceeding 7 cwts. net weight. 2. No person shall as from the date hereof until further notice, except for the purpose of carrying out a contract in writing for the sale or purchase of Rosin or Rosin Oil existing at the date hereof, purchase, sell, supply or deliver, or offer to purchase, sell, supply or deliver any Rosin or Rosin Oil whether situate in or Whale Oil Order, 1916. outside the United Kingdom except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Ministry of Munitions, provided that no licence shall be required by any person for the purchase of Rosin or Rosin Oil in quantities not exceeding an aggregate of three ordinary American barrels or one cask of French, Spanish or Portuguese in the case of Rosin, or 7 cwts. net weight in the case of Rosin Oil during any one calendar month, or for the sale or delivery of such maximum quantity or any such purchase. 3. This Order may be cited as "The Rosin Control Order,. 1918." 4. All applications for licences shall be addressed to : The Controller, Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, M.S. L., Ministry of Munitions, 8, Northumberland Avenue, London, W.C.2. [The above Order wa published in the London Gazette, February 1st, I IMS. | (12.) Whale Oil. Whale Oil Order, 1916, p. 96. War Material (Insurance) Permit, 1916, p. 97. Whale Oil (Sale and Purchase) Permit, 1917, p. 97. THE WHALE OIL ORDER, 1910, (a) DATED JFME 24, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred on him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm B,egulations(b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the War Material to which the Regulation applies, shall include War Material of the following class and description, namely, Whale Oil other than Sperm Oil. The Order, dated March 18th, 1916. published in the London Gazette of March 21st, 1916, is hereby cancelled. NOTICE. All applications for a permit in connection with the above Order should be addressed to the Director of Propellant Supplies, Ministry of Munitions, 32-34, Old Queen Street, Westminster, S.W.l.(c) [The above Owier and Notice were published in the London Gazette, June 27th, 1916.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by tin 1 " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed, p. 37. (c) Now the Director of Oils and Fats, Ministry of Food, County Hall. Westminster. War Material (Insurance) Permit, 1916 ; Whale Oil (Sale and 97 Purchase) Permit, 1917. THE WAR MATERIAL (INSURANCE) PERMIT, 1916(a), DATED JUNE 30, 1916, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS, PERMITTING THE INSURANCE OF OPTICAL MUNITIONS, ALUMINIUM, PLATI- NUM AND WHALE OIL. Whereas by Orders published in the " London Gazette" on November 23rd, 1915,(b) December 7th, 1915,(c) December 31st, 1915,(d) March 21st, 1916, (e) June 6th, 1916,(d) and June 27th, 1916, (e) respectively, the Minister of Munitions, in pursuance of (he power> roiiferred on him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (f) applied such regulation to certain War Material specified in such Orders namely : Optical munitions, (b) all kinds of aluminium and alumina, (c) platinum metal and ores, residues and bars containing the same,(d) and whale oil other than sperm oil.(e) And whereas the Minister deems it desirable that the insurance of such War Material should be permitted. Now, therefore, the Minister gives notice that he hereby authorises and permits the insurance of the War Material speci- fied in the above-mentioned notices. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, July 4th, 1916.] THE WHALE OIL (SALE AND PURCHASE) PERMIT, 1917, (a) DATED MAY 1, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. Whereas by an Order made on the 24th June, 1916, and pub- lished in the " London Gazette " on the 27th June, 1916, (e) the Minister of Munitions in pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regula- tions^) ordered that the war material to which the Regulation applies should include Whale Oil other than Sperm Oil and whereas the Minister of Munitions deems it desirable that certain limited sales and purchases of such Whale Oil should be permitted. (a) SHORT TITLE or LICENCE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) OPTICAL MUNITIONS ORDER, 1915. This is printed p. 256, in group 9, "Optical and Glassware Munitions." (c) ALUMINIUM. The Order of Dec. 7, 1915, relating to all kinds of aluminium and Alumina was cancelled by Order relating to aluminium, &c. of July *1, 1916, printed at p. 180 of the November, 1916, Edition of the "Defence of the Realm " Manual. The last named Order was cancelled by the Aluminium Order, 1916, dated Dec. 2 1916, and printed p. 167, under sub-group (1), " Aluminium,'' of group 7 " Metals, &c." (d) PLATINUM ORDER, 1915, AND PLATINUM METAL ORDER, 1916. These are printed pp. 197 and 198, in sub-group (14), "Platinum," of group 7 " Metals, &c." (e) WHALE OIL ORDER, 1916. This is printed p. 96 in sub-group (12) of this present group of Orders. (f ) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. 3749 D Whale Oil (Sale and Purchase) Permit, 1917. Now, therefore, the Minister of Munitions gives notice that he hereby until further notice authorises and permits the sale and purchase and negotiations for the sale and purchase of Whale Oil (other than Sperm Oil) situate in the United Kingdom subject to the following conditions : 1. No person shall either by himself or his agent in any con- secutive period of three calendar months sell or purchase or negotiate for the sale or purchase of more than a total quantity of 25 tons. 2. No sale, purchase or negotiation shall be otherwise than for delivery within the United Kingdom. NOTE. All applications for permits under the above-mentioned Order of the 24th June, 1916, or otherwise in connection with the said Order or this Order should be addressed to the Controller of Oils and Fats, Ministry of Munitions, Great George Street, West- minster, S.W.I, (a) [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, May 1st, 1917.] (a) Now the Director of Oils and Fats, Ministry of Food, County Hall, Westminster. Hay and Straw (Great Britain) Order, 1917. 3. Forage. Hay and Straw (Great Britain) Order, 1917, p. 99. Hay and Straw (Lifting) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917,^. 100. Has, Straw and Chop (Sale) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917, p. 103. THE HAY AND STRAW (GREAT BRITAIN) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED MAY 9, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers enabling them, the Army Council do hereby Order : That on and after the 24th day of May, 1917, no Chaffed or Chopped Hay shall be manufactured, purchased, sold or deli- vered in Great Britain unless it contains not less than 20 per cent, of chopped straw. Clause 4 of the Army Council Order of 30th June, 1916, pro- hibiting the lifting of hay and straw in England and Wales and Ireland in so far as it relates to the use of Straw in England and Wales, and Clause 4 of the Army Council Order of the 14/i September, 1916, prohibiting the lifting of hay and straw in Scotland,^} are hereby cancelled in so far as they relate to straw. And the Army Council do hereby further order that on and after the 24th day of May, 1917, no wheat straw(c) shall be used for any purpose other than the feeding of live-stock and. for thatching, and that no oat straw(c) shall be used for any purpose other than the feeding of live-stock, except in either case under licence from the District Purchasing Officer of the District or County concerned a list of whom is appended, (d) By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) ARMY COUNCIL ORDERS OP JUNE SOm, 1916, AND SEPTEMBER 14TH, 1916. Th se Orders are wholly revoked by the Hay and Straw (Lifting) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917, printed p. 100. (c) WHEAT STRAW AND OAT STRAW. So far as it relates to Wheat Straw in Great Britain and Oat Straw in Scotland this Order is revoked by the Hay and Straw (Lifting) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917, printed p. 100. (d) LIST OP DISTRICT PURCHASING OFFICERS. This List is appended to the Hay and Straw (Lifting) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917, as printed pp. 101, 102, and is therefore not repeated at the end of the present Order. 8749 D 2 * 100 Hay and Straw (Lifting) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917. THE HAY AND STRAW (LIFTING) (UNITED KINGDOM AND ISLE OF MAN) ORDER, 1917, ( a ) DATED JULY 17, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. 1. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice that all hay or oat or wheat straw now standing in bulk in Great Britain and Ireland and the Isle of Man or as and when harvested is taken possession of by the Army Council and shall from the date of this Order, or as and when harvested, be held at the disposal of the duly authorised Officers of the War Department; excepting such hay or straw of the 1916 or earlier crop as has been released by Sale Licence. The Army Council Orders of the 30th June, 1916, (b) and the 14th September, 1916, (o) relative to the prohibtion of the lifting of hay and straw in England, Wales and Ireland, in Great Britain, in Scotland, and in the Isle of Man respectively are hereby cancelled. 2. Applications to enable hay or wheat or oat straw to be sold to private consumers or dealers will only be granted in respect of qualities and quantities or hay or straw in respect of which a Sale Licence has been issued being found not to be required for Army use, and that part of the Army Council Order of 9th May, 1917, (d) prohibiting the use of straw for certain pur- poses, in so far as it relates to wheat straw in Great Britain, and in so far as it relates to oat straw in Scotland, is cancelled. 3. Farmers and stock breeders are authorised to use a reason- able quantity of hay or oat or wheat straw in their possession for consumption by stock in their possession or control. 4. Applications for sale under this Order must be made in writing to the District Purchasing Officer of the district or county in which the hay or straw affected is standing. 5. Applications to purchase for the purpose of re-sale will be made in England and Wales and the Isle of Man to the Adminis- trative Member, Forage Committee, 64, Whitehall Court, London, S.W.I; in Ireland to the Area Administrative Officer, Royal Hospital, Dublin; and in Scotland to the Area Administra- tive Officer, Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh. (a) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) ORDER OF JUNE 30th, 1916. This was published London Gazette, June 30th, 1916, and is also printed p. 169 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (c) ORDERS OF SEPT. 14, 1916. There were 3 Orders of this date. That relating to Great Britain was published London Gazette, Sept. 14th, 1916, being the 3rd Supplement to the Gazette of Sept. 12th and is also printed p. 172 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." That relating to Scotland was published London Gazette, Sept. 14tb, 1916, being the 3rd Supplement to the Gazette of Sept. 12th, and is also printed p. 175 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." That relating to the Tsle of Man was published London Gazette, Sept. 14th, 1916, being the 3rd Supplement to the Gazette of Sept. 12th and is also printed p. 177 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (d) HAY AND STRAW (GREAT BRITAIN) ORDER 1917 - -This is printed p. 99 above Hay and Straw (Lifting) (United Kingjdom^and Order, 1917. 6. All Licences or Authorities issued under this Order will be issued subject to the restrictions and conditions contained in such Licences or Authorities; any departure from these conditions or other act in contravention of the provisions of this Order will be an offence under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and render the offender liable to the penalties attaching thereto. 7. Detailed instructions regarding the necessary procedure to be adopted by all desiring to sell, purchase or remove hay or straw under this Order can be obtained on application to the Secretary, Forage Committee, 64, Whitehall Court, London, S.W.I; in Ireland to the Area Administrative Officer, Royal Hospital, Dublin, in Scotland to the Area Administrative Officer, Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh ; and in the Isle of Man to the D.P.O.S., Edinburgh House, Loch Promenade, Douglas. The addresses of the Officers mentioned in paragraph 4 are as under : D.P.O.S. Bedfordshire, 8 St. Paul's Square, Bedford. D.P.O.S. Berkshire, 22, The Forbury, Reading. D.P.O.S. Buckinghamshire, Winslow House, Aylesbury. D.P.O.S. Cambridgeshire, 63, Sidney Street, Cambridge. D.P.O.S. Cheshire, 14, Old Bank Buildings, Chester. D.P.O.S. Cornwall, 68, Lemon Street, Truro. D.P.O.S. Derbyshire, 12, Strand Chambers, Derby. D.P.O.S. Devonshire, 22, Southernhay West, Exeter. D.P.O.S. Dorset, 22, High East Street, Dorchester. D.P.O.S. Durham, Joint Stock Bank Chambers, Darlington. D.P.O.S. Essex, 18a, Broomfield Road, Chehnsford. D.P.O.S. Gloucestershire, 5, St. George's Chambers, George Street, Gloucester. D.P.O.S. Hampshire, 95, High Street, Winchester. D,P.O.S. Herefordshire, 20, East "Street, Hereford. D.P.O.S. Hertfordshire, Station Buildings, St. Albans. D.P.O.S. Huntingdonshire, 6, Market Hill, Huntingdon. D.P.O.S. Isle of Man, Edinburgh House, Loch Promenade, Douglas. D.P.O.S. Kent, Bat and Ball Station, Sevenoaks. D.P.O.S. Lancashire, Drill Hall, Manchester Road, South- port. D.P.O.S. Leicestershire, 8, New Street, Leicester. D.P.O.S. Lincolnshire, 5, Broad Street, Spalding. D.P.O.S. London and Middlesex, 108, Whitehall Court, S.W.I. D.P.O.S. Norfolk, 33, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich. D.P.O.S. Northamptonshire, 27a, Abington Street, North- ampton. D.P.O.S. Northumberland, 33, Sandhill, Newcastle-on-Tyne. D.P.O.S. Nottinghamshire, Tharland Street, Nottingham. D.P.O.S. Oxfordshire, 7, St. Aldates, Oxford. D.P.O.S. Shropshire 20, Talbot Chambers, Market Street, Shrewsbury. D.P.O.S. Somerset 13, Hammet Street, Taunton. D.P.O.S. Staffordshire, 2, The Green Stafford. 3749 102 Hdy\^d Straw {Lifting) -(United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917. D.P.O.S, Suffolk, Tower Street, Ipswich. D.P.O.S. Surrey, Piccards House, Bridge Street, Guildford. D.P.O.S. Sussex, 3, Clarendon Road, Hove. D.P.O.S. "Warwickshire, 66, Warwick Street, Leamington Spa. D.P.O.S. Westmorland and Cumberland, Drill Hall, Kendal, Westmorland. D.P.O.S. Wiltshire, 2a, Winchester Street, Salisbury. D.P.O.S. Worcestershire, 14, Pierpoint Street, Worcester. , D.P.O.S. Yorkshire, 72, Bootham, York. D.P.O.S. South-East Wales, Eland's Store, Dumballs Road, Cardiff. D.P.O.S. North-East Wales, 13, Regent Street, Wrexhanu D.P.O.S. South-West Wales, 33, Quay Street, Carmarthen, D.P.O.S. North- West Wales, The Old Recruiting Office, Water Street, Menai Bridge. Scotland. D.P.Q.S. No. 1 District (Ayr, Lanark, Dumbarton, Bute and Renfrew), 34, West George Street, Glasgow. D.P.O.S. No. 2 District (The Lothians, Berwick, Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirk), 5, Alva Street, Edin- burgh. D.P.O.S. No. 3 District (Wigton, Kirkcudbright and Dumfries), Sheriff Court House, Dumfries. D.P.O.S. No. 4 District (Stirling and Clackmannan), 64, Murray Place, Stirling. D.P.O.S. No. 5 District (Argyll, Perth, Forfar, and all counties north thereof), 1, King Edward Street, Perth. D.P.O.S. No. 6 District (Fife and Kinross) Cupar, Fife. Ireland. D.P.O.S. No. 1 District, comprising Carlow, Cavan, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, King's County, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Queen's County, Ros- common, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow and Leitram (southerly part). Royal Hospital, Dublin. D.P.O.S. No. 2 District, comprising Antrim, Armagh, Down, Monaghan, Derry, (eastern part) and Fermanagh (southern part). Victoria Barracks, Belfast. D.P.O.S. No. 3 District, comprising Donegal, Sligo, Tyrone, Derry (western part), and northern parts of Fermanagh and Leitrim. City Hotel, London- derry. D.P.O.S. No. 4 District, comprising Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, 6, Lapp's Quay, Corn. By Order of the Army Council. R. H. Brade. Hay, Straw* and Chop (Sale) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917. THE HAY, STRAW AND CHOP (SALE) UNITED KINGDOM AND ISLE OF MAN ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JULY 17, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Eealm Emulations, the Army Council do hereby Order: That on any sale of hay, oat straw or wheat straw or chopped hay, oat straw or wheait straw in Great Britain and Ireland and the Isle of Man, the price shall not exceed such prices as are set out in the Schedules hereunder : Schedule I. (LONG HAY AND STRAW.) Maximum Prices per Ton which a Producer may not exceed. 103 Hay. Oat Straw. Wheat Straw. s. d. *. d. s. d. To 31st December, 1917 5 10 300 2 10 31st January, 1918 5 12 9 3 1 6 2 11 3 28th February, 1918 5 15 6 330 2 12 6 31st March, 1918 5 18 3 346 2 13 9 After 31st March, 1918 6 1 360 2 15 The above prices are deemed to include the cost of carting to nearest railway station or a distance equivalent thereto, but not the cost of cutting, trussing and tying, or baling. Schedule II. (LONG HAY AND STRAW.) Maximum Prices per Ton for Quantities exceeding 10 cwt. which a Seller inav not exceed. ; Hay. Oat Straw. Wheat Straw. j 8. d. s. d. s. d. TTo 31st December, 1917 . 7 10 5 4 10 31st January, 1918 . . 7 12 9 5 1 6 4 11 3 28th February, 1918 .. 7 15 6 5 3 4 12 6 31st March, 1918 ., 7 18 3 5 4 6 4 13 9 After 31st March, 1918 8 1 5 6 4 15 The above prices are deemed to include commission and all costs and charges incurred, of whatever nature, for hay and straw delivered on to the consumer's or purchaser's premises. (a) SHORT TITLE OP LICENCE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 3749 DI4 104 Hay, Straw and Chop (Sale) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917. Schedule III. (LONG HAY AND STRAW.) Maximum Prices per Stone of 14 Ibs. for quantities of 10 cwt. or less, which a Seller may not exceed. liay. Oat Straw. Wheat Straw.' *. (1. d. d. To 31st December, 1917 ... 1 8i 74 31st January, 1918 1 1 <) 8 28th February, 1918 1 1 9 h 31st March, 1918 1 2 9i 8i After 31st March, 1918 1 2 9i 8* The abov6 prices are deemed to include commission and all costs and charges incurred of whatever nature for hay and straw delivered on to the consumer's or purchaser's premises. Schedule IV. (CHOPPED HAY AND STRAW.) Maximum Prices per Ton for Quantities exceeding 10 rhich a Seller may not exceed. cwt. Chopped Hay mixed with Chopped Chopped 20 per cent, of Oat Straw. Wheat Straw. Chopped Straw. 8. d. *. d. s. d. To 31st December, 1917 7 10 5 U 4 10 31st January, 1918 7 12 9 5 1 6 4 11 3 28th February, 1918 7 15 6 530 4 12 6 31st March, 1918 7 18 3 546 4 13 9 After 31st March, 1918 8 1 560 4 15 The above prices are deemed to include commission and all costs and charges incurred of whatever nature for "chop" delivered on to the consumer's or purchaser's premises, excepting that where it is delivered in returnable sacks or bags a sum equal to 7s Qd. per ton may be added to the above prices. Hay, Straw* and Chop (Sale) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917. Schedule V. (CHOPPED HAY AND STRAW.) Maximum Prices per Stone for Quantities of 10 cwt. or less which a Seller may not exceed. . _ Chopped Hay mixed with 20 per cent, of Chopped Oat Straw. Chopped Wheat Straw. Chopped Straw. s. d. d. d. To 31st December, 1917 1 Hi \k Hist January, 1918 28th February, 1918 1 1 1 1 9 9 8 8 31st March, 1918 1 2 94 8* After 31st March, 1918 1 2 Si Hi The above prices are deemed to include commission and all costs and charges of whatever nature for " chop " delivered on to the consumer's or purchaser's premises, excepting- that where it is delivered in returnable sacks or bags an additional %d. per stone may be added to the above prices. The Army Council Orders of the 5th November, 1916,( a ) the 2Tth February, 1917(b) and the 14th March, 19lT,(o) regulating the price of hay and straw and " chopped " hay and straw are hereby cancelled. Nothing in this Order shall affect the Army Council Order of the 9th May, 19l7,(d) regulating the sale, etc., of chopped hay and straw, and the prohibition of the use of oat straw for certain purposes in England and "Wales. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. (a) ORDER OF Nov. 5, 1916. This was published London Gazette, Nov. 6th, 1916, being the 2nd Supplement to the Gazette of Nov. 3rd, and is also printed p. 205 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (b) ORDER OF FEB. 27, 1917. This was published London Gazette, March 2nd, 1917, and is also printed p. 206 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (c) ORDER OF MARCH 14, 1917. This was published London Gazette, March 16th, 1917, and is also printed p. 207 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (d) HAY AND STKAW (GREAT BRITAIN) ORDER, 1917. This, the Order referred to, is printed p. 99 above. 106 Imported Hides (Control] Notice, 1916. 4. Hides, Leather and Tanning" Materials. (1.) Hides, p. 106. I (3.) Tanning Materials, (2.) Leather, p. 126. p. 145. (1.) Hides. Basils and Sheep Pelts (Dealings) Order, 1917, p. 113. British Hides (Dealings) Order, 1917, p. 111. British Hides (Dealings) (Amendment) Order, 1917, p. 121. British Sheep and Lamb Skins (Dealings) Order, 1917, p. 113. British Sheep Skins (Sale) Order, 1917, p. 118. Cape Sheep Skim* (Control) Notice, 1918, p. 125. Export of Hides ^Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 122. Fellmpngers (Great Britain) Order, 1917, p. 115, Fellmpngers (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 118. Hides, (Returns) (prder, 1916, p. 107. Hides' (Restriction of Tanning) Order, 1918, p. 123. Hides, Skins and 'Leather (Returns) Order, 1917,;?. 112. Hides (Splitting) Order, 1917, p. 109. Hides (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 120. Horse Hides Order, 1917,;?. 116. Horse Hides (Amendment) Order, 1918, p. 122. Imported Hides (Control) Notice, 1916,;?. 106. Imported Hides (Dealings) Order, 1916, p. 108. Imported Sheep and Lamb Skins (Dealings) Order, 1917, p. 114. Raw Goat Skins (Control) Notice, 1918, p. 123. Raw Goat Skins (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 124. Sheep and Lamb Pelts Order, 1917, p. 110. Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Amendment) Order, 1917, p. 115. Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 119. Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Delivery) Order, 1917, p. 117. (1.) Hides. THE IMPORTED HIDES (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1916, (a) DATED OCTOBER 16, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, (as amende^ by the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) Act, 1915, and th Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915), and th< Regulations made thereunder, and every other power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession of all Hides of the descrip tions specified in the Schedule annexed, which are now in stoc^ in the United Kingdom. If, after this notice, any person having control of any such Hides, without the consent of the Army Council, sells, removes- (a) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918, >r printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Imported Hides (Control) Notice, 1916 ; Hides (Returns) Order, 107 1916. or secretes any such Hides, or deals with them in any way contrary to any condition imposed in any licence, permit or order that may be granted or made in respect thereof, he will he guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Hegulations. All Hides now in process of conversion into Leather are -excepted from the provision of this Order. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Dated 16th October, 1916. Schedule. (1) All Hides (Ox, Cow, and Bull), imported into the United Kingdom from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and./or any State in South America. (2) All other imported Hides (Ox, Cow, and Bull), of the following descriptions : Wet salted of 45 Ibs. and over. Dry salted of 25 Ibs. and over. Dry of 18 Ibs. and over. [The Notice was published in the London Gazette, October 17th, 1916.] THE HIDES (RETURNS) ORDER, 1916, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914 (as amended by the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) Act, 1915, and the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915), and the Regulations made thereunder, and every other power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby require all persons engaged in, the sale, distribution, storage or shipment of Calf, Ox, Cow, Bull, Buffalo and Horse Hides, or engaged in the manufacture of leather from such hides, to furnish to the Director of Army Con- tracts such particulars of their stocks, purchases and sales of, and transactions in, such hides as may be required on his behalf. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 8th, 1916, being a Supplement to the Gazette of November 7th.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by ihk ' Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 108 Imported Hides (Dealings) Order, 1916. THE IMPORTED HIDES (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1916, (a) DATED DECEMBER 15, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby regulate and restrict the purchase, sale, delivery of or payment for or other dealing in any Hides of the descriptions specified in Schedule " A " hereto annexed as follows, that is to say: 1. No person, unless holding a special permit from the Director of Army Contracts for the purpose, shall purchase, sell, deliver, pay for, or enter into any transaction or negotiation in relation to the purchase, sale, delivery of or payment for, any Hides of the descriptions aforesaid at a price exceeding by more than one per cent, the price at which the said Hides were sold by or on behalf of the Importer thereof into the United Kingdom. 2. The following persons, unless holding a special permit from the Director of Army Contracts for the purpose, shall not pur- chase, sell, deliver, pay for, or enter into any transaction or negotiation in relation to the purchase, sale, delivery of or pay- ment for, any Hides of the descriptions aforesaid, that is to say: (a) Any person deemed by the Director of Army Contracts to be a Hide Broker carrying on business in accordance with the custom and usage prevailing in the London market. (&) Any person who has infringed any provision or condition of this or of any other paragraph of this Order or of any permit issued thereunder. 3. In addition to all other restrictions imposed by this Ordet, no Tanner shall purchase any Hides of the descriptions aforesaid without giving to the seller a guarantee in the form set out in Schedule " B " hereto annexed and no person shall sell or deliver such Hides to a Tanner without the receipt of such guarantee. 4. It shall be the duty of all parties to any of the transactions herein specified to require or disclose, as the case may be, all such information as may be necessary for or required by such parties as aforesaid or by the Director of Army Contracts for the purpose of satisfying them or him that the provisions of this Order have not been contravened. 5. Permits hereunder may be issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts whereby any further and other restrictions or conditions may be imposed in respect of any of the transactions herein specified. 6. All persons engaged in any of the transactions herein specified shall cause books to be kept in which shall be entered forthwith the name, address and tra.de or occupation of the persons with whom any such transactions have been carried on, and full details as to the nature of such transactions. All such persons shall furnish to the Director of Army Contracts such particulars as to their business or to any such transactions as may be required on his account. (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Hides (Splitting) Order, 1917. 109 7. Nothing in this Order shall apply to persons engaged eolely in the shipment, forwarding, carriage, storage or insur- ance of Hides. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Erode. 15th December, 1916. Enquiries relating to this Order should be made by letter to the Director of Army Contracts, Raw Material Section, Imperial House, Tothill Street, S.W.I. Schedule A. All Hides, Cow, Ox and /or Bull imported into the United Kingdom of the undermentioned weights : Wetsalted, 45 Ibs. and upwards. Dry sal ted, 25 Ibs. and upwards. Dry, 18 Ibs. and upwards. Schedule B. I, of in consideration of the permission granted to me, notwithstanding the Order of the Army Council dated the day of , 1916, and made under the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regula- tions, 1914, hereby undertake and guarantee to put the Hides this day purchased by me from , of into work for the production of leather suitable for military requirements. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 2nd, 1917.] THE HIDES (SPLITTING) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 9, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby require that all persons engaged in the manufacture of leather from any hides, ox, cow, or bull, whether produced in or imported into the United Kingdom, shall comply with the following Regula- tion, that is to say: No person shall split, or cause to be split, any hides of the description aforesaid, in such a manner that the sub- stance of the grain in the crust state may be less than 2 m/m, By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 13th, 1817.] (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 10 Sheep and Lamb Pelts Order, 1917; Order as to Dealings in Sheep and Lamb Pelts. THE SHEEP AND LAMB PELTS ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED APRIL 9, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby require all persons engaged in the purchase or sale of Pelts and wool skins taken from sheep or lambs killed in Great Britain to comply with the following Regulations from 16th April, 1917, until further notice : 1. No person shall purchase, sell, or make or take delivery of or payment for Pelts of the description aforesaid at prices ex- ceeding those set out in the schedule hereunto annexed. 2. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, split or frise any Pelt of the description aforesaid other than Extras of 10 Ib. weight and upwards, (h) 3. All persons engaged in splitting lamb- or sheep-skins, or in dressing or tanning lamb-skins, sheep-skins, or skiver or chamois leather shall furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required from time to time by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Erode. Schedule. SHEEP PELTS. English. Scotch. EXTRAS ... ... 4$. 6d. PRIMES ... ... 2s. bd. Ists 3s. 6d. LIGHT PRIMES & 2nds 3,?. Qd. 2nds 2s. 4d. 3rds Is. 2d. LAMB PELTS. SUPERS 2*. 8d. PRIMES 3.?. Sd. Ists ... 2s. 2d. 2nds 1*. 2d. 2nds ... ... ... Is. Id. The above Order was published in the London Gazette, April 13th, 1917 ] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) AMENDMENT OP ORDER. The Sheep and Lamb Pelts Amendment Order, 1917, (p. 115) revoked the words in italics in Clause 2 and added a further Clause 4 to this present Order. British Hides (Dealings) Order, 1917. THE BRITISH HIDES (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED APRIL 17, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby require all persons engaged in the purchase or sale of British Ox, Heifer, Cow and Bull Hides, to comply with the following Regulations until further notice. 1. No Hides shall be bought by or on behalf of any Tanner or delivered to any Tanner or to any person on his behalf without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts or at prices other than those set out in the schedule hereto annexed or at such other prices as in any particular case may be allowed by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. 2. All persons concerned shall furnish such particulars as to their purchases or sales of and dealings in such Hides, as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. 3. All persons to whom any permit may be issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts are required to comply strictly with any conditions that may be imposed by the said permit. It shall be the duty of all Tanners to communicate to any person buying on their behalf the conditions of any licence granted to such Tanner and for the time being in force, and it shall be the duty of all parties to any of the transactions herein referred to to require or disclose as the case may be all such information as may be required by such parties as aforesaid or by the Director of Army Contracts for the purpose of satisfying them or him that the provisions of this Order have not been contravened. Any person failing to comply with any provision hereof or witji any requirement or direction made or given hereunder or with any condition of any permit herein referred to shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918 " printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 112 Hides y Skins and Leather (Returns) Order, 1917. Schedule.^) RUNTS. HEREFORD^ cj* HIGHLANDS. OX $ HEIFER. cow. BULL. Firsts Pence per 11. 10} Pence per Ib. 10 Pence per Ib. Si Pence per Ib. 8 Seconds Mi n s\ 7* "Casualty," "Fallen," or "Chance" hides of whatever description 8 pence per Ib. These prices are the maxima to be paid by Tanners for Hides dehorned and properly trimmed according to the usual market custom. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, June 22nd, 1917.) THE HIDES, SKINS AND LEATHER (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (b) DATED APRIL 21, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Counril hereby require all persons engaged at any time before or after the date hereof in the purchase, sale, distribution, storage or shipment of hides or skins of any description or in the manufacture of leather from such hides or skins as aforesaid or of any articles wholly or partly manufactured therefrom, or in the purchase, sale, distri- bution, storage or shipment of such leather or articles aforesaid, or of any articles or materials required for the purpose of such manufacture as aforesaid, to furnish to the Director of Army Contracts such particulars as to their business as may be required on his behalf. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Dated 28th February, 1917. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, April 24th. 1917.] (a) SUBSTITUTED SCHEDULE. The British Hides Dealings (Amendment) Order, 1917 (p. 121) substitutes an amended schedule for that to the present Order. (to) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Basils and Sheep Pelts (Dealings) Order, 1917; British Sheep 113 and Lamb Skins (Dealings) Order, 1917. THE BASILS AND SHEEP PELTS (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JUNE 5, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Eealm Regulations, the Army Council do hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, purchase, sell, or make or take delivery of, or payment for, any Basils or Sheep Pelts at a price exceeding the average price received by the seller thereof for Basils or Pelts of corresponding qualities and descriptions during the month ending 31st May, 1917. 2. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, sell any Basils or Sheep Pelts otherwise than in exchange for a guarantee by the purchaser thereof that he intends to put the said Basils or Pelts into work for the purposes of a Government contract or order. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, June 8th, 1917.] THE BRITISH SHEEP AND LAMB SKINS (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JUNE 30, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Eealm Regulations, the Army Council do hereby order that all persons engaged in the purchase, sale or manufacture of Sheep and Lamb Skins, taken from Sheep or Lambs killed in Great Britain, including Slink Lambs and Morts, or any article wholly or partly manufactured therefrom shall comply with the following regulations : (1) Save as hereinafter specifically excepted, no fellmonger shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts hold any Skins of the descriptions aforesaid (other than those from Slink Lambs) for a period exceeding three weeks after the receipt by him of the Woolled Skins, but all fellmongers shall deliver such Skins as aforesaid duly fell- mongered to a tanner or dresser within the said period. Provided that no person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, fellmonger, sell or deliver any Shearling Skins of the description aforesaid which would when fellmongered produce an Extra Pelt, but shall salt them immediately on receipt thereof, and keep them for inspec- tion by a person authorised by the Director of Army Contracts. Such skins shall be re-salted within 7 days of the receipt thereof, and, if they have not been inspected within 14 days of such receipt, application shall be made to the Director of Army Con- tracts for permission to fellmonger them. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 114 Imported Sheep and Lamb Skins (Dealings) Order, 1917. (2) All fellmongers and /or tanners shall grade all Pelts of the descriptions aforesaid on the same principles and according to the same standards of assortment as those generally prevailing in the trade prior to April 9th, 1917. The classification shall be as follows : (a) SHEEP PELTS. 1. English, Extras, Firsts, Seconds, Thirds. 2. Scotch, Primes, Light Primes, Seconds. (6) LAMB PELTS. 1. English, Supers, Firsts, Seconds. 2. Scotch, Primes, Seconds. In the event of any dispute as to the classification, the deter- mination of the Director of Army Contracts shall be final. (3) Any person having in his possession any Skins, Pelts or Basils of the description aforesaid which he cannot put into work for manufacture into Basils or Finished Leather within 30 days of the date hereof, or of the receipt by him of the Woolled Skins, whichever period shall be the longer, shall forthwith notify the Director of Army Contracts. (4) No tanner or dresser of Sheep Skins of the description aforesaid shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, tan or dress any such Skins, Pelts or Basils otherwise than for the production of leather for the purposes of a Government Contract or order or for such other purpose as may be approved by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, July 6th, 1917.] THE IMPORTED SHEEP AND LAMB SKINS (DEALINGS) ORDER,. 1917, (a) DATED JUNE 30, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council do hereby order that all persons engaged in the purchase, sale or manufacture of Sheep and Lamb Skins of foreign and /or colonial origin, including Slink Lambs, or any article wholly or partly manufactured therefrom shall comply with the following regulations : (1) Any person having in his possession any Skins, Pelts or Basils of the descriptions aforesaid, which he cannot put ini/> work for manufacture into Basils or Finished Leather within days of the date hereof, or of the receipt by him of the Skins, Pelts or Basils whichever period shall be the longer shall forthwith notify the Director of Army Contracts. (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1! 18, printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Amendment) Order, 1917; Fellmongers (Great Britain) Order, 1917. (2) No tanner or dresser of Sheep and Lamb Skins of the descriptions aforesaid shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts tan or dress any such Skins, Pelts or Basils otherwise than for the production of leather for the purposes of a Government Contract or Order or for such other purpose as may be approved by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, July 6th, 1917.] THE SHEEP AND LAMB PELTS (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by an Order made by the Army Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Eegulations, and dated the 9th day of April, 1917, (b) all persons engaged in the purchase or sale of pelts and wool skins taken from sheep or lambs killed in Great Britain were required to comply with certain regulations : And whereas it is expedient that the said Order be amended : Now, therefore, in pursuance of the poweis conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order the said Order shall be amended as follows : 1. In Clause 2 the words " other than extras of 10 Ibs. and upwards" shall be omitted. 2. After Clause 3 the following new Clause shall be inserted : "4. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, shave any skin taken from Lambs killed in Great Britain." By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 21st, 1917.] THE FELLMONGERS (GREAT BRITAIN) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order as follows : 1. No person in Great Britain shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, fellmonger any skins taken from sheep or lambs. (a) SHORT TITLE or ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) SHEEP AND LAMB PELTS ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 110. 116 Horse Hides Order, 1917. 2. All persons engaged in fellmongering sheep or lambs skins- shall furnish such particulars as to their business as may be- required by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. 3. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the Edinburgh Gazette, October 2nd, 1917.] THE HORSE HIDES ORDER, 1917, DATED OCTOBER 23, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence; of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby order aa follows : 1. The Order made by the Army Council relating to Raw Hides taken from horses or mules and dated the 4th day of July,. 1917, (a) is hereby cancelled. 2. No Raw Hides taken from horses slaughtered in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man or imported in the wetsalted state? into the United Kingdom shall after the 5th day of November be bought by or on behalf of any tanner or delivered to any tanner or to any person on his behalf without a permit issued by, or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, or at prices other; than those set out in the schedule hereto annexed or at such other prices as in any particular case may be allowed by or on, behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. 3. All persons concerned in any of the transactions herein referred to shall furnish such particulars as to their purchases- or sales of or other dealings in such hides as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. 4. All persons to whom any permit may be issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials are required to comply strictly with any conditions that may be imposed by such permit. It shall be the duty of all tanners to communicate to any person buying on their behalf the conditions of any permit granted to such tanner and for the time being in force, and it shall be the duty of all parties to any of the transactions herein referred to to require or disclose as the case may be all such information as may be required by such parties as aforesaid or by the Director of Raw Materials for the purpose of satisfying them or him that the provisions of this Order have not been contravened. 5. Priority shall be given by all tanners to the treatment of Horse Hides issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials over the treatment of Horse Hides obtained from else- where. (a) ORDER OF JULY 4, 1917. This was published London Gazette, July 10th , 1917. Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Delivery) Order, 1917. 117 6. Any directions that may be given by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials for the purpose of this Order(&) shall be strictly complied with by all tanners. 7. Any person failing to comply with any provision hereof or with any condition of any permit issued hereunder or with any requirement or direction made or given hereunder shall be guilty of an offence against such regulations. 8. This Order may be cited as the Horse Hides Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule. Pence per Ib. for ALL WEIGHTS. fresh hides. Firsts tyd. Seconds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... d. Thirds or Rejects, including only hides fit for tanning 3d. For satisfactorily salted hides an allowance shall be made by duly authorised inspectors for loss in weight. These prices are to be paid by tanners for hides after due allowance has been made for all extraneous matter. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 30th, 1917.] SHEEP AND LAMB PELTS (DELIVERY) ORDER, 1917, (b) DATED NOVEMBER 29, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : No person in Great Britain shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, purchase or take delivery of any skins taken from sheep or lambs other than skins of the description in respect of which a permit to fellmonger has been issued to such person under the Order made by the Army Council under the said Regulations, and dated 21st day of September, 1917, on the subject of Sheep- skins, (c) By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 4th, 1917.] (a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 6. The Horse Hides (Amendment) Order, 1917, substitutes the words " with a view to the production of Leather from Hore Hides" for the words printed in italics. (b) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (o) FELLMONGLRS (GREAT BRITAIN) ORDER, 1917.- This is printed p. 115. 118' Fellmongers (Ireland) Order, 1917; British Sheep Skins (Sale) Order, 1917. THE FELLMONGERS '(IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 12, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Eealm Eegulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall, after the 31st day of December, 1917, Fellmonger the skins of Sheep or Lambs slaughtered in Ireland, except under a permit granted by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. 2. This Order may be cited as " Fellmongers (Ireland) Order, 1917." By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 14th, 1917.] THE BRITISH SHEEP SKINS (SALE) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 18, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials purchase or sell any skins taken from sheep or lambs killed in Great Britain, provided that nothing in this Clause shall refer to any butcher or to any person holding a licence issued under the Order made by the Arinv Council on the 21st day of September, 1917, under the said Regulations and relating to sheep skins. (a) 2. No person shall purchase any skins of the description afore- said at auction except upon disclosing the name of the principal if any, on behalf of whom such purchase is proposed to be effected, and after such disclosure the said skins shall not be sold to such person unless his said principal is a person holding r licence issued under the Order made by the Army Council on 1hr 21st day of September, 1917, and relating to sheep skins. (a) Skins of the description aforesaid shall be sold at the maiket at which they were offered for sale and not otherwise. 3. No person shall purchase any skins of the description afore- said otherwise than to fellmonsrer them. 4. This Order shall come into force on the fourteenth day of January, 1918. 5. This Order may be cited as the British Sheep Skins Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 21st, 1917.] (a) Fellmongers (Great Britain) Order, 1917. This is printed p. 115. Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Ireland) Order, 1917. 119 SHEEP AND LAMB PELTS (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 29, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the Powers conferred upon them by the flefence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby require all persons engaged in the purchase or sale of Skins or Pelts taken from Sheep or Lambs killed in Ireland to comply with the following regulations until further notice : ~ (1) No person shall purchase, sell or make or take delivery of of payment for Pelts of the description aforesaid without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials or at prices exceeding those set out in the schedule hereto annexed. (2) All persons to whom a permit may be issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials shall comply strictly with any conditions which may be imposed by such permit. (3^ All Fellmongers shall grade all Pelts of the description aforesaid in accordance with the principles and standards of assortment provided in clause 2 of the Order made by the Army Council, relating to Skins taken from Sheep and Lambs killed in Great Britain and dated the 30th day of June, 1917. (a) The classification shall be as follows : (a) SHEEP PELTS : Extras, Ists, 2nds, 3rds. (b) LAMB PEL^S : Supers, Ists, 2nds. (4) No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials hold any Skins of the descrip- tion aforesaid (other than those from slink lambs) for a period exceeding three weeks after the receipt by him of the woolled skins, but all persons shall deliver such Skins as aforesaid duly fellrnongered to the Tanner or Dresser within the said period. (5) Any person failing to cemply with any provision hereof or with any requirement or direction made or given hereunder or with any condition of any permit herein referred to shall be guilty of an offence against the said regulations. (6) This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1918. (7) This Order may be cited as the Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Ireland) Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 1st, 1918.] (a) BRITISH SHEEP AND LAMB SKINS (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 113. 120 Hides (Ireland) Order, 1917. THE HIDES (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 28, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby require all persons engaged in the purchase or sale of Hides pro- duced in Ireland from Oxen, Heifers, Cows, Bulls and Horses to comply with the following Regulations until further notice: (1) No Hides of the description aforesaid shall be bought by or on behalf of any Tanner or delivered to any Tanner or to any person on his behalf without a Permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials or at prices other than those set out in the Schedule hereto annexed or at such other prices as in any particular case may be allowed by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. (2) All persons concerned in any transaction herein referred to shall furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. (3) All persons to whom any Permit may be issued by or on behalf x>f the Director of Raw Materials shall comply strictly with any conditions that may be imposed by such Permit. It shall be the duty of all Tanners to communicate to any person buying on their behalf the conditions of any Permit granted to such Tanner and for the time being in force, and it shall be the duty of all parties to any of the transactions herein referred to to require or disclose as the case may be all such information as may be required by such parties as aforesaid, or by the Director of Raw Materials for the purpose of satisfying them or him that the provisions of this Order have not been contravened. (4) Any person failing to comply with any provision hereof or with any requirements or direction made or given hereunder or with any condition of any permit herein referred to shall be guilty of an offence against the said regulations. (5) This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1918. (6) This Order may be cited as the Hides (Ireland) Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade British Hides (Dealings) (Amendment) Order, 1917. Schedule. (i) CATTLE HIDES. 121 Ox and Heifer. Cow. Bull. / Firsts Pence per Ib. 9 Pence per Ib. 8* Pence per Ib. 7* 9 7J 7 " Casualty," " Fallen " or " Chance " hides of the description aforesaid TJ pence per Ib. These prices are for Hides dehorned and properly trimmed. (ii) HORSE HIDES. Firsts 4Jd. perlb. Seconds ... ... ... ... 42. ,, Thirds M. These prices are for Hides properly trimmed. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 1st, 1918.] THE BRITISH HIDES (DEALINGS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 19 17, (a) DATED DECEMBER 29, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by an Order dated the 17th day of April, 1917, (b) and made under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council prohibited the purchase by or on behalf of any tanner or the delivery to any tanner or to any person on his behalf, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts or at prices other than those set out in the schedule of the said Order annexed : And whereas it is expedient that the said Schedule should be amended : Now therefore the Army Council in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations hereby order that there shall be substituted for the schedule to the said Order annexed, the schedule hereto annexed. By order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. (a) SHORT TITLE O* 1 ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the 1 Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) BRITISH HIDES (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 111. 122 Export of Hides (Ireland) Order, 1917; Horse Hides (Amend- ment) Order, 1918. Schedule. RUNTS, HEREFQRDS AND HIGHLANDS. OX AND HEIFER. COW. BULL. Firsts Seconds Pence per Ib. 10i 9| Pence per Ib. 9* 9 Pence per Ib. 8* ?| Pence per Ib. 71 7 ''Casualty," " Fallen " or " Chance " hides of whatever de- scription 7J pence per Ib. These prices are the maxima to be paid by tanners for hides dehorned and trimmed according to the usual market custom. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 1st, 1918. THE EXPORT OF HIDES (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 29, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials make or take de- livery of any hides produced in Ireland from oxen, heifers, cows, bulls or horses for shipment from Ireland. 2. This order shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1918. 3. This Order may be cited as the Export of Hides (Ireland) Order, 1917. By order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 1st, 1918.] THE HORSE HIDES (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1918, (a) DATED JANUARY 2, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by Clause 6 of the Horse Hides Order, 1917,(b) it was provided that any directions that may be given by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials for the purpose of the said Order shall be strictly complied with by all tanners : And whereas it is expedient that the said Clause should be amended : (a) SHORT TITLE or ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) HORSE HIDES ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 116. Hides (Restriction of Tanning) .Order , 1918; Raw Goat Skins (Control) Notice, 1918. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order that the words " with a view to the pro- duction of leather from horse hides " shajl be substituted for the words " for the purpose of this Order " in Clause 6 of the Horse ,Hides Order, 1917. (a) By order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January -Jth, 19i8.] THE HIDES (RESTRICTION OF TANNING) ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 9, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No tanner shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, put into process, any hide or any part thereof. 2. This Order shall come into force on the 2nd day of February, 1918. 3. This Order may be cited as the Hides (Restriction of Tanning) Order, 1918. By Order of the Army Council, R. H Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January llth, 1918.] THE RAW GOAT SKINS (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1918, (b) DATED JANUARY 18, 1918, ISSUED BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of all Raw Goat Skins now in stock in the United Kingdom or to be imported into the United Kingdom after the date nereof . By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 22nd, 1918.] (a) HORSE HIDES ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 116. (b) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 124 Raw Goat Skins (Prices) Order, 1918. THE RAW GOAT SKINS (PRICES) ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 18, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, sell or deliver any Raw Goat Skins at prices exceeding- the prices set out in the schedule hereto annexed. 2. This Order may be cited as the Raw Goat Skins (Prices) Order, 1918. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule. I. INDIAN SKINS. Amritzars Standard Assortment 85 per cent, primes, 15 per cent, seconds. Average Weight per 500 skins. Price per skin. 1,000 Ibs. 40 pence. 1,100 44 1,200 48 1,300 50 ,, 1,400 52 Coconadas : Standard Assortment 90 per cent, primes, 10 per cent, seconds. Average Weight per 100 skins. Price per skin. 180-190 Ibs. 48 pence. South Madras : Standard Assortment 90 per cent, primes, 10 per cent, seconds. Average Weight per 100 skins. Price per skin. 160-170 Ibs. 44 pence. 170-175 46 North Madras : Standard Assortment 85 per cent, primes, 15 pei cent, seconds. Average Weight per 100 skins. Price per skin. 180-190 Ibs. 44 pence. Wet Salted Skins. Average prices for usual selection and quality. Price per skin. 40 inches and up 54 pence. 3640 inches 50 ,, 33-36 42 28-33 37 Cape Sheep Skins (Control) Notice, 1918. 125 II. SOUTH AFRICAN SKINS. Assortment. Pence per Ib. Light. Extra Light. Kids. Capes 32 35* 34 Algoa Bay 31 34 32 Kaffirs 28 32J 29 Natal 30J 33 34 III. WEST AFRICANS. For usual assortment and average quality. Weight per 12 skins. Price per Ib. 13 Ibs. 33 15 31 IV. ALL OTHER CLASSES OF SKINS. Skins of all other classes shall be sold at prices not exceeding those calculated on the basis of those above set out. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 22nd, 19 J 8.] THE CAPE SHEEP SKINS (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1918, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1918, ISSUED BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the Powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession of all Cape Sheep skins with a growth of wool of less than 1J inches, in stock in the United Kingdom at the date hereof or to arrive hereafter. If after this notice any person having any of the said Sheep Skins in his possession, custody or control without the consent of the Army Council, sells, removes or secretes the same, or deals with them in any way contrary to any permit that may be granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said regulations. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order v as published in the London Gazette, February 19th, 1918.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Leather (Control) No. 1 Notice, 1916. (2.) Leather. Leather (Control) No. 1 Notice, 1916, p. 126. Leather (Control) No. 2 Notice, 1916, p. 127. Leather (Control) No. 3 Notice, 1916, p. 128. Leather (Control) No. 4 Notice, 19 i 6, p. 130. Leather (Control) No. 1 Notice, 1917, p. 131. Leather (Control) No. 2 Notice, 1917, p. 132. Leather (Control) No. 3 Notice, 1917, p. 132. Leather (Control) No. 4 Notice, 1917,;?. 137. Leather (Control) >o. 5 Notice, 1917, p. 142. Leather (Returns) Order, 1916, p. 129. Leather (Sale and Movement) Permit, 1916, p. 129. Hough and Curried Leather Order, 1917, p. 134. .Rough Dried Leather Order, 1918, p. 145. Sole Leather (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917, p. 137. Strap Butts (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917, p. 143. Surplus Leather Order, 1917, p. 142. War Time Boots (Manufacture and Sale) Order, L917, p. 142. Women's Boots (Uppers) Order, 1917, p. 143. THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 1 NOTICE, 1916, () DATED JUNE 30, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL, In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regulation 2fi,( b ) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, 1914, notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of material of the following classes and descriptions, that is to say : All Bends of 10 Ibs. weight and upwards produced from English or Imported Hides of all classes to include all Butts, which will be calculated as two Bends. All medium and heavy Shoulders, squared or with cheeks, produced from English or Imported Hides of all classes. If after this notice any person having control of any such materials sells, removes or secretes the said material without the consent of the Army Council, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. R. H. Erode. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, July oth, 1916.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 2n. This is printed p. 29. Leather (Control) No. 2 Notice, 1916. 127 THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 2 NOTICE, 1916, (a) DATED AUGUST 25, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Acts, and of all other powers thereunto enabling them, the Army Council hereby gives notice that all stocks in the United Kingdom of the under-mentioned leathers will, if found suitable, be acquired for Government purposes. And they direct that all persons in the thiited Kingdom in possession of any such leathers, who have not already made a return of their stocks, are to apply to the Director of Army Contracts, Raw Materials Section, Imperial House, Tothill Street, Westminster, London, S.W.I, for a form on which to furnish a return, and to furnish the return forthwith. Schedule. *BENDS. 6/8 Ibs. Best, 2nd, 3rd, and Reject Clear. 8/10 Ibs. Best, 2nd, and Reject Branded. (Produced from all classes of Hides.) SIDES. 12/15 Ibs. Unstruck and Crop. Victoria, Adelaide, and New Zealand. 12/15 Ibs. Unstruck and Crop. New South Wales. 14/16 Ibs Canadian Oak, Best and 2nds. 18/20 Ibs. Canadian Oak, Best and 2nds. 14/16 Ibs. American Oak, Best and 2nds. 18/20 Ibs. American Oak, Best and 2nds. *BENDS. 7/8 Ibs. Canadian Oak, Best and 2nds. 9/10 Ibs. Canadian Oak, Best and 2nds. 7/8 Ibs. American Oak, Best and 2nds. 9/10 Ibs. American Oak, Best and 2nds. 7/8 Ibs. Australian, Best and 2nds. 9/10 Ibs Australian, Best and 2nds. SHOULDERS. Imported. Medium and Heavy. *Butts are included and are to be calculated as 2 Bends. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. I The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, August 26th, 1916, being the 2nd Supplement to the Gazette of August 25th.] (a) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the ' Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 128 Leather (Control) No. 3 Notice, 1916. THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 3 NOTICE, 1916, (a-) DATEI> SEPTEMBER 25, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Consolidation Act, 1914 (as amended by the Defence of the Eealm (Amendment) Act, 1915, and the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915), and the Regulations made thereunder, and every other power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession oi all leather of the classes mentioned in the Schedule annexed, which is now in stock in the United Kingdom, whether in the finished state or in course of production. If after this notice any person having control of any such leather, without the consent of the Army Council, sells, removes or secretes such leather or deals with it in any way contrary to any condition imposed in any licence, permit or order that may be granted in respect thereof (b), he will be guilty of an offence^ against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Applications for permission to sell or remove such leather should be addressed to the Director of Army Contracts, Imperial House, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W.I. R. H. Brade, By Order of the Army Council. Dated 25th September, 1916. Schedule. 1. Vegetable-tanned Bends of 6 Ibs. and upwards; Vegetable- tanned Butts of 12 Ibs. and upwards; Vegetable-tanned Backs of 8 Ibs. and upwards; produced from all classes of Hides, British and Imported. 2. Chrome-tanned Bends, Butts and Backs, having a substance of 7 Iron and upwards; produced from all classes of Hides, British or Imported. 3 Vegetable-tanned Shoulders, Medium and Heavy; produced from all classes of Hides, British or Imported. 4. Kip Butts of 1^ m/m substance and upwards. 5. Kip Sides; any finish except Semi-Chrome. 6. Vegetable-grained Upper Leathers of 1J m/m substance and upwards. 7. Chrome of 1J m/m substance and upwards. 8. Upper Leathers of 1 m/m substance and upwards; manu factured by any other process which has been approved by the Chief Inspecting Officer. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, October 2nd, 1916, being the 2nd Supplement to the Gazette of September 29th.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) SALE AND MOVEMENT OF LEATHER. See the Leather (Sale and Move- ment) Permit, 1916, p. 129 below. Leather (Sale and Movement) Permit, 1916; Leather (Returns) 129 Order, 1916. THE LEATHER (SALE AND MOVEMENT) PERMIT, 1916, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by Order published in the London Gazette of 2nd October, 1916, (b) the Army Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Kealm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, as amended by the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) Act, 1915, and the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, and the Regulations made thereunder, and every other power enabling them in that behalf, gave notice of their inten- tion to take possession of certain leathers specified in the Sche- dule annexed to the said Order. And whereas the Army Council deem it desirable that un- restricted sale and movement of such of the leathers aforesaid as are hereinafter specified should be permitted as from the date hereof : Now, therefore, the Army Council give notice that they hereby authorise and permit the unrestricted sale and movement of the following leathers, produced from all classes of hides, British or imported : Vegetable Tanned Bends of 12 Ibs. and below. Vegetable Tanned Butts of 24 Ibs. and below. Chrome Tanned Bends, Butts, and Backs, having a substance of 10 Iron and below. Shoulders, 6 Iron and under on the cut edge. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. 13th November, 1916. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, November 14th, 1916.] THE LEATHER (RETURNS) ORDER, 1916, (c) DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, as amended by the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) Act, 1915, and the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, and the Regula- tions made thereunder, and every other power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby require all persons engaged in the sale, distribution, storage, or shipment of leather to furnish to the Director of Army Contracts such particulars as to their business as may be required on his behalf. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 25th, 1916, being the 3rd Supplement to the Gazette of November 24th. ] (a) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 3 NOTICH, 1916. That Notice is printed at p. 128. (c) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 3749 15 130 Leather (Control) No. 4 Notice, 1916. THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 4 NOTICE, 1916, (a) DATED DECEMBER 21, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Eealm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, as amended by the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) Act, 1915, and the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, and the Regu- lations made thereunder, and every other Power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession of all Leather of the Classes mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed which is now in stock in the United Kingdom whether in the finished state or in course of prod action, and of all Leather of the same classes, which can be produced between the date hereof and the 31st March, 1917. If after this notice any person having control of any such Leather, without the consent of the Army Council sells, moves, or secretes such Leather or deals with it in any way contrary to any condition imposed in any licence, permit, or order that may be granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Applications for permission to sell or remove such Leather should be addressed to the Director of Army Contracts, Imperial House, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W.I. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Erode. Schedule. LEATHER PRODUCED FROM ALL CLASSES OP HIDES, BRITISH OR IMPORTED. 1. Vegetable tanned Bends of 10 Ibs. and upwards. Vegetable tanned Butts of 20 Ibs. and upwards. Vegetable tanned Backs of 14 Ibs. and upwards. 2. Chrome tanned Bends, Butts and Backs having a substance of 7 Iron and upwards. 3. Vegetable tanned Shoulders of 6 Iron and upwards on the cut edge. 4. Kip Butts of 1J m.m. substance and upwards. 5. Kip Sides of any finish except semi-Chrome. 6. Vegetable Grained upper Leathers of 1J m.m. substance and upwards. 7. Chrome Upper Leather of 1J m.m. substance and upwards. 8. Upper Leathers of 1J m.m. substance and upwards; manu- factured by any other process which has been approved by the Chief Inspecting Officer. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, December 23rd, 1916, being the 4th Supplement to the Gazette of December 22nd.] (a) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Leather (Control) No. 1 Notice, 1917. 131 THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 1 NOTICE, 191T,( a ) DATED JANUARY 13, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession of all Leather of the classes indicated in the Schedule hereto annexed, which Eas~ been imported or may be imported into the United Kingdom, provided always that such Leather shall have left the port of shipment on or prior to the date hereof. And the Army Council hereby require all persons having any Leather of the descriptions aforesaid in their custody or control to furnish such particulars as to such Leather as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. If after this notice any person having control of any such Leather, without the consent of the Army Council, sells, moves or secretes such Leather, or deals with it in any way contrary to any condition imposed in any licence, permit or order that may be granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. Applications for permission to sell or move such Leather should be addressed to the Director of Army Contracts, Imperial House, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W.I. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule. Colonial or American Upper Leathers of 1J m.m. substance and upwards. Colonial or American Hemlock or Oak Sides which will produce Bends of 10 Ibs. and upwards. Colonial or American Hemlock or Oak Backs which will produce Bends of 10 Ibs. and upwards. Colonial or American Hemlock or Oak Bends of 10 Ibs. and upwards. Colonial or American Hemlock or Oak Shoulders of 6 Iron and upwards on the cut edge. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, January 17th, 1917, being a Supplement to the Gazette of January 16th.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 3749 B 2 132 Leather (Control) No. 2 Notice, 1917 ; Leather (Control) No. 3 Notice, 1917. THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 2 NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession of all Sole Leather of the Classes mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed, which is now in stock in the United Kingdom whether in the finished state or in course of production, and of all Sole Leather of tha same Classes which can be produced between the date hereof and 31st March, 1917. If, after this notice, any person having control of any such Leather without the consent of the Army Council sells, moves, or secretes such Leather, or deals with it in any way contrary to any condition imposed in any licence, permit, or order that mny be granted in respect thereof he shall be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Applications for permission to sell or move such Leather should he addressed to the Director of Army Contracts, Imperial House, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W.I. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Erode. Schedule. SOLE LEATHER PRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM ALL CLASSES OF HIDES, BRITISH OR IMPORTED. Vegetable Tanned Bends from 6 to 10 Ibs. Vegetable Tanned Butts from 12 to 20 Ibs. Vegetable Tanned Backs from 16 to 28 Ibs. Vegetable Tanned Half-backs from 8 to 14 Ibs. Vegetable Tanned Sides from 12 Ibs. and upwards. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 16th, 1917.] THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 3 NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED MARCH 30, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession of all Sole and Upper Leather of the Classes specified in the Schedule hereto annexed, which is now in stock in the United Kingdom whether in the finished state or in course of production, and of all Sole and Upper Leather of the same classes which can be produced from the date hereof until further notice. (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Hides, Skins and Leather (Returns) Order, 1917. 133 If after this Notice, any person having control of any such leather without the consent of the Army Council sells, moves, or secretes such leather, or deals with it in any way contrary to any condition imposed in any Licence, Permit, or Order that may be granted in respect thereof (a) he shall be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Applications for permission to sell or move such leather should be addressed to the Director of Army Contracts, Imperial House, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W.I. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule. LEATHER PRODUCED FROM ALL CLASSES OF HIDES, BRITISH OR IMPORTED. 1. Vegetable tanned Bends of 6 Ibs. and upwards. ,, ,, Butts ,, 12 ,, ,, ,, ,, Backs ,, 16 ,, ,, ,, ,, i Backs,, 8 ,, ,, ,, ,, Sides ,, 12 ,, ,, 2. Chrome Tanned Bends, Butts and Backs having a substance of 7 iron and upwards. 3. Vegetable Tanned Shoulders of 6 iron and upwards on the cut edge. 4. Kip Butts of 1J m.m. substance and upwards. 5. Kip Sides of any finish except semi-chrome. 6. Vegetable Grained upper leathers of 1 m.m. substance and upwards. 7. Chrome upper leather of 1 m.m. substance and upwards. 8. Upper Leathers of 1 m.m. substance and upwards; manu- factured by any other process which has been approved by the Chief Inspecting Officer. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, March 31st, 1917, being a Sup. plement to the Gazette of March 30th.] THE HIDES-, SKIXS AND LEATHER (EETURNS) ORDER, 1917, DATED APRIL 21, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. [This Order is printed under (i) "Hides" above.] (a) RELEASE OF SOLE LEATHER FOR CIVILIAN PURPOSES. See the Sole Leather (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917, printed p. 137 3749 E 3 134 Rough and Curried Leather Order, 1917. THE ROUGH AND CURRIED LEATHER ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JULY 14, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council do hereby order that from the 14th July, 1917, until further notice, all persons engaged in the purchase, sale or production of any or all of the Leathers specified in Schedule A hereto annexed, shall comply with the following regulations : (1) No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, sell or deliver any Leather of the description aforesaid otherwise than in exchange for a guarantee in the form set out in Schedule B hereto annexed. (2) No Tanner shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, sell or deliver any Leather of the description aforesaid at a price exceed- ing that authorised in writing by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, in the case of each Tanner. (3) No currier shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, sell or deliver any curried leather produced by him from rough leather of the description aforesaid at a price exceeding the net cost of the rough leather, labour, and currying materials by more than 12 J per cent, such cost to be calculated after deducting all the discounts and allow- ances received by him, and the currier's sale price as herein determined to include all discounts and allowances made b}' him. The Currier on any such sale or delivery shall allow by way of discount for cash payment within thirty days, 2J per cent, of the price calculated as afore- said to the person or persons to whom such sale or delivery is made. (4) No person other than the Tannei or Currier thereof shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, sell or deliver Leather of the descriptions aforesaid at a price exceeding the Tanner's or Currier's sale price thereof as determined by Clauses 2 and 3 hereof respectively. (5) It shall be the duty of all purchasers of the Leathers aforesaid to require and of all sellers of such*leathers to give the guarantee in the form set out in Schedule C. hereto annexed, that the prices at which the Leathers are sold and bought do not exceed those which under the provisions of this order are duly authorised at the time of sale. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. Rough and Curried Leather Order, 1917. 135 The Orders made by the Army Council relating to Leathers of the descriptions aforesaid, and dated 16th January(a) and 9th March, 1917,( b ) are heieby cancelled. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule A. The following Rough Leather, produced from British or Irish Market Hides, of all weights, qualities, and descriptions, and -any Curried Leather produced therefrom: Split Hides. Split Hide Backs. Split Hide Butts. Shaved Hides. Shaved Hide Backs. Shaved Hide Butts. Dressing Hides. Dressing Hide Backs. Dressing Hide Butts. Rough Dried Backs. Rough Dried Butts. Strap Butts (c) Shaved Hide Shoulders. Dressing Hide Shoulders. Rough Dried Shoulders. Strap Ranges. (a) ORDER OF JAN. 16, 1917. That Order was published in the London Gazette, Jan. 18th, 1917, being the 4th Supplement to the Gazette of January 16th, and also at p. 217 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (b) ORDER OF MARCH 9, 1917. That Order was published in the London Gazette, March 14th, 1917, being a Supplement to the Gazette of March 13th, and also at p. 219 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (c) STRAP BUTTS. These words in this Schedule were revoked by the Strap Butts (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917, p. 143. 3749 E 4 13(5 Rough and Curried Leather Order, 1917. Schedule B. I/We of in consideration of the permission granted to me /us in pursuance of the Order of the Army Council dated the day of and made under the Defence of the Realm Regulations hereby guarantee that the leather to be supplied to me /us by of under iny/our order dated the day of will be used solely for the purposes of Government contracts or orders for Saddlery, Harness, Equipment or Belting (including mechanical leathers) and I /we hereby further guarantee that none of the leather so supplied to us will be used in any manner whatsoever for Upper Leather without the permission in writing of the Director of Army Contracts. Signed Date. STATEMENT OF LEATHER REFERRED TO IN ABOVE GUARANTEE. Number of Hides, Backs, Butts, etc. Usual trade description including weight, selection and tannage and price. Schedule C. I/ We of in consideration of the permission granted to me /us in pursuance of the Order of the Army Council dated the day of and made under the Defence of the Realm Regulations hereby guarantee that the price payable to me/ us for the leather sold to Me'ssrs of by me/us under their order dated the day of do not exceed those duly authorised at this date under the provisions of the said Army Council Order. Signed Date... STATEMENT OF LEATHER REFERRED TO IN ABOVE GUARANTEE. No. of Hides, Backs, Butts, &c. Price (this is less 2 per cent, discount). Usual trade description, including weight, selection and tannage. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. July 20th, 1917.] Leather (Control) No. 4 Notice, 1917 ; Sole Leather (Conditions 137 of Sale) Order, 1917.. THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 4 NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED SEPTEMBER 6, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by an Order dated 30th day of March, 1917,(b) the Army Council gave notice of their intention to take possession of Sale and Upper Leather of certain descriptions, and indicated in the Schedule to the said Order annexed ; And whereas it is expedient to take certain measures with regard to all classes of Sole Leather to which reference is not made in the said Schedule ; Now therefore in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession of all Vegetable Tanned Sole Leather of all weights, descriptions and classes, including bellies and shoulders now in stock in the United Kingdom, whether in the finished state or in course of production and of all such leather which may be produced from the date hereof until further notice ; If after this notice any person having control of any such leather without the consent of the Army Council, sells, removes, or secretes such Leather, or deals with it in any way contrary to any condition imposed in any licence, permit or order that may be granted or made in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order wag published in the London Gazette, September llth, 1917.] THE SOLE LEATHER (CONDITIONS OF SALE) ORDER, 1917, DATED SEPTEMBER 19, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by Orders made in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and dated the 30th day of March(b) and the 6th day of September, 1917, (c) the Army Council gave notice of their intention to take possession of certain Sole and Upper Leather ; And whereas certain of the said Sole and Upper Leather has been or may be released for sale and manufacture for Naval and Military purposes subject to certain conditions imposed by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials ; (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Order) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. ' (b) LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 3 NOTICE, 1917. This is printed p. 132. (c) LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 4 NOTICE, 1917. This is printed above. 138 Sole Leather (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917. And whereas it is expedient that certain of the said Leather should be released for sale and manufacture for other thaii Naval and Military purposes ; And wheieas by an Order dated the 16th day of August, 1917, the Army Council gave notice that they authorised and permitted the sale of certain Leather on certain conditions ;(a) And whereas it is expedient that the said conditions should be amended; And whereas by Regulation 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regulations it is provided that the Board of Trade shall have the like powers as are given to the Food Controller under Regulations 2s, 2F to 2j inclusive and 7 as respects any articles of commerce not being an article of food, where it appears to the Board necessary or expedient to exercise any of those powers for the purpose of encouraging, maintaining or regulating the supply of any such article which is required by the public or by any section of the public ; And whereas such powers include the power to make arrange- ments with any Government Department for the exercise by that Department of the powers of the Board of Trade ; And whereas it appears to the Board of Tiade necessary and expedient, for the purpose of encouraging, maintaining and regulating the supply of Sole Leather which may be required by the public, or by any vsection of the public, that the sale of so much of the said Leather as may be released for sale and manu- facture for other than Naval and Military purposes should be permitted upon certain conditions; And whereas the Board of Trade have made arrangements with the Army Council for the exercise by the Council on behalf of the Board of Trade of the powers of the Board of Trade under the said Regulations with respect to Sole Leather; Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of every other power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby authorise and permit as from the date hereof until further notice the sale, delivery and payment for Sole Leather of the description indicated in Schedule A hereto annexed as may be or may have been released for sale and manufacture for other than Naval or Military purposes, subject to the following con- ditions, that is to say : 1. Save and except by permission of the Director of Raw Materials a Tanner of Sole Leather shall not sell or deliver any such Leather to any other Tanner of Sole Leather, a Factor of Sole Leather shall not sell or deliver any such Leather to any (a) ORDER OF AUGUST 16TH, 1917. This Order which released for civilian purposes certain classes of sole leather and was published in the London Gazette, August 21st, 1917, t>eing the 3rd Supplement of the Gazette of August 21at, and was reprinted in the Gazette of August 24th with Sch. B of the Order previously omitted inserted, is revoked by Clause 12 of the present Order. Sole Leather (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917. 139 other Factor of Sole Leather or to any Tanner of Sole Leather, -a Dealer in Sole Leather shall not sell or deliver any such Leather to any other Dealer in Sole Leather or to any Factor or Tanner thereof, and a Repairer or Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes shall not re-sell any such Sole Leather except as herein- after provided. 2. No Tanner of Sole Leather shall sell or deliver any such Sole Leather at a price exceeding by more than 2d. per pound in the case of butts, backs or bends or by more than Id. per pound in the case of shoulders and bellies, the price fixed as the maximum price for the sale by such Tanner of Sole Leather of the same description for Naval or Military purposes by Orders made by the Army Council under the said Eegulations dated the 16th day of August and the 6th day of September, 1917, and in making any such sale no Tanner of Sole Leather shall allow commission to any Factor of Sole Leather at a rate ex- ceeding 4 per cent. , but he shall allow discount at the rate of 2J per cent, for payment within 30 days. 3. No Factor of Sole Leather shall sell or deliver any such Sole Leather of the description aforesaid at a price exceeding the gross price at which such Sole Leather was purchased from the Tanner thereof, provided that in sales of butts, backs or bends in the event of such Factor selling such Leather in lots of less than 50 bends or the equivalent thereof in butts or backs, he may add Id. per pound to the price of such Leather, and provided further that in sales of shoulders or bellies, in the event of such Factor selling such Leather in lots of less than 5 cwt., he may add Id. per pound to the price of such Leather ; and in all such sales the said Factor of Sole Leather shall allow a discount at the rate of 2J per cent, for payment within 30 days. 4. No Dealer in Sole Leather shall sell or deliver any Sole Leather of the description aforesaid at a price exceeding the gross price at which it was sold to him by the Tanner or Factor thereof by more than 7J per cent, in the case of whole bales of butts, backs or bends as delivered by the Tanner thereof and in' the case of parcels of shoulders and bellies of not less than 1 cwt. provided that in the event of the said Dealer in Sole Leather selling any such Leather in quantities less than 1 bale in the case of butts, backs or bends and 1 cwt. in the case of shoulders and bellies an additional 2| per cent, may be charged and in all such sales the said Dealer shall allow discount at the rate of 2 per cent, for payment within 30 days. 5. No person having purchased any butts, backs or bends and having cut therefrom any ranges, fore-ends or other roundings capable of being used for or in connection with the production of soles or half-soles shall sell any such ranges, fore-ends or other roundings at a price exceeding a figure less by 5d. (fivepence) than the price paid by him for such butts, backs or bends from which such ranges, lore-ends or other rounding may have been cut, and in all such sales such person shall allow a discount at 140 Sole Leather (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917. the rate of 2 per cent, for payment within 30 days. On any sale of any such rangas, fore-ends or other roundings by any Factor of Sole Leather, the selling' price shall not exceed by more than 4 per cent, the "TOSS price at which such ranges, foie- ends or other roundings were purchased by the said Factor of Sole Leather, and in such sale the said Factor shall allow dis- count at the rate of 2J per cent, for payment within 30 days. On any sale of any such ranges, fore-ends or other roundings by a Dealer in Sole Leather, the selling price shall not exceed by more than 7J per cent, the price at which such ranges, fore-ends or other roundings were purchased by the said Dealer, provided that in the case of lots of less than one cwt. an additional 2 per cent, may be added ; and in all such sales as aforesaid the said Dealer shall allow discount at the rate of 2J per cent, for payment within 30 days. 6. No person shall purchase or take delivery of a quantity of Sole Leather of the description aforesaid exceeding in the aggre- gate 500 bends or their equivalent in backs or butts or five tons of shoulders or bellies as the case may be from any individual seller during the course of any seven consecutive days. 7. Each Tanner of Sole Leather shall be supplied by the Director of Raw Materials with a code word by which each grade and tannage of Leather sold by him may be identified, and every such Tanner, Factor or Dealer in selling Sole Leather of the description specified above shall quote on the invoice the code numbers for the particular classes of leather included thereon. 8. Every Tanner or Factor of Sole Leather shall, in making any sale of any butts, backs or bends of the description aforesaid to any person not being a repairer or manufacturer of boots or shoes, obtain from the buyer of such Leather a guarantee signed by him in the form set out in Schedule B hereto annexed. 9. vSave as in clause 5 hereof is expressly provided nothing in this Order shall be taken as permitting any person holding stocks of leather of the description aforesaid which have been purchased under guarantee for Naval or Military purposes, and subject to conditions imposed by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials to be resold or dealt with otherwise than subject to the said conditions, and for Naval or Military purposes only. 10. Nothing in this Order shall apply to any stocks of bellies which may have been invoiced or delivered prior to the 6th day of September, 1917, and the Army Council hereby authorise and permit the sale of such stocks without restriction. 11. For the purpose of this Order the expression :e Sole Leather " shall mean any Leather referred to in Schedule A hereto annexed; the expression "Factor " shall mean any Factor or Wholesale Merchant the business carried on by whom consists of the purchase or sale, wholesale, of Leather of the description, aforesaid, and the expression " Dealer " shall mean any Dealer or Merchant, the business carried on by whom consists of the purchase or sale retail of Leather of the description aforesaid. Sole Leather (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917. HI 12. The Order made by the Army Council under the said Regulations dated the 16th day of August and authorising the sale of certain Sole Leather upon certain conditions(a) is hereby cancelled. 13. This Order may be cited as the Sole Leather (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule A. Struck Rolled and Pinned Leather, the manufacture of whii.ii was completed after June 30th, 1917, and of the following descriptions : Vegetable Tanned Bends, under 10 Ibs. in weight, manu- factured from imported Hides. . Vegetable Tanned Butts, under 20 Ibs. in weight, manufactured from imported Hides. Vegetable Tanned Backs, under 28 Ibs. in weight, manufac- tured from imported Hides. Vegetable Tanned Shoulders having a substance under 6 iron at the cut edge. Vegetable Tanned Bellies having a substance under 5 iron at the fold. Range*, Fore-ends and all Roundings and Offals. Schedule B. I /We of state that I /We have this day bought Leather made from Imported Hides of the description set forth in Orders of the Army Council dated the 16th day of August ; and the 6th day of September, 1917, and made under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and I /We hereby guarantee that, in consideration of the permission granted to me /us by the said Order to buy the said Leather, not less than fifty per cent, of the total quantity of the said Leather, namely, bought under the said permission will be reserved by me /us for sale to the repairing trade. Dated Signed [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 19th, 1917, being 3rd Supplement to the Gazette of September 18th.] (a) ORDER OF AUGUST 16TH, 1917. See note (a) on p. 138. 142 'Leather (Control} No. 5 Notice, 1917; Surplus Leather Order, 1917. THE LEATHER (CONTROL) No. 5 NOTICE, 1917(a) DATED OCTOBER 11, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the De- fence of the Realm Regulations, notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of all leather that may be imported into the United Kingdom at any time after the date hereof. If after this notice any person having any such leather in his control without the consent of the Army Council sells, removes or secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any licence that may have been granted by the Army Council in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regu- lations. And it is hereby ordered that no person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, make or take delivery of or payment for any such leather as aforesaid in pursuance of any agreement entered into on or subsequently to the 3rd day of October, 1917. By order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 12th, 1917.] THE SURPLUS LEATHER ORDER, 1917, (b) DATED OCTOBER 11, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : Where any manufacturer of boots or shoes has obtained delivery of any leather in pursuance of a guarantee by such manufacturer that he has an order from the Director of Navy Contracts or the Director of Army Contracts or the Director of Raw Materials, or the Minister of Munitions for certain goods, and where any surplus of such leather remains after the per- formance of such contract, the said surplus of leather shall not, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, be sold, removed or put into manufacture for any purpose other than the production of Naval or Military boots, or of any other articles approved by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. By order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 16th, 1917]. THE WAR TIME BOOTS (MANUFACTURE AND SALE) ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 10, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. [This Order which was not gazetted until after this Manual was in the press is printed in the Addenda at the end of this Manual.] (a) SHORT TITI E OF NOTIPE. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V. to this Manual. (b) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Women's Boots (Uppers) Order, 1917; Strap Butts (Conditions 143 of Sale) Order, 1917. THE WOMEN'S BOOTS (UPPERS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED DECEMBER 4, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the De- fence of the Realm Regulations and of every other power there- unto enabling them, the Army Council hereby require all persons engaged in the manufacture or sale of boots, to comply with the following regulations, that is to say: 1. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, cut or cause to be cut from leather or from any other material what- soever at any time after 1st January, 1918, any uppers capable of making boots for women with uppers exceeding 7 inches in height, if of leather, or 8 inches in height, if on any other material, from the seat of the heel to the highest point of the top of the upper, whether in pursuance of any contract entered into at any date prior to the date hereof or otherwise. 2. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, purchase or sell or offer to purchase or sell at any time after 1st February, 1918, any boots for women with uppers exceeding 7 inches in height, if of leather, or 8 inches in height, if of any other material. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 7ih, 1917.] THE STRAP BUTTS (CONDITIONS OF SALE) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 11, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of every other power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby order that on and after 1st January, 1918 : 1. No tanner shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, sell or. deliver any rough tanned strap butts at prices or upon terms other than those authorised in writing by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials in the case of each tanner respectively; and upon any such sale it shall be the duty of all tanners to obtain a guarantee in the form indicated in the schedule hereto annexed. 2. No currier shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, sell or deliver any curried leather produced by him from rough tanned strap butts of the descrip- tion aforesaid at a price exceeding the nett cost of the rough (a) SHORI TITLE OF ORDER. The short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Oiders; Order, 19 Ib," printed 12 Appendix Y to this Manual. 144 Strap Butts (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917. leather, labour and currying materials by more than 12J per cent., such cost to be calculated after deducting all discounts and allowances received by him, and the currier's sale price as herein determined to include all discounts and allowances made by him. The currier, on any such sale or delivery shall allow by way of discount for cash payment within thirty days, 2-J per cent, on the price calculated as aforesaid to the person or persons to whom such sale or delivery is made, and shall obtain from the purchaser a guarantee in the form indicated in the schedule hereto annexed. 3. No person other than the tanner or currier thereof shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, sell or deliver any leather of the description aforesaid at a price exceeding the tanner's or currier's sale price thereof, as determined by Clauses 1 and 2 hereof respectively, and upon any such sale it shall be the duty of all such persons to obtain from the purchaser a guarantee in the form indicated in the schedule hereto annexed. 4. No manufacturer of leather belting or mechanical leathers shall sell any such belting or mechanical leathers at a price exceeding by more than 10 per cent, the cost of material, labour and charges ; provided that such charges shall in no case include any allowance in respect of interest on capital ; or any allowance in respect of selling expenses that shall exceed 10 per cent, of the retail selling price including any allowances made to mer- chants; provided that where any such manufacturer is also a currier, he shall be entitled to receive in respect of currying, the profit provided in Clause 2 hereof. 5. In the schedule annexed to an order made by the Army Council, dated 14th July, 1917, (a) and relating to certain leathers, the word " Strap Butts " shall be deleted. 6. This Order may be cited as the Strap Butts (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917.' By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Erode. Schedule. I /We of In consideration of the permission granted to me /us m pur- suance of the Order of the Army Council, dated the day of and made under the Defence of the Eealm Regulations, hereby guarantee that the leather to be supplied to me /us by of under my /our order dated the day of will be used solely for the purposes of Government contracts or orders for saddlery, harness or accoutrements ; or for the manufacture of belting or mechanical leathers. (a) ROUUH AND CURRIED LEATHER ORDER, 1917. That Order is printed p. 134. Rough Dried Leather Order, 1918 ; Chestnut Extract (Dealings) 145 Order, 1916. STATEMENT OF LEATHER REFERRED TO IN ABOVE GUARANTEE. No. of Butts. Usual Trade Description. Weight. Price less 1\% discount. Date Signed [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 1 8th, 1917 ] THE ROUGH DRIED LEATHER ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 26, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conf erred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, dry out for sale in the rough state any leather produced from British or imported ox, cow, heifer or bull hides. 2. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of February, 1918. 3. This Order may be cited as the Rough Dried Leather Order, 1918. By order of the Army Council, H. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 1st, 1918.] (3.) Tanning: Materials. Chestnut Extract (Dealings) Order, 1916, p. 145. Tanning Materials (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 146. THE CHESTNUT EXTRACT (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1916, (a) DATED OCTOBER 23, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by Regula- tion 2E of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Army Council hereby order as follows : " No person shall buy, sell, deal in or make delivery of Chestnut Extract imported from any country other than an Allied country or dependencies thereof after the 1st day of August, 1916, save and except as authorised and permitted by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 24th, 1916.] (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 2E. This is .printed, p. 33. 146 Tanning Materials (Returns) Order, 1917. THE TANNING MATERIALS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 26, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby require all persons who had in their possession or under their custody or control any stocks of Tanning Materials or Lactic Acid on December 31st, 1915, and /or December 31st, 1916, or imported or exported any such goods between the dates January 1st and December 31st (inclusive), 1916, and all Tanners and other users of Tanning Materials or Lactic Acid, to furnish to the Director of Army Contracts, Imperial House, Tothill Street, S.W. 1, such particulars as may be required on his behalf. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, March 1st, 1917, being the 2nd Supplement to the Gazette of February 27th.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Imitation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Agricultural Machines, Implements and, Vehicles 147 (Manufacture) Order, .1917. 5. Machinery, Tools, Apparatus and Vehicles. (1.) Agricultural Machines, Im- plements and Vehicles, p. 147. (7.) Hosiery Needles, p. 153. (8.) Machine Tools and Power Machinery for Working (2.) Anchors and Chain Cables, j Metal, p. 154. p. 148. (9.) Motor Engines, Lorries, (3.) Ball Bearinns, p. 149. (4.) Boot and Saddlery Machin- ery and Implements, p. 150. {/>.) Chronometers, p. 151. <6 ) Cranes, p. 152. Trailers and Vehicles, p. 158. (10.) Railway Material^. 160. (11.) Wire Nails, p. 163. (12.) Woodworking Machinery, p. 164. (1.) Agricultural Machines, Implements and Vehicles. Agricultural Machines, Implements and Vehicles (Manufac- ture) Order, 1917, p. 147. Binder Twine (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 148. THE AGRICULTURAL MACHINES, IMPLEMENTS AND VEHICLES (MANUFACTURE) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JANUARY 10, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions gives notice that in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) ISTo. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and all other powers thereunto enabling him, he hereby prohibits as from the date of this Order until further notice any person from carrying out, except under and in accordance with the terms of a permit issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions, any work consisting in the manufacture or erection of any machine, implement, vehicle(b) or other article or any part thereof, designed or adapted or commonly used for agricultural or dairy purposes, provided that this Order shall not prevent the completion of any work remaining to be done under a contract in writing entered into before the date hereof upon any article of the nature afore- said intended for use in this country, or the carrying out of any necessary repairs. NOTE. All applications with regard to this Order should be addressed to the Director, Agricultural Machinery Branch, Arma- ment Buildings, (c) Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 12th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE or ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 19l8," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) VEHICLES. As to motor vehicles, see " The Motor Engines and Vehicles Order, 1917," printed p. 158. (c) Now 8, Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2. 148 Binder Twine (Returns) Order, 1918; Anchors and Chain Cables Order, 1917. THE BINDER TWINE (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby orders as follows: 1. Every person having in his possession or under his control any quantity exceeding 10 tons of Standard Binder Twine of an average length of 500 feet to the pound, and of an average breaking strain of 110 pounds to a length of 8 inches, and manufactured before the 30th June, 1917, shall, within 10 days from the date hereof, send to the Director, Imports and Exports Section, Agricultural Machinery Department, Ministry of Munitions, 8, Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2, a return giving full particulars as to quantity and otherwise, of such Binder Twine in his possession or under his control. 2. This Order may be cited as the Binder Twine (Returns) Order, 1918. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 19th, 1918.] (2.) Anchors and Chain Cables. THE ANCHORS AND CHAIN CABLES ORDER, 19 17, (a-) DATED SEP- TEMBER 27, 1917, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in exercise of the Eowers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regu- itions, and all other powers thereunto enabling them, hereby order that all persons engaged in the manufacture, supply, sale, purchase or other dealings in Anchors, Chain Cables, Chain Cable Gear, or Chain Cable Iron, shall comply from the date hereof with the following regulations: 1. No Order for the supply of Anchors, Chain Cables, Chain Cable Gear, or Chain Cable Iron shall be accepted, nor shall any Anchors, Chain Cables, Chain Cable Gear, or Chain Cable Iron be supplied, sold, or purchased unless the order or transaction has been approved or authorised by a permit issued on behalf of the Admiralty by the Director of Materials and Priority (Admiralty), or by such other Officer as the Admiralty may from time to time determine, and unless the order is executed or the transaction is carried out in accordance with such restrictions or conditions, if any, as are imposed by the permit. Provided that no permit shall be required in the case of sub- contracts between one maker of any of the articles afore-men- tioned and another maker of the same article, nor in the case of a purchase by one manufacturer of any of the afore-mentioned articles from another manufacturer of the same article. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Admiralty (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Ball Bearing* Order, 1917. 2. Full and accurate returns of all orders for the manufacture or supply of Anchors, Chain Cables, Chain Cable Gear, and Chain Cable Iron recived or accepted, and of all Anchors, Chain Cables, Chain Cable Gear, and Chain Cable Iron in stock or manufactured, supplied or sold, and of all dealings in Anchors, Chain Cables, Chain Cable Gear, and Chain Cable Iron shall be made at such periods as may be required by the Director of Materials and Priority, Controller's Department, Admiralty, Great George Street, Westminster, S.W.I, in the form provided by him. 3. Orders approved or authorised as above shall be executed in accordance with such directions as to priority, whether general or special, as the Admiralty shall from time to time give through the Director of Materials and Priority (Admiralty), or through such other Officers as the Admiralty may from time to time determine. 4. This Order shall not apply to Anchors of less than five hundredweights in weight, nor to Chain Cables of less than three-quarters of an inch in diameter. 5. Any failure to comply with any restriction or condition imposed or with any directions as to priority given hereunder will be an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Hugh Tothill. A. G. Anderson. Admiralty, S.W. 1. 27th September, 1917. NOTICE All applications for permits in regard to Anchors, Chain Cables, Chain Cable Gear and Chain Cable Iron and any corres- pondence on the subject of this Order should be addressed to the Director of Materials and Priority, Controller's Department, Admiralty, Great George Street, London, S.W.I. [The above Order and Notice were published in the London Gazette, October 5th, 1917.] (3.) Ball Bearings. THE BALL BEARINGS ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred npor, him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders as follows : 1. No person shall on or after the date hereof until further notice manufacture any ball bearing or roller bearing (both of ^(a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the ' Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 350 Boot and Saddlery Needles and Awls (Returns) Order, 1917. which are hereinafter included in the expression " ball bearing"), or any part thereof except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 2. No person shall on and after the date hereof until further notice sell, supply or deliver any ball bearing or any part thereof whether situated in or outside the United Kingdom, or purchase or negotiate for the purchase or take delivery of any ball bearing or any part thereof situated outside the United Kingdom except . under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 3. All persons engaged in the manufacture or sale of ball bearings shall make such returns with regard to their businesses as shall from time to time be required by or under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. Note All applications in reference to this Order should be addressed to the Director of Ball Bearings, T.M. 3, Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I, (a) and marked 41 Ball Bearings." [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 2nd, 1917.] (4.) Boot and Saddlery Machinery and Implements. Boot Manufacturers (Transfer of Machinery) Order, 1918, p. 151. Boot and Saddlery Needles and Awls (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 150. THE BOOT AXD SADDLERY NEEDLES AND AWLS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (b) DATED FEBRUARY 19, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby require that all persons engaged in the purchase, sale or ananu- facture of boot and saddlery stitching needles, welt needles, stitching awls and hand needles and awls shall furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to any persons holding stocks of the description aforesaid, otherwise than for the purpose of re-sale. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 22nd, 1917, being the 3rd Supplement to the Gazette of February 20th.] (a) Now Director of Ball Bearings, Ministry of Munitions, Charing Cross Buildings, London, W.C.2. (b) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. Boot Manufacturers (Transfer of Machinery) Order, 1918 ; Chrono- 151 meters (Returns) Order, 1917. THE BOOT MANUFACTURERS (TRANSFER OF MACHINERY) ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 19, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order as follows : (1) No person, the business carried on by whom consists in the manufacture or repair of Boots or Shoes, shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Priority, sell or deliver to any other person any machinery or parts of machinery capable of being used for the manufacture or repair of Boots or Shoes. (2) This Order may be cited as the Boot Manufacturer* (Transfer of Machinery) Older, 1918. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 22nd, 1918.] (5.) Chronometers. Chronometers (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 151. Marine Box Chronometers Order, 1917, p. 152. THE CHRONOMETERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED MAY 11 r 1917, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Regulation 15c(b) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and all other powers thereunto enabling them, hereby order that all persons having in their possession or under their control any chronometer or chrono- meters, except such chronometers as are actually in use for navigational purposes or in course of manufacture, to furnish to the Hydrographer of the Navy, Admiralty, S.W. 1, within fourteen (14) days from the date of this Order the following particulars with regard to such chronometer or chronometers : Maker ' s name jr. Description No. and date of manufacture .. Present purpose for which used, Cecil Burney. Lionel Halsey. Dated llth May, 1917. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, May 11th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Admiralty (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 15c. This is printed p. 37. 152 Marine Box Chronometers Order, 1917 ; Cranes Order, 1916. THE MARINE Box CHRONOMETERS ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED AUGUST 4, 1917, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Lords Com- missioners of the Admiralty hereby order that the war material to which the Regulation applies shall include Marine Box Chronometers . Cecil Burney. Hugh Tothill. NOTE. All applications for a permit to buy, sell, or deal in such chronometers should be addressed to the Hydrographer of the Navy, Admiralty, S.W. 1. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August 21st, 1917.] (6.) Cranes. THE CRANES ORDER, 1916, (c) DATED DECEMBER 20, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders as follows : No person shall until further notice sell or supply any crane, whether steam, electric, hydraulic, or hand-driven, except under and in accordance with the terms of a permit issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. NOTE. All persons shall forthwith send in to the Director, T.M.4 (Cranes), Ministry of Munitions, Armament Buildings, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.l,(d) returns containing full par- ticulars of all cranes whether steam, electric, hydraulic, or hand- driven in their possession or under their control at the date hereof which may be for sale. All applications for a permit in connection with the above order should be addressed to the Director, T.M.4 (Cranes), Ministry of Munitions, at the address above-mentioned, giving full particulars of the crane, maker's name and number of machine, name and address of intending purchaser, price to be paid, and purpose for which crane is required. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 22nd, 1916.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Admiralty (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (c) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (d) Now Ministry of Munitions, Charing Cross Buildings, London, W.C.2. Hosiery Needle Order, 1917. (7.) Hosiery Needles. THE HOSIERY NEEDLE ORDER, 1917, DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order as follows : 1. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Hosiery Needle Committee enter into any contract for the purchase, sale, delivery, manufacture or loan of any Hosiery Latch Needles. 2. Before any contract of the description aforesaid is entered into, it shall be the duty of the parties to apply in such manner as may be described by or 011 behalf of the Director of Raw Materials to the Hosiery Needle Committee for a permit to com- plete the transaction, and no contract of the description aforesaid shall be completed by manufacture, delivery or payment unless and until such permit is issued by or on behalf of the said Committee. 3. No person shall make or take delivery of any Hosiery Latch Needles otherwise than in pursuance of a contract duly authorised by the said Committee in accordance with the provision thereof. 4. It shall be the duty of all parties to any of the transactions herein specified to require or disclose, as the case may be, all such information as may be necessary for or required by such parties as aforesaid or by the said Committee or by the Director of Raw Materials for the purpose of satisfying them or him that the provisions of this Order have not been contravened. 5. This Order shall come into force on the first day of October, 1917. This Order may be cited as the Hosiery Needle Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 2nd, 1917.] 154 Machine Tools and Power Machinery Order, 1916 ; Machine Tools and Power Machinery (Insurance] Permit, 1916. (8.) Machine Tools and Power Machinery for Working Metal. Machine Tools arid Power Machinery Order, 1916, p. 154. Machine Tools and Power Machinery (Insurance) Permit, 1916, p. 154. Machine Tools and Power Machinery Permit Notice, 1917, p. 15. THE MACHINE TOOLS AND POWER MACHINERY ORDER, !!)!(>, < a) DATED AUGUST 28, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regula- tion 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders tliat the war material to which the Regulation applies shall include war material of the following classes and description, namely: All Machine Tools and Machinery driven by power and suit- able for use in cutting, stamping, or working metal, including: Lathes. Milling Machines. Drilling Machines. Planers. Shapers. Screw Machines. Chucking Machines. Boring Machines. Slotting Machines. Grinding Machines. Boring and Turning Mills. Power Presses. Punching and Shearing Machines. Forging Machines. Cutting-off Machines. Gear-cutting Machines. Centring Machines. THE MACHINE TOOLS AND POWER MACHINERY (INSURANCE) PERMIT, 1916, (o) DATED AUGUST 28, 1916, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions gives notice (1) that he hereby permits all persons until further notice to purchase or enter into negotiations for the purchase of the war 'material referred to in the above Order. Provided that such purchase or negotiations (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (c) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Machine Tools and Power Machinery (Insurance) Permit, 1916. are from or with persons holding a special permit from the Minister to sell such war material and not other wise;(*>) (2) that lie hereby permits the insurance of any such war material. All applications for a special permit in connection with the above Order should be addressed to the Director of Machine Tools, Armament Buildings, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I. (b) [The above Order and Notice were published in the London Gazette, September 5th, 1916.] FORM OP SPECIAL PERMIT. Ministry of Munitions of War, Machine Tool Department, Whitehall Place. (b) To... You are hereby permitted until further notice (a) to buy, sell or deal in ; or (6) offer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell or deal in ; or (c) enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or other dealing in the war material specified in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as " Machine Tools ") subject to the following con- ditions : 1. Reporting of Orders. No orders for machine tools whether new or second-hand shall be accepted by any manufac- turer, importer, merchant, or dealer without the sanction in writing of the Minister of Munitions. Forms for this purpose may be obtained on application. The decisions of the Minister will be recorded in the right-hand column of the application form thus : " Accept." " Decision deferred pending investigation/' "Refuse." 2. Prices for New Machine Tools. A permit-holder shall not increase his prices beyond those charged by him on July 1st, 1915, unless the consent in writing of the Minister has been first obtained. In the case of machine tools of a type not dealt in by the permit-holder prior to July 1st, 1915, all prices proposed to be charged shall be submitted to the Minister for approval. 3. Prices for Second-hand Machine Tools. The prices charged for second-hand machine tools shall not exceed, without the sanction in writing of the Minister, 80 per cent, of the current market price for new tools of the same kind or new tools of a different make but capable of doing the same work. (a) PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OP PERMIT. This Permit was withdrawn by the Machine Tools and Power Machinery Permit Notice, 1917, (p. 158) except as respects Insurance. (b) Now Charing Cross Buildings, London, W.C.2. 156 Machine Tools and Power Machinery (Insurance) Permit, 1916. 4. Unnecessary Fittings, fyc. Manufacturers shall (a) eliminate all unnecessary finish in the way of polish and machining ; (6) omit unnecessary fittings; and (c) confine the painting of the machine tools to a single coat of chocolate-coloured paint, and dispense with all fillings. 5. Sub-contracts. Manufacturers shall not place orders for machine tools with sub-contractors without the sanction in writing of the Minister being first obtained. In cases where sanction is given and the principal con- tractor supplies drawings and patterns and also supervises the work, the price charged to the customer shall not exceed 10 per cent, added to the price paid to the sub- contractor when more than six machines of a similar type are sub-contracted at one time. In cases where over three and not more than six are sub- contracted 12J per cent, may be added to the price paid to the sub-contractor, and where three or less are sub- contracted at one time 15 per cent. If the principal contractor supplies working drawings only, a charge not exceeding 5 per cent, upon the maker's price shall be made. 6. Merchants. Machine tools must not be purchased by mer- chants or dealers except from the manufacturer, and must not be sold except to the actual user. (NoTE. A principal contractor who has, with the con- sent of the Minister, placed a sub-contract for the manu- facture of machine tools to his own patterns and drawings is deemed to be a manufacturer for the purpose of this regulation and can therefore sell to a merchant in cases where the order is approved by the Minister.) A machine tool not supplied direct by the manufacturer to the user must bear the name of the merchant ordering the tool or the name of the manufacturer. When the merchant's name only is given the words " made for " shall be added. The merchant's profit shall not exceed 10 per cent, on the maker's price. This condition does not apply to second- hand tools or to tools under the value of 10. Merchants may purchase machine tools from importers only in cases where the importer has received special per- mission from the Minister to deal through merchants, and where the price to the user is not increased thereby. Merchants may sell to exporters in cases where an order is sanctioned in writing by the Minister and the profit does not exceed 10 per cent, on the maker's price. In cases where a merchant acts as an exporter and sells to a customer abroad, these price conditions do not apply, though the prices charged will be regarded by the Minister as an important factor when considering the desirability of sanctioning orders for machine tools proposed to be exported to British Colonies, to the Dominions, or to Allied Countries. Machine Tools and Power Machinery (Insurance) Permit, 1916. 157 N 7. Importation of Machine Tools. No machine tools may be imported into the United Kingdom except under licence of the Board of Trade. Before such licences are granted the importer is required to enter into a special undertaking limiting his profits, &c. S. Machine Tools for Allies. Permission to accept orders for machine tools intended for Allied Countries will only be given in cases where the orders are approved by the Com- mission Internationale de Ravitaillement, India House, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2, and also by the Minister of Munitions. Manufacturers should ascertain whether their orders receive the approval of the Commission before these orders are submitted for the sanction of the Minister. It has been arranged with the Commission Internationale that the prices charged by manufacturers shall not exceed those in force in this country so far as existing agreements between manufacturers and their agents in Allied Countries permit. When special allowances have to be made to agents the prices actually obtained by the manufacturer shall not exceed the prices that would have been received had the machines been supplied for use in this country, and any additions made to cover special agency commissions must be clearly shown. The last mentioned condition is only imposed where no credit is given and where the money is paid in this country; if an additional amount is to be charged in a case where credit is to be given and /or the money is not to be paid in this country, a statement to that effect shall be added and the additional amount disclosed. 9. Machine Tools for Colonies. Orders for machine tools for the British Colonies and Dominions are subject to the same conditions as to prices, reporting, &c. ; as obtain in con- nection with machine tools supplied for use in this country. 10. Machine Tools for Neutrals. Permission will not be given to supply machine tools for use in neutral countries unless the circumstances are of a very special nature. 11. General. Additional conditions may be issued by circular to the trade from time to time, and must be carried out by permit-holders even although they may not be embodied in the conditions printed above. On behalf of the Minister of Munitions. Director of Machine Tools. 158 Machine Tools and Power Machinery Permit Notice, 19.17 : Motor Engines and Vehicles Order, 1917. THE MACHINE TOOLS AND POWER MACHINERY PERMIT NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED JUNE 26, .1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER -OF MUNITIONS. With, reference to the Order made by the Minister of Munitions on the 28th August, 1916, (b) applying Eegulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (c) to war material consisting of machine tools and machinery driven by power and suitable for use in cutting, stamping or working metal and to the general permit for purchasing or entering into negotiations for the pur- chase of the said war material issued by the Minister of Muni- tions on the 28th of August, 1916, (d) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice : (1) That he, as from the date of this Notice, withdraws the said general permit, except in so far as the same relates to the insurance of the said war material. (2) That all applications for a permit to purchase or enter into negotiations for the purchase of the said war material referred to in the above-mentioned Order should be made to the Executive Officers of the Area Clearing House Boards, whose addresses may be obtained upon application to " The Director, Central Clearing House, Ministry of Munitions, Charing Cross Buildings, W.C.2.*' [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, June 2Gth, 1917.] (9.) Motor Engines, Lorries, Trailers and Vehicles. Lorries and Trailers (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 159. Motor Engines and Vehicles Order, 1917, p. 158. THE MOTOR ENGINES AND VEHICLES ORDER, 1917, (e) DATED JANUARY 6, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914; The Defence of the Realm (Amend- ment) No. 2 Act, 1915; The Defence of the Realm Regu- lations, and all other powers thereunto enabling him, as from the date of this order he hereby prohibits, until further notice, any person, firm or company from carrying out, without a permit issued under the authority of the Admiralty, the Army Council or the Minister of Munitions, any work consisting in or connected with the manufacture, assembling or erection of any (a) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) ORDER OF AUGUST 2, 1916. This " The Machine Tools and Power Machinery Order. 1916," is printed p. 154. (c) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (d) GENERAL PERMIT OF AUGUST 2, 1916. This " The Machine Tools and Power Machinery (Insurance) Permit, 1916," is printed p. 154. (e) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Lorries and Trailers (Returns) Order, 1917. 159 new or unused motor internal combustion engine, designed or adapted for mechanical traction, or of any new or unused motor cycle, motor chassis, motor wagon, or of any tractor or other motor vehicles of any kind propelled by mechanical means, subject, however, to the following exception: Work required to complete contracts placed by the Admiralty, the War Office, the Minister of Munitions or an Allied Government on or before the 3rd day of November, 1916.(a) For the purpose of this Order the expression "assembling" shall be deemed to include the placing or replacing in position of any part. The Order dated November 3rd, 1916, published in the London Gazette of November 10th, 1916, (b) is hereby cancelled, without prejudice to anything done thereunder. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 9th, 1917.] THE LORRIES AND TRAILERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (c) DATED JUNE 26, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders that all persons (other than Railway Com- panies) owning or having in their possession or under their con- trol any Steam Driven Highway Lorries or Trailers in Great Britain shall witnin fourteen days from the date hereof send in to the Deputy Director-General of Railway Material Licences, Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I, Returns containing the particulars with regard to such Steam Lorries and Trailers in the form set out in the tabular statement below, and to make such further Return concerning any such Steam Lorries and Trailers as may hereafter be required by the Deputy Director-General of Railway Material Licences. TABULAR STATEMENT OF RETURN OF Steam Lorries Trailers . a. Registered Letters and Numbers. 6. Owner's Name and Full Address. c. Maker of the Lorry. d. Date on which they were built. e. Working pressure of Boiler, Ib. sq. in. /. Whether Steam Boiler is fired with coal, coke or oil fuel. g. Name of Insurance Co., for the Boiler. (a) t.e., the date of the former Order ; see note (b) below. (b) ORDER OF NOVEMBER 3, 1916. That Order is also printed at p. 119 of the November, 1916, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (c) SHORT TITLE op ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the 1 Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 160 Railway Material (Second-hand) Order, 1916. h. Net carrying capacity of Lorry in Tons. Net carrying capacity of Trailer in Tons. i. Weight of Lorry unloaded. Weight of Trailer unloaded. ;'. Is the Lorry a normal or of a special type? k. General condition of the Lorry and Mechanism. I. Work (if any) on which the Lorry and /or Trailer is usually employed. Date ........................ Address .................................... NOTE. No separate official form is being issued for the pur- poses of the above Return. (The above Order was published in the London Gazette, June 26th, 1917.] (10.) Railway Material. Private Owners' Wagons (Use when Emptv) Order, 1917, p. 161. Private Owner?' Wagons No. 2 Order, 1917, p. 162. Railway Material (Locomotive Engines) (Returns) Order,. 1917, P . 161. Railway Material (Second-hand) Order. 1916, />. 160. THE RAILWAY MATERIAL (SECOND-HAND) ORDER, 1916, () DATED DECEMBER 29, JTJ16, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred on him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the Wai- Material to which the Regulation applies shall include War Material of the following class and description, namely: Second-hand railway material, including Locomotives of all types. Wagons of all types. Rails of all sections and types. Chairs. Fish Plates. Fastenings. Signal Apparatus. Sleepers and the like. NOTICE. All applications for a permit in connection with the above Order should be addressed to the Deputy Director-General (Railway Materials Licences), Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, S.W. 1. [The above Order and Notice were published in the London Gazette, December 29th r (a) SHORT TITLE or ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. Railway Material (Locomotive Engines) (Returns) Order, 1917; 161 Private Owners' Wagons (Use when Empty) Order, 1917. THE RAILWAY MATERIAL (LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES) (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of Wai- Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders that all persons (other than Railway Companies) owning or having in their possession or under their control any Steam or Petrol Lgcomotive Engine or Engines in Great Britain shall within ten days from the date hereof send in to the Deputy Director-General of Railway Material Licences, Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 1, Returns containing the following particulars with regard to such engine or engines: (a) Type of locomotive, (b) Steam or petrol driven, (c) Name or number of locomotive, (J) Owner's name and address, (e) Maker of locomotive, (/) Date on which locomotive was built, (g) Gauge of railway, (h) Maximum height, ft. ins. and width, ft. ins., of locomotive, (i) Work (if any) on which locomotive employed, (;) Weight and general description, and to make such further returns concerning any such engine or engines as may hereafter be required by the Deputy ^Director- General of Railway Material Licences. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 2nd, 1917.] THE PRIVATE OWNERS' WAGONS (USE WHEN EMPTY) ORDER, 1917, DATED MARCH 16, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas by Regulation TB of the Defence of the Realm Regu- lations ttye Board of Trade have power, for the purpose of making the most efficient use of railway plant or labour, with a view to the successful prosecution of the war, to make orders, amongst other things, for enabling the Board of Trade to take possession of any private owners' wagons and to use those wagons in such manner as they think best in the interests of the country as a whole on such conditions as to payment use and otherwise as may be provided by the Order : Now, therefore, in pursuance of their power under that Regula- tion and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, the Board of Trade hereby order as follows : 1. Where a private owner's wagon would otherwise be sent on a journey empty the Board of Trade may take possession of the (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the ' Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 3749 F Prirate Owners- Wagons (No. 2) Order, 1911. wagon for that journey, and give such, direction^ with lespect to the cases in which possession is to be so taken and the use and loading of a wagon of which possession is so taken as they think fit. 2. Where possession is so taken of a wagon, there shall be paid to the owner for the use of the wagon such amount as rnay be agreed or as may be determined, in default of agreement, by the Railway and Canal Commission or by an 'Arbitrator appointed by that Commission. 3. The owner of any wagon and any other person affected by directions given under this Order shall comply with any direc- tions so given and give all reasonable facilities for carrying out those directions. 4. Any person acting in contravention of, or failing to comply with, any of the provisions of this Order is guilty of a summary offence(a) against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 5. This Order shall apply to Great Britain, and may be cited as the Private Owners' Wagons (Use when Empty) Order, 1917. A. II . Stanley, President of the Board of Trade. Board of Trade,- 16th March, 1917. THE PRIVATE OWNERS' \Y\<;oxs (No. 2) ORDER, 1917, DATED SEBTKMHKK (>, 1917, MADE in- IIIK HOARD OF TRADE. By virtue of the powers vested in them by Regulation 7s of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Board of Trade, for the purpose of making the most efficient use of railway plant with a view to the successful prosecution of the war hereby order as follows : 1. Where it appears to them necessary to increase the supply of wagons to any colliery, the Board of Trade may take possession of any private owner's wagons anl use them for the purpose of maintaining an adequate supply of wagons at the colliery in question. 2. Where possession is so taken of a wagon, there shall be paid to the owner for the use of the wagon such amount as may be agreed or as may be determined, in default of agreement by the Railway and Canal Commission or by an Arbitrator appointed by that Commission. 3. The Controller of Coal Mines may issue instructions in writing from time to time directing the private owner of a wagon or wagons to place the same at his disposal, and the said Con- troller may take possession thereof on behalf of the Board of Trade. (a) SUMMARY OFFF.NCE. See the Introduction to this Manual. imported Wire Nails Order, 1918. 163 4. The owner of any wagon and any other person affected by directions given under this Order shall comply with any directions so given and give all reasonable facilities for carrying out those directions. 5. Any person acting in contravention of, or failing to comply with, any of the provisions of this Older is guilty^ of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 6. This Order shall apply to Great Britain and may be cited as the Private Owners' Wagons (No. 2) Order, 1917. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade this 6th day of September, 1917. IT'. F Marwood, A Secretary to the Board of Trade. (11.) Wire Nails. THE IMPORTED WIRE XAILS ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of all stocks of Wire Nails imported or to be imported into the United Kingdom. 2. All persons having in their possession, custody or control any stocks of Wire Nails of the description aforesaid, are hereby required to furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required by or 011 behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, verified in such manner as he may direct. 3. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to apply to any stocks of Wire Nails of the description aforesaid of less than 5 tons in quantity. 4. This Order may be cited as the Imported Wire Nails Order, 1918. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, March 1st, 1918.] 8749 F _> 164 Wood-Working Machinery Order, 1917. (12.) Wood- Working: Machinery. THE WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY ORDER, 1917, ( a ) DATED JUNE 5, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the R/ealin Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the war material to which that Regulation applies shall include Avar material of the following- classes and descriptions, namely: All machinery driven By power and suitable for use in cutting, working, or operating on wood, including: Sawing machines of all descriptions. General joiners. Mortise, tenon and boring machines. Lathes and rounding machines. Box and cask-making machines and all machines accessory thereto. Scraping and sandpapering machines. Wheelwright machinery. Firewood-making and bundling machinery. Wood wool fibre and pulp machinery. Saw-sharpening and setting machines. Saw stretchers and brazing apparatus. All machines for grinding, planing or moulding irons. NOTICE. All applications i'or a permit to purchase or enter into negotia- tions for the purchase of the war material referred to in the above Order should be made to the Executive Officers of the Area Clearing House Boards, whose addresses may be obtained upon application to " The Director, (c) Central Clearing House, Minis- try of Munitions, Charing Cross Buildings, S.W.2."( d ) All applications for a permit to sell or enter into negotiations for the sale of the war material referred to in the above Order should be made to " The Director of Wood- Working Machinery, Charing Cross Buildings, S.W.2."( d ) [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, June 5th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE or ORDER The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. :>7. (c) N.OW the Controller, Department of Engineering. (d) Now W.C 2. Quinine, Phenacetin and Formaldehyde (Control) Notice, 1917. 166 6. Medical Stores and Drugs. [NOTE. The Orders as to chemical substances being " Acid," ' Propellant," or " Trench Warfare " Supplies are printed under group 1 " Arms, Ammunition and Explosives" above.] Drugs and Chemical (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 166. Quinine, Phenacetin and Formaldehyde (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 165. THE QUININE, PHENACETIN AND FORMALDEHYDE (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED APRIL 28, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of stores of the following classes and descriptions, that is to say: All stocks of Quinine Sulphate excepting stocks of less than 100 ounces. All stocks of Quinine Bisulphate excepting stocks of less than 25 ounces. All stocks of Quinine Hydrochloride excepting stocks of less than 25 ounces. All stocks of Quinine Bi-hydrochloride excepting stocks of less than 25 ounces. All stocks of Phenacetin excepting stocks of less than 7 Ibs. All stocks of Formaldehyde Solution, 40 per cent., excepting stocks of less than 10 gallons. If after this notice any person without the consent of the Army Council sells, removes or secretes any of the said stores, or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any Licence, Permit, or Order which may have been granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. All persons having in their custody or control any stocks of the said articles in excess of the said quantities hereinbefore set out, in the case of each article respectively are required to make a return of such stocks in the form indicated in Schedule A hereto annexed, to the Director of Army Contracts, Imperial House, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W. 1, and any such further and other particulars as may be required by him or on his behalf. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army ouncil (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 374U F 3 x tuul t'liemiciilx (Return*} Order, 1918. Schedule A. To be Tilled \u\ by Firm, j AddreM Date Prices at Item. Total stocks held. which you willdeliver to Army Medical Reserve Average price at which you obtained your Date of last purchase. Name and Address of your last supplier. Stores at stock. Woolwich. Quinine Sulphate ounces Bisulphate Hydrochloride ... ' Bi-hydrochloride Phenacetin Ibs. Formaldehyde Solution -gallons 40 per cent. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, May 1st, 1917.] TlIK DlM (iS AND CllKMIC'ALS ( Ix KTl K.\ s I OllDKK, 1918, DATED JANUAKY 3, 1918, MADE BY THJ: ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of i he llenlm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : (1) All persons engaged in the manufacture or sale of drugs. 01 chemicals of any description are hereby required to furnish such particulars a^ to their business as- may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, verified in such manner as may be directed by him or on his behalf. (2) This Order may be cited as the Drugs and Chemicals (Returns) Order, 19.18. By Order of the Army Council, E. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 8, 1918.] Aluminium Order, 1916. 167 7. Metals, Goal, Coke and Refractories. <1.) Aluminium, p. 167. (2.) Asbestos, p. 174. (3.) Brass, p. 175. (4.) Chrome Ore, p. 177. (5.) Coal, p. 177. (6.) Copper, p. 183. (7.) Cupro-Nickel, p. 187. (8.) Iron. See Sta?/ Supplies, p. 199. (9.) ^rf, p. 188. (10.) Magnesite, p. 194. (11.) Metallurgical Coke. See Stec/ Supplies, p. 199. (12.) Molybdenite, p. 194. (13.) McM, p. 197. (14.) Platinum, p. 197. (15.) Steel Supplies, p. 199. (16.) Tap Cinder, ame has been (a) ALUMINIUM ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed at p. 167. The des cription of aluminium in the two Orders is identical. (b) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Min- istry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V. to this Manual. (c) Now Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply. (Sera// ami Sirorf) Order. 1917. produced and for contracts for which aluminium has been released by the Director of Materials, and as portion of the amount so released. 2. All existing Aluminium Scrap and /or Swarf not being used at any Works where the same has been produced, for contracts for which aluminium has been released by the Director of Materials, and as portion of the amount so released, shall be sold and sent within three weeks from the first day of March, 1917, to the Refiner or one of the Refiners, as the case may be, nominated by the Ministry of Munitions for the district where such Scrap and/or Swarf is situated; or, if no Refiner has been nominated for the district, to one of the Refiners nominated for any other district, except in special cases otherwise arranged by the Ministry of Munitions. j. When Aluminium Scrap and /or Swarf is produced here- after such Scrap and /or Swarf must be used at the Works where produced for contracts for which aluminium has been released by the Director of Materials, and as portion of the amount so released, or otherwise sold and sent at or before the end of each month to one or other of the Refiners nominated by the Ministry of Munitions for the district where such Scrap and /or Swarf is situated ; or, if no Refiner has been nominated for the district, to one of the Refiners nominated for any other district, except in special cases otherwise arranged by the Ministry of Munitions. 4. All such Refiners shall (a) See that all Scrap and Swarf in their respective areas is- sent to their Works, other than such Scrap and Swarf as may be used as aforesaid, or any that the Ministry may arrange to have dealt with in a different manner. (b) Grade this Scrap and Swarf (and all Scrap and Swart held or possessed by the aforesaid Refiners) in accord- ance with the Schedule hereto. (c) Purchase the same at prices specified in the said Schedule, provided that they may refuse to accept small parcels of under one cwt. if the material is in bad condition. (d) Clean, dry, cut up when necessary and arrange the various" grades of Scrap for re-issue in suitable crucible form ; and refine the various grades of Swarf. (e) Resell and distribute the Scrap and Swarf owned, pos- sessed or purchased by the said Refiners, as directed by the Director of Materials. (/) Carry out all the aforesaid work themselves and not.. either wholly or in part, by sub-contracting. Aluminium (Scrap and Su-arf) Order, 1917. 171 (g) Make weekly returns to the Director of Materials, A.M.2(H), Hotel Victoria, yorthuinerlancl A venue, (a) London, W.C. 2, containing full particulars (including prices and grades) of all Scrap and Swarf purchased by or delivered to them during the preceding week, and of all crucible scrap or rernelted metal sold or dispatched by them during the preceding week. (h) Comply with all further directions that may from time to time be given to them in writing by the Director of Materials, (b) 5. As and from the first day of March, 1917, prices are hereby fixed for the various grades of Scrap and Swarf both on the sale to the Refiners and on the re-sale by the Refiners, as shown in the Schedule hereto. 6. All firms who are machining aluminium must use a suitable cutting compound that will not deleteriously affect the turnings ; and must exercise great care in machining the aluminium, and in the collection of the Scrap and /or Swarf in the machine shops in order to keep the Scrap and /or Swarf free from brass, bronze, iron, shop sweepings and other foreign matter, and especially from lead or white metal. If wet, all small Scrap and all Swarf should be dried by centrifuging or other means, as soon after machining as possible. All small Scrap and all Swarf containing unalloyed iron should, if possible, be put over magnetic .separators before dispatch to the refinery. 7. All Scrap and Swarf must be kept under cover and as free from moisture as possible, and must be both kept and refined in buildings which are free from any brass Scrap and /or Swarf. 8. All definite alloys received in lots of over two cwts., into whichever grade they fall, must be kept separate throughout their treatment in the refinery. 9. Scrap, other than Scrap classed under Grade 1 (c) in the Schedule hereto, shall not be re-melted into ingots but must be cleaned, dried, arranged and re-issued in suitable crucible form. 10. When material of a definite composition, and /or complying with specified mechanical tests, is required, the same will be supplied, as far as practicable, by the Refiners, who shall be entitled to charge an additional figure in each case to cover the extra cost and work involved. (a) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, 8, Northumberland Avenue. (b) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply. 172 Aluminium (Scrap and Swarf) Order, 19 IT. The SCHEDULE above referred to. ALUMINIUM SCRAP AND SWARF. GRADES AND PRICES AS FROM IST MARCH, 1917, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. (1) (2) P) (4) (5) (<>) Price per ton on Price per resale by Refiner de- Percentage Scrap ton on livered at Purchaser's Grade. of or Descriptive. sale to Works if within a Aluminium. Swarf. Refiner radius of 50 miles ; delivered otherwise an amount at Refinery. to cover extra freight- age can be charged. 1 (a) 96 Scrap Sheet cuttings and rods con- 160 ... 175. (minimum) taining a minimum of 96 per cent. Al. (&) Do. Do. Old rolled, &c., containing a 120 ... 134; minimum of 96 per cent. Al. (J Do. Swarf Spinnings, punchings, and ; 105 ... 138 thin, small, scrap ; also ; painted and varnished scrap that needs melting, containing a minimum of 96 per cent. Al. 2 (a) 87 to 95 Scrap Lump scrap from aero-cast- 100 ... 113. (both ings; and material of equi- inclusive) valent value containing 87 to 95 per cent. Al. (&) Do. Swarf Turnings and swarf gener- 1 87 10s. 117 10*. ally containing 87 to 95 per cent. Al. 3 (a) 80 to 8G Scrap Scrap generally, containing 80 91. (both 80 to 86 per cent. Al. inclusive) (&) Do. Swarf Swarf and inferior swarf 70 97. generally, containing 80 to 86 per cent. Al. 4 (a) Below 80... Scrap All scrap containing below Not to ex- Not to exceed 75 80 per cent. Al. ceed 65. (*) Below 80... Swarf All Swarf containing below Not to ex- Not to exceed 85 80 per cent. Al. ceed 60. The foregoing prices are based on grades consisting of dry and clean Swarf ; and of Scrap containing not more than 8 per cent, of moisture and /or dirt. In the case of Scrap, if over 8 per cent, of moisture and /or dirt be present the material may be classified as wet and /or dirty and a cent, per cent, deduction made from the prices on sale to the Refiner for all moisture and /or dirt present above 8 per cent. The price for Scrap on sale to the Refiner may be further reduced by an amount not exceeding 5 per ton for any Scrap con- taining 20 per cent, or more of dirt. In the case of Swarf, a cent, per cent, deduction may be made from the prices on sale to the Refiner for any moisture and/or dirt present. In addition to the total percentage therefor deducted a Aluminium (Scrap and Swarf) Order, 19.17. 173 further sum may be deducted equal to the cost of melting an amount of dry and clean Swarf equal to the amount of moisture and /or dirt present, such cost of melting being taken for this purpose to be 12 10s. per ton. Oil is included in the term moisture. By dirt is to be under- stood any foreign solid matter, including oxide of aluminium, free iron and other metals, and ordinary shop sweepings. The Refiner shall ascertain if the Scrap and Swarf contains more than 0'7 per cent, of alloyed iron. If it does, the price on sale to the Refiner shall be reduced 1 per cent, for every O'l per cent, of alloyed iron in excess of 0'7 per cent. In the event of a difference arising between the Seller and the Refiner as to the grade of the material, the price to be paid by the Refiner, or as regards any other question under the above pro- visions, the decision of the Director of Materials shall be final. Applications for Permits should be made to the Director of Materials, A.M. 2(H), Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, (a) London, W.C.2, and marked " Aluminium Permit." NOTE. For the purpose of the above Regulations the following Refiners have been nominated by the Ministry of Munitions : Birmingham Area ... Mr. W. Atkins, Bradford Street, Birmingham. Clemmons Aluminium Limited, Aston Road, Birmingham. The Midland Aluminium Company, Great Francis Street, Birmingham. Mr. T. J. Priestman, Leopold Street, Birmingham. Coventry Area ... ... Coventry Metal & Iron Company, Ltd., Coventry Metal Works, Coventry. Sterling Metals, Ltd., Foleshill, Coventry. London Area ... ... Raphael's Refinery, Thomas Street, B#rdett Road, London, E. Newcastle-on-Tyne Area Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Elswick Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Reading and South of The Metal Smelters, Ltd., England Area. Boarded Lane, Castle Street, Reading. Ireland ... ... The Shamrock Aluminium Company, Glenravell Street, Belfast. The names of the Refiners nominated for other districts- will be announced later. (a) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, M.S./H., 8, North- umberland Avenue. 174 Raw Asbestos (),r, 1918. (2) Asbestos. THE RAW ASBESTOS OHDER, 1918, (a) DATED JANUARY 5, 1918, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY WITH THE C f OX(TK RENTE OF THE ARMY COUNCIL AND Tin MINISTER OF MUNTTIOXS. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers 1 hereunto enabling; them, and with the concurrence of the Army Council and the Minister of Munitions, hereby order as follows: 1. No person or Company shall on Or after the date hereof until further Notice sell, supply or deliver any raw Asbestos, including Asbestos Crude and Asbestos Mine Fibres, whether situated in or oiitside the TTnited Kingdom, or purchase or negotiate foi the purchase or take delivery of any raw Asbestos, including Asbestos Crude and Asbestos Mine Fibres, situated outside the United Kingdom, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence or permit issued under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 2. All persons and Companies engaged in the manufacture or sale of Asbestos or Asbestos products shall make such returns with regard to their business as shall from time to time be required by or under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Given under our hands this 5th day of January, .1918. Lionel Halsey. Hit al TntliU. NOTE. All applications in reference to this Order should be addressed to the Director of Materials and Priority, Admiralty, Great George Street, S.W.I, and marked " Asbestos." [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. January 8th, 1918.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Admiralty (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 7/7Y/.V.V and Copper (Returns) Order, 1916 ; Brass (Strarf and Scrap) 175 (Control} Order, 1917. (3) Brass Brass and Copper (Returns) Order, 1916, p. 175. Brass (Swarf and Scrap) (Control) Order, 1917, p. 175. THE BRASS AND COPPER (RETURNS) ORDER, 19 1(3, (a) DATED DECEMBER 1, 191(1, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in pursuance of the powers con- ferred upon him by Regulation 15c of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) hereby orders that every person engaged in the production of Brass Rod, Tubing, Sheet and Wire Strip, Stamp- ings, Castings, Billets and Ingots; and Copper Rod and Wire, Tubing, Sheets, Plates, Discs and Ingots, shall furnish to the Director of Materials particulars of his output in such form and at such times as shall from time to time be notified to him by the Director of Materials. The Minister of Munitions further orders that any particulars so furnished shall be verified by the signature of the person required to furnish the same, or where such person is a Firm or Company by the signature of a Partner, Director or other responsible Officer. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 5th, 1916.] THE BRASS (SWARF AND SCRAP) (CONTROL) ORDER, 1917, () DATED FEBRUARY 24, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him, gives notice and orders as follows : 1. He hereby takes possession as from the 28th day of February, 1917, until further notice, of (a) all yellow brass and cartridge metal swarf, turnings and borings (hereinafter referred to as " brass swarf"); (b) all yellow brass scrap resulting from the manufacture in any stages of any class of war material (hereinafter referred to as " brass scrap"). (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the %i Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 15c. This is printed p. 87. 176 /y/v/.v.v (Sirarf and Nr/y///) (Control) Order, .1917. 2. If any person having control of any metal to which this notice applies, without the consent of the Minister of Munitions, sells, removes, or secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence or permit that may have been granted in respect thereof, he will be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 3. All existing licences or permits issued by or on behalf of the Minister of Munitions for dealing in any brass swarf or brass scrap are hereby cancelled. 4. All persons shall in the first fourteen days of March, 1917, and thereafter in the first seven days of each succeeding month, send in to the Director of Materials (A.M.2 S.), Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue. (a) London, W.C.2, Monthly Returns of (a) all brass swarf or brass scrap held by them in stock or otherwise under their control on the last day of the preceding month ; (6) all brass swarf or brass scrap purchased or sold by them for future delivery and not yet delivered on such last day, together with the names of the sellers to or purchasers from them. Notwithstanding the above no return is required from any person whose total stock of brass swarf and brass scrap in hand and on order for future delivery to him has not at any time during the preceding month exceeded 560 Ibs. (5 cwt.). 5. The Minister of Munitions will subsequently communicate to the owners of brass swarf and brass scrap taken over by him the prices which he will be prepared to pay for the same. Note (1) Notwithstanding the above Order, licences may be granted by the Minister of Munitions in approved cases for the use of brass swarf or brass scrap by producers thereof in their own works and for the sale of any brass swarf or brass scrap which may be con- sidered by the Minister unsuitable for his purposes. (2) Any person acting in contravention of or failing to comply with the above Order or making a false return will be guilty of an offence under the Defence of the Realm Regulations and be liable to penalties of fine and imprisonment. (3) The above Order does not apply to old collected miscel- laneous or domestic brass scrap not arising from the manufacture of munitions. 24th February, 1917. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 27th, 1917.] (a) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, M.S./S., 8, North- umberland Avenue.- Chrome Ore Order, 1917; Coal Transport Order, 1917. 177 (4.) Chrome Ore. THE CHROME ORE ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED AUGUST 31, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders that no person shall as from the date hereof until further notice purchase or take delivery of Chrome Ore of any grade except under and in accord- ance with the terms of a permit issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. And further that no person shall as from the date hereof until further notice sell supply or deliver Chrome Ore of any grade except to the holder and in accordance with the terms of such a permit to purchase or take delivery as aforesaid. NOTE. All applications for a permit in connection with the above Order should be addressed to the Director of Materials, Reference A.M. 2/F.W.H., Ministry of Munitions, Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, (b) W.C.2. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August 31st, 1917.] (5.) Coal. [NOTE. The Orders of the Board of Trade as to the Retail Sale and Distribution of Household Coal have not been treated as ' War Material Supplies " Orders and are therefore not printed in this Manual. All such Orders in force on February 28th, 1918, will be found in the edition of that date of the " Defence of the Realm Manual " which is now in the press.] Coal (Pit's Mouth) Prices Order, 1917, p. 182. Coal Transport Order, 1917, p. 111. Retail Coal Prices Order, 1917, p. 182. Wholesale Coal Prices Order, 1917, p. 179. THE COAL TRANSPORT ORDER, 1917, DATED JULY 4, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regulations ^v to SJ.T and 9G(o) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, M.S./F.W.H., 8, Northumberland Avenue.* (c) REGULATION 2r. This Regulation is printed, p. 40, in the form in which by Regulation 2.JJ it is applied to the Board of Trade. 17H Coal Transport Order, 1917. all other powers enabling them in that behalf, the Board of Trade- hereby order as follows: 1. With a view to effecting economies in transport and of facilitating the supply of coal such restrictions may be placed on the transport of coal from particular areas or particular collieries iii the United Kingdom to particular areas or particular destina- tions as the Board of Trade may from time to time consider necessary, and when such restrictions are so placed it shall be the duty of every person affected thereby to comply with the requirements of the Board of Trade for the purposes of giving 1 effect thereto. 2. Contracts for the sale of coal shall be abrogated to such extent, and as from such dates as may be deemed by the Board of Trade to be necessary in order to secure compliance with their requirements under this Order. 3. The requirements of the Board of Trade under this Order shall be notified in the form of directions issued from time to time by the Controller of Coal Mines. Such directions may relate to any or all of the following matter: (a) The restriction or discontinuance of the transport of coal from particular areas or particular collieries to particular areas or particular destinations, either absolutely or by any specified method of transport or otherwise than by such method of transport as may be specified. (b) The contracts which are to be regarded as abrogated with a view to facilitating compliance with such directions. (Y) Furnishing information by and to such parties and in such forms as may be specified in the directions. (d} Any other matters for which provision may be necessary for the purpose of this Order. 4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences subject to penalties under the Defence of the Bealm Regulations. 5. This Order may be cited as the Coal Transport Order, 1917. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade, this fourth day oJ Tuly, 19 IT. H. Llewellyn Smith. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, July Oth, 1917.] Wholesale Coal Prices Order, 1917. 179 THE WHOLESALE COAL PRICES ORDER, 1917, DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. In exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Regulations 2F to 2jJ of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf the Board of Trade hereby order as follows : 1. The price at which a factor or merchant may sell coal in railway wagon or barge load or cargo to a consumer or to a retail coal merchant for re-sale by him from depot or wharf or railway siding* by retail to consumers or to hawkers or small dealers, shall, except as hereunder provided, not exceed the pit price chargeable by the owner of the mine at which the coal was produced, or in the case of washed fuel, the price chargeable for the -fuel at the washery by the owner of the fuel by whom, or on whose behalf it was washed, in addition to the actual cost of transport (in which cost no charge shall be made by the seller of the coal in respect of office expenses, salaries or other overhead charges or loss in handling) by more than the following amounts: (a) Coal purchased by railway companies in Great Britain for consumption on loco- motives ... ... ... ... ... 3d. per ton (b) Coal purchased by railway companies in Great Britain for other purposes ... 6d. ,, ,, (c) Coal consumed in national factories ... 6d. ,, ,, (d) Coal consumed in gas and electric supply undertakings in Great Britain ... 9d. ,, ,, (e) Coal sold to retail merchants in Great Britain for re-sale by them from depot or wharf or railway siding by retail to consumers or to hawkers and small dealers ... ... ... ... ... Is. ,, ,, (/) All other coal, including all coal sold for consumption in Ireland, 1$. 3d. per ton, except that where coal sold direct to a consumer not having rail or wharf accom- modation, who makes his own cartage arrangements, is delivered in railway wagon by the factor or merchant in quantities less than 30 tons, the amount chargeable in addition to the price at pit or washery and the transport charges as above defined shall be 2,s\ per ton unless the consumer has ordered not less than 500 tons of the coal in question for delivery over the following* twelve months. (a) REGULATIONS 2r, &c. Regulations 2F to 2-T are printed, pp. 40-45, in e form in which by Regulation 2JJ they are applied to the Board of Trade 180 Wholesale Coal Prices Order, 1917. Provided that : (i) Where coal is dealt with by more than one factor or merchant before reaching- the consumer or retail merchant, the above amounts of 3d., Qd., 9d. } U., Is. 3d., or 2s. per ton respectively shall be divisible between the different factors and merchants, and each seller, except in the case of the final sale to the con- sumer or retail merchant, shall at the time of the sale inform the purchaser how much of the above amounts is included in the price, in order that the maximum price may not be exceeded. (ii) In the case of washed fuel, where loss of weight in transit is borne by the factor or merchant, a charge may be made by the factor or merchant in respect of such loss by way of addition to the price per ton at which the fuel is sold to the consumer, not exceeding in any case 2 per cent, of such price. (iii) Where the seller himself provides water transport r otherwise than by the charter of a ship subsequent to the date of this Order, the transport charges shall not exceed the rate current at the date of this Order. (iv) Where payment is not made by the consumer or retail merchant before the date on which payment is due to the original owner of the coal or within 30 days of delivery of the coal, whichever is the later, the factor or wholesale merchant may make a reasonable charge in respect of credit to the consumer or retail merchant. Provided also that the maximum charges specified in this article, including the transport charges, may be increased or reduced by the Board of Trade, either (a) generally, or (7>) as respects any particular class of business, or (c) as respects the business of any individual factor,, merchant or consumer, or (d) as respects any individual contract or sale. 2. All contracts for the purchase or sale of coal in the United Kingdom under which deliveries were being made or were due prior to the 10th September, 1917, are hereby abrogated, provided that notwithstanding* such abrogation, the seller shall, subject to any instructions which have been or may be given by or on behalf of the Controller of Coal Mines under the Coal Transport Order, 1917, or otherwise, continue to deliver to the purchaser, and the purchaser shall continue to receive, the coal during the period of the currency of the contract, and under the conditions and at the rates specified thereunder, unless otherwise agreed by both parties, and the price charged as from the 10th September shall not exceed the price chargeable under the contract in accordance with the provisions of the Price of Coal (Limitation) Act, and of this Order ; provided also that in no case shall the price be in- increased without the consent of the Controller of Coal Mines for the time being appointed by the Board of Trade hereinafter referred to as the Controller. Wholesale Coed Prices Order, 19.17. Any party to such contract may apply to the Controller for the variation of or relief against any term or condition of such con- tract, and such application shall be heard and determined by the Controller in the same manner as any question may be deter- mined under Article 6 of this Order, and that article shall apply accordingly. 3. If, in consequence of the provisions of Article 2 hereof, the price to be paid by any person to whom coal is delivered is reduced by any amount, the price to be paid by any person to whom the coal is delivered in pursuance of any subsidiary contract shall be reduced by an equivalent amount unless the Controller otherwise orders. 4. This Order shall not apply to any sale of coal for export or any sale of coal for the manufacture of patent fuel for export or any sale of coal to be used on any ship. 5. No person shall sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any coal at a price exceeding the maximum price hereby fixed. 6. Where any dispute or difference arises between two or more factors or merchants as to the division of the amounts referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of Article 1 of this Order, such dispute or difference shall be referred to the Controller. The Controller on such reference shall consider the cases of the respective parties and take their evidence in such manner as he shall deem most convenient, but shall give each party an oppor- tunity of knowing and answering his opponent's case. If the Controller deems it desirable to hear the parties mv a voce, he may appoint a person to hear the evidence and arguments and report to him. The decision of the Controller shall be final and binding on all parties to the reference, and the Arbitration Act, 1889, shall not apply thereto. 7. If any person acts in contravention of this Order, or aids or abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a cor- poration or company every director and officer of the corporation or company is guilty of the like offence, unless he proves that the contravention took place without his knowledge or consent. 8. The Controller shall be responsible to, and is hereby authorised by the Board of Trade to take all measures that are needed to give effect to this Order. He may suspend from time to time and for any period, and in any district or part of a district the operation of all or any of the articles of this Order or parts thereof as he thinks fit, and may restore such operation. He may make such rules and issue such instructions under this Order as may be necessary to give effect to its provisions, and such rules and instructions shall be deemed to be part of this Order, and shall have the same effect as if they had been included in this Order. 182 Coal (Pit's Mouth] Price* Order, 19.17. 9. (a) This Order may be cited as the Wholesale Coal Prices Order, 1917. (b) This Order shall take effect as from the 10th day of September, 1917. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade this 51 h day of September, 1917. W. F. Mar wood, A Secretary of the Board of Trade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 14th, 1917.1 THE RETAIL COAL PRICES ORDER, 1917, DATKJ> SKI'TKMIIKR It, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. [This Order is printed in the Addenda at the end of this Manual.] THE COAL (PIT'S MOUTH) PRICES ORDER, 11)17, DATED OCTOUKII 12, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. By virtue of the powers vested in them the Board of Trade, deeming' it expedient to take further steps for regulating the supply of coal, and being satisfied that special circumstances affect the Coal Mines in the Tinted Kingdom, hereby OK!. 188. Lead Control Amendment Order, 1918, /j. 193. THE LEAD OKDER, 19.17, (a) DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1917, MADE BY TIIK MTXTSTF/R OF MVMTIO.VS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act 1914 the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) Xo. 2 Act 1915 the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Munitions of War Acts 1915 and 1916 and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby gives notice and orders as follows: 1. He hereby takes possession as from the date hereof until further notice of all pig lead whether virgin or re-melted old and scrap lead and lead residues now or hereafter situated in the United Kingdom subject to the following exceptions: (a) All such lead as may be in the possession of or due under an existing lawful contract in writing for future delivery to a manufacturer for use in such manu- facturer's own works. (b) All such lead as may be specially excepted under the written authority of the Minister of Munitions. The lead of which possession is taken as aforesaid will until further notice be paid for by the Minister of Munitions on delivery as to virgin pig lead at the prices specified in the Schedule hereto and as to re-melted old and scrap lead and lead residues upon terms which will be communicated in due course to the various owners. 2. If any person having control of any lead of which possession has been taken under Clause 1 hereof without the consent of the Minister of Munitions sells removes or secretes it or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence or permit that may be granted in respect thereof he will be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 3. All existing licences issued by or on behalf of the Minister of Munitions for dealing in any re-melted old or scrap lead or lead residues are hereby cancelled. 4. No person shall as from the date hereof until further notice purchase sell offer to purchase or sell or except for the purpose of carrying out a contract in writing' existing prior to the 6th April 191 7(b) for the sale or purchase of white lead, lead oxides, lead (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) APRIL GTII, 1917. i.e., the date of the second Order (revoked by Art. 11 of the present Order) restricting dealings in Lead. That April Order was published London Gazette, April 6th, 1917, and ie also printed p. 214 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." Lead Order, 1917. 189 manufactures, lead alloys or lead compounds of any kind, or a contract in writing existing prior to the 2nd of February, 1917, (a) for the sale or purchase of any other kind of lead enter into any transaction or negotiation in relation to the sale or purchase of lead situated outside the United Kingdom except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 5. No person shall as from the date hereof until further notice offer to purchase, purchase or take delivery of any lead situated in the United Kingdom except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the autnority of the Minister of Munitions, or offer to sell, sell supply or deliver any such lead to any person other than the holder of such a licence and in accordance with the terms thereof, provided that no such licence shall be required in the case of any offer to sell or purchase sale purchase or delivery of such lead : (a) For the purpose of a contract or order for the time being in existence certified to be within Class " A " in the Order of the Minister of Munitions as to priority dated the 8th March, 1917, (b) and made in substitution for Circular L. 33 or certified by or on behalf of the Minister of Munitions to be within Class " B " of the said Order. (b) For the purpose of necessary repairs or renewals requiring immediate execution and for which no other metal can be substituted and requiring for the entire carrying out thereof the use of not exceeding 1 cwt. of sheet lead or lead pipe and not exceeding 28 IBs. of solder and no other le'ad and in respect of which repairs or renewals the purchaser shall have given to the seller at or before the time of purchase a declaration in writing specifying the nature of the work for which the same is required and the place where the same is to be carried out and that the lead purchased is for the purpose mentioned in this sub clause and for no other purpose. 6. No purchase or sale of lead situated in the United Kingdom or offer to purchase or sell any such lead whether such purchase sale or offer is or is not under any licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions shall in the case of any class of lead specified in the Schedule hereto until further notice be at a price exceeding the price set opposite the same in the said Schedule. (a) FEBRUARY 2ND, 1917. i.e., the date of the first Order (revoked by the second, the April Order) restricting dealings in Lead. That February Order was published London Gazette, February 2nd, 1917, and is also printed pp. 189-191 of the February, 1917, Edition of the Defence of the Realm Manual." (b) PRIORITY OF WORK ORDER, 1917. This is printed ;n Part III (p. 367) of this Manual, 190 7. No person -hull as from the date hereof until further notice u.-e any lead for the purpose of any manufacture or work except : (//) For the purpo>e of a contract or order for the time being in existence certified to be within C'la-- A of the Order of the Minister of Munition- a- to priority dated 8th March, 1917, (a.) and made in substitution for Circular L. -W or certified by or on behalf of the Minister of Munitions to be within Cla>- " B " of tin- said Order. (b) For the purpose of necessary repair> or renewals requiring immediate execution and requiring for the entire carry- ing out thereof the use of not exceeding 1 cwt. of sheet lead or lead pipe and not exceeding 'J> 11. of >oldei and no other lead. (c) For the purpose of type-casting from metal already in the form of type on the 2nd February. 1917. ib) or from lead purchased for that purpose prior to that date. (d) Under and in accordance with the terms of a licence i under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 8. All persons shall within >even days from the first day ol > month send in monthly returns of: (a) All lead held by them in stock or otherwise tinder their control on the last day of the preceding month, the lead actually in stock to be shown separately. (b) All lead purchased or sold by them for future delivery and not yet delivered on such last day. (c) All lead delivered to them during the preceding month. (d) All contiact- or order- existing on the lax d-iy entered into during the preceding month requiring their execution the use of lead for any purp Specifying the amounts of lead required monthly the purpose of such contracts or orders, and di>- tinguishing between the amounts required for work certified to be within Class " A " in the said Order of the 8th March, 1017.1 a.) and the amounts required for other purposes or certified by or on behalf of the Minister of Munitions to be within Class '* B " of th< said Order. Notwithstanding the above no return is required from any person whose total stock of lead in hand and on order for future delivery to him has not at any time during the preceding month exceeded 1 cwt. (a) PRIORITY OF WORK ORDER, 1917. This is printed in Part III (pp. 367-372) of this Manual. (b) FEBRUARY 2xD, 1917. /.., the dat of the first Order (revoked by the second, the April, Order) restricting dealinsrs in Lead. That February Order was published London Gazette, February 2nd,~1917, and is also printed pp. 189-191 of the February, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." Lead Order, 1917. Returns shall as regards remelted old and scrap lead and load residues be sent in to the Director of Materials AM 2/ES Hotel Victoria, Xorthumberland Avenue, London, W.C.2 and as regards all other kinds of lead to the Director of Materials AM 2/E Hoiel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, London, W.C.2. 9. For the purpose of this Order the expression " Lead " shall mean pig lead whether virgin or remelted, sheet lead, lead pipe and old and scrap lead, lead residues, white lead whether dry, in oil or prepared for use, lead oxides, lead manufactures, lead alloys and lead compounds of every kind or any of them. 10. All communications on the subject of remelted old or scrap lead or lead residues shall be addressed to : The Director of Materials, AM 2/ES, Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, (to) London, W.C.2. and marked " Scrap Lead." All applications for licences to purchase lead other than remelted old or scrap lead or residues shall be made to : The Director of Materials AM 2/E, Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, (b) London, W.C.2. and marked " Lead Licence " and all applications to use lead other than remelted old or scrap lead or lead residues shall be made to: The Controller, The Priority Department, 1, Caxfon Street, Westminster, S.W.I. 11. The Order of the .Minister of Munitions dated the 6th April, J917 (a.) relating to certain classes of lead is hereby cancelled except Clause 8 thereof but such cancellation shall not affect the previous operation of that Order or the validity of any action taken thereunder or the liability to any penalty or punishment in respect of any contravention or failure to comply with the same prior to its cancellation or any proceeding or remedy in respect to such penalty or punishment. (a) ORDER OF APRIL 6, 1917. That Order was published London Gazette, April 6th, 1917, and is also printed p. 214 of the May, 1917, Edition of the 'Defence of the Realm Manual." Clause 8 thereof , which is now " spent," is restricted to the cancellation of a previous Order of February 2nd, 1917, which was published London Gazette, February 2nd, 1917, and is also printed pp. 189-191 of the February Edition of the same Manual. (b) Now the Director of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, M.S./E., 8, North- umberland Avenne. 192 Lead Order, 191 THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO. MAXIMUM PRICES. (a) Virgin pig lead 29 per ton c.i.f ., 30 per ton ex store or ex refiners' works. Manufactured Lead. Sheet lead 39 10s. per ton. Lead pipe 40 per ton. (Delivered United Kingdom, less 2i per cent, monthly account; the usual trade extras and allowances to apply.) The rate of exchange between chemical houses and manu- facturers of chemical sheet lead for the old lead in pig lead shape, to be 8 per ton net for sheet lead and 8 10s. per ton net for lead pipe, the manufacturer paying cost of delivery of the old lead ; the sheet lead or lead pipe to be delivered United Kingdom. The usual trade extras to apply. Lead Compounds. Dry white lead AVhite lead in oil . . . 46 per ton less 5 per cent, monthly account delivered United King- dom. The usual trade extras and allowances to applv . . . . 53 per ton less 5 per cent, monthly account for deliveries in pack- ages of 5 cwts. and over. ,, ,, ... ... 55 per ton less 5 per cent, monthly account for lots of less than 5 cwts. White lead in pack- ages less than 5 cwts. to be charged at the customary trad< extra for packing. These prices for white lead in oil are based on a price of 50 pel ton as the spot price for raw linseed oil in barrels. If the avers daily spot price of raw linseed oil during the preceding month ris( or falls by multiples of 6, then the above maximum price of whil lead in oil shall rise or fall by 10s. per ton for every 6 per toi rise or fall in the price of linseed oil. Bed lead and litharge . . . 42 per ton less 2| per ceni monthly account in 5 casks delivered United Ki] dom. The usual trade extn and allowances to apply. NOTE. Any person acting in contravention of or failing comply with the above Order will be guilty of an offence und< the Defence of the Realm Regulations and be liable to penalti( of fine and imprisonment. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 7th, 1017."] (a) PRICES FOR USED TYPE METAL. See the Lead Control Ainendmei Order, 1918, printed p. 193. Lead Control Amendment Order, 1918. THE LEAD CONTROL AMENDMENT ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 19, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS PRESCRIBING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR TYPE METAL. With reference to the Order of the 1st September, 1917, made by the Minister of Munitions Controlling lead(a) (which was thereby defined as meaning-, amongst other things, lead manu- factures, lead alloys and lead compounds of every kind or any of them) and fixing certain maximum prices, the Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Eealm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders as follows : 1. As from the date thereof until further notice the said Order shall take effect as if there were specified in the schedule thereto the following classes of lead and maximum prices respectively applicable thereto, that is to say: Used Type Metal. Description. Price per ton. (a) Type in case, including standing matter in chase and paper, on boards and matter awaiting distribution ... ... ... 43 (6) Spacing material, including quads, quota- tions, metal furniture and leads ... 29 (c) Electro plates and blocks ... ... 30 (d) Stereo plates, metal and blocks 36 (e) Linotype metal ... ... 32 (/) Monotype metal ... ... 36 The above prices include cost of packages and delivery F.O.E. 2. This Order may be cited as the Lead Control Amendment Order, 1918. NOTE. Nothing contained in the above Order will relieve the purchaser or the seller of any type metal from the necessitv of obtaining and observing the terms of the licences required under the above-mentioned Order of the 1st September, 1917. (a) [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 19th, 1918.] (a) LEAD ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 188. 194 Magnesite Order, 1917; Tungsten and Molybdenite Order, 1917. (10.) Magnesite. THE MAGNESITE ORDER, 1917, DATED JANUARY 9, 1917, (a) MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions gives notice that in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Con- solidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) JN"o. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and all other powers thereunto enabling him he hereby prohibits as from the date of this Older the use of Magnesite and Magnesite products for or in connection with : (1) The construction or repair of any building (other than a furnace) or any flooring or deck ; or (2) The manufacture of any insulating or non-conducting material ; except under and in accordance with the terms of a permit granted by the Minister of Munitions. NOTE. All applications in reference to this Order should be addressed to : Director of Steel Production (W.J.J. 342), (b) Armament Buildings, Whitehall Place, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 12th, 1917.] (11.) Metallurgical Coke. See under (15.) " Steel Supplies," p. 195*. (12.) Molybdenite. THE TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENITE ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. 1. Iii exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regula- tion 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (c) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the war material to which the Regulation applies shall include war material of the following classes and descriptions, namely: All tungsten-bearing ores and tungsten metal and alloys and salts derived or produced therefrom, and all molyb- denite and molybdenum metal and alloys and salts derived or produced therefrom. (a) SHOUT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions ^Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V. t> this Manual. (b) Now the Controller of Iron and Steel Production. (c) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. Tungsten and Molybdenite Order, 1917. 195 2. In exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him, the Minister of Munitions hereby orders as follows: (1) Every person, firm or company holding any stock of any of the material specified in Clause 1 of this Order shall within fourteen days from the date hereof - furnish full particulars of any such stock to the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, Ministry of Munitions, 8, Northumberland Avenue ,_ London, W.C.2 (hereinafter referred to as the Controller). (2) Every owner, lessee or licensee of a mine or mines pro- ducing tungsten-bearing ores or molybdenite situate in the United Kingdom, shall within fourteen days from the date hereof and once in every week thereafter make to the Controller, on and in accordance with the form prescribed by the Controller, a return showing particulars of his weekly output and deliveries of tungsten ore concentrates and stocks on hand at the end of each week. (3) Every merchant, importer or broker who receives consign- ments from outside the United Kingdom of tungsten- bearing ores and /or molybdenite ores shall within fourteen days from the date hereof and once in every week thereafter make to the Controller, on and in accordance with the form prescribed by the Controller, a return showing all shipments afloat and all parcels landed or in warehouse during the seven days pre- ceding the day of the return. (4) Every person, firm or company, who treats any ore to 1 which this order applies or manufactures any material or article therefrom, shall within fourteen days from the date hereof and once in every week thereafter make to the Controller on and in accordance with the form prescribed by the Controller a return showing stock in hand, receipts and consumption of such ore and stock in hand, output and deliveries of manu- factures from such ore. (5) Every person, firm or company who in any manufacture used tungsten or molybdenum metal or any alloy thereof shall on the 1st December, 1917, and there- after on the first day of every calendar month, make to the Controller a return on 'and in accordance with the form prescribed by the Controller, showing the quantity of tungsten or molybdenum metal or alloy thereof received by him from the producer, the quan- tity consumed by him in such manufacture during the preceding month and the stock in hand at the end of the said month. 3749 G 2 196 Tungsten and Molybdenite Order, 1917. (6) Notwithstanding the above, no return is required from any person whose total stock in hand, and not intended to be used in connection with the manufacture or alloy of steel or other metal, has not during the period for which a return would . but for this exception have been required exceeded in the case of Tungsten ore concentrates (not exceeding 50 per cent. W0 3 or its equivalent) ... 1 cwt. Molybdenite (not exceeding 50 per cent. MoS 2 or its equivalent) ... ... ... 1 ,, Tungsten and /or molybdenum salts ... 28 Ibs. Tungsten and /or molybdenum metal or alloys thereof ... ... ... ... 14 ,, 3. Every return made by any person for the purpose of this Order shall be signed by such person, or, if the return is made on behalf of a firm or company, shall be signed by a partner, director, manager or other responsible official, and every state- ment contained therein shall be true and accurate. 4. Applications for permits under this Order should be made to : The Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, A.M.2K.,(a) Ministry of Munitions, 8, Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2. 5. This Order may be cited as the Tungsten and Molybdenite Order, 1917. Explanatory Note. As from the date of the above Order, it is an offence under the Defence of the Realm Regulations for any person, except as authorised by a permit issued under such Order, to buy, sell or deal in, or offer or invite an offer, or propose to buy, sell or deal in, or enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or other dealing in any of the war material to which the Order relates. Permits under the above Order will be issued on conditions which will from time to time be stated by the Controller, and which will be endorsed on the permit. The prescribed forms for returns may be obtained on application to the Controller. All ore to which the above Order applies imported into the United Kingdom will be taken possession of by the Minister of Munitions, and at a price which will be notified from time to time by the Minister of Munitions. Ores to which the above Order applies imported into the United Kingdom under a contract made before the 1st September, 1915, will be released by the Minister of Munitions for delivery in pursuance of such contract, but only for delivery to a consumer for manufacture in his own works and in no case for re-sale. All other ores must be dealt with as directed by the Controller. Ores ready for delivery will be sampled and assayed by analysts appointed or approved by the Minister of Munitions. Directions as to delivery and shipment will be given through the official brokers. (a) Now M.S./K. Platinum Order, 1915. All ores of which possession is taken by the .Minister of Munitions will be distributed through the official brokers, who will distribute parcels to authorised manufacturers of tungsten products. The Minister of Munitions will from time to time fix the maximum prices at which ores and products to which the above Order applies may be bought and /or sold. Permits to sell for export will be granted only to manufacturers or producers for sale to a consumer at a price approved by the Controller. Application for permits to export to Allied Countries must be made through La Commission Internationale do Ravilaillement.(aA No application for a permit to purchase will be considered unless the applicant states in detail : (a) The class and quantity of material it is proposed to purchase. (b) The use to which the material is to be put. (q) The period for which the supply will suffice. (d) The name of the manufacturer by whom the material is to be supplied. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 7th, 1917.] 197 (13.) Nickel. THE CupRO-NicKEL SCRAP (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917, DATED MARCH 9, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. .[This Order is printed under (7) " Cupro-Mckel " (p. 187) above.] (14.) Platinum. Platinum Order, 1915,;?. 197. Platinum Metal Order, 1916, p. 198. War Material (Insurance) Permit, 1916, p. 97. 'THE PLATINUM ORDER, 1915, (b) DATED DECEMBER 31, 1915, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred on him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, ( c ) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the War Material, to which the (a) COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DE RAVITAILLEMENT. The address of this Commission is India House, Kingsway, W.C.2. (b) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, -1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (c) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. 3749 G3 198 Platinum Metal Order, 19IB ; War Material (Insurance) Permit, 1916. Kegulation applies, shall include war material of the following classes and descriptions, that is to say: Platinum Metal, Ores, Residues and Bars containing the same. NOTICE. All applications for a permit in connection with the above Order should be addressed to the Director of Materials, Ministry of Munitions, Armament Buildings, Whitehall Place, S.W.I. (a) [The above Order and Notica were published in the London Gazette, Dec. 31st, 1915.] THE PLATINUM METAL ORDER, 1916,(b) DATED MAY 31, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. Whereas it was intended that Platinum metal should be included in the Order made by the Minister of Munitions on the 31st December, 1915, (c) under Regulation 3(X\ of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (d) and whereas doubts have arisen whether it is actually so included, Now for the purpose oi removing such doubts, the Minister of Munitions in pursuance of the powers conferred on him by the said regulation, hereby orders that the War Material to which the regulation applies shall include War Material of the following classes and descrip- tions, that is to say: Platinum Metal and Ores, Residues, and Bars containing the same. NOTICB. All applications for a permit in connection with the above order should be addressed to The Director of Materials, Ministry of Munitions, Armament Buildings, Whitehall Place, S.W.1.(*) [The above Order and Notice were published in the London Gazette, June Oth, 191H.] THE WAR MATERIAL (INSURANCE) PERMIT, 1916, DATED JUNE 30, 1916, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. [This Permit, which relates to the insurance of, inter alia, Platinum metal and ores and Whale Oil, is printed under 2 (12) " Whale Oil " (p. 97) above.] (a) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, M.S./B., 8, North- umberland Avenue, W.O. 2. (b) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (c) PLATINUM ORDER,1915. This is printed immediately above. (d) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. Steel Supplies. (15.) Steel Supplies. Control of Steel Supplies Order, 1916, p. 228. Control of Steel Supplies (Amendment) Order, 1917, p. 234. Control of Steel Supplies (Steel Rods and Wire) Order, 1917, p. 232. Midlands District Ironstone Control Order, 1918, p. 235. Pig Iron Permit Amendment, 1917, -p. 213. Pig Iron Permit Amendment No. 2, 1917, p. 220. Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Order, 1916.;?. 200. Steel Supplies (Steel Hexagons, Rounds and Squares) Amend- ment No. 1 Order, 1916, /?. 201. Steel Supplies (Tinplates and Terneplates) Amendment No. 2 Order, 1917, /?. 202. Steel Supplies (Steel Scrap) Amendment No. 3 Order. 1917, p. 202. Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke) Amendment No. 4 Order, 1917,;?. 203. Steel Supplies (Steel Plates, &c.) Amendment No. 5 Order, 1917, p. 203. Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Permit, 1916, JT?. 204. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 1 (Steel), 1917, p. 210. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 2 (Steel), 1917,;?. 211. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 3 (Second-hand Rails), 1917,;?. 212. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 4 (Tinplates and Terneplates), 1917,;?. 214. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 5 (Metallurgical Coke), ^ 1917, jo. 219. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 6 (Steel Plates, &c.), 1917, JD. 221. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 7 (Steel Scrap and Wrought Iron Scrap), 1918, p. 223. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 8 (Bar Iron and Steel in Shell Discard Quality), 1918,;?. 226. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 9 (Bar Iron), 1918, p. 227. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 10 (High Speed Tool Steel), 1918,;?. 227. Wrought Iron Scrap Order, 1917,;?. 202. The Orders relating to Steel Supplies of which the foregoing is a list fall into, and are here arranged in, 3 groups, viz. : (a) "Steel Supplies Orders" applying Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations to certain classes and descriptions of steel supplies; (6) The General Permit under (a) the Steel Supples Orders, and the 10 "Steel Supplies Permit Amendments" and the 2 " Pig Iron Permit Amendments" which amend the General Permit; (c) The " Control of Steel Supplies Orders," which regulate orders for steel and the manufacture of and dealings in steel and ironstone; 3749 4 20 > Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Order, 1916.. (d) Ironstone Control Orders which fix the maximum prices for ironstone mined in certain districts. The full text of each of these Orders and Permits and of the amending Orders and Permits is here printed in the form in which they were originally issued, the now revoked portions- being indicated by italic type, and footnotes being added referring to all subsequent amendments. " The Amending Orders and Permits are very numerous, and to meet convenience' of reference the Editor has reproduced in Appendix I of this Manual the whole 27 Orders listed above (with the exception of the " Steel Rods and Wire" Order and the " Midlands District Ironstone Control " Order which stand out apart) in the form in which they would now appear to apply as 3 Consolidated Orders, viz., a " Steel Supplies Order," u " Steel Supplies General Permit," and a " Control of Steel Supplies Order." (a) " Steel Supplies Orders " applying- Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations to certain classes and descriptions of Steel Supplies. THE STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916, (a) DATED JULY 7, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. (b x In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (c) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the war material to which the Regulation applies shall include war material of the following classes and descriptions, namely : Metallurgical Coke of the following classes and descriptions : - Derbyshire. Durham and Northumberland. Lancashire. South Wales and Monmouthshire. Staffordshire. Yorkshire. Midland Counties. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) AMENDMENT ORDERS. By the following series of Amendment Orders the Prohibition contained in the Order of July 7th, 1916, has been extended to- other classes and descriptions of steel supplies as follows : Steel Hexagons, Rounds and Squares, Steel Supplies Amdt. No. 1, Oct. 31,1916, p. '201. Wrought Iron Scrap, March 22, 1917, p. 202. Tinplates aud Terneplate, Steel Supplies Amdt. No. 2, Aug. 24. 1917, p. 202. Steel Scrap (all descriptions), Steel Supplies Amdt. No. 8, Aug. 2, 1917, p. 202. Metallurgical Coke, Steel Supplies Amdt. No. 4, Nov. 27, 1917, p. 203. Steel Slabs, Plates, Strips aud Sheets, Steel Supplies Amdt. No. 5, Nov. 30, 1917, p. 2u3. These six Amending Orders have so considerably altered the Principal Order of July, 1916, that it has been considered that convenience of reference would be served by the reproduction of so much of the seven documents as now (Feb. 28, 1917) appears to be in force, in consolidated form as a siugle document in. Appendix I of this Manual, (c) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. Steel Supplies (Steel Hexagons, Rounds and Squares) Amendment 201 No. 1 Order, 1916. Pig Iron of the following classes and descriptions : Hematite. Cleveland. Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Lincolnshire. Northamptonshire. Scottish. Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. Bar Iron. Steel of the following classes and descriptions : Angles, Tees, Channels, Flats, Bulb Angles, Zeds and other sections, of which the prices are customarily based on the price of Angles. Joists. Ship plates. Boiler plates. Rails (railway). Sheet and tin plate bars. Blooms and billets, ordinary mild steel. Blooms and billets, special. Rounds and squares (untested). High Speed Tool Steel. D. Lloyd George. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, July llth, 1916.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL HEXAGONS, ROUNDS AND SQUARES) AMENDMENT No. 1 ORDER, 1916, DATED OCTOBER 31, 1916, (a) MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by ileguln- iion 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the war material to which the Regulation applies shall include war material of the following classes and descriptions, that is to say: Steel hexagons. Steel rounds and squares (tested). (c)Steel scrap of the following classes where sold without guaranteed analyses : Heavy steel melting scrap. Steel turnings and borings. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 3rd, 1916.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the ' Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918, " printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b REGULATION 30A This is printed, p. 37. (c) STEEL SCRAP. This Order is so far as relates to Steel Scrap cancelled by the Steel Supplies (Steel Scrap) Amendment No. 3 Order, 1917, of Aug. 28th, 1917, printed p. 202, below. 202 Wr ought-Iron Scrap Order, 1917; Steel Supplies Amendment Orders Nos. 2 and 3. THE WEOUGHT-IRON SCRAP ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED MARCH 22, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regula- tion 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the war material to which the regulation applies shall include war material of the following: class, that is to say : Wrought-Iron Scrap. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. March 27th, 1917.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES (TIN-PLATES AND TERNEPLATES) AMENDMENT No. 2 ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED AUGUST 24, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that as from the 19th day of July, 1917, the war material to which that Regulation applies shall include war material of the following classes, that is to say : Tiiiplates. Terneplates. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August '24th, 1917.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL-SCRAP) AMENDMENT No. 3 ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED AUGUST 28, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions hereby cancels the Orders made by him in exercise of the power conferred upon him by Regula- tion 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) and datod the 31st October, 1916, (c) and the 1st January, 1917, (d) respec- tively, in so far only as the same relate to steel scrap, and hereby (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (c) ORDER OF OCTOBER 31, 1U16. This, the Steel Supplies (Steel Hexagons Rounds and Squares) Amendment No. 1 Order, 1916, which relates to steel other than steel scrap, is printed p. 201. (d) ORDER OF JANUARY 1, 1917. This Order which related to teel scrap only and is wholly cancelled by the present Order was published, London Gazette, Jan. 5th, 1917, and was also printed, p. 552, of the May, 1917 Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." Steel Supplies Amendment Orders Nos. 4 and 5. 203 in further exercise of the said power, orders that the war material to which that Regulation applies shall include war material of the following class, that is to say: Steel scrap of all classes and descriptions. [The above Order was published in ths London Gazette, August 28th, 1917.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE) AMENDMENT No. 4 ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the war material to which that Regulation applies shall on and after the 17th September, 1917, include metallurgical coke of the following classes and descrip- tions : Scottish. Nottinghamshire. Lincolnshire. Cumberland. [The above Ord^r was published in the London Gazette, being the Supplement to the Gazette of Sovember 30th, 1917.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL PLATES, &c.) AMENDMENT No. 5 ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the war material to which that Regulation applies shall include war material of the following class, that is to say: Steel Slabs, Plates, Strips and pieces cut from Plates, suitable for re-rolling. Steel Plates, Sheets and Black Plate, all open annealed produced in Sheet Mills. The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 80th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 18, printed in Appendix Y. to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p 37 204 Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Permit, 1916. (b) General Permit. THE STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) PERMIT, -1916, ( a ) DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1916, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. (b) With reference to the Orders made by the Minister of Muni- tions on the Tth day of July, 1916, (c) and the 31st day of October, 1916, (d) applying the Defence of the Realm Regulation 30A(e) to war material consisting of certain classes and descriptions of metallurgical coke pig iron and steel, and to the General Permit for dealing in such war material issued by the Minister on the same date(f) as modified on the 15th day of August, and on the 13th day of September, 1916, (sr) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that he hereby as from the 1st day of November, 1916, withdraws such General Permit, and in substitution there- for, as from such 1st day of November, 1916, permits all persons until further notice : (a) To buy, sell or deal in ; or (b) Offer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell or deal in ; or (c) Enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or other dealing in (a) SHORT TITLE OP PEKMTT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) AMENDMENTS OF GENERAL PERMIT. By the following series of Amend- ments the General Permit of November 1, 1916, has been amended as regards various classes and descriptions of steel supplies as follows : Steel of various classes (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 1, Jan. 1, 1917). p. 210. Steel of various classes (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 2, Jan. 5, 1917), p. 211. Second-hand Kails (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 3, March 22, 1917), p. 212. Pig Iron (Pig [ron Permit Amdt. July 17, 1917), p. 213. Tinplates and Terneplates (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 4, Aug. 24, 1917), p. 214. Metallurgical Coke (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 5, Nov. 27, 1917), p. 219. Pig Iron (Pig Iron Permit Amdt. No. 2, Nov. 30, 1917), p. 220. Steel Plates, &c. (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 6, Nov. 30, 1917), p. 221. Steel Scrap and Wrought Iron Scrap (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 7, Jan. 4, 1918,) p. 223. Bar Iron and Steel m Shell Discard Quality (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 8> Feb. 1,1918), p. 226. Bar Iron (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 9, Feb. 15, 1918), p. 227. High Speed Tool Steel (Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 10. Feb. 15, 1918), p. 227. These 12 Permit Amendments have so considerably altered the General Permit of November, 1916, that it has been considered that convenience of reference would be served by the reproduction of so much of the 13 documents as now (Feb. 28, 1917) appear to be in force in consolidated form as one single document in Appendix I. of this Manual. (c) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed, p. 200. (d) STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL HEXAGONS, ROUNDS AND SQUARES) AMDT, ORDER No. 1. That Order is printed, p. 201. (e) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (f ) PERMIT OF JULY, 1916. That Permit which is withdrawn by the present Permit, is printed, pp. 176-179, of the July, 1916, Edition of the Defence of the Realm Manual. fg-) Moi IFYING NOTICES OF AUGUST 15TH and SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1916. These were printed, London Gazette, August 15th and September 13th respectively. Steel Supplies (Metallurgical CoJte, Iron and Steel) Permit, 1916. 205 the war material referred to in the above-mentioned Orders, sub- ject to the following conditions : (1) This permit shall not affect the provisions of Kegula- tion 30s of the Defence of the Realm Regulations. (a) (2) No sale or purchase of material in the United Kingdom not being under a contract in writing entered into prior to the 1st November, 1916, at prices not con- travening those permitted up to the date of this notice shall be at a price exceeding the prices specified in the Schedule hereto with reference to tke respective classes and descriptions of material therein referred to provided that this condition shall not apply (1) to a sale or purchase under a special permit granted by the Minister of Munitions or (2) to a sale or purchase of. material, other than high-speed tool steel, which is not a transaction 01 one of a series of transactions involving the sale or purchase of two tons or over or (3) to any sale by a Manufacturer of finished steel rolled from steel purchased by him or (4) to a sale or purchase of material the export of which has been duly sanctioned. (3) Upon any such sale or purchase the seller and purchaser shall comply with any directions whether of general application or otherwise which may from time to time or at any time be given by the Minister of Munitions with regard to the use or disposal of the said war material. And no sale or purchase of or dealing in the said war material except in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, is authorised. The Schedule above referred to. MAXIMUM PRICES FOR METALLURGICAL COKE, (b) Per ton net. f.o.t., Makers' Ovens. s. d. Durham and Northumberland Blast Furnace Coke ... . 180 ,, Foundry Coke ... . ... 1 10 6 Lancashire Blast Furnace Coke ... 15 8 South Wales and Monmouthshire Do. do. ... 1 10 ,, ,. Foundry Coke 230 South Yorkshire ... ... ... Blast Furnace Coke ... 158 Staffordshire, and Midland Counties Do. do. ... 158 West Yorkshire Do. do. 158 (a) REGULATION 30B. This Regulation which prohibits dealings in certain metals is printed p. 39. (b) METALLUHGICAL COKE. These maximum prices for metallurgical coke are superseded by the Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 5 ( Metallurgical Coke). 1917, printed p. 219. 206 Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Permit, 191G. MAXIMUM PRICES FOR PIG IRON, (a) Per ton net. f.o.t., Makers' Works. HEMATITE PIG IRON EAST COAST. s. d. Mixed, Numbers 1, 2, and 3 626 Special quality, containing under -04 of Phosphorus and Sulphur 676 Special quality, containing under '03 of Phosphorus and Sulphur tj 15 6 Special quality, containing under -02 of Phosphorus and Sulphur ... ... 700 HEMATITE PIG IRON SCOTTISH. Mixed, Numbers 1, 2 and 3 626 Special quality, containing under -03 of Phosphorus and Sulphur 7 10 HEMATITE PIG IRON WELSH. Mixed, Numbers 1, 2 and 3 626 Special quality, containing under -03 of Phosphorus and Sulphur 6 15 6 Special quality, containing under -02 of Phosphorus and Sulphur ... 700 HEMATITE PIG IRON WEST COAST. Mixed, Numbers 1, 2 and 3 676 Special quality, containing under '03 of Phosphorus and Sulphur 6 15 6 Special quality, containing under -02 of Phosphorus and Sulphur 700 Cleveland Pig Iron. Number 1 4 11 6 Other grades 476 DERBYSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PIG IRON. Nu. 4 Forge 4 10 No. 3 Foundry 4 12 6 No. 2 Foundry 4 14 6 No. 1 Foundry 4 16 6 Basic 4 17 6 Lincolnshire Pig Iron. Basic or Foundry It 1% 6 NORTH iMPTONSHiRE PIG IRON. No. 4 Forge 476 No. 4 Foundry 490 No. 3 Foundry 4 10 No. 2 Foundry 4 12 No. 1 Foundry 4 14 Basic 4 17 6 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE PIG IRON. No. 4 Forge 4 15 Foundry Numbers 4 17 6 Basic ' ... ... 4 17 6 (a) PIG IRON. These maximum prices for pig iron are amended by the Pig Iron Permit Amdt., 1917 (p. 213J, and the Pig Iron Permit Amdt. No. 2, 1917 (p. 220), the effect of which is, inter alia, to cancel ho much of this part of the present schedule as is printed in italics. Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke^ Iron and Steel) Permit, 1916. 207 MAXIMUM PRICES FOR PIG IRON cont. Per ton net. f.o.t., Makers' Works 9. d SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE PIG IRON. Part Mine " Forge 4 15 Part Mine " Foundry ? 4 17 6 Oommon Staffordshire ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 10 All Mine " Forge 5 15 ' All Mine " Foundry 600 Warm Air" Forge 750 Warm Air " Foundry 7 15 Special Quality Lord Dudley's Cylinder 876 Cold Blast Iron 926 SCOTTISH FOUNDRY AND FORGE PIG IRON. Nos. 3, 4 and lower grades of Monkland, Dalmellington, Eglinton and Govan 5 14 Nos. 3, 4 and lower grades of all other brands 5 15 ft No. 1 quality (Scottish) to be 5s. per ton above these prices. To the above-mentioned prices for pig iron a sum not exceeding 1J per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales by persons other than the Makers. MAXIMUM BASIS PRICES FOR STEEL (a). Per ton net. f.o.t., Makers' Works. STEEL SHIP BRIDGE AND TANK PLATES. s. d. Subject to list of extras " A," dated 1/11/16 ,11 10 STEEL SHIP BRIDGE AND TANK THIN PLATES. Under \ inch thick (except -24 inch (9-7 Ibs.) and 10 Ibs. Admiralty, for which see List " A ") down to and in- cluding ^ inch thick (including 1\ Ibs. Admiralty) ... 14 10 Under j 3 6 inch thick (and under 1\ Ibs. Admiralty) down to and including \ inch thick (and 5 Ibs.) 16 Under \ inch thick down to and including 7 *r inch thick ... 17 Under ^\ inch thick down to and including y 1 ,, inch thick ... 17 10 Boiler quality basis 100 per ton over the above. Subject to list of extras " B," dated 1/11/16. STEEL S.M. BOILER PLATES. Subject to list of extras " C," dated 1/11/16 1210 STEEL ANGLES AND BULB ANGLES. Angles 7 to 11 united inches (including 6 inches by 6 inches) | inch thick and up Bulb angles 9 to 12 united inches (including 9 by 3^ inches) | inch thick and up 11 2 6 Subject to list of extras " D," dated 1/11/16, which covers . steel Angles, Bulbs, Zeds, Channels, Tee Bulbs, Tees and Flats. SMALL STEEL ANGLES, TEES AND FLATS. Angles. Tees. Under 6 inches down to and including 4 unfted s. d. s. d. inches ... 14 16 Under 4 inches down to and including 3 united inches 14 10 15 10 Under 3 united inches to and including 2 united inches 15 16 (*) ST REL Maximum prices for various classes of steel are established by the follow- ing amendments of this Geneial Permit : Steel Supplies Permit Amdt No. 1 (Steel), 1917, p. 210. Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 2 (St^el), 1917, p. 211. St*el Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 6 (Steel Plates, Ac.), 1917, p. 221. Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 8 (Shell Discard Steel), 1918, p. 226. 208 Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Permit, 1916. MAXIMUM BASIS PRICES FOR STEEL cont. Per ton net. f.o.t., Makers' Works. s. d Flats 5 inches and under down to and including 1J inches... 15 10 Subject to list of extras " E " dated 1/11/16. STEEL ROUNDS, SQUARES AND HEXAGONS. Bars, 3 inches to 5^ inches without tests ... ... ... 12 10 Bars, 3 inches to 5 inches with tests 13 Subject to list of extras "F " dated 1/11/16. SMALL STEEL ROUNDS, SQUARES AND HEXAGONS. Rounds and squares under 3 inches down to and including | inch without tests ... ... 15 Rounds and squares under 3 inches down to and including f inch with tests 1510 Hexagons under 3 ins. to in. across flats, 1 per ton over the above. Subject to list of extras " G " dated 1/11/16. Steel Joists, subject to list of extras marked " H," dated 1/11/16 ... 11 2 6 Rails 60 Ibs. per yard and over 10 17 6 Rails, 50 Ibs. per yard and over, but under 60 Ibs. per yard ... 11 New slightly defective rails, 5s. per ton less than these prices. Sheet and tinplate bars ... 10 7 6 Blooms and billets for re-rolling (ordinary quality) 10 7 6 Blooms and billets for re-rolling (special quality) 11 Per ton net f.o.t. at point of purchase. s. d. Relayable rails 50 Ibs. per yard and over 10 (a) The above prices for Steel are subject to extras not exceeding those con- tained in the list published by the Ministry of Munitions on the 1st day of November, 1916, entitled " List of authorised extras, chargeable on Steel Material," which includes lists A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H above referred to, copies of which can be had on application to the Director of Steel Pro- duction, Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 1. STEEL SCRAP SOLD WITHOUT GUARANTEED ANALYSIS.^} Heavy sted melting scrap ... ... 5 10s. per ton delivered Buyers' Works. Special handy heavy steel melting scrap suitable for crucible use ... 5 15s. Steel Turnings and Borings ... 2 15s. Special short extra heavy steel turnings ... 3 15s. (a) SECOND-HAND RAILU. The words printed above in italics were cancelled by the Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 3 (Second hand Rails), 1917 (p. 212), which fixed maximum prices for such ra Is. (to) STEEL SCRAP AND WROUGHT IRON SCRAP. As regards ste*lVrar> the General Permit was modified by two Notices of Jan. 1, 1917, published London Gazette Jan. 5th, 1917, and also printed pp. 552-554 of the May, 1917, E dtion "f the Defence of the Realm Manual. Those two Notices were cancelled by Notice of Aug. 28, 1917, pu^lishe i London Gazette Aug. 28th, 1917, wh ch was withdrawn by the Steel Supplies J'ermit Amdt. No 7. (Steel Scrap and Wrought Iron Scrap), 1918 (p. 223). Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Permit, 1916. 209 MAXIMUM BASIS PRICES FOR BAR IRON.() .Standard quality, ordinary sizes and merchants 1 lengths, 13 15s. per ton net, f.o.t. Makers' Works. Marked Bars. J&lo 10s. per ton less 2^ per cent, f.o.t. Makers 1 Works. Subject to extras for special sizes and qualities not exceeding those contained in the list published by the Ministry of Munitions on the 1st day of November, 1916, entitled " List of authorised extras chargeable on bar iron." To the above-mentioned prices for Steel and Bar Iron a sum not ex- ceeding 2^ per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales by persons other than the Makers. Stockholders of steel and bar iron are permitted to sell from their stock at the prices above mentioned plus a maximum addition of 3 per ton to cover carriage and all other charges including loading outwards from their stores. This 3 per ton will include the merchant's commission of 2 per cent, and is not in addition thereto. Stockholders are permitted to resell finished steel rolled by manu- facturers from steel purchased by them at prices not exceeding the actual purchase price to the stockholders, plus the above-mentioned 3 per ton, provided that they keep Stock Ledgers showing all purchases and sales of such material, so that the prices of such purchases and sales can at any time be verified by the Ministry. MAXIMUM BASIS PEICES FOE HIGH-SPEED TOOL STEEL.(b) Finished Bars, 14 per cent. Tungsten 2s. Wd. per Ib. delivered Buyers' Works. Finished Bars, 18 per cent. Tungsten ... ... Ss. lOd. per Ib. delivered Buyers' Works. HIGH SPEED TOOL STEEL EXTRAS.(c) Rounds and Squares 3 inches to 8 inches inclusive 4d. per Ib. ,, ,, under inch to J inch ... ... ... 3d. ,, Flats under 1 inch by f inch to inch by J inch, and all sizes over four times in width over thickness ... ... ... 3d. ,, Bevels of approved sizes and sections ... ... ... ... 6d. ,, Bars cut to length 10 per cent, extra. Exceptional sizes and sections not covered in above list, subject to special quotation. Oddment orders of less than 56 Ibs. of a size ... ... ... 3d,, per Ib. SCRAP FEOM HIGH SPEED TOOL STEEL, (d) Millings and Turnings 5d. per Ib. net, delivered Steel Makers' Works. Bar Ends, 6d. per Ib. net, delivered Steel Makers' "Works. All communications with, reference to above order should be made to The Director of Steel Production, Room 381, Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, S.W. 1. [The above General Permit was published in the London Gazette, November 10th, 1916.] (a) BAR IRON. These maximum prices for bar iron are amended by the Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 8 ( Bar Iron and Steel Shell Discard Quality), 1918 (p. 226), and the Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 9 (Bar Iron), 1918 (p. 227), the effect of which is, inter alia, to cancel so much of this part of the present schedule as is printed in italics. (b) HIGH SPEED TOOL STEEL. The maximum prices for high speed tool steel are superseded by the Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 10 (High Speed Tool Steel), (c) HIGH SPEED TOOL STEEL EXTRAS. A maximum price for "Packing" was established by the Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 10 (High Speed Tool Steel), 1918 (p. 227). (d) SCRAP FROM HIGH SPEED TOOL STEEL. The maximum prices for such scrap are superseded by the Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 10 (High Speed Tool Steel), 210 Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 1 (Steel), 1917. THE STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 1 (STEEL), 1917, (a) DATED JANUARY 1, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the Orders made by the Minister of M initions on the 7th July(b) and 31st October, 1916, (c) applying Regula- tion 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(d) to \vai material consisting of certain classes and descriptions of metallur- gical coke, pig iron and steel, and to the General Permit for dealing in such war material issued by the Minister of Munitions on the 1st November, 1916, (e) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that the said General Permit is modified by the inser- tion in the Schedule thereto of the following prices for the articles hereunder specified in addition to or, where such articles are already specified in such Schedule, in substitution for the prices contained in such Schedule, and by the cancellation in such Schedule of the price therein fixed for Special Handy Heavy Steel Melting Scrap suitable for crucible use. MAXIMUM BASIS PRICES FOR STEEL ABOVE REFERRED TO. Per ton nett f.o.t. Makers' Works. Mild Steel Diamond Pattern Chequer Plates : s. d. J-in. thick on plain and over ... ... 13 10 0(t) Under J in., but not under Y\ i n - on plain 16 5 Subject to List of Extras " J," dated 1st January, J917. Higher High Tensile Steel : Plates 10 Ibs. thick and up 22 Subject to List of Extras " K," dated 1st January, 1917. Angles 7 united inches and over ... ... 21 0(^} Subject to List of Extras " L," dated 1st January, 1917. STEEL SCRAP SOLD WITUOU1 GUARANTEED ANALYSIS.(g) Per ton. s. d. Heavy Steel Melting Scrap ... ... ... 5 5 Steel Turnings and Borings ... ... ... 2 10 Special Short Extra Heavy Steel Turnings ... 3 10 All these prices for Steel Scrap are free on rail or free in barge at the nearest convenient Siding or Wharf to the place where the (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Min- istry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 200. (c) STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL HEXAGONS, ROUNDS AND SQUARES) AMDT. No. 1 ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p 201. (d) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (e) GENERAL PERMIT. This is printed at p. 204. (f ) MODIFIED BASIS PRICES. The prices in italics are to be read as 13 and 21 10s. respectively. See Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 2 (Steel) 1917, p. 211. (g 1 ) STEEL SCRAP. So far as regards steel scrap this Permit Amendment, No. 1, was withdrawn by Notice dated August 28th, 1917, published London Gazette, August 26th, 1917, which was revoked by the Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 7 (Steel Scrap and Wrought Iron Scrap) 1 9 1 8, printed p. 223, the portion of the present Permit Amendment so withdrawn is here printed in italics. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 2 (Steel), 1917. 211 Scrap lies at the time of sale; the carriage at actual cost or at a fair average rate agreed between the seller and buyer may be charged to the buyer up to a maximum of .10,?. per ton. The Minister of Munitions hereby further gives notice that the list of Extras F, dated 1st November, 1916, mentioned in the Schedule to the General Permit of the 1st November, 1916, (a) shall henceforth be read and take effect as if the extras Nos. & - and 13 therein were omitted therefrom. All communications with reference to the above order should be made to The Director of Steel Production, (b) Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 1. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, January 5th, 1917.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 2 (STEEL), 1917, (c) DATED JANUARY 5, 19 IT, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the Notice of Modification by the Minister of Munitions of the General Permit, dated January 1st, 1917, relating to dealings in metallurgical coke, pig iron and steel, (d) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that the sum of 13 is substituted for the sum of 13 10s. therein mentioned as the maximum basis price for Mild Steel Diamond Pattern Chequer Plates, J-inch thick on plain and over, and the sum of 21 10s. is substituted for the sum of 21 therein mentioned as the maximum basis price for Higher High Tensile Steel Angles, 7 united inches and over. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, January 9th, 1917.] (a) GENERAL PERMIT. This is printed at p. 204. (b) Now the. Controller of Iron and Steel Production. (c) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The ^hort Title was conferred by the " Min- istry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Append. x V to this Manual. (d) STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 1 (STEEL) 1917. This is printed immediately above. Steel Supplies Permit Amdt. No. 3 (Second-hand Rails), 1917. THE STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 3 (SECOND-HAND RAILS), 1917, (a) DATED MARCH" 22, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the Orders made by the Minister of Muni- tions on the 7th July(b) and 31st October, 1916, (c) applying- Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(d) to war material consisting of certain classes and descriptions of metallurgical coke, pig iron and steel, and to the General Permit for dealing in such war material issued by the Minister of Muni- tions on the 1st November, 1916, (e) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that the said General Permit is modified by the deletion from the Schedule thereto of the following words : Per ton net f.o.t. at point of purchase. s. d. Relayable rails 50 Ibs. per yard and over ... 10 and by the insertion in the said Schedule, immediately before the maximum basis prices for high-speed tool steel, of the following words : MAXIMUM PRICES FOR SECOND-HAND RAILS. Per ton net f.o.t. at point of purchase. s. d. Relayable and other second-hand rails 50 Ibs. per yard and over, not being heavy steel melting scrap ... ... ... ... ... 10 To the above-mentioned price a sum not exceeding 2J per cent. on such price may be added in the case of sales by recognised merchants. Rails which have been purchased by a Merchant and stored or sorted by him in his stockyard, and which are sold as relayable Rails or otherwise than as heavy steel melting scrap, may be sold by the said Merchant at a price not exceeding 12 05. (}d. per ton free on trucks at Merchant's stockyard, or the nearest (a) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT AMDT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order,. 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916. This is printed p 200. (c) STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL HEXAGONS, ROUNDS AND SQUARES) AMEND- MENT No. 1 ORDER, 1916. This is printed p. 201. (d) REGULATION 30A.-This is printed p. 37. (e) GENERAL PERMIT. This is printed p. 204. Pig Iron Permit Amendment, 1917. 213 convenient siding thereto, but without the addition of the above- mentioned 2J per cent. All communications with reference to the above Order should be made to : The Director of Steel Production, Eoom 381, (a) Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I. THE PIG IRON PERMIT AMENDMENT, 1917, (to) DATED JULY 17, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the Order made by the Minister of Munitions on the 7th July, 1916, (c) applying Kegulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(d) .to war material, consisting of certain classes and descriptions of metallurgical metal, coke, pig iron and steel, and to the General Permit for dealing in such war material issued by the Minister of Munitions on the 1st November, 1916, (e) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice 1. That the said General Permit is modified by the insertion in the Schedule thereto of the following prices for the articles here- under specified in addition to or, where such articles are already specified in such Schedule, in substitution for the prices con- tained in such Schedule. MAXIMUM PRICES FOR PIG IRON ABOVE REFERRED TO. (f) Hematite Pig Iron Malleable. PertonnetF.O.T. Makers' Works. s. d. Refined Refined cupola cast ... ... ... 8 Refined cupola cast to guaranteed analysis 850 Cast direct from blast furnaces Small pig iron all grades ... ... 7 10 Medium pig iron white to grey mottled ... 7 5 Medium pig iron all other qualities ... 6 17 6 Large pig iron all grades ... ... 6 17 6 All the above prices include Agents' Commission or Merchants' profit, which is not to exceed 5s. per ton. (a) Now the Controller of Iron and Steel Production. (b) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT AMENDMENT. The Short Title was conferred by the "Ministry of Munitions (( itati< n of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (c) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916. This is printed p. 200. (d) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (e) GENERAL PERMIT. This is printed p. '204. (f ) AMENDMENT OF MAXIMUM PRICES. - The Maximum Prices are varied by the Pig Iron Permit Amendment No. 2, 1917 (p. 220), the effect of which is to cancel so much of the Pig Iron Permit Amendment, 1917, as is here printed in italics. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 4 (Tinpldtes and Terne* plates), 1917. Applications for licences to sell special grades of extra quality at special prices will be separately considered by the Director of Steel Production. Cleveland Pig Iron. PertonnetF.O.T. Makers' Works. s. d. Basic ... 4 IT 6 South Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire Pig Iron. Basic 4 17 6 All the above additions to the Schedule of the General Permit shall take effect from the date of this notice and none of such additions shall be deemed to prejudice or interfere with the carrying out of any contract in writing for sale or purchase of the above-mentioned War material entered into prior to such dnU> at prices lawful at the date of such contract. Substituted Price. PertonnetF.O.T Makers' Works. Cleveland Pig Iron. s. d No. 1 4 16 6 Other grades 4 12 6 South Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire Pig Iron. "Part Mine" Forge 500 "Part Mine" Foundry 5 2 6 The above substituted prices shall take effect from the 2nd April, 1917. 2. That in further modification of the said General Permit, in all districts an extra charge of !. printed p. 200. (c) STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL HEXAGONS, ROUNDS AND SQUARES) AMEND- MENT No. 1, ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 201. (d) CONTROL OF STEEL SUPPLIES ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 228. 216 Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 4 (Tinplates and Terne- plates), 1917. Extras per basis box (where not otherwise stated) over the price of Coke Tinplates. s. d. SMALL LOTS. Any size ordered in quantities of less than 2 tons COMMON CHARCOAL TINPLATES CHARCOAL TINPLATES, through flux. Tin per basis box 3 Ib 3J 4 These extras are on the basis of 240 per ton for tin; adjustments of prices for fluctuations therefrom to be made by adding or deducting the value of the tin according to the coating of the plate. The above prices are not to be varied for lesser fluctuations than 2 lOs. per ton. CROSSES (in all qualities), each cross Intermediate weights to be charged pro rata; thus, 122 Ibs. substance will be 3s. Qd. basis extra over I.C. substance. ORDINARY STAMPING STEEL .., SPECIAL DEEP STAMPING STEEL ODD SIZES. Basis extras. 6 1 3 9 5 6 3 7 6 9 3 9 Over 24-in. long. Width. 10-in. to 12-in.... Over 12-in. up to 17-in. inclusive 17-in. 18 in. 18-in. 22-in. 22-in. ,, 23-in. 23-in. 24-in. Length. Over 24-in. Over 32-in. Over 34-in. to 32-in. to 34-in. to 40-in. inclusive. inclusive. inclusive. s. d. s. d. g. d. 9 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 6 9 1 1 3 6 9 1 9 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 6 1 6 1 9 2 Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 4 (Tinplates and Terne- plates), 1917. 24-in. long and under. Width. Length. 24-in. long. Under 24-in. to 23-in. Under 23-in. to 17-in. Under 17-in. to 12-in. Under 12-in. to 10-in. 10-in. to 12-in. inclusive Over 12-in. up to 17 -in. inclusive 17-in. 23-in 23-in. 24-in s. d. 9 1 9 1 *. d. 6 9 9 1 s. d. 6 6 9 s. d. 9 1 s. d. 9' s. d. Extra for boxes of 56 sheets basis ... ... 1 Extra for boxing small sizes in 112 sheets boxes; this extra being applicable only to small sizes that are customarily packed in boxes of 225 sheets or thereabouts basis ... ... ... 9 Extra for boxing doubles, 34x25, 25 sheets per box 1 (Special boxing not covered in list to be based on actual cost.) TISSUE PAPERING at Cost. IRONHOOPING, 20 x 14 and under, 3d. per box; over 20 x 14, 3d.,, basis. CLIPPING, 2d. per box, all sizes. TlNLINING. 20 x 14, 112 sheets and smaller sizes, Is. 3d. per box. 20 x 14, and smaller sizes packed 225 sheets, Is. A\d. per box. Over 20 x 14, Is. 3d., basis extra. SPECIAL PLATES FOR MILK required to be tinned with list on long side, such as 25 J in. x 9 r % in. to carry a special extra of Is. basis. TAGGERS. Sizes larger in area than 20 x 14 of 40g. =300 sheets 20 x 14 x 112 Ibs. and thinner substances, Is. basis. 20 x 14 x 112 sheets. This extra will apply to 28 x 20. Allowances to be made per basis box below the price of Coke Tinplates. LIGHTS. Reduction of \d. per Ib. basis for each 1 Ib. down from 108 to 80 Ibs. substance, and \d. per Ib. basis reduction for each 1 Ib. down thereafter, including Taggers. UNASSORTED. s. d. Ix substance and thinner ... ... ... 1J Thicker than Ix 03 218 Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 4 (Tin-plates and T erne- plates), 1917. WASTERS. 5. d. 2x substance and thinner ... ... ... 10 Thicker than 2x 1 6 CHARCOAL WASTERS. Per basis box below the price of Charcoal Tinplates. Ix substance and thinner ... ... ... 20 Thicker than Ix 3 Packing in bundles instead of boxes :.. ... 6 MAXIMUM PRICE FOR TERNEPLATES. 28s. per basis box, i.e., 2s. below the basis price of Coke Tinplates. This price is based upon tin at 240 per ton ; for each rise or fall of 20 per ton above or below this figure, l^d. basis to be added to or deducted from the basis price of the Terneplates All other extras and allowances as for Coke Tinplates. WASTE WASTE TINPLATES AND WASTE WASTE TERNEPLATES at not less than 2s. basis below the prices for Waster Tinplates and Terneplates respectively. To the maximum prices and extras for Tinplatcs and Terne- plates a sum not exceeding two per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales made by persons oilier tlu-n the makers or their agents, plus the actual cost of delivery from works to destination. In the case of dealings between merchant firms it is not per- missible for each of them to add such two per cent., as in no case must the cost to the ultimate consumer be beyond two per cent, over the said maximum prices phis carriage charges. Merchant stock holders delivering from their own warehouses (not public warehouses) are permitted to sell from their stock at the maximum prices plus the maximum addition of seven-and-a- half per cent, on such prices, exclusive of inwards and outwards carriage. This seven-and-a-half per cent, will include the merchants' commission of two per cent., and is not in addition thereto. All communications with reference to the above shall be made to: The Director of Steel Production, (a) Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 1. NOTE. All plates of any sizes bought against stock permits and unsold at 19th July, 1917, are subject to the conditions as to prices, and otherwise imposed by this Notice. All sales and purchases, whether for Home or Export Trades, Dn and after 19th July, 1917, are subject to the said conditions. [The above Permit Amclt. was published in the London Gnzettp, Aug. 24th, 1917.] (a) Now the Controller of Iron and Steel Production. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 5 (Metallurgical Coke), 219 1917. THE^TEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 5 (METALLURGICAL COKE), 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER or MUNITIONS. With, reference to the above Order of the 27th November, 1917, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that the General Permit of the 1st November, 1916, (c) under the Orders of the 7th July(d) and 31st October, 1916,(e) shall on and after the 17th September, 1917, take effect as if the war material inferred to in the above Order of the 27th November, 1917, (b) were included in the Order of the 7th July, 1916, (d) and the undermentioned materials and prices were specified in the schedule to the said General Permit, the prices where the material is already specified in such schedule to be in substitution for the prices contained in such schedule, and' as if the references to South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire blast furnace coke in the said schedule were cancelled ; provided always that condition 2 of the said General Permit shall not apply to any sale or purchase of any of the under- mentioned materials under a contract in writing entered into prior to the 17th September, 1917, at a price not contravening that permitted up to that date. MAXIMUM PRICES ABOVE REFERRED TO FOR METALLURGICAL COKE. Per ton net f .o.t. Makers' ovens. Durham and Northumberland s. d. Blast furnace coke ... ... ... ... 1 13 Foundry coke 1 18 South Wales and Monmouthshire Blast furnace coke ... ... ... ... 1 17 6 Foundry coke 2 10 6 Lancashire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Nottingham- shire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Midland Counties Blast furnace coke ... ... ... ... 1 12 Scottish Blast furnace coke ... ... ... ... 1 15 Foundry coke ... ... ... ... ... 250 Delivered West Coast blast furnaces. Cumberland Blast furnace coke ... ... ... ... 1 17 9 [The above Permit Amdt. was published in the London Gazette, Nov. 30th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT AMENDMENT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. (b) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE) AMENDMENT No. 4 ORDER, 1917. That Order is printed p. 203. (c) GENERAL PERMIT. This is printed p. 204. (d) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916.- That Order is printed, p 200. (e) STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL HEXAGONS, ROUNDS AND SQUARES) AMEND- MENT No. 1 ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 201. 220 Pig Iron Permit Amendment No. 2, 1917. THE PIG IRON PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 2, 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the Order made by the Minister of Munitions on the 7th July, 1916,(b) applying Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(c) to war material consisting of certain classes and descriptions of metallurgical coke, pig iron and steel, and to the General Permit for dealing in such war material issued by the Minister of Munitions on the 1st Novem- ber, 1916, (d) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives Notice. 1. That the said General Permit is modified by the insertion in the schedule thereto of the following, the prices for the articles hereunder specified being in addition to or, where such articles are already specified in such schedule, in substitution for the prices contained in such schedule. MAXIMUM PRICES FOR PIG IRON ABOVE REFERRED TO. HEMATITE PIG IRON EAST COAST AND WEST COAST. The expression "Mixed Numbers" where used in relation to Jllast Coast and West Coast Pig Iron in the schedule to the said General Permit shall mean equal quantities of Nos. 1, 2 and 3 having an average analysis within the following limits : East Coast. West Coast. Per cent. Per cent. Silicon ... 1J to 3 If to 3 Manganese, not exceeding ... 1| 1J Sulphur, not exceeding ... ... '06 '05 Phosphorus, not exceeding ... '06 '05 The following extras may be charged on sales of East Coast and West Coast Hematite Pig Iron : Per ton. All Hematite Pig Iron selected to any particular number, grade or analysis or manufactured to a specified analysis within the limits covered by Mixed Numbers ... ... ... ... 2s. 6d. All Hematite Pig Iron selected or manufactured to a specified analysis outside the limits covered by Mixed Numbers with a Silicon Content below 5 per cent. ... ... ... ... 5s. Silicon, 5 per cent, and less than 6 per cent. ... 10s. Silicon, 6 per cent, and less than 7 per cent. ... 15s. All the above additions to the schedule of the General Permit shall take effect from the date of this notice, and none of such additions shall be deemed to prejudice or interfere with the carry- ing out of any contract in writing for sale or purchase of the above mentioned war material entered into prior to such date at prices lawful at the date of such contract. (a) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT AMDT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders), Order, 1918, 1f printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (to) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 200. (c) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (d) GENERAL PERMIT. This is printed p. 204. .Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 6 (Steel Plates, #c.), 1917. 221 Substituted Prices. Per ton net f .o.t. Makers' Works. CLEVELAND PIG IRON FOUNDRY AND FORGE. s. d. No. 1 4 19 Other grades ... 4 15 CLEVELAND PIG IRON BASIC ... ... ... ... 5 The above substituted prices shall take effect from the 17th September, 1917. LINCOLNSHIRE PIG IRON. Basic or Foundry ... ... ... ... ... 4 17 6 The above substituted price shall take effect from the 1st November, 1917. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, November 30th, 1917.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 6 (STEEL PLATES, &~c.), 1917, () DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the above Order, (b) the Minister of Munitions -hereby gives notice that the General Permit of the 1st November, 1916,() under the Orders of the 7th July(d) and 31st October, 1916/e) shall henceforth take effect as if the war material referred to in the above Order were included in the Order of the 31st October, 1916, and the following material and prices were specified in the Schedule to the said General Permit. Provided .always that Condition 2 of the said General Permit shall not apply to any sale or purchase of the war material referred to in the above Order of this date under, a contract in writing entered prior to the date of this notice, and that the proviso contained in the said Condition that such Condition shall not apply to any sale by a manufacturer of finished Steel rolled from Steel purchased by him, or to a sale or purchase of material the export of which has been duly sanctioned, shall not apply to any sale or purchase of the war material referred to in the above Order of this date. Provided also that nothing herein contained shall effect or pre- judice the provisions of the Order of the Minister of Munitions as to control of Steel supplies dated the 20th November, 1916. (f) (a) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT AMDT. The Short Title was conferred by ihe " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. (b) STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL PLATES, &c.) AMDT. No. 5 ORDER, 1917. That Order is printed p. 203. (c) GENERAL PERMIT. This is printed p. 204. (d) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 200. (e) STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL HEXAGONS, ROUNDS AND SQUARES) AMDT. No. 1 ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 201. (f) CONTROL OF STEEL SUPPLIES ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 228. 222 Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 6 (Steel Plates, #c.), 1917., MAXIMUM PRICES ABOVE REFERRED TO FOR : s. d. 1. Steel Slabs, Plates, Strips and pieces cut from Plates, suitable for re- rolling 10 7 6 per ton. STEEL PLATES, SHEETS, AND BLACK PLATE, ALL OPEN ANNEALED PRODUCED IN SHEET MILLS. 16 5. 6. d. per ton. o o 2. Above j'; ; inch thick 3. 1% inch and under to 16 gauge inclusive 1G 5 4. Under 16 gauge to 20 gauge ,, 16 15 , 20 24 17 , 24 26 ,, 18 The maximum prices for defective Steel Plates, Sheets, and Black Plate above mentioned will be 1 per ton less than the above prices. Extras for sizes, etc., as follows: 7. Over 4 feet wide up to and including 5 feet ... ... ... ... 105. per ton 8. Over 5 feet wide up to and including 6 feet ... ... ... ... 205. ,, 9. Re-shearing to exact sizes ... ... 105. ,, 10. Close Annealing ... ... ... 10s. ,, 11. Cold Rolling 205. 12. Hydraulically Flattening 13. Mangling 14. Pickling 15. Special "Welsh finish or equal, gauge and thinner 16. Lots of less than 5 cwts. of a size 205. 305*. 16 305. 105. Painting one coat both sides ordinary paint 17. 20 gauge and thicker ... 18. 21/24 gauge inclusive 19. 25 gauge and thinner 20. Circled, curved, tapered and Thin Plates to sketch 205. 305. 505. To be subject to arrangement. EXTRAS FOR LENGTHS. 12 gauge 13 gauge to 17 gauge to 21 gauge to Exceeding exceeding and thicker. 16 gauge inclusive. 20 gauge inclusive. 24 gauge inclusive. 22. . 9 ft. 10 it. nil. nil. 55. 105. 23. 10,, 12,, nrl. 55. 105. 205, 24. 12,, 14,, nil. 105. 155. 355, 25. 14,, 16,, 25. 6d. 205. 205. 455. 26. 16,, 18,, 5s. 305. 355. 605. 27. 18,, 20,, 7s. 6d. 405. 455. 805. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 7 (Steel Scrap and 223 Wrought Iron Scrap), 1918. 28. Corrugated sheets ... ... ... ... No extra. These prices and extras are applicable to all orders for Home Trade and Export. The above-mentioned maximum prices and extras do not apply to separate and independent orders involving the sale of less than two tons. All the foregoing prices are nett. f.o.t. Producers' Works. All communications with reference to the above Order should be addressed to: " The Controller of Iron 1 and Steel Production, Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I. [The above Permit Amdt. Notice was published in the London Gazerte, November 30th> 1917.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 7 (STEEL SCRAP AND WROUGHT IRON SCRAP), 1918,(a) DATED JANUARY 4, 1918, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the following Orders and Notices relating to steel scrap and wrought iron scrap made and given by the Minister of Munitions, namely : (1) The Order of the Tth July, 1916. (b) (2) The Notice of the 1st November, 1916, being a Notice of a General Permit under that Order. (c) (3) The Order of the 22nd March, 1917. (d) (4) The Order of the 28th August, 1917. (e) (5) The two Notices of the 28th August, 1917, (f) the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that as from the date hereof he withdraws the said Notices of the 28th August, 1917, (f) but not so as to revive anything withdrawn or cancelled thereby, and that the said General Permit shall henceforth take effect as if the war material referred to in the said Orders of the 22nd March, 1917,(d) and the 28th August, 1917,(e) respectively were included in the Order of the 7th July, 1916, (b) and the following material and prices were specified in the Schedule to the said General Permit, the prices where material is already specified in such Schedule, to be in substitution for the prices contained in such Schedule; provided always that Condition 2 (a) SHOKT TITLE OF PERMIT AMDT. The Short Title was conferred by the "Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 18," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. (b) STEEL SUPPLIES (METALLURGICAL COKE, IRON AND STEEL) ORDER, 1916. This is printed p. 200. (c) GENERAL PERMIT OF Nov. IST, 19K> This is printed p. 204. (d) WROUGHT IRON SCRAP ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 202. (e) STEEL SUPPLIES (STHEL SCRAP) AMENDMENT No. 3 ORDER, 1917.- This is printed p. 202. (f) Two NOTICES OF AUG. 28, 1917, AMENDING THE GENERAL PERMIT. These two Notices, which are withdrawn by the present Permit Amendment No. 9, were published London Gazette, August, 1917. 224 Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 7 (Steel Scrap and Wrought Iron Scrap), 1918. of the said General Permit shall not apply to any sale or pur- chase of the war. material referred to in the said Orders of the 22nd March, 1917, (a) and the 28th August, 1917,(b) respectively under a contract in writing entered into prior to the date hereof at a price not contravening that permitted up to such date, and that the proviso contained in the said Condition that such Con- dition shall not apply to any sale by a manufacturer of finished steel rolled from steel purchased by him shall not apply to any sale or purchase of the war material referred to ^in the said Order of the 28th August, 1917. MAXIMUM PRICKS ABOVE REFERRED TO FOR ST^EL SCRAP 1. (a) Heavy steel melting scrap 5 5s. per ton, (6) Steel planings, turnings and borings 3 5s. ,, (c) Steel planings, turnings and borings mixed with wrought-iron or other material ... ... ... ... 2 10s. ,, (d) All other classes of steel scrap, whether or not mixed with wrought iron or other material ... ... 4 15s. ,, 2. To the prices specified in Clause 1 hereof a sum not ex- ceeding 2J per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales by recognised scrap merchants. 3. All the prices specified in Clause 1 hereof are free on rail or free in barge at the nearest convenient siding or wharf to the place where the scrap lies at the time of sale; the carriage at actual cost or at a fair average rate agreed between the seller and buyer may be charged to the buyer up to a maximum of 10s. per ton. 4. Special permits to purchase steel scrap sold with guaranteed analysis, may be granted on application, but in no case will permits be granted for any such purchase at prices exceeding the following : Heavy steel melting scrap containing not over '04 per cent, phosphorus and sulphur ... 6 5s. per ton. Heavy steel melting scrap containing not over '05 percent, phosphorus and sulphur ... 6 Os. per ton. MAXIMUM PRICES ABOVE REFERRED TO FOR WROUGHT- IRON SCRAP. 5. Wrought-iron scrap of the classes defined or mentioned in (a), (6) and (c) below 6 5s. per ton.. (a) Wrought-iron plates, boiler plates, and sectional material not less than f-inch thick, each piece separate, reasonably clear of rivets, without any flanged end plates, or circular angles and plates, all suitable for shearing, cable scrap and chain scrap not less than J-inch diameter. (a) WROUGHT IRON SCRAP ORDER, 1917. This is printed p. 202. (b) STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL SCRAP) AMDT., No. 3, ORDER, 1917. This, is printed p. 202. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 7 (Steel Scrap and '225 Wrought Iron Scrap), 1918. (b) Heavy wrought-iron scrap not less than -iiich thick, including horse shoes, rivet and bolt sciap, scrap from the manufacture of rivets and bolts, and chain scrap not less than J-inch diameter. (c) Wrought-iron scrap under -inch thick, including country wreught-iron scrap, and all wrought-iron .scrap not included in any of the classes denned in Clauses 5, 6 or 7 hereof. 6. Wrought-iron scrap mixed with steel or other material ... ... . ... ... 4 15s. per ton. 7. Wrought-iron planings, turnings and borings mixed with steel or other materials ... ... ... ... 2 10s. per ton. 8. The prices of wrought-iron scrap and mixed scrap may be arranged between buyer and seller, but may not exceed, in the cases of the classes defined in Clause 5 (a), (b) and (c) 6 5s. per ton; in the case of the classes denned in Clause 6 4 155. per ton, and in the case of fhe classes defined in Clause 7 2 10*. per ton. 9. The above prices do not apply to old wrought-iron railway carriage and wagon axles, shafting 2-inch diameter and upwards and similar heavy pieces suitable only for direct forging or rolling down and not for piling, nor to scrap from the following brands of Yorkshire iron : Lowmoor. Farnley. Monkbridge. Taylor Brothers. Bowling. Cooper Brothers. 10. The above prices are free on rail, or free in barge, at the nearest convenient siding or wharf, to the place where the scrap lies at the time of sale. 11. To the above prices for wiought-iron scrap a sum not exceeding 2J per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales by recognised scrap merchants. 12. The above prices for wrought-iron scrap if selected, loaded in and delivered from yards used as scrap yards at the date hereof by recognised scrap merchants, may be increased : (a) Where carriage to buyer's works does not exceed 3s. per ton ... ... by 10s. Od. per ton. (b) Where carriage to buyer's works ex- ceeds 3s. per ton ... ... ... by 7*. 6d. per ton. (c) If sheared and cut up ready for piling ... ... ... ... by 15s. Od. per ton. 13. All communications with reference to the above Order should be addressed to : The Controller of Steel Production, Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I. [The above Permit Amdt. Order was published in the London Gazette. I January" 4th, 1918.] 3749 H 226 Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 8 (Bar Iron and Steel in Shell Discard Quality), 1918. THE STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 8 (BAR IRON AND STEEL IN SHELL DISCARD QUALITY), 1918, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1918, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the General Permit of 1st November, 1916, (b) issued by the Minister of Munitions as subsequently modified fixing maximum prices for (amongst other things) Bar Iron and Steel, the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice as follows : 1 . As from the date hereof until further notice the said General Permit shall take effect as if under the heading " Maximum Basis Prices for Bar Iron " the following words, namely, " Marked Bars, 16 per ton nett f.o.t. makers 7 works " were substituted for the words " Marked Bars, 15 10s. per ton less 2 per cent, f.o.t. makers' works." 2. As from the date hereof until further notice the proviso in condition 2 of the said General Permit that such condition (relating to maximum prices) shall not apply to a sale or purchase of material, the export of which has been duly sanctioned, shall not apply to any sale or purchase of Bar Iron. 3. As from the date hereof until further notice no extra for Tensile Quality contained in any list of authorised extra., charge- able on steel material for the time being current and issued on behalf of the Minister of Munitions for the purposes of the said General Permit as subsequently modified shall be charged on any sale of steel in Shell Discard Quality in addition to the maximum basis prices set out in the said General Permit as subsequently modified. NOTE. In cases where Shell Discard Steel has been transferred to works other than those of the maker for rolling down into special small billet sizes in order to meet urgent requirements, permits for selling such billets at prices other than those author- ised under the said General Permit may be granted if the proposed price is approved. Application for such permits, should be made to : The Controller of Iron and Steel Production, Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, S.W.I. [The above Permit Amdt. Order was published in the London Gazette, February 1st, 1918.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER PERMIT ADMT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. (b) GENERAL PERMIT OF NOVEMBER IST, 1916. This is printed, p. 204. Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 9 (Bar Iron), 1918; Steel 227 Supplies Permit Amendment No. 10 (High-Speed Tool Steel), 1918. THE STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 9 (BAR IRON), 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1918, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS . With reference to the General Permit of 1st November, 19 16, () issued by the Minister of Munitions as subsequently modified fixing maximum prices for (amongst other things) Bar Iron, the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice as follows : As from the date hereof until further notice the said General Permit shall take effect as if under the heading " Maximum Basis Prices for Bar Iron " the following words, viz. : " Standard quality, ordinary sizes and merchants' lengths, 13 IT*. 6d. per ton net, f.o.t. Makers' Works," were substituted for the words : " Standard quality, ordinary sizes and merchants' lengths, 13 155. Qd. per ton net, f.o.t. Makers' Works." [The above Order was piiblished in the London Gazette, February 15th, 1918.] THE STEEL SUPPLIES PERMIT AMENDMENT No. 10 (HIGH-SPEED TOOL STEEL), 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1918, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. Whereas the Minister of Munitions is desirous of modifying in manner hereinafter provided the maximum prices and extras chargeable 'for High-Speed Tool Steel and scrap therefrom fixed by the General Permit issued by him dated the 1st November, 1916, (b) as subsequently modified. Now the Minister of Munitions hereby gives, notice that on and after the 1st February, 1918, until further notice the said General Permit as subsequently modified shall take effect as if : (a) Under the heading " Maximum Basis Prices for High- Speed Tool Steel" the words per Ib. s. d. " Finished Bars, 14 per cent. Tungsten or its equivalent, delivered Buyer's Works 3 8 " Finished Bars, 18 per cent. Tungsten or its equivalent, delivered Buyer's Works 4 5" were inserted therein in substitution for the words " Finished Bars, 14 per cent. Tungsten, delivered Buyer's Works ... ... 2 10 " Finished Bars, 18 per cent. Tungsten, delivered Buyer's Works 3 10" (a) GENERAL PERMIT OF Nov. IST, 191 ) shall be manufactured for any order below Class B. 8. Notwithstanding the above the Director of Steel Produc- tion^) .shall have full power to direct that any specification shall be given such order of priority of execution as he in his discretion may deem necessary. Works. 9. Under these regulations all orders which carry the necessary particulars under Clause 1 may be accepted without reference to the Ministry of Munitions. Only Specifications carrying a Priority classification Class B or higher may be rolled at present, except those in Shell Discard quality which may be rolled for all classes. (a) 10. No special form of certificate to accompany an order is required but the following particulars must accompany all orders : Government Contract Reference and No., and Purpose, or Ministry of Munitions Permit Reference and No., with Priority Classification and Purpose, and a declaration that the whole of the material specified 18 required for the purpose covered by the said References and Classification. 11. Steel in Shell Discard Quality for Home Consumption. Orders may be accepted for manufacture without the usual Government Contract Reference and Number, or Ministry of Munitions Permit Reference and Number and Priority Classifica- tion, but the purpose must be ascertained in all cases and entered in the return or the order refused.^) (a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSES 7, 9, 11. Clause 11 and the words printed in italics in Clauses 7, 9 were cancelled by the Control of Steel Supplies (Amdt.) Order, 1917, p. 234. (b) Now the Controller of Iron and Steel Production. Control of Steel Supplies Order, 1916. 231 12. Steel in Shell Discard Quality for Export. Orders may be executed in Class A, B or C, provided that permission to 'manu- facture has been granted by the Ministry of Munitions and that the following particulars are given with the orders, viz. : Ministry of Munitions Permit Reference and Number, Priority Classification, Purpose, Country of Destination, together with a declaration that the whole of the material specified if required for the purpose given. (&>) 13. Contract or permit numbers need not be insisted upon in the case of Admiralty instructions for immediate repairs to ships. Merchants. 14. For direct orders, merchants must pass on to the works the Government contract reference and number and purpose or the Ministry of Munitions permit reference and number, priority classification, and purpose which they must obtain from the ordering firm, and that number and classification will give the order its proper place for execution. Stock-holders. 15. Stock-holders in accepting and executing orders for steel shall be subject to the same regulations as to approval, priority and otherwise as are applicable to manufacturers accepting and executing orders for manufacture, and must not execute orders below Class B, except in Shell Discard quality. (a) 16. Stock-holders may apply for a permit reference and number to be used when sending orders to the works for replenishing their stocks. The following particulars must be sent with the applications : (a) Normal stock of steel. (6) Stock of steel it is desired to hold at present time. (c) Average call on stock of steel per month. Export. 17. The Minister's requirements as to export are contained in a special circular which may be obtained on application. Interpretation. 18. For the purpose of this order the term " Manufacture " shall include Casting, Rolling or Re-rolling, Forging and Press- ing, and the term "steel" shall include all forms of Open Hearth or Bessemer Steel, (a) made in this country or imported, whether new, second-hand, defective, or scrap for re-rolling. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 20th, 1916.] (a) AMENDMENT OP CLAUSES 12, 15, 18. Clause 12 and the words printed in italics iu clause 15, were cancelled, and the words " and Steel made by Electrical Process" added after the words "Bessemer Steel" in clause 18 by the Control of Steel Supplies (Amdt.) Order, 1917, p. 234. 3749 H 4 232 Control of Steel Supplies (Steel Rods and Wire) Order, 1917. THE CONTROL or STEEL SUPPLIES (STEEL RODS AND WIRE) ORDER, 1917, ( a ) DATED FEBRTAKV 24, 1917, MADE JJY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby orders that all persons engaged in the manufacture, sale or purchase of, or other dealings in drawn steel rods or bars, steel wire or steel wire rope, shall comply with the following regulations : 1. No order for drawn steel rods or bars, steel wire or si eel wire rope shall be accepted for manufacture and no such material shall be manufactured unless the purpose for which it is required has been approved. Such approval must be evidenced by one or other of the following which must be quoted in writing by the ordering firm to the manufacturer, together with a written statement of the specific purpose for which the material is to be used : (a) Admiralty contract reference and number or Admiralty Priority Section permit reference and number. (b) War Office contract reference and number. (c) Marine Department, Board of Trade, permit reference and number for Merchant Shipping. (d) Ministry of Munitions contract reference and number. (e) Post Office contract reference and number. (/) Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement or Commis- sion Francaise sanction reference and number, with Ministry of Munitions Priority Classification. (g) Ministry of Munitions permit reference and number and Priority Classification. Provided that no permit reference need be quoted in respect of orders for ships' ropes weighing less than 5 cwt. each and for lift and crane ropes weighing less than 2 cwt. each contain- ing wire of over 25 gauge. 2. Full and accurate returns shall be made in such form and at such times as may be required by the Director of Navy Contracts, the Director of Army Contracts, or the Director of Steel Production, (b) Ministry of Munitions, as to any particulars of or relating to the said manufacture, sale, purchase, or other dealings. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) Now the Controller of Iron and Steel Production. Control of Steel Supplies (Steel Rods and Wire) Order, 1917. 3. Save and except wheie special instructions are issued by the Priority Branch of the Ministry of Munitions, orders must be executed in the following order of Priority: Priority 1. Priority 2. Priority 3. Priority 4 (or Class A). Priority 5. Glass B. Priority 6. All orders in Clause 1 (c) to (e) inclusive shall rank automatically as Class A or Priority 4 (War Work). If a higher grade of priority is required, written application must be made to the Priority Branch of the Ministry of Munitions, and the grounds of special urgency must be clearly and fully set forth therein. 4. Maintenance. Manufacturers or other persons to whom there has been allocated a Ministry of Munitions permit reference number and priority classification for steel for general repairs and maintenance of existing plant and machinery will be entitled to quote such permit reference number and priority classification under Clause 1 (g) above. 5. Stock. Manufacturers may apply in writing to the Director of Navy Contracts, the Director of Army Contracts, or the Priority Branch of the Ministry of Munitions for the approval necessary to enable them to obtain such monthly sup- plies of drawn steel rods or bars, steel wire, or steel wire rope, as shall be required for the production of the minimum quanti- ties of materials or articles necessary to enable such manu- facturers to maintain such stocks as are essential for the purpose of executing orders for approved purposes. Such application must contain an undertaking that all materials obtained under any special permit that may be granted and all materials and articles manufactured from such materials shall be used and delivered only for approved purposes, evidenced as set forth in Clause 1 hereof. 6. Applications for Approval. All applications for approval of orders under Clause 1 (g) herein must be made to ihe Ministry of Munitions Priority Branch, 1, Caxton Street, S.W.I, and full particulars must be given under the following headings : (a) A precise description of the goods or work for which ihe materials the subject of the order to be approved are required and proof that no other materials can be substituted. (b) The exact quantities and gauges of the materials re- quired. If required for different orders or purposes, the quantities required for each order or purpose respectively. (c) An estimate of the amount of the materials required to complete each order. (d) The name of the firm or firms with whom the order or orders will be placed. 233 234 Control of Steel Supplies (Amendment) Order, 1917. (e) The respective war, national, or other purpose, and proof of urgency and importance. 7. Interpretation. For the purpose of this Order the term. " manufacture" shall include the drawing of rods, bars or wire, and the spinning or working of wire ropes whether from material made in this country or imported. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 27th, 1917.] THE CONTROL OF STEEL SUPPLIES (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 14, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. Whereas the Minister of Munitions is desirous of extending the provisions of the Order made by him as to the control of certain classes of steel, dated the 20th November, 1916, (a) to steel in Shell Discard quality and steel made by Electrical Process, and of varying the said Order in manner hereinafter appearing. Now the Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers con- ferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders as follows : 1. As from the date hereof the said Order of the 20th November, 1916, shall operate and take effect as if the following were omitted therefrom, namely: (a) The words " (other than Shell Discard quality) " in clause 1. (b) The words " , other than Shell Discard quality," in clause 7. (c) The words " , except those in Shell Discard quality which may be rolled for all classes " in clause 9. (d) Clauses 11 and 12, and (e) The words " , except in Shell Discard quality " in clause 15 and as if the following were inserted therein, namely: (a) The words "or Electrical" immediately after the word " Bessemer " in clause 1, and (b) The words " and Steel made by Electrical Process," im- mediately after the words "Bessemer Steel" in clause 18. 2. This Order may be cited as The Control of Steel Supplies (Amendment) Order, 1917. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 14th, 1917.] (a) CONTROL OF STEEL SUPPLIES ORDER, 1916. That Order is printed p. 228. Midlands District Ironstone Control Order, 1918. 235 THE MIDLANDS DISTRICT IRONSTONE CONTROL ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 18, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders as follows : 1. On and after the date of this Order no person shall until further notice buy, sell, deliver or deal in, or offer to buy, sell, deliver or deal in any ironstone mined, won or got, or to be mined, won or got, in the districts specified in the 1st Schedule to this Order at a price exceeding the price specified as the maximum price in the 2nd Schedule to this Order. 2. This Order may be cited as the "Midlands District Iron- stone Control Order, 1918." Schedule I. Rutlandshire. Leicestershire. Northamptonshire North East of a straight line drawn from Rugby to Buckingham. Lincolnshire South of a straight line drawn from Newark to Sleaford. Schedule II. MAXIMUM PRICE. Ironstone per ton f.o.t. at mine or quarry 3s. 9d., and for every sum of Is. 3d. per week by which the rate of wages for Ironstone Getters employed at any particular mine or quarry in the districts specified in the 1st Schedule is increased above the rate current at such mine or quarry on the 12th November, 1917, there may be added to the above mentioned maximum price for Ironstone mined, won or got at such mine or quarry the sum of \d. per ton. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 18th, 1918.] 236 Tap Cinder, #c., Order, 1917; Tap Cinaer, $c., Permit, 1917 (16.) Tap Cinder, &c. Tap Cinder, &c. Order, 1917, p. 236. Tap Cinder, &c. Permit, 1917 ? p. 236. THE TAP CINDER, &c., ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 15, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(a) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders as follows : 1. The war material to which that Regulation applies shall on and after the 1st October, 1917, include: Tap Cinder, Mill Cinder, Flue Cinder and Scale produced during the manufacture or mechanical treatment of iron or steel. 2. This Order may be cited as the Tap Cinder, &c., Order, 1917. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. December 18th, 11117.] THE TAP CINDER, &c., PERMIT, .1917, (b) DATED DECEMBER 15, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. With reference to the Order made by the Minister of Munitions on the 15th December, 1917, (c) applying the Defence of the Realm Regulation 30A(a) to certain war material, namely: Tap Cinder, Mill Cinder, Flue Cinder and Scale, the Minister of Munitions gives notice that he hereby as from the 1st October, 1917, permits all persons until further notice : (a) To buy, sell or deal in ; or (b) Offer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell or deul in; or (c) Enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or other dealing in the war material referred to in the above-mentioned Order subject to the following conditions : 1. No sale, purchase or delivery of any such war material now or hereafter situated in the United Kingdom shall be made at a price exceeding the prices specified in the Schedule hereto with reference to the respective clauses and descriptions of material therein referred to provided that this condition shall not apply to a sale, purchase or delivery under a special permit granted by the Minister of Munitions. (a) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (b) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (c) TAP CINDER, &c. ORDER, 1917. This Order is printed immediately above. Tin (Dealings) Order, 1917. 237 2. Upon any sale, purchase or delivery of any war material referred to in the above-mentioned Older the persons selling and purchasing or delivering and taking delivery of the same shall comply with all directions whether of general application or otherwise which may from time to time, or at any time, be given by the Minister of Munitions with regard to the use or disposal of such war material, and no sale or purchase of or dealing in the said war material except in accordance with the above- mentioned conditions is authorised. The Schedule above referred to. MAXIMUM PRICES. Per ton f .o.t. or f .o.b. at producers' works. ivrii n- n L i Produced during the manufacture ) Mill Cinder i i i , c \ /, r - < or mechanical treatment of iron > l 10s. Qd. r me kinder i , 4 Scale ... ( orsteeL ) The above price includes any agents' commission or merchants' or dealers' profit. [The above Permit was published in the London Gazette, December 18th, 1917.] (17.) Tin. Copper, Zinc and Tin (Unauthorised Possession) Order, 1916, p. 237. Tin (Dealings) Order, 1917, p. 237. THE COPPER, ZINC AND TIN (UNAUTHORISED POSSESSION) ORDER, 1916, DATED JUNE 5, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. [This Order, which relates to Copper as well as to Tin, is printed in sub-group (6) " Copper" at p. 183.] IHE TIN (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED DECEMBER 21, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30s of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Minister of Munitions hereby specifies the following metal as being a metal required for the production of war material, and therefore subject to the provisions of that Regulation, namely: Tin. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 23st, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30B. This is printed p. 39. 238 Tungsten and Molybdenite Order, 1917 ; Spelter (Control) Order, 1917. (18.) Tungsten. THE TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENITE ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. [This Order, which relates to Molybdenite as well as to Tung- sten, is printed in sub-group (12) " Molybdenite " at p. 194.] (19.) Zinc, including Spelter Copper, Zinc and Tin (Unauthorised Possession) Order, 1916, p. 183. Spelter Control Order, 1917, p. 238. Spelter Control (Amdt.) Order, 1918, p. 240. THE COPPER, ZINC AND TIN (UNAUTHORISED POSSESSION) ORDER, 1916, DATED JUNE 5, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. [This Order is printed under (6) " Copper " at p. 183.] THE SPELTER (CONTROL) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED MARCH 23, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby orders as follows : 1. No person shall, as from the date hereof until further notice, purchase, sell, or except for the purpose of carrying out a con- tract in writing existing prior to such date for the sale or purchase of spelter enter into any transaction or negotiation in relation to the sale or purchase of spelter situated outside the United King- dom, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. 2. No person shall, as from the date hereof until further notice, purchase or take delivery of any spelter situated in the United Kingdom, except under and in accordance with the terms of a (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Spelter (Control) Order, 1917. 239 licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions ; or sell, supply or deliver any such spelter to any person other than the holder of such a licence and in accordance with the terms thereof. Provided that no such licence shall be required in the case of any sale, purchase or delivery of such spelter for the purpose of necessary repairs or renewals involving the use of not exceeding 1 cwt. of such spelter. 3. No person shall, as from the date hereof until further notice, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions, use any spelter far the purpose of any manufacture or work except : (a) For the purpose of a contract or order for the time being in existence certified to be within Class " A " in the Order of the Minister of Munitions as to priority dated the 8th March, 1917, (a) and made in substitution for Circular L. 33. (b) For the purpose of necessary repairs or renewals involving the use of not exceeding 1 cwt. of spelter. 4. All persons shall in the first seven days of each month com- mencing with the month of April, 1917, send in to the Director of Materials (A.M. 2 (C)), Ministry of Munitions, Hotel Victoria, London, W.C. 2, (by monthly returns of: (a) All spelter held by them in stock or otherwise under their control on the last day of the preceding month, specifying the quality thereof. (b) All spelter purchased or sold by them for future delivery and not yet delivered on such last day, specifying the names of the sellers to or purchasers from them, and the quantity and quality, and time and place of delivery in each case, and the position of the spelter at ihe date of the return. (c) All spelter delivered to them during the preceding month, and from whom purchased. (d) All contracts or orders existing on the last day of -or entered into during the preceding month requiring for their execution the use of spelter, specifying the purposes thereof and the quality of the spelter to be used. (e) Such other particulars as to spelter as may be required by the Director of Materials. (c) Notwithstanding the above no return is required from any person whose total stock of spelter in hand and on order for future delivery to him has not at any time during the preceding month exceeded 1 ton. (a) PRIORITY OF WORK ORDER. This is printed in Part III of this Manual, pp. 367-371. (b) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, M.S/0., Ministry of Munitions, 8, Northumberland Avenue, W.C. 2. (c) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply. 240 Spelter Control (Amendment) Order, 19.18. 5. For the purpose of this Order the expression "spelter" shall mean spelter of all qualities, and shall include sheet and rolled zincs, scrap zinc, hard spelter, dross, zinc ashes, flux skimmings and zinc 6. All applications for licences should be made to the Director of Materials (A.M. 2 (C)), Ministry of Munitions, Hotel Victoria, London, "VV.C. 2,(b) and marked " Spelter Licence/' NOTE. Every applicant for a licence must state the amount and quality of metal required by him per month, and the use to which it will be put. Any person acting in contravention of or failing to comply with the above Order, or making a false return, will be guilty of an offence under the Defence of the Realm Regulations and be liable to penalties of fine and imprisonment. [The above Order was published in the London (-Ja/etto, March 23rd. 1917.] THE SPELTER CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 22, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. Whereas the Minister of Munitions is desirous of extending the Order made by him as to the control of spelter dated the 23rd March, 1917, (c) in manner hereinafter appearing. Now the Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers con- ferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby orders as follows : (1) As from the date hereof the said Order of the 23rd March, 1917, (b) shall operate and take effect as if the following clause was substituted for clause 5 of the said Order, namely: " 5 . For the purpose of this Order the expression ' Spelter ' shall mean Spelter of all qualities and shall include sheet and rolled zinc, scrap zinc, hard spelter, dross, zinc ashes, flux skimmings, zinc dust, zinc ore, zinc oxide, zinc sulphide (or lithopone), whether dry, in oil or prepared for use, and zinc compounds of every kind, or any of them." (2) This Order may be cited as " The Spelter Control (Amend- ment) Order, 1918." [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January Jind. 1H18.J (a) DEFINITION OF " SPELTER." The Spelter Control (Amdt.) Order, 1918, below substitutes a new clause for this Clause 5. (b) Now the Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply, Ministry of Munitions, 8, Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2. (c) SPELTER CONTROL ORDER, 1917. That Order is printed immediately above. Orders with respect to Information as to Motor Spirit. S. Oils, Mineral and Fuel, and Gas for Motor Vehicles. Gas (Use in Motor Vehicles) Local Prohibition Order, 1918, p. 253. Information as to Motor Spirit Order of February 6, 1917, p. 241. Information as to Motor Spirit Order of July 13, 1917, p. 242. Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas "Restriction Order, 1918, p. 243. Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 250. Motor Spirit and Lamp Oil (Maximum Retail Price) Order, 1918, p. 251. Motor Spirit Delivery Order, 1918, p. 254. Turpentine, &c. Control Order, 1918, p. 250. ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, DATED FEBRUARY 6, 1917, WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION AS TO MOTOR SPIRIT. In pursuance of their powers under Regulations 15A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (a) the Board of Trade hereby require eveiy person who uses or keeps motor spirit and is for the time being a licensed dealer in motor spirit to supply to the Board, when required by any person authorised by the Board for the purpose, information as to the quantity of motor spirit sup- plied by him in the form set out in the Schedule to this Order. If any person fails to comply with this Order or knowingly gives any false information, he is guilty of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Signed by Order of the Board of Trade this 6th day of February, 1917. W. F. Mar-wood, A Secretary of the Board of Trade. (a) REGULATION 15A. This is printed p. 47. Mr. Orders ivith respect to Information as to Motor Spirit. Schedule. INFORMATION AS TO MOTOR SPIRIT. Dealer in Motor Spirit, Address ACCOUNT OF MOTOR SPIRIT SUPPLIED. Date when supplied. Quantity of Motor Spirit supplied. (Gallons.) Name and Address of Purchaser. No. of Petrol Licence held by Purchaser. These particulars must be taken by the Dealer from the Licence. ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, DATED JULY 13, 1917, WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION AS TO MOTOR SPIRIT. In pursuance of the powers under Regulations 15A and 2o of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (a) the last mentioned of which Regulations is hereby applied to motor spirit the Board of Trade do hereby order and require every person who uses or keeps motor spirit and is for the time being a licensed dealer in mofor spirit to supply to the Board, particulars as to purchases, sales, deliveries, appropriations and stock-in-hand of motor spirit in such form and at such intervals as may be required. Unless otherwise ordered the information hereby required shall be sent to the Petrol Control Department of the Board. (b) If any person fails to comply with this Order or knowingly gives any false information, he is guilty of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Dated this 13th day of July, 1917. W . F. Marwood, A Secretary to the Board of Trade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, July 17th, 1917.] (a) REGUIATIONS 15A AND 2a. Regulation 15A is printed p. 47, and Regu- lation 2a is printed in the form in which it applies to the Board of Trade, p. 41. (b) PETROL CONTROL DEPARTMENT. The address of the Department is 19, Berkeley Street, W.I., and Mr. H. W. Cole is secretary to the Petrol Control Committee. Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction Order, 1918. THE MOTOR SPIRIT (CONSOLIDATION) AND GAS RESTRICTION ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 3, 1918, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas the Board of Trade deem it expedient to make further exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Regulations 2r and 2jJ of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(a) as respects petrol and petrol substitute, and whereas by an Order in Council dated the 2nd January, 1918, it was ordered that Regulations SG and SGG should cease to have effect as from such date as might be fixed by Order made by the Board of Trade, (b) and whereas it is expedient to include in one order all the purposes for which motor spirit may be used ; and whereas the Board also deem it expedient to exercise their powers under the said Regulations for the purpose of regulating the use and consumption of Gas for driving motor vehicles. Now, therefore, the Board of Trade in exercise of their said powers hereby order as follows: DEFINITIONS. 1. In this order : " Petrol or Petrol substitute" means any inflammable liquid substance capable of being used for the purpose of driving internal combustion engines, whether such substance has been or is liable to be taxed or not. " Gas " means any form of gas capable of being used for the purpose aforesaid. " Motor Vehicle" means any vehicle or cycle propelled by means of an internal combustion engine or by means of a steam engine of which the fuel is either wholly or partly petrol, petrol substitute, or gas. " Private Motor Vehicle" means a motor vehicle in respect of which motor car duty is payable under Section 86 'jf the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910. (c) "Trade Vehicle" means a motor vehicle which is con- structed or adapted for use and is used solely for the convey- ance of any goods or burden in the course of trade or hus- bandry, and whereon the Christian name and surname, and place of abode or place of business of the person, or the name or style and principal or only place of business of the Ccm- pany or firm keeping the same are visibly and legibly painted in letters of not less than one inch in length. (a) REGULATION 2F. This Regulation is printed p. 40 in the form which it assumes as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2JJ (i). (b) ORDER IN COUNCIL OF JAN. 2, 1918. This Order in Council (St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 10) amended the Defence of the Realm Regulations in this and other respects. Those Regulations are pub'ished monthly in consolidated form as amended to the last day of the previous month. (c) FINANCE (1909-10) ACT, 1910. i.e., 10 Edw. 7. c. 8. 244 Motor Spirit (Consolidation} and Gas Restriction Order, 1918. " Omnibus " means a motor vehicle in respect of which Excise duty as a hackney carriage has been, or is liable to be paid, (a) including a char-a-banc, waggonette, brake and stage carriage, which is ordinarily used for plying for hire, and in which when so used the passengers are charged separate and distinct fares for their respective places therein. " Motor Cab" means a motor vehicle in respect of which Excise duty as a hackney carriage has been, or is liable to be, paid, (a) which is licensed by a police or local authority to stand or ply for hire, and which is not an omnibus. " Hire Car " means a motor vehicle in respect of which Excise duty as a hackney carriage has been, or is liable to be paid, (a) which is kept for the purpose of being let for hire by a person who is a coachmaker, or whose trade or business it is to sell or let vehicles for hire, and which is neither a motor cab nor an omnibus. " Necessary household affairs " means the obtaining and carrying of food, fuel, stores, medical and surgical i-equisites, visits to a registered medical practitioner, dental surgeon, legal adviser, professional agent or bank, the conveyance of children or young persons to or from a school, college or place for the purpose of receiving elementary or secondary education; and house removal. " Performance of a public duty" includes attendance at or upon any Court of Justice 01 at or upon any body or person exercising public duties when such attendance is in con- nection with the business of such Court or such public duty; and the performance of a duty undertaken at the direction of a Court of Justice or for or in connection with the service of a Government Department or such body or person as afore- said when such duty is duly authorised by such Department, body or person, and the performance of their duties by officers of police and fire brigades, but for the purposes of this Order does not include attendance at a place of worship. " Red Cross Purposes " means : (a) The conveyance of sick or wounded members of His Majesty's Forces for hospital or medical treatment; (6) The conveyance of stores, nurses, and duly authorised officials to and from a hospital in connection with the service of the hospital, where the journey cannot otherwise be reasonably and conveniently accom- plished ; (c) The conveyance of a member of a county or district Com- mittee of a hospital or of one of the Societies herein- after mentioned to a Committee meeting where the journey cannot otherwise be reasonably and con- veniently accomplished ; (a) "IN RESPECT OF WHICH EXCISE DUTY AS A HACKNEY CARRIAGE HAS BEEN, OR is LIABLE TO BE PAID." These words are in the application of this Order to Ireland to be omitted from the definitions of u Omnibus," " Motor Cab" and " Hire Car." See the Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restric- tion (Ireland) Order, 1918, printed p. 250. Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction Order, 1918. 245 (d) The conveyance of sick or wounded members of His Majesty's Forces who are otherwise unable to take exercise, from and to hospitals for a total running distance not exceeding twelve miles, when the journey is undertaken solely for that purpose ; (e) The conveyance of sick or wounded members of His Majesty's Forces from and to hospitals to and from places witiiin six miles of the hospital, where they can rest or walk about, if the Medical Officer of the hos- pital certifies that such drives are necessary, and if the journey is undertaken solely for that purpose; and extends to the said purposes if undertaken for the Red Cross Society, St. John's Ambulance Association, St. Andrew's Ambulance Association or any similar Society recognised by the Admiralty, Army Council, or States acting in Naval or Military co-operation with His Majesty in the present war. REGULATION FOR THE USE OF PETROL, PETROL SUBSTITUTE, AND GAS. 2. Save as is hereinafter expressly authorised, 110 person shall use or cause or permit to be used any petrol or petrol substitute for any purpose whatsoever, or gas for the purpose of driving any motor vehicle or motor boat. 3. Petrol or petrol substitute, provided it has been obtained in accordance with the provisions of a motor spirit licence issued by the Petrol Control Department of the Board of Trade(a) since the 20th June, 1916, (b) and gas, if a permit has been granted for its use by the said Department, may be used for the following purposes : Private Motor Vehicles. A. For driving a private motor vehicle where such vehicle is used : (1) In the conveyance of a person or goods to or from the nearest convenient railway station or port, in con- nection with a journey by rail or sea, provided that the journey to or from the station or port cannot otherwise be reasonably and conveniently accom- plished ; (2) For the purpose of the profession trade or business carried on by, or the necessary household affair^ of, the person on whose behalf the motor vehicle is being used, where the journey cannot otherwise be reason- ably and conveniently accomplished; provided that the conveyance of a person for the whole or part of (a) PETROL CONTROL DEPARTMENT. The address of the Department is 19, Berkeley Street, W.I., and Mr. H. W. Cole is secretary to the Petrol Control Committee. (b) JUNE 20TH, 1916. This was the date on or before which returns were required under the Census of Petrol Order of June 9th, 1916, of the Board of Trade which is printed at p. 510 of the May, 1917, Edition of the Defence of the Realm Regulations but which is omitted from the present Manual as being now 4 Spent." 246 Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction Order, 1918. the distance between his residence and place of business shall not be deemed to be a journey under- taken for the purpose of his profession trade or business if radlway or other means of communication be reasonably and conveniently available. (3) In the performance of any public duty for the whole or part of a journey which cannot otherwise be reason- ably and conveniently accomplished either in whole or in part ; (4) On any sudden or urgent necessity, where life or limb is or may be endangered ; (5) For the conveyance of a sick or injured person for the purpose of receiving medical or surgical treatment or for the removal of such person from a hospital or nursing home or from one residence to another; and, if the journey cannot otherwise be reasonably and conveniently accomplished, for the purpose of attend- ance upon such person, and for visits to a person who is dangerously ill ; (6) For funerals; (7) In the conveyance of a duly qualified medical practi- tioner or veterinary surgeon, while it is being used by him for the purposes of his profession ; (8) For Red Cross purposes; Whether a journey can be reasonably and conveniently accom- plished otherwise than by a private motor vehicle depends on all the circumstances of the case, including the length and purpose of the journey, the age and state of health of the person using the motor vehicle, the time occupied in relation to the distance, and the availability of trains or public service vehicles. Trade Vehicles. B. For driving a trade vehicle for any purpose for which such vehicles may by law be driven. Omnibuses. C. For driving an omnibus, (1) While plying for hire upon any route on which it or any other omnibus was accustomed to run during the calendar month immediately preceding the date of this Order or upon any route which is certified by the Chief Officer of Police for the police area in which the petrol or petrol substitute is used (or in the Metro- politan Police District by the Chief Officer tf the Public Carriage Branch of Metropolitan Police) to be necessary or desirable in the interests of the travelling public. (2) For ambulance, hospital, or Red Cross purposes or for naval, military or munitions service, or the convey- ance of workmen to and from their work, or for the conveyance of sick and wounded members of H.M. Forces, although the omnibus is not plying for hire. Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction Order, 1918. 247 (3) For conveying persons, luggage, and goods to or from a railway station or port in connection with a journey by rail or sea. Motor Cabs. D. For driving a motor cab for any purpose within the limits of the area where it is licensed to stand or ply for hire, and to any place situate not more than three miles from the boundary of such area and for returning from such place. Hire Cars. E. (1) For driving a hire car, notwithstanding anything contained in a permit formerly issued under Regulation SGG of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, where the car is hired, (a) for the conveyance of a person or goods to or from the nearest convenient railway station or port in connec- tion with a journey by rail or sea; (6) for the purpose of the profession, trade or business carried on by, or the necessary household affairs of, the person hiring the car ; (c) for the performance of a public duty by the person hiring the car ; (d) on any sudden or urgent necessity where life or limb is or may be endangered ; (e) for the conveyance of a sick or injured person for the purpose of receiving medical treatment, or for the removal of such person from a hospital or nursing home or from one residence to another, or for the purpose of attendance upon such person, and for visiting a person who is dangerously ill; (/) for funerals ; (g) for Red Cross purposes. It is hereby declared that the provisions of this clause apply to all hire cars, as hereinbefore defined, whether or not they are standing or plying for hire in a street, public place or railway station where it is lawful for them so to do without a licence. (2) The owner of every hire car shall keep a record of all lettings with the names and addresses of the hirers and particulars of the journey, except where the letting took place when the car was standing or plying for hire in a street, public place or railway station, and such record shall be open for inspection at all times by a Police Officer or an Officer of the Board of Trade. Fire Engines and Motor Ambulance. F. For driving a motor vehicle which is a motor fire engine, or other vehicle used for fire brigade purposes, or a motor ambulance. MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES. 4. Petrol, petrol substitute or gas may be used for the purpose of driving a motor fishing boat or other motor boats used for the purpose of the profession, trade or business (other than the trade 248 Motor Spirit {Consolidation) and Gas Restriction Order, 1918. or business of letting motor boats for hire or for conveying pas- sengers on pleasure trips) carried on by the person on v. hose behalf the motor boat is being used; or for driving a motor tractor or motor plough used for the cultivation of land or other agricultural purposes ; or for driving a motor sweeping or water- ing machine or other vehicle used for sanitary purposes ; or f(.r purposes other than the provision of motor power to motor vehicles provided that petrol or petrol substitute, if subject to duty as motor spirit under Section 84 of the Finance (.1909-10) Act, 1910, must be obtained in accordance with the provisions of a motor spirit licence issued by the Petrol Control Department of the Board of Trade. RACE MEETINGS, GAMES AND SPORT. 5. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, no person shall use, or cause or permit to be used any petrol, petrol substitute or gas for driving any motor vehicle whatsoever, either for the purpose of his profession, trade or business or otherwise, to or from any race meeting, game or sport, whether for the whole or part only of the journey, except for the purpose of attendance upon or removal of a sick or injured person, or upon any sudden or urgent necessity whereby life or limb is or may be endangered, or for the purpose of police or fire duty. Provided that the distance between a person's place of residence whether permanent or temporary and the nearest con- venient railway station shall not be deemed to be a part of such journey if the use of petrol, petrol substitute or gas for the purpose of proceeding to such railway station is otherwise per- mitted by this Order. Provided also that nothing in this paragraph shall apply to an omnibus plying for hire on its ordinary and accustomed route and at its ordinary and accustomed hours and fares. SPECIAL PERMITS. 6. Nothing in this Order shall prevent the use of petrol, petrol substitute or gas for any purpose by any person to whom a special permit in writing has been granted by the Petrol Control Depart- ment of the Board of Trade for such times and subject to such use thereof as a condition of its user. ONUS OF PROOF. 7. The proof that petrol, petrol substitute or gas was used in accordance with the provisions of this Order shall in all cases lie upon the person or persons using or causing or permitting the use thereof, as a condition of its user. GENERAL. 8. Where petrol, petrol substitute or gas is being used by any person for a purpose permitted by this Order in the driving of any motor vehicle or motor boat, any other person or persons Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction Order, 1918. 249 may accompany the person using such petrol or petrol substitute. 9. Noting in this Order shall prevent the use of petrol or petrol substitute obtained under a motor spirit licence, or of gas, by the holder of a gas permit, for the purpose of driving a motor vehicle for a distance not exceeding 20 miles in connection with the boiia-fide sale or intended sale of such vehicle, provided that the seller has obtained the permission of a Superintendent or other Chief Officer of Police for the area in which the motor vehicle is kept. 10. Nothing in this order applies to the use of petrol, petrol substitute or gas for the purpose of driving motor vehicles in the exclusive use of a Government Department; or motor vehicles enrolled for War Service under a scheme authorised by the Army Council or Secretary of State for War which are provided for the purpose of such service with petrol or petrol substitute from Army sources under due authority, and while they are actually employed on the service for which they are so enrolled. A certificate issued under the authority of the Army Council or Secretary of State for War shall be evidence that the motor vehicle is enrolled under such a scheme authorised by them. 11. Where at the date of this Order a motor vehicle or motor boat had been fitted with apparatus for the purpose of driving it by gas, it may be driven for any purpose authorised by this Older without a gas permit until the 9th February, 1918, after which date no motor vehicle or motor boat in respect of which a gas permit has not been granted shall be driven by gas. 12. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 13. Regulations 80 and SGG of the Defence of the Realm Regulations shall cease to have effect as from the 10th January, 1918, and the Motor Spirit Restriction Order (No. 1), 1917,(a) and the Motor Spirit Restriction Order (No. 2), 1917, (b) are hereby revoked without prejudice to any act or thing 'done or suffered or to any prosecution or proceeding instituted or penalty incurred under the said Regulations or Orders. 14. This Order may be cited as the Motor Spirit (Consolida- tion) and Gas Restriction Order, 19.18, and shall take effect as from the 10th January, 1918. W. F. Mar wood, A Secretary to the Board of Trade. Board of Trade, 7, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I. 3rd January, 1918. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 8th. 1918.] (a) MOTOR SPIRIT RESTRICTION ORDER (No. 1), 1917. This Order '(St. R. and 0., 1917 No. 723) was published in the London Gazette of July 13th, 1917. (to) MOTOR SPIRIT RESTRICTION ORDER (No. 2), 1917. This Order is printed as St. R. and O., 1917 No. 1046. 250 Turpentine, &c., Control Order, 1918; Motor Spirit (Consolida- tion) and Gas Restriction (Ireland) Order, 1918. THE TURPENTINE, ETC., CONTROL ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 25, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling 1 him hereby orders as follow : 1. No person shall on or after the 25th of January, 1918, until further notice, purchase or take delivery of any Spirits of Turpentine or any Turpentine Substitute as hereinafter denned now or hereafter situated in the United Kingdom except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions or of the Board of Admiralty or of the Army Council, or sell, supply or deliver any such Spirits of Turpentine or Turpentine Substitute to any person other than the holder of such a licence and in accordance with the terms thereof ; provided that no such licence shall be required by any person for the purchase and delivery of any such Spirits of Turpentine or Turpentine Substitute in quantities not exceeding an aggregate of five gallons during any one Calendar Month. 2. For the purposes of this Order the expression " Turpentine Substitute " shall mean Mineral Turpentine, White Spirit, "White Oil, or any product of Petroleum under whatever name sold or known (except Motor Spirit and Benzene) capable of being used as a substitute for Spirits of Turpentine. 3. This Order may be cited as the Turpentine, etc., Control Order, 1918. 4. All applications for licences under this Order shaM be made to the Controller, Mineral Oil Production Department (M.P.S.), Ministry of Munitions, 8, Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2. [The above Order was published in the L< ndon Gazette, Janu:i-y '2.Jth, 1918.] THE MOTOR SPIRIT (CONSOLIDATION) AND GAS RESTRICTION (IRELAND) ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 6, 1918, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Regulations 2r and 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regula- tions, (a) the Board of Trade deem it expedient to amend the pro- visions of the Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction Order, 1918, (b) as it applies to Ireland it is hereby ordered as follows : 1. In the application of the Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction Order, 1918, to Ireland, from the definition of (a) REGULATION 2r. This Regulation is printed p. 40 in the form which it assumes as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2.JJ (1). (b) MOTOR SPIRIT (CONSOLIDATION) AND GAS RESTRICTION ORDER, 1918. This is printed p. 243. Motor Spirit and Lamp Oil (Maximum Retail Prices] Order, 1918. the expressions Omnibus, Motor Cab and Hire Car in the said Order, the words " in respect of which Excise duty as a hackney carriage has been, or is liable to be, paid " shall be omitted. 2. This Order may be cited as the Motor Spirit (Consolidation) and Gas Restriction (Ireland) Order, 1918. W. F. Mar wood, A Secretary to the Board of Trade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 8th, 1918.] 251 THE MOTOR SPIRIT AND LAMP OIL (MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1918, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Board of Trade, deeming it expedient to exercise the powers conferred upon them by Regulations 2F, 2a, and 2jJ of the Defence of the Realm Regulations^) for the purpose of regu- lating and maintaining the supply of Motor Spirit and Lamp Oil, hereby order as follows : 1. In this Order " Motor Spirit" means any mineral oil used or capable of being used for supplying motive power to motor vehicles, whether taxed or not. " Lamp Oil " means any mineral oil used or capable of being used in a lamp. A mineral oil which is capable of being used for both of the aforesaid purposes, unless taxed as motor spirit under the pro- visions of the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, (b) or any amending Act, shall be deemed to be Lamp Oil. 2. The maximum price at which Motor Spirit may be sold by retail shall be the delivered price per gallon to the retailer, with an addition of 15 per cent, or of fivepence a gallon, which- ever is the less. Quantities less than a gallon shall be sold at a price proportionate to that charged per gallon. 3. The maximum price at which Lamp Oil may be sold by retail shall be the delivered price per gallon to the retailer, with an addition of fourpence a gallon. Quantities less than a gallon shall be sold at a price proportionate to that charged per gallon. (a) REGULATIONS 2r, 2a. These Regulations are printed pp. 40-42 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2jJ (1). (b) FINANCE (1909-10) ACT, 1910. i.e., 10 Edw. 7. c. 8, s. 84 (7), of that Act defines " motor spirit " as meaning any inflammable hydrocarbon (including any mixture of hydrocarbons and any liquid containing hydrocarbon) which is capable of being used for providing reasonably efficient motive power for a motor car 252 Motor Spirit and Lamp Oil (Maximum Retail Prices) Order, 1918. 4. Where Motor Spirit or Lamp Oil is sold by a hawker or is delivered by a retailer to a purchaser at any place other than the retailer's place of business an extra charge at the rate of one farthing- for a quart or for any part of a quart may be added to the price permitted by this Order. 5. No person shall sell or offer for sale Motor Spirit or Lamp Oil at a price exceeding the maximum allowed by this Order. G. No person shall upon sale or proposed sale by retail of Motor Spirit or Lamp Oil impose or attempt to impose any condition as to the purchase of any Motor Spirit or Lamp Oil in excess of the quantity demanded or as to the purchase of any other goods. 7. Every person shall exhibit and keep exhibited in a conspicuous place in the shop, stall or place at which he sells Motor Spirit or Lamp Oil by retail a notice stating the actual price of every description of Motor Spirit and Lamp Oil sold by him. A hawker shall exhibit and keep exhibited such notice on his cart. 8. No person shall buy or offer to buy Motor Spirit or Lamp Oil at a price exceeding that stated on the notice exhibited in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 7. 9. All persons who sell Motor Spirit or Lamp Oil by retail shall if and when required by any ofhcer of the Board of Trade duly authorised in that behalf or by any Officer of Police not under the rank of Inspector on behalf of the Board of Trade, make a return specifying the delivered price of any Motor Spirit or Lamp Oil in his possession, and shall produce such books, invoices and documents in verification thereof as may be required. All officers of police not under the rank of inspector are hereby authorised to require such returns on behalf of the Board of Trade. 10. Infringements of this Order are summary offences under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 11. This Order shall take effect as from the 1st March, 1918. 12. This Order may be cited as the Motor Spirit and Lamp Oil (Maximum Retail Prices) Order, 1918. W. F. Marwood. A Secretary to the Board of Trade. 7, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Ca/.-tt*-. February 12th, 191K.J Gas (Use in Motor Vehicles) Local Prohibition Order, 1918. 253 THE GAS (USE IN MOTOR VEHICLES) LOCAL PROHIBITION ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 9, 1918, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Board of Trade deeming it expedient to make further exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Regulations 2F and 2jJ of the Defence of the Realm Regulations for the purpose of maintaining the supply of gas hereby order as follows : 1. Where the Board of Trade give notice that the use of gas manufactured or supplied by any gas Undertaking referred to in such notice is, prohibited for driving motor vehicles or any class of motor vehicles no person shall after such time as may be prescribed in such notice, or if no time is prescribed at any time thereafter, buy, sell, use, obtain or cause or permit to be bought sold used or obtained for the purpose aforesaid any gas manu- factured or supplied by such undertaking : provided that nothing in this Order shall prevent the use of gas manufactured or supplied by such undertaking for driving motor vehicles owned by them and used exclusively for the purposes of their business. 2. Where any such notice as aforesaid has been issued by the Board of Trade, no person who is supplying or who is under con- tract to supply gas to any undertaking named in the notice shall sell or supply or cause or permit to be sold or supplied and no person shall use or obtain or cause to be used or obtained any gas manufactured by such first mentioned person for the purpose of driving motor vehicles : provided that nothing in this para- graph shall prevent the use of gas manufactured by such first mentioned person for driving motor vehicles owned by him and used exclusively in his business. 3. A notice issued by the Board of Trade under paragraph 1 of this Order may specify the date on which the prohibition therein contained shall have effect and the prohibition may extend to all or to any class of motor vehicles and may specify the duration of such prohibition and any other matters and conditions that the Board may deem expedient for the purpose of regulating the use of gas for the purpose aforesaid. Such notice may by further notice given in like manner be cancelled or suspended. 4. The owner of any motor vehicle in respect of which a gas permit has been granted and who lives or carries on business within the aiea of supply of any gas undertaking in respect of which a notice has been issued under paragraph 1 of this Order may, if at any time before the 9th February, 1918, a motor spirit licence had been granted to him, apply to the Petrol Control (a) REGULATIONS 2tf, 2&. These Regulations are printed pp. 40-42 in the form which they appear to assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regu- lation 2jj (1). 254 Motor Spirit Delivery Order, 1918. Department of the Board of Trade(ai) for the grant of a motor spirit licence for such motor vehicle and the said Department may issue a motor spirit licence to such person upon surrender of his gas permit. 5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences under the Defence of the Realm Regulations . 6. This Order may be cited as the Gas (Use in Motor Vehicles) Local Prohibition Order, 1918. W. F. Mar wood, A Secretary to the Board of Trade. The Board of Trade, 7, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 12th, 1918.] THE MOTOR SPIRIT DELIVERY ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 26, 1918, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Board of Trade, deeming it expedient to make further exercise of their powers under the Regulations 2r, 2e, and 2jJ of the Defence of the Realm Regulatioiis(b) as regard motor spirit, hereby order as follows : (1) From and after the 1st day of March, 1918, no person shall deliver to a licensed dealer any motor spirit for the purpose of re-sale without receiving from such licensed dealer at the time of delivery customers' vouchers or dealers' touchers representing the same number of gallons as are then delivered to such licensed dealer. (2) From and after the 1st day of March, 1918, no licensed dealer in motor spirit shall take delivery of any motor spirit from any person for the purpose of re-sale without delivering to such person customers' vouchers or dealers' vouchers representing the same number of gallons as are then delivered to him. (3) All persons who receive customers' or dealers' vouchers under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Order or otherwise shall hold and dispose of such vouchers in such manner as shall be directed by the Petrol Control Department of the Board of Trade(a) or by (a) PETROL CONTROL DEPARTMENT. The address of the Department is 19, Berkeley Street, W.I, and Mr. H. \V. Cole is secretary to the Petrol Control Committee. (b) REGULATIONS 2r, 2G. These Regulations are printed pp. 40-42 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2jj (1). Motor Spirit Delivery Order, 1918. 255 any person duly authorised by them, and shall make such returns and give such information relating to the said vouchers as the Board of Trade or the Petrol Control Department may require. (4) The Petrol Control Department may by licence in writing exempt any person from the operation of this Order or any part thereof for such times and subject to such considerations as may be specified in such licence. (5) In this Order: The expression "motor spirit" includes any liquid sub- or capable of being used for supplying expression stance used motive power to motor vehicles, but does not include a mineral oil capable of being used in a lamp unless taxed as motor spirit under the provisions of the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, (a) or bought or sold for use in a motor vehicle. The expression "licensed dealer" means a person licensed to deal in motor spirit. The expression "customer's voucher" means a voucher detached from a motor spirit licence issued by the Petrol Control Department of the Board of Trade pursuant to Section 15 of the Finance Act, 1916. (b) The expression "dealer's voucher" means a voucher issued by the Petrol Control Department of the Board of Trade for the purpose of enabling a licensed dealer to obtain a supply of motor spirit for the purpose of re-sale. 6. This Order may be cited as the Order, 1918." Motor Spirit Delivery W. F. Marwood, A Secretary to the Board of Trade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, March 15th, 1918.] (a) FINANCE (1909-10) ACT, 1910. I.e., 10 Edw. 7. c 8, s. 84 (7) of that Act defines "motor spirit" as meaning any inflammable hydrocarbon (including any mixture of hydrocarbons and any liquid containing hydrocarbon) which is capable of being used for providing reasonably efficient motive power for a mi tor car. (b) MOTOR SPIRIT LICENCES. The Regulations of July 31st, 1916, made by the Board of Trade under s. 15 of the Finance Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo 5. c. 24), are printed as St. R. & O., 1916, No. 531. 256 Optical Munitions Order, 1915. 9. Optical and Glassware Munitions. Blast-Furnace Dust Order, 1917,^. 92, 258. Blast-Furnace Dust Licence (Use as Fertiliser), HUK,///>. 94,21)2 Glass (Artificial Human Eves) (Returns) Order. 11)17 p. 258. Glass Control (Consolidated) Order, 1917, p. 2f>*. Optical Munitions Order, 1915, /;. 256. Photographic Lenses (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 257. War Material (Insurance) Permit, 1916, pp. 97, 257. THE OPTICAL MUNITIONS OKDER, 1915, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 2-j, 1915, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. In pursuance of the powers conferred on him by Regulation U()A of the Defence of the Realm Begulations,(b) the Minister of Munitions hereby orders that the War Material to which that Regulation applies shall include optical munitions of the follow- ing classes and descriptions, that is to say: Prismatic binoculars and monoculars having a magnify- ing power of five times or more. Galilean binoculars having object-glasses with a full dia- meter of one-and-three-quarter inches or more, and a magnifying power of three-and-a-half to five times. Terrestrial telescopes, portable, with an object-glass of one- and-a-quarter inches full diameter or more, and a magni- fying power of eleven times or more. Telescopic or other optical sights for rifles. Periscopes and hyposcopes, using optical means other than, or in addition to, plane mirrors. Compasses, prismatic and the like, of an outer diameter of two-and-one-half inches or less, by means of which an azimuth angle can be read off simultaneously with the sighting of an object. And in addition the following optical munitions of Admiralty or of War Office pattern : Rangefinders, Mekometers, Telemeters, Clinometers, Angle of Sight Instruments, Apparatus for the Control of Fire, Dial Sights, Directors, Field-Plotters. H. Llewellyn Smith, General Secretary. FTke ".bore Order was published in the London Gazette, November 23rd 1915.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. War Material (Insurance) Permit, 1916; Photographic Lenses 257 (Returns) Order, 1917. THE WAR MATERIAL (INSURANCE) PERMIT, 1916, DATED JUNE 30, 1916, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. [This Permit, which relates to the insurance, inter alia, of Optical Munitions and of Whale Oil, is printed p. 97 in sub- group (12) " Whale Oil " of group 2 " Arms, Ammunition and Explosives/'] THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LENSES (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JANUARY 19, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders that all persons having in their possession or under their control any photographic lens or lenses of the natures specified in the Schedule hereto shall, within seven days from the date hereof, send in to the Director of Optical and Glassware Munitions, 117, Piccadilly, London, W.I, returns containing the following particulars with regard to such lens or lenses : (1) Focal length. (2) Maximum aperture. (3) Name of maker. (4) Designation given by maker. (5) Number given by maker. (6) Type of diaphragm. The Schedule above referred to. (a) Anastigrnatic lenses having focal lengths of from 8 inches to 12 inches inclusive and an aperture of not less than E/4'5. (b) Anastigrnatic lenses having focal length of from 18 inches to 24 inches inclusive and an aperture of not less than F/6. (c) Anastigrnatic, symmetrical, and rapid rectilinear lenses having focal lengths of from 22 inches to 26 inches inclusive and an aperture of not less than F/ll. (d) Anastigrnatic, symmetrical, and rapid rectilinear lensep having focal lengths of from 30 inches to 72 inches inclusive and an aperture of not less than F/8. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 19th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 3749 258 Glass (Artificial Human Eyes) (Returns) Order, 1917; Blast- Furnace Dust Order, 1917; Glass Control (Consolidated) Order, 1917. THE GLASS (ARTIFICIAL HUMAN EYES) (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JUNE 5, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders that all persons engaged in the manufacture, purchase, sale or other dealings in artificial human eyes, shall within 7 days from the date hereof send in to the Director of Optical Munitions and Glassware Supply, 117, Piccadilly, W.I, returns containing particulars of the number, type and material of all artificial human eyes in their possession or under their control. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, June 5th, 1917.] THE BLAST-FURNACE DUST ORDER, 1917, DATED AUGUST 7, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. [This Order, which is administered by the Controller of Potash Production, is printed p. 92 in sub-group (10) " Potash Produc- tion " of Group 2 "Arms, Ammunition and Explosives/'] THE GLASS CONTROL (CONSOLIDATED) ORDER, 1917, DATED SEP- TEMBER 19, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby orders as follows : (1) Every person shall, as from the date hereof, in the manu- facture of glass and glassware, comply with all directions and regulations applicable to such manufacture, whether of general application or otherwise which may from time to time be given or made by the Director of Glassware Supply on behalf of the Minister of Munitions. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDKR. The Short Title was conferred by the " Min- istry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Glass Control (Consolidated] Order, 1917. 259 (2) As from the date hereof no person shall manufacture and no manufacturer shall supply or deliver any chemical and medical glass (excluding bottles), or any electric lamp glass or any glass tubing and rod, except : (a) In fulfilment of an Order in writing given by an ordering firm (which expression shall include every person, firm or company giving an order) who shall have furnished to the manufacturer a declaration in writing stating that they are the holders of a direct contract from the Admiralty, War Office or Minister of Munitions, and specifying the reference and number of such direct contract, and stating that the glass specified in the order is required for the purpose o'f fulfilling such direct contract and for no other purpose, or (6) In fulfilment of an order in writing which has been submitted to and approved by the said Director on behalf of the Minister of Munitions, and a copy of which has been received by the manufacturer duly certified by the said Director as so approved, or (c) Under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by the said Director on behalf of the Minister of Munitions. (3) Every declaration made by an ordering firm for the pur- poses of this Order shall be signed by a partner, director, manager or other responsible official, and every statement con- tained therein shall be true and accurate. (4) No person shall as from the date hereof buy, sell or deal in any chemical and medical glass, or any glass tubing and rod situated or to be manufactured outside the United Kingdom except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by the said Director on behalf of the Minister of Munitions. (5) No person shall, as from the date hereof, buy, sell, or deal in any electric lamp glass, whether situated or to be manufac- tured in or outside the United Kingdom, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by the said Director on behalf of the Minister of Munitions; provided that nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to prohibit the supply or delivery of any electric lamp glass by the manufacturer thereof in accordance with the provisions of Clause 2 hereof, or any purchase or sale- of or other dealing in any electric lamp glass which forms part of a manufactured article, the total value of which exceeds four times the value of the electric lamp glass forming part thereof, and which is bond fide sold with such glass. (6) All persons shall furnish to the said Director as and when required by him, such returns of glass and glassware at any time manufactured, purchased, sold, supplied or delivered by them at 3749 260 Glass Control (Consolidated) Order, 1917. such, times and in such form as the said Director shall from time to time direct. All persons heretofore required to furnish returns relating to glass and glassfwarei shall, until further notice, continue to furnish returns in accordance with such previous requirements. (7) Nothing in this Order shall affect any obligation to obtain from the Board of Trade (Department of Import Restrictions), 22, Carlisle Place, S.W.I, or otherwise, import licences for the import of glass and glassware. (8) For the purposes of this Order the expression " glass and glassware " shall include all kinds of glass or glassware made at the furnace, in the blowpipe flame, or by any other process, or any of them; and the expression " chemical and medical glass " shall include resistance, chemical and bacteriological glasswaie, carboys, thermometers, miners' safety lamp glasses, X-ray tubes and valves, and glass for X-ray apparatus, artificial glass eyes, hospital glassware and glass vessels (graduated or otherwise) manufactured for the purpose of containing reagents, drugs, medicines, pharmaceutical or biological substances or prepara- tions, or any of them; and the expression " electric lamp glass " shall include all glass used or intended for use in the manufac- ture of electric lamps, except glass used or intended for use in lamp caps for insulating purposes, but shall not include glass shades and similar accessories; and the expression/' glass tubing and rod" shall include all glass tubing and glass rod made by the process of drawing, or either of them. (9) The Orders of the Minister of Munitions dated respectively the 2nd January, 1917, (a) and the 23rd March, 1917, (b) relating to certain classes of glass and glassware, are hereby cancelled, but such cancellation shall not affect the previous operation of those Orders or the validity of any action taken under them or either of them, or the liability to any penalty or punishment in respect of any contravention or failure to comply with the same respectively prior to their cancellation or any proceeding or remedy in respect of such penalty or punishment. (10) All applications in reference to the above Order should be made to the Director of Glassware Supply, Ministry of Munitions of War, 117, Piccadilly, London, W.I. (11) This Order may be cited as the Glass Control (Consoli- dated) Order, 1917. (a) ORDER OF JAN. 2, 1917. This Order, which regulated dealings in Chemical and Medical Glass, was published in the London Gazette, January 9th, 1917, and is also printed p. 229 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." (b) ORDER OF MARCH 2^, 1917. This Order, which related to the manufac- ture of or dealings in Electric Lamp Glass, was published in the London Gazette, March 23rd, 1917, and is also printed p. 230 of the May, 1917, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." Glass Control (Consolidated) Order, 1917. 261 EXPLANATORY NOTES. (a) Subject to any directions or regulations which may be given or made by the Director of Glassware Supply applicable to the manufactuie of glass and glassware and to any priority direc- tions a manufacturer may without licence accept any orders for glass and glassware, other than chemical and medical glass (ex- cluding bottles) and electric lamp glass and glass tubing and rod, and manufacture the glass and glassware required to carry out such orders. (b) As all chemical and medical glassware (excluding bottles) and electric lamp glass and glass tubing and rod are subject to the provisions of Clause 2 of the above Order, no materials of this kind may be manufactured or supplied or delivered by a manu- facturer unless the requirements of that clause have ben complied with. (c) In order to obtain the approval referred to under Clause 2 (b) of the above Order it will be necessary for ordering firms to submit their Orders in duplicate to the said Director, accom- panied by a covering letter setting out the purpose for which the glass and glassware are required. If approved, one copy of the Order will be forwarded direct to the manufacturer duly certified and the other copy will be retained by the said Director. An advice will be sent to the ordering film indicating (the action taken in respect of such order. (d) Licences may be granted to manufacturers under Clause 2 (c) of the above Order to accept and carry out orders from dealers for reasonable quantities of the glass and glassware affected by that clause for the purpose of stock or export. Licences may -also be given to manufacturers to manufacture limited quantities of such glass and glassware for their own stock or export. Licences to manufacturers to manufacture for their own stock may be given in such a form as will make it unnecessary to obtain any further licence for disposing of or dealing in the glass or glassware manufactured under such licence except in the case of electric lamp glass. A dealer who has obtained any glass or glassware in compliance with the provisions of Clause 2 of the above Order will not require any further licence for disposing of or dealing in such glass or glassware, except in the case of electric lamp glass. (e) In the case of electric lamp glass to be supplied by a dealer and not by a manufacturer in oider to obtain the licence of the said Director for the purchase or sale of or other dealing in electric lamp glass situated in the United Kingdom, the order on the dealer for which a licence is desired must be submitted in duplicate to the said Director accompanied by a covering letter setting out the purpose for which the glass is required. If approved, one copy of the order will be forwarded direct to the dealer and the other copy will be retained by the said Director. An advice will be sent to the ordering firm indicating the action taken in respect of such orders. TsTo licences to purchase, sell 3749 I 3 262 Blast-Furnace Dust Licence (Use as a Fertiliser), 1918. or deal in electric lamp glass situated in the United Kingdom will be granted unless these conditions have been complied with. (/) No licence is required under the above Order to be obtained for the purchase or sale of or other dealing in glass and glassware situated or to be manufactured outside the United Kingdom other than those types of glass and glassware affected by Clauses 4 and 5 of the above Order. (g) In order to obtain the licence of the said Director for the purchase or sale of or other dealing in any glass or glassware of the types affected by Clauses 4 and 5 of the above Order situated or to be manufactured outside the United Kingdom, full details must be submitted in duplicate of the glass and glassware which it is proposed to buy, sell or deal in, accompanied by a covering letter stating the purpose for which the glass and glassware is required and to whom it is to be supplied. If approved, one copy of such details will be certified as licensed and returned to the person submitting it, who must be the actual importer of the glass and glassware in question, and such certificate will con- stitute his authority for the purchase, sale or other dealing. No further licence will be required to dispose of or deal in such glass and glassware except electric lamp glass, provided nothing to the contrary is specified in the licence issued as authority for purchase, sale or delivery. A licence given to an importer to buy, sell or deal in glass and glassware situated or to be manu- factured outside the United Kingdom may be in such a form as will make it unnecessary for any further licence to be obtained, whether by the seller or the buyer for disposing of or dealing in such glass and glassware except in the case of electric lamp glass. (h) A licence to buy, sell or deal in glass and glassware situated or to be manufactured outside the United Kingdom will only be given on condition that the importer renders to the said Director full and accurate returns of his imports, stock and deliveries of glass and glassware in accordance with the directions from time to time given by the said Director. (i) Special attention is directed to Clause 7 of the above Order relating to the necessity of obtaining import and other permits and licences which are or may be from time to time required. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 21st, 1917.] THE BLAST-FURNACE DUST LICENCE (USE AS FERTILISER), 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1918, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS . [This Licence, which is administered by the Controller of Potash Production, is printed p. 94 in sub-group (10) " Potash Production JJ of Group 2 " Arms, Ammunition and Explosives."] Paper Restriction Order, 1917 (No. 3). 10. Paper. {!.) Newspapers and Magazines, p. 263. {2.) Posters and Circulars, p. 265. Priority Certificates and Supply generally, p. 270. (4.) Strawboard Prices, p. 275. (5.) Vegetable Parchment Paper, p. 276. (6.) Waste Paper, p. 277. (1) Newspapers and Magazines. Paper Restriction Order, 1917 (No. 3), p. 263. Paper Restriction Order. 1917 vNo. 4), p. 264. THE PAPER RESTRICTION ORDER, 1917 (No. 3), DATED APRIL 19, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas by Regulation 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regu- lations the Board of Trade have the like powers as are given to the Food Controller under Regulations 2p to 2j inclusive, as respects any articles of commerce to which the powers of the Food Con- troller under those regulations do not extend, where it appears to the Board necessary or expedient to exercise any of those powers for the purpose of encouraging or maintaining the supply of any such article which is required by the public or by any section of the public(a) : And whereas by virtue of Regulation 2F, these powers include powers to make orders regulating or giving directions with respect to the production, manufacture, treatment, use, consump- tion, transport, storage, distribution, supply, sale or purchase of, or other dealing in, or measures to be taken in relation to, any article : And whereas it appears to the Board of Trade expedient for the purpose of encouraging or maintaining the supply of paper, to exercise those powers as respects paper in manner provided by this Order : Now, therefore, the Board of Trade, in pursuance of their powers under the said regulations and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows : 1. On and after the date of this order, a person shall not, with' out a licence from the Board of Trade, publish any new, news- paper. For the purposes of this order, the expression " newspaper " means a publication which may be registered as a newspaper under the Post Office Act, 1908, (b) and the expression "new newspaper " means a newspaper which is not being published at (a) REGULATIONS 2F TO 2j. These Regulations are printed pp. 40-45 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2jj (1). (b) POST OFFICE ACT, 19088 Edw. 7. c. 48. 3749 I 4 264 Paper Restriction Order, 1917 (No. 4). the date of this order, and includes a newspaper which ifr published at more frequent intervals than those at which it is published at that date. 2. Infringements of this order are summary offences subject to penalties under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 3. This order may be cited as the Paper Restriction Order, 1917 (No. 3). Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade this 19th day of April, 1917. H. Llewellyn Smith. Board of Trade, 7, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. THE PAPER RESTRICTION ORDER, 1917 (No. 4), DATED JUNE 8, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas by Regulation 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regu- lations the Board of Trade have the like powers as are given to the Food Controller under Regulations 2r to 2j inclusive, as respects any articles of commerce to which the powers of the Food Controller under those regulations do not extend, where it appears to the Board necessary or expedient to exercise any of those powers for the purpose of encouraging or maintaining the supply of any such article which is required by the public or by any section of the public. (aj) And whereas by virtue of Regulation 2r, these powers include powers to make orders regulating or giving directions with respect to the production, manufacture, treatment, use, consumption, transport, storage, distribution, supply, sale or purchase of, or other dealing in, or measures to be taken in relation to, any article : And whereas by an Order made by the Board of Trade on the 19th day of April, 1917, (b) the publication of any new newspaper except under licence from the Board was prohibited : And whereas it appears to the Board of Trade expedient for the purpose of encouraging or maintaining the supply of paper, in the exercise of the powers above described, to extend the scope of that Order in manner hereinafter provided : (a) REGULATIONS 2r TO 2j. These Regulations are printed, pp. 40-45 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2jj (1). (b) PAPER RESTRICTION ORDER, 1917 (No. 3). That Order is printed p. 263. Paper Restriction (Posters and Circulars) Order, 1918. Now, therefore, the Board of Trade, in pursuance of their powers under the said regulations and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows : (1) On and after the date of this Order, a person shall not without a licence from the Board of Trade, publish any new magazine or other publication issued periodic- ally or in serial parts. For the purposes of this Order, the expression the "new magazine or other publication" means a magazine or other publication which is not being pub- lished at the date of this Order, and includes a magazine or other publication which after the date of this Order is published at more frequent intervals than those at which it is published at that date. (2) Infrngements of this Order are summary offences subject to penalties under the Defence of the Realm Regu- lations . (3) This Order may be cited as> the Paper Restriction Order, 1917 (No. 4). Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade this 8th day of June, 1917. H. Llewellyn Smith. 3oard of Trade, 7, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I. (2.) Posters and Circulars. THE PAPER RESTRICTION (POSTERS AND CIRCULARS) ORDER, 1918 DATED JANUARY 15, 1918, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Board of Trade, deeming it expedient to make further exercise of the powers vested in them by Regulations 2r, 2o, and 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(a) as respects paper, hereby order as follows: Posters. 1. (a) In this Order the expression " Poster " means a sheet or sheets made wholly or partly of paper, cardboard, or other similar material containing any advertisement, announcement, or intimation, whether in words, pictorial form, or otherwise^ printed, written or depicted which is exhibited or intended to be exhibited. (6) Any combination of posters relating to the same subject matter or business shall be deemed to be one poster. (a) REGULATIONS 2p to 2j. These Regulations are printed, pp. 40-45 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2JJ(1). 266 Paper Restriction (Posters and Circulars) Order, 1918. (c) In the case of posters relating to the advertisement of or contents in any newspaper or periodical, the expression " poster " includes posters made of any material whatever. 2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 7 hereof, no person shall make or exhibit or cause or permit to be made or exhibited any poster the superficial measurements of which exceed 2,400 square inches. 3. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 7 hereof, no person shall exhibit or cause or permit to be exhibited any poster con- taining any advertisement, announcement, or intimation with respect to goods offered for sale by a retailer except at the premises where such goods are offered for sale. 4. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 7 hereof, no person shall exhibit or affix or cause or permit to be exhibited or affixed on any one wall, hoarding, or place a number of posters relating to the same subject matter or business which in the aggregate exceed a superficial area of two thousand four hundred square inches, except at the place of business of the person advertising, in which case no one poster so exhibited or affixed shall exceed the superficial area aforesaid. 5. No person shall exhibit or cause or permit to be exhibited any poster relating to the advertisement of or contents in any newspaper or periodical except at the premises where the news- paper or periodical is published. 6. No person shall make or exhibit or cause or permit to be made or exhibited any poster containing any advertisement, announcement, or intimation with respect to the business of a moneylender, bookmaker, commission agent for the making or placing of bets and wagers, or tipster or with respect to any com- petition involving guessing or any test of skill, whether in connection with a game or sport or otherwise. 7. Subject to the prohibitions contained in paragraphs 5 and 6 hereof this Order shall not apply to posters the printing of which had been actually commenced on or before 2nd March, 1917, and which were actually in stock with a printer, billposter, or advertiser on or before 22nd October, 1917. Advertising Circulars. 8. In this Order the expression " advertising circulars" in- cludes advertisements of any description (other than posters), issued gratuitously and printed or written on paper, cardboard, or other similar material, tradesmen's catalogues and price lists, advertising sheets or periodicals in the form of a newspaper or magazine, whether registered as a newspaper or not, which are distributed gratuitously, and of which advertising is the main and not merely an ancillary purpose, diaries, almanacks, and calendars issued gratuitously and containing advertising matter, Paper Restriction (Posters and Circulars) Order, 1918. but does not include annual reports of companies or societies if issued only to members of such companies or societies nor circulars requesting verification of information for books of reference and containing no advertising matter other than that relating to books of reference published by the same person nor to auctioneers' cata- logues relating to a bond fide auction nor to particulars relating to land or houses which are offered for letting or sale. 9. No person shall issue or despatch, whether in response to a request in writing or otherwise, any advertising circulars either by post, by hand, in the form of inset or otherwise, save as is hereinafter expressly authorised. 10. Advertising circulars may, until 31st January, 1919, be issued and despatched within the United Kingdom for, by, and on behalf of all persons, other than those mentioned in para- graph 17 hereof, provided that the total weight of paper used for such advertising circulars (including the envelopes, packing, or wrappers) shall not exceed one-third of that used by the person by or on whose behalf the same were issued or despatched within the United Kingdom between 1st February, 1916, and 31st January, 1917. 11. In the case of advertising circulars relating to seeds and plants for the growing of foodstuffs one half of the total weight of. paper used by the person by or on whose behalf the same were issued and despatched between 1st February, 1914, and 31st January, 1915, shall be substituted for the total weight of paper permitted to be used by paragraph 10 ; provided that in the case of advertising circulars relating both to seeds or plants for food- stuffs and other seeds, plants or goods the part relating to such other seeds, plants or goods must not exceed one third of the total weight calculated as in paragraph 10. 12. A manufacturer, merchant, dealer or agent for sale may issue and despatch until 31st January, 1919, trade catalogues and price lists relating to goods made or dealt in by him to any person who sells or, for the purpose of his trade or business uses, the goods referred to in such catalogues or lists without reckoning the weight thereof in the weight of paper which he is permitted to use under paragraph 10 of this Order ; provided that in calcu- lating the weight of paper which he may send to other persons under paragraph 10 of this Order there shall be excluded the weight sent by him to the aforesaid classes of persons between 1st February, 1916, and 31st January, 1917. 13. Nothing in this Order applies to any prospectus or applica- tion form issued by a company or association bona-fide carrying on the business of insurance and despatched by them in response to a request in writing, nor to any annual report or statement of accounts or balance sheet issued by such company or association to persons insured by them. 14. Nothing in this Order applies to circulars relating to the purchase, sale, or dealing in, or to price lists of any stocks, shares, ' 268 Paper Restriction (Posters and Circulars] Order, 1918. debentures, bonds or securities of a like nature issued or despatched by a member of a stock exchange in the United Kingdom. 15. Advertising circulars and price lists of the class mentioned in the last paragraph may be issued or distributed by any other person, provided that the total weight of paper used for such circulars isued or distributed up to 31st January, 1919, does not exceed that allowed in paragraph 10 of this Order. 16. Nothing in this Order affects the use by a retailer of an advertising circular printed before 22nd October, 1917, as a wrapper for an article or articles purchased at his place of business provided no other form of wrapping paper is used on the article or articles so purchased. 17. No advertising circular shall be made, printed, issued, despatched or exhibited for, by or on behalf of any registered moneylender, bookmaker, commission agent for the making or placing of any bets or wagers, or tipster, or by the promoters of or persons interested in any guessing competition or test of skill, whether in connection with a game sport or otherwise. 18. Where it appears to the Board of Trade or the Royal Commission on Paper(a-) that the total weight of paper used by or on behalf of any person for advertising circulars issued or despatched by him between 1st February, 1916, and 31st January, 1917, or in the case of those circulars mentioned in paragraph 11 between 1st February, 1914, and 31st January, 1915, was un- reasonable and excessive having regard to the nature and import- ance of the business or matter referred to in such circulars and all the circumstances of the case, the Board or Royal Commission on Paper may by notice in writing directed to such person prescribe the total weight of paper that maj- be used by such persons for advertising circulars issued or despatched between the dates mentioned in paragraphs 10 and 11 of this Order, and such weight may be less than that permitted by those paragraphs, and shall be the total weight which such person is hereby permitted to use for the purpose aforesaid. 19. All persons who make, print, issue, despatch, distribute, or publish advertising circulars shall, if and when required by the Royal Commission on Paper on behalf of the Board of Trade, make returns to the said Commission in such form and giving (a) ROYAL COMMISSION ON PAPER. This Commission which was first con stituted by Royal Warrant of February If.th, 1916 (see London Gazette, Feb. 22nd, 1916), was reconstituted with extended powers by Royal Warrant of June 4th, 1917 (see London Gazette. June 5th, 1917) which revoked the 1916 Warrant. By Royal Warrant of March 8th, 1918, the Royal Commission was dissolved. The Board of Trade have appointed an officer to be called " The Controller of Paper" (see The Controller of Paper Order, St. R. & O., 1918, No. 295, dated March 9, 1918, and not printed in this Manual as being subsequent to the period (Feb. 28) covered thereby). Paper Restriction (Posters and Circulars) Order, 1918. 269 such particulars as they may direct as to the making, printing, issuing, despatch, distribution, or publication of advertising circulars. General. 20. Nothing in this Order applies to posters or advertising circulars despatched or to be despatched by persons (other than those mentioned in paragraph 17) to persons abroad. 21. The Paper Restriction (Posters and Circulars) Consolida- tion Order, 1917, (a) and the General Licences granted there- under, are hereby revoked without prejudice to any act or thing done or suffered or to any penalty incurred or prosecution or proceeding which has been or may be instituted thereunder. 22. The Royal Commission on Paper on behalf of the Board of Trade may in such cases as they think fit, and either particu- larly as respects any person or thing or generally as respects any class of persons or things issue Licences dispensing with the application of this Order to any person or thing or any class of person or things. 23. Where the fulfilment by any person of any contract is interfered with by the necessity on the part of himself or any other person of complying with any provision of this Order, that necessity shall be a good defence to any action or proceeding taken against that person in respect of the non-fulfilment of the contract so far as it is due to that interference. 24. Infringements of this Order are summary offences under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 25. This Order may be cited as the Paper Restriction (Posters and Circulars) Order, 1918, and shall take effect on 1st February, 1918. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade, H. Llewellyn Smith. BOARD OF TRADE, 7 5 Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 18, 1918.] (a) PAPER RESTRICTION (POSTERS AND CIRCULARS) (CONSOLIDATION) ORDER, 1917. That Order (published in the London Gazette, October 26th, 1917, and also printed as St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 1078) revoked and consoli- dated with amendments the Paper Restriction Order, 1917, of March 2nd, 1917 (printed p. 3>6 of the May, 1917, Edition of the "Defence of the Realm Manual "), and the Paper Restriction Order, 1917, No. 2, of March 17th, 1917 (6i, p. 331), and the General Licences of April 18th and Aug. 20th, 1917, granted under the first Order. ^270 Paper Restriction Order (No. 5), 1917. (3.) Priority Certificates and Supply generally. Paper Restriction Order (No. 5) 1917, p. 270. Paper Restriction Order, 1918, p. 273. THE PAPER RESTRICTION ORDER (No. 5), 1917, DATED JULY 2, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas by Regulation 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regu- lations the Board of Trade have the like powers as are given to the Food Controller under Regulations 2r to 2j inclusive as respects any article of commerce to which the powers of the Food Con- troller do not extend where it appears to the Board necessary or expedient to exercise any of those powers for the purpose of encouraging or maintaining the supply of any article which is required by the public or by any section of the public. (a) And whereas by virtue of Regulation 2r the powers of the Food Controller include powers to make orders regulating or giving directions with respect to the production, manufacture, treatment, use, consumption, transport, storage, distribution, supply, sale, or purchase of or other dealing in or measures to be taken in relation to any article : And whereas it appears to the Board of Trade expedient for the purpose of encouraging or maintaining the supply of paper to exercise those powers as respects paper in manner provided by this Order : Now, therefore, the Board of Trade, in pursuance of their powers under the said Regulations and of all other powers them enabling, hereby order as follows : 1. In this Order the expression " paper " includes strawboard, pasteboard, millboard and wood pulp board. The expression " paper-making materials " includes pulp, esparto grass, linen and cotton rags, and any material used in the manufacture of paper. The expression " Paper Commission " means the Royal Com- mission on Paper established by His Majesty's Royal Warrant dated the 4th day of June, 1917. (to) (a) REGULATIONS 2r TO 2j. These Regulations are printed, pp. 40-45 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Tiade by Regulation 2JJ(1). (b) ROYAL COMMISSION ON PAPER. This Commission which was first constituted by Royal Warrant of February 15th, 1916 (see London Gazette, Feb. 22nd, 1916) was reconstituted with extended powers by Royal Warrant of June 4th, 1V17 (see London Gazette, June 5th, 1917) which revoked the 1916 Warrant. By Royal Warrant of March 8th, 1918, the Royal Commission was dissolved. The Board of Trade have appointed an officer to be called " The Controller of Paper" (see The Controller of Paper Order, St. R. and O., 1918, No. 295, dated March 9th, 1918, and not printed in this Manual as being subse- quent to the period covered thereby). Paper Restriction Order (No. 5), 1917. 271 The expression "person" includes any firm, company, or cor- poration. The expression "contract" includes any order given to or accepted by any person. 2. Every person who imports, manufactures, or deals in paper or paper-making materials shall execute any contract in respect of which a certificate in the form set out in the Schedule hereto (here- inafter called a priority certificate) has been received by him in priority to any other contract in respect of paper or paper- making material entered into by him for which no priority certi- ficate has been received by him, without regard to the date when such last mentioned contract was entered into or to any term or condition therein contained. 3. Priority Certificates may be issued to the persons mentioned in the last preceding paragraph by any person who requires paper or paper-making material to enable him to fulfil any contract mentioned in the second part of the Schedule hereto. Such certi- ficates may be cancelled by the Paper Commission who may give directions that any certificate shall have priority over any other certificate : provided that where more than one priority certificate has been issued to any person in respect of contracts entered into by him with a Government Department, that Department may give directions as to the order in which such contracts shall be obeyed by the person to whom the same is addressed. 4. No person shall buy or sell a licence for the importation of paper or paper-making material, nor shall he assign, transfer, or dispose of any such licence without the consent of the Paper Commission and any purchase or sale whatsoever and any assign- ment, transfer, or disposal effected without such consent shall be void. Provided that an assignment or transfer by operation of law shall not be deemed to be an assignment or transfer within this Order. 5. No person shall knowingly make any false statement, declaration or representation for the purpose of obtaining priority or for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the Paper Com- mission to the assignment, transfer, or disposal of a licence. 6. Where the fulfilment by any person of any contract is inter- fered with by the necessity on the part of himself or any other person of complying with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Order, that necessity shall be a good defence to any action or pro- ceeding taken against that person in respect of the non-fulfilment of the contract, so far as it is due to that interference. 7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 8. This Order may be cited as the Paper Restriction Order (No. 5) 1917. 272 Paper Restriction Order (No. 5), 1917. The Schedule above referred to. IST PART. CERTIFICATE. This certificate is issued to secure priority for supplies herein- after referred^, in accordance with the Regulations issued by the Royal Commission on Paper, and gives no claim to supplies in excess of the amount to be granted under such regulations. Full name of firm Business of firm Address of firm Reference No. Date 1917. To Messrs Government Contract No (if any) Quantity and Description I /We hereby certify that such Order is entitled to priority under the Regulation printed on the back hereof, and that all the materials specified above are required for the following and for no other purposes. I /We hereby declare the above to be a true and accurate statement. Signed on behalf of by A false declaration on this Certificate is an offence under the Regulations made in pursuance of the Defence of the Realm Acts. The Certificate must be forwarded as soon as the order is accepted to the Secretary, Royal Commission on Paper, Central House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. SND PART. Priority Certificates may be issued in order to secure supplies under the Regulations in respect of : 1. Any Contract or Order placed by the Admiralty, the War Office or the Ministry of Munitions. 2. Any Contract or Order which the Admiralty, the War Office or the Ministry of Munitions certifies in writing to be War or Munitions work. Paper Restriction Order, 1918. 273 3. Any Contract for Naval or Military Equipment placed by an Allied Government by or with the consent in writing of the Admiralty, the War Office or the Ministry of Munitions. 4. Any Contract or Order placed By the Stationery Office or any other Government Department which the Depart- ment certified in writing to be necessary for the efficient conduct of the war, or to be essential and urgent in the National Interest. 5. Any Contract or Order placed by Public Authorities or Public Utility Companies, and certified by them in writing to be for the minimum quantity that will enable them to carry on so much of their work as is necessary in the National Interest. 6. Any Contract or Order which the Paper Commission directs to be treated as on an equality with War work. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade this 2nd day of July. 1917. H. Llewellyn Smith. Board of Trade, 7. Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I. THE PAPER RESTRICTION ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 27, 1918, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Board of Trade deeming it expedient to make a further exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Regulations 2r and 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(a) as respects paper hereby order as follows : 1. All importers and manufacturers of and dealers in wrapping and packing paper, strawboard, millboard, wood pulp board, cardboard, pasteboard boxes and cartons made of paper or of any of the materials aforesaid shall if required supply during the year ending 28th February, 1919, to those persons to whom they supplied any such goods during the year ending 28th February, 1918, two thirds of the weight of such goods as they supplied to them during the previous 12 months. 2. All importers and manufacturers of and dealers in any description of paper other than those mentioned in paragraph 1 and in paper making materials shall if required supply during the year ending 28th February, 1919, to those persons to whom they supplied during the year ending 28th February, 1918, any description of paper, other than as aforesaid, or any product or products of paper making material, whether such material was imported into or produced in the United Kingdom, one half of the weight of paper, or of the product or products of such (a) REGULATIONS 2F TO 2j. These Regulations are printed, pp. 40-45, in the form which they assume aa applied to the Board of Trade by Regula- tion 2jj (1). 274 Paper Restriction Order, 1918. materials as they supplied to then during the previous 12 months. 3. Where during the year ending 28th February, 1918, a person was by reason of a priority certificate or certificates sup- plied with a greater amount of the goods mentioned in para- graphs 1 and 2 of this Order than he would otherwise have been entitled to obtain under the regulations issued by the Royal Commission on Paper(a) and then in force such greater amount shall be excluded in calculating the amount which he is entitled to demand under the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Order. 4. Where a person requires to be supplied with any of the goods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Order he shall give reasonable notice of his requirements to the importer, manu- facturers or dealer from whom he is entitled to claim supplies. Such notice shall refer to his requirements during each four monthly period ending 30th June and 30th October, 1918, and 28th February, 1919. In default of such notice he shall not be entitled to receive such supplies. Any question as to the suffi- ciency or reasonableness of such notice shall be determined by the Royal Commission on Paper. Such notice shall not, unless by consent, be withdrawn. 5. If any question arises between a person who is bound to give and a person who is entitled to receive supplies under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Order as to the price at which the goods are to be supplied such question shall in default of agreement be deter- mined by the Royal Commission on Paper, whose decision shall be final. 6. If by reason of fulfilling orders in respect of which priority certificates have been issued under the Paper Restriction Order No. 5, 1917, any person is unable to supply all other persons who are entitled to require supplies from him with their require- ments in full he shall divide the balance of his stock or output remaining, after the fulfilment of orders in respect of which priority certificates have been granted, pro rata among such other persons, unless the Royal Commission on Paper otherwise direct. 7. If in the opinion of the Royal Commission on Paper the i fulfilment of any requirement made under paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Order is impossible or unreasonable having regard to any restrictions in force or to circumstances arising out of the present War or to any other sufficient reason they may in writing excuse the fulfilment of any such" requirement or any part thereof. (a) ROYAL COMMISSION ON PAPER. This Commission, which was fii constituted b Royal Warrant of February 15th, 1916 (see London Gazette, February 22nd, 1916), was reconstituted with extended powers by Roval Warrant of June 4th, 1917 (**e London Gazette, June 5th, 1917), which revoked the 19 1 6 Warrant. By Royal Warrant of March 8th, 1918, the Royal < ommission was dissolved, The Board of Trade have appointed an officer to be called "The Controller of Paper" (see The Controller of Paper Order, St. R. & O., 1918, No. 295 not printed in this Manual as being subsequent to the period covered thereby). Paper Restriction Order, No. 6, 1917. 8. All persons shall obey the instructions of the Eoyal Com- mission on Paper(a) relating to the manufacture, purchase, sale (including the fixing of maximum prices), distribution, supply, transport, or storage of paper, and all articles mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 hereof. 9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 10. This Order may be cited as the Paper Restriction Order, W. F. Marwood, A Secretary to the Board of Trade. 27th February, 1918. [The above Order was published in the London G-azette, March 1st. 1918.] (4.) Straw-board, Prices. THE PAPER RESTRICTION ORDER No 6, 1917, DATED JULY 24, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas the Board of Trade have already exercised the powers vested in them by Regulations 2r and 2jJ of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(b) as regards paper and paper making material, including strawboard; And whereas it appears to the Board expedient for the purpose of maintaining the supply of strawboard to make further exer- cise of those powers; Now therefore the Board of Trade in exercise of their said powers and of all other powers them enabling do hereby order 1. No person shall sell or offer for sale any strawboard imported into the United Kingdom, either by himself or by any other person under a licence granted by the Royal Commission on Paper(a) at a price exceeding that for which he sells or offers for sale any other strawboard of similar quality and under like conditions of sale in quantities exceeding 5 cwts. to any other customer. (a) ROYAL COMMISSION ON PAPER. This Commission, which was first con- stituted by Royal Warrant of February 15th, 1916 (see London Gazette, February '22nd, 1916), was reconstituted with extended powers by Royal Warrant of June 4th,. 1917 (see London Gazette, June 5th, 1917), which revoked the 1916 Warrant. By Royal Warrant of March 8th, 1918, the Royal Commission was dissolved. The Board of Trade have appointed an officer to be called " The Controller of Paper " (see The Controller of Paper Order," St. R. & O., 1918, No. 295, not printed in this Manual as being subsequent to the period covered thereby). . (b) REGULATIONS 2r TO 2j. These Regulations are printed, pp. 40-45 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regula- tion 2jj (1). 276 Vegetable Parchment Paper (Control) Notice, 1917. 2. Where at the date of this Order a person has sold or agreed to sell any such strawboard as aforesaid at a price exceeding that for which he has sold or agreed to sell any other strawboard of similar quality and under like conditions of sale in quantities exceeding 5 cwts. the seller shall deliver any quantity which may on the date of this Order be undelivered and unpaid for at a price not exceeding that of such other straw- board as aforesaid and the difference in price of such quantity shall be irrecoverable in any Court by the seller or by any other person claiming through him. 3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 4. This Order may be cited as the Paper Restriction Order No. 6, 1917. H. Llewellyn Smith. Board of Trade, S.W. (5.) Vegetable Parchment Paper. THE VEGETABLE PARCHMENT PAPER (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED DECEMBER 3, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Armv Council to take possession of all stores of the following class arid description, that is to say: Excepting stocks of less than 10 cwts. All stocks of vegetable parchment paper that are at present or may here- after arrive in the United Kingdom. If after this notice any person having control of any such stores sells, removes or secretes them without the consent of the Army Council, or deals therewith in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence, permit or order that may have been granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. All persons having in their custody or control any such stocks are hereby required to make a return thereof with full par- ticulars of quantity, description and cost price to Director of Army Contracts, Imperial House, Tothill Street, Room 35A, S.W.I, together with all such further and other particulars as to their business as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 7th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918, printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Waste Paper (Dealings) Order, 1917. 277 (6.) Waste Paper. THE WASTE PAPER (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917, ( a ) DATED MAY 15, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2E of the Defence of the Realm Regulations(fc) and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders as follows : 1. No person shall as from the date hereof until further notice, offer to purchase, purchase, or take delivery of any Waste Paper except under and in accordance with the terms of a Permit issued by the Royal Commission on Paper. (c) 2. No person shall as from the date hereof until further notice,, except under and in accordance with the terms of a Permit issued by the Royal Commission on Paper, offer to sell, sell, supply, or deliver any Waste Paper except to the holder and in accordance with the terms of such a Permit to purchase or take delivery a& aforesaid. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, no Permit shall be required in the case of a purchase and sale of Waste Paper not exceeding 5 cwt., provided that such purchase and sale is a separate and independent transaction. 4. Every holder of a Permit under this Order shall furnish such Return as to his purchases, sales, and deliveries of Waste Paper as shall be required by the Royal Commission on Paper. 5. For the purpose of this Order the term " Waste Paper " shall mean all materials specified in the Schedule hereto or any of them. Note. Applications .for permits should be made to the Royal Commission on Paper, Central House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 191H," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 2E. This is printed p. 33. (c) ROYAL COMMISSION ON PAPER. This Commission, which was first con- stituted by Royal Warrant of February 15th, 1916 (see London Gazette, Feb- ruary 22nd, 1916, was reconstituted with extended powers by Royal Warrant of June 4th, 1917 (see London Gazette, June 5th, 1917), which revoked the 1916 Warrant. By Royal Warrant of March 8th, 191H, the Royal Commission was- dissolved. The Board of Trade have appointed an officer to be called " The Controller of Paper " (see The Controller of Paper Order, St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 2H5, not printed in this Manual as being subsequent to the period covered thereby). 278 Waste Paper (Dealings) Order, 1917. Schedule. Best White Writings (also known as Creams, Cream Laid) ; Bank; Pure White Linen Paper; Envelope Cuttings; Book- binders' Best White Shavings; Fine Shavings (also known as Azure Fines, Light Fines, Ledger Cuttings, Blue Fines) ; Best White Printings (also known as Second Shavings, White Book Shavings, free of mechanical) ; Bookbinders' Coloured Shavings (including Coloured end papers only) ; White enamelled Shavings (also known as White Art Shavings, White coated Shavings, free of mechanical) ; White Woody Shavings ; Best One Cuts ; Woody Cuts; Woody One Cuts; Gummy White Shavings; Pamphlet Shavings, first quality (also known as Mixed Shavings, Light Coloured Shavings); Pamphlet Shavings, second quality; Common Mixed Shavings; Coloured Shavings; Cartridge Cuttings (free of mechanical) ; First quality Buff Cuttings ; Manillas ; Woody Buff Shavings (Second quality Cartridge) ; Ledger Quire (first quality) ; Hard Ledgers with covers ; Hard Ledgers without covers ; Soft Ledgers with covers ; Soft Ledgers without covers ; Heavy Letters (White) ; Heavy Letters (Mixed) ; Light Manillas ; Small Letters ; Railway Buffs ; Casings ; Light Browns; Glazed Browns; Buff Casings; Mixed Casings (also known as Mixed Light Browns) ; Mixed Buffs ; Printed Waste ; No. 2 (Light Browns) ; Kraft Browns (No. 1 quality, pure) ; Kraft Browns (No. 2 quality, mixed) ; Ochre Browns ; Best Browns; Best Dark Browns; Hard Dark Browns; Mixed Browns (including Common Browns, Soft Browns, Broken Wrappers and Greys) ; Skips ; Nature Browns ; Pattern Tissues ; Fashion Book Patterns ; Brown Tissues ; White Tissues (Drapers' or Pattern) ; Unprinted White; Broken "News"; White S trippings; Crushed White ; Quire Waste Best (free of mechanical) ; Quire Waste Woody ; Newspapers (flat) white ; Newspaper (flat) coloured ; Newspapers crushed ; Magazine over-issues (White or Coloured) ; Woody Magazine over-issues" (White or Coloured) ; Best Pamphlets (free of mechanical) ; Woody Pamphlets (White or Coloured) ; Mixed News ; Journals ; Posters ; White Waste ; Coloured Papers; Wall Papers; Jacquards; Millboards; Brown Boards ; Leather Boards (old) ; Leatherboard Cuttings (new) ; White Cards; White Wood Pulp; Coloured Cards; Coloured Wood Pulp; Strawboard Cuttings; Old Strawboards (also known as Old Cards, Mixed Strawboards, Mixed Box Boards, Centres) ; Mixed Papers; Unsorted Private House Waste (Paper and Card- board) ; Railway Tickets ; Centres without paper on (reel ends) ; Broken White; Broken Coloured; Retree; Packing Shavings; Bible Shavings; Showcards; Confetti Waste; Newspapers for Wrapping or any other purpose except Milling; and any other Waste Paper or Cardboard not included above. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, May 15th, 1917.] Road Stone Transport Order, 1917. 279 11. Road Material.(a) THE ROAD STONE TRANSPORT ORDER, 1917, DATED AUGUST 31, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas it appears to the Army Council necessary or expedient to make the following Order for the purpose of maintaining the supply of road materials of the country. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regulations 2F to 2jJ and QGG of the Defence of 'the Realm Regulations( a ) and all other powers enabling them in that behalf., the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. For the purpose of this Order the expression "Road Materials " includes all quarried stone, slag, dehydrated tar, tarred slag or tarred stone, and such other and similar material used or usable for the purpose of road construction and main- tenance, but not including gravel or flint used as roadstones. 2. With a view to effecting economies in transport and of facilitating and maintaining the supply of road materials, such restrictions may be placed on the transport of road materials from particular areas or particular quarries, slag dumps or works in the United Kingdom to particular areas or particular destinations as the Army Council may from time to time consider necessary, and when such restrictions are so placed it shall be the duty of every person affected thereby to comply with the requirements of the Army Council for the purpose of giving effect thereto. 3. Contracts for the sale of road materials shall be abrogated to such extent, and as from such dates as may be deemed by the Army Council to be necessary in order to secure compliance with their requirements under this Order. (a) ARMY COUNCIL'S POWERS AS TO ROAD MATERIALS. Regulation 9GG of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, printed in the Jaruary (Monthly) Edition of the Regulations, empowers the Army Council by Order to take pos- session of any road stone quarries, including slag dumps and slag works. In pursuance of this power the Army Council, by Order of August 7th, 1917 (London Gazette, August 7th, 1917), took possession of all road stone quarries in England and Wales, including slag dumps and slag works, but excluding quarries producing only gravel and flint. Regulation 9Gu in its earlier form (printed p. 74 of the May, 1917, Edition of the Defence of the Realm Manual) conferred powers only on the Minister of Munitions, who, by Orders of May 9th and June 14th, 1917, took possession of the same road stone quarries as are the subject of the Army Council's Order ; with a view to the Army Council making the said Order, the Minister of Muni- tions on August 7th, 19 1 7, revoked his two Orders. The Road Stone Transport Order (here printed) was made under the conclud- ing words of Regulation 9GG (5), which confer on the Army Council as respects road materials the like powers which are exercisable by the Board of Trade as respects articles of commerce under Regulations 2r to 2j which, as applied to- that Board by Regulation 2JJ ^1), are printed pp. 40-45. 280 Road Stone Transport Order, 1917. 4. The requirements of the Army Council under this Order shall be notified in the form of directions issued from time to time by the Road Stone Control Committee(a) or any local bodies constituted for the purpose. Such directions may relate to any or all of the following matters : (a) The restriction or discontinuance of the transport of road materials from particular areas or particular quarries, slag dumps or works, to particular areas or particular destinations, either absolutely or by any specified method of transporter otherwise than by such methods of transport as may be specified. (b) The contracts which are to be abrogated with a view to facilitating compliance with such directions. (c) Making returns by and to such parties and in such forms as may be specified in the directions. (d) The restriction discontinuance or substitution of the use of any particular class or type of material in any par- ticular area. (e) Any other matters for which provision may be necessary for the purpose of this Order. 5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences subject to penalties under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 6. This Order may be cited as the Road Stone Transport Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Erode. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 4th, 1917.] (a) ROAD STONE CONTROL COMMITTEE. The address of this committee, of which Mr. P. J. Black is the secretary, is 35, Cromwell Road, London, S.W.7. (Telephone, Kensington 1414.) Cotton, Flax and Hemp Industries (Returns) Order, 1916. 281 12. Textiles. (1) Cotton, p. 281. (2) Flax, p. 288. (3) Hemp, p. 301. (4) Jute, p. 304. (5) Linen Yarns, p. 308. (6) Military and Oil dressed Clothing, p. 311. (7) Raffia, p. 312. (8) Silk, p. 313. 9 Wool andHair and Woollen and Worsted Materials, p. 315, (1.) Cotton. Cotton (Cuttings) (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 286. Cotton Flax and Hemp Industries (Returns) Order, 1916, p. 281. Cotton (Restriction of Output) Order, 1917, /?. 283. Cotton Yarn (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 284. Raw Cotton Order, 1917, p. 282. Raw Cotton (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 284. Raw Cotton (Second Census) Order, 1917,;?. 287. THE COTTON, FLAX AND HEMP INDUSTRIES (RETURNS) ORDER, 1916, (a) DATED DECEMBER 22, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, (as amended by the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) Act, 1915, and by the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915), and the Regulations made thereunder, and every other power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby requires all persons engaged in the production, sale, distribution, storage, shipment, or manu- facture of cotton, flax, or hemp, or of any article composed, whether wholly or in part, from such materials, to furnish to the Director of Army Contracts such particulars of their business as may be required on his behalf. By Order of the Army Council. R. H. Brade. 22nd December, 1916. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, April 27th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Ap pendix Y to this M anual. 282 R aw Cotton Order, 1917. THE EAW COTTON ORDER, 1917, DATED JUNE 28, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas by Regulation 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regulations) the Board of Trade have the like powers as are given to the Food Controller under Regulations 2F and 2j inclusive, as respects any articles of commerce to which the powers of the Food Controller under those regulations do not extend, where it appears to the Board necessary or expedient to exercise any of those powers for the purpose of encouraging or maintaining the supply of any such article which is required by the public or by any section of the public. (a) And whereas by virtue of Regulation 2F those powers include powers to make Orders regulating or giving directions with respect to the production, manufacture, treatment, use, consump- tion, transport, storage, distribution, supply, sale or purchase of, or other dealing in, or measures to be taken in relation to, any article (including orders as to maximum and minimum price) : And whereas it appears to the Board of Trade expedient to exercise those powers as respects raw cotton in manner provided by this Order : Xow, therefore, the Board of Trade, in pursuance of their powers under the said regulations and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows : 1. A person shall not without a licence (general or special) granted by or under the authority of the Board of Trade nor other- wise than in accordance with the conditions, if any, subject to which such a licence is granted, purchase any raw cotton, and a person shall not sell or offer to sell raw cotton to any person except the holder of such a licence nor to the holder of such a licence otherwise than in accordance with such conditions as aforesaid. The conditions imposed by the Board of Trade may include conditions as to maximum price provided that any price so fixed shall not apply to the sale of any particular parcel of raw cotton by a person who had previously entered into a contract for the purchase thereof so as to reduce the selling price of that parcel below the cost incurred by that person in purchasing the cotton and bringing it to the United Kingdom together with such margin to cover incidental expenses and profit as the Board of Trade may think reasonable. 2. All importers and dealers in raw cotton and cotton spinners shall comply with any general or special directions which may be given by or under the authority of the Board of Trade as to the sale, disposal, delivery, or use, of raw cotton. (a) REGULATIONS 2r TO 2j. These Regulations are printed pp. 40-45 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2JJ (1). Cotton (Restriction of Output) Order, 1917. 283 3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences subject to penalties under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 4. This Order may be cited as the Raw Cotton Order, 1917. H. Llewellyn Smith. Board of Trade. June 28th, 1917. THE COTTON (RESTRICTION OF OUTPUT) ORDER, 1917, DATED AUGUST 9, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas the Board of Trade deem it expedient to make further exercise of the powers vested in them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations as respects cotton, including Cotton Waste. Now therefore the Board of Trade in exercise of their said powers and of all other powers them enabling do hereby order as follows : 1. The Cotton Control Board(a) may from time to time, by notice exhibited in the Manchester Royal Exchange and advertised in such other manner as they think fit, give instructions as to the number or percentage of spindles or looms that may be worked in any cotton-mill or weaving-shed as from the date or dates specified in the notice, and may cancel or vary such instructions as occasion may require by similar notice. 2. The Cotton Control Board may grant licences enabling* a greater number or percentage of spindles or looms to be worked than that authorised by such instructions upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notice. 3. Where restrictions are placed upon the number or per- centage of spindles that may be worked such restrictions shall be deemed to affect any preparatory machinery worked in connection therewith. 4. All persons shall obey any instructions that may be issued by the Cotton Control Board under this Order. 5. If any person acts in any manner contrary to the instruc- tions issued by the Cotton Control Board under this Order he is guilty of an offence under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade. H. Llewellyn Smith, Secretary. >ard of Trade, 7, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I. (a) COTTON CONTROL BOARD. This Board was established by the Board of 284 Cotton Yarn (Returns) Order, 1917; Raw Cotton (Prices) Order, 1917. THE COTTON TARN (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED AUGUST 28, 1917, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY. In exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling them, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hereby order as follows : All persons having in their possession or under their control any stock, whether sold or unsold, of yarn spun from West Indian Sea Islands Carolina Sea Islands and /or Sakelerides cotton shall make a return within 14 days from the date hereof addressed to the Director of Contracts, Admiralty, S.W.I, giving the particulars specified in the Schedule hereto. Given under our hands this 28th day of August, 1917. Lionel Halsey. Godfrey Paine. Schedule. Name of Firm. Weight in in Ibs. of stock. Counts. Twist or Weft. Grade and type of cotton used in spinning the yarn. Firm's standard mark. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August 28th, 1917.] THE RAW COTTON (PRICES) ORDER, 1917, DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. Whereas by Regulation 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Board of Trade have the like powers as are given to the Food Controller under Regulations 2p and 2j inclusive, as respects any articles of commerce to which the powers of the Food Controller under those Reguations do not extend, where it appears to the Board necessary or expedient to exercise any of those powers for the purpose of encouraging or maintaining the (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Admiralty (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Raw Cotton {Prices) Order, 1917. 285 supply of any such article which is required by the public or by any section of the public(a) : And whereas by virtue of Regulation 2r those powers include powers to make Orders regulating or giving directions with respect to the production, manufacture, treatment, use, consump- tion, transport, storage, distribution, supply, sale or purchase of, or other dealing in, or measures to be taken in relation to, any article (including orders providing for the fixing of maximum and minimum prices) : And whereas by Order dated the 28th June, 1917, (b) the Board of Trade prohibited the purchase or sale of Raw Cotton by any person except under a licence (general or special) granted by or under the authority of the Board of Trade or otherwise than in accordance with the conditions, if any, subject to which such licence is granted, which conditions might include conditions as to maximum prices : And whereas it appears to the Board of Trade expedient to further exercise their powers as respects Raw Cotton in manner provided by this Order : Now, therefore, on the recommendation of the Cotton Control Board(c) the Board of Trade, in pursuance of their powers tinder the said Regulations and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby order as follows : 1. A Committee or Committees appointed by or under the authority of the Board of Trade shall fix and notify daily, or at such other intervals as may be determined by the Board, the official values of such classes of raw cotton as shall be specified / by the Board from time to time. 2. The spot prices ruling in the Southern States of America in the case of American Cotton, in Alexandria in the case of Egyptian Cotton and similarly in the country of origin in other cases, if any, shall be taken as the basis of official value, and to this shall be added approximate cost of transportation, insurance, placing in warehouse in Liverpool, and such profit and such other charge, if any, as the Board of Trade may from time to time allow. 3. No person shall offer or receive for raw cotton a price more than 5 per cent, in excess of the official value of that cotton last fixed unless he satisfies the appropriate Committee on application to them as provided for by the Instructions under this Order that the cost to him of the cotton which he proposes to sell, after taking into account the aforesaid costs and charges allowed exceeds the permitted 5 per cent, in excess of the official value, in which case the Committee may allow such an increase in price as they consider reasonable in the circumstances. (a) REGULATIONS 2p TO 2j. These Regulations are printed pp. 40-45 in the form which they assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2,TJ(1). (b) RAW COTTON ORDER, 1917. That Order is printed p. 282. (c i COTTON CONTROL BOARD. That Board was established by the Board of Trade. 286 Cotton Cuttings (Control) Notice, 1917. 4. No person shall knowingly offer or receive for any growth or grade of Raw Cotton for which an official value has not been fixed a price which is more than 5 per cent, in excess of what the value of that growth or grade of cotton would be on the day of the transaction if determined on the same principles and in the same way as the official values hereinbefore mentioned, or more than the cotton has cost him when freight, insurance, ware- housing piofit and other charges allowed in calculating official values are added, whichever is the higher. Provided that if, on the application ol the Buyer, as provided for by the Instruc- tions under this Order, the appropriate Committee is satisfied that the price at which the cotton is sold exceeds the higher of the alternative limits of price imposed above they may reduce the price to the higher of the alternatives and the contract shall be completed accordingly. 5. No person shall wilfully make any false statement or representation or put forward any false document to the said Committees on any such applications as aforesaid. 6. Infringements of the Order are summary offences subject to penalties under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 7. The dealings in Raw Cotton covered by this Order relate solely to dealings in actual Raw Cotton and do not cover what are commonly known on the Cotton Market as dealings in futures. 8. This Order may be cited as the Raw Cotton (Prices) Older, 1917. 9. This Order shall take effect as from the 1st day of October, 1917. Dated this 21st day of September, 1917. H. Llewellyn Smith. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 28th, 1917.] THE COTTON CUTTINGS (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917(a), DATED OCTOBER 6, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Deience of the Realm Regulations, notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of all materials of the following classes and descriptions, that is to say : All cuttings, clippings and remnants from cotton materials issued or to be issued by the War Department to any person hold- ing any contract with the War Department for the making up of such materials into garments or any other articles, and all cuttings, clippings, and remnants from cotton materials produced or to be produced in or about the performance of any contract with the War Department. (a) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Raw Cotton (Second Census) Order, 1917. 287 If after this Notice any person having control of any such materials, sells, removes or secretes them save and except as may be authorised and permitted by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council. R. H. Brade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, October 9th, 1917.] THE RAW COTTON (SECOND CENSUS) ORDER, 1917, DATED OCTOBER 19TH, 1917, MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE, (a) The Board of Trade deeming it desirable to make further exer- cise of their powers under Regulation 2o of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) hereby order as follows: 1. Every person who spins and every person who spins and manufactures raw cotton shall, on or before the 31st day of October, 1917, make a return to the Cotton Control Board(c) in the form contained in the First Schedule to this Order, giving such particulars of his business as are required by such form. 2. Every person who deals in raw cotton other than a member of the Liverpool or Manchester Cotton Associations shall, on or before the 31st day of October, 1917, make a return to the Cotton Control Board in the form contained in the Second Schedule to this Order giving such particulars of his business as are required by such form. 3. Every person who deals in cotton who is a member of the Liverpool or Manchester Cotton Associations shall, if and when required by the Cotton Control Board, make a return to them giving such particulars of their business in such form as the Cotton Control Board may direct. 4. This Order may be cited as the Raw Cotton (Second Census) Order, 1917. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade, H. Llewellyn Smith. Note. Copies of the Order, with Schedules, can be obtained from the Cotton Control Board, Victoria Hotel, Manchester. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 30th, 1917.] (a) FIRST CENSUS. The first census of raw cotton was taken under the Raw Cotton Order, 1917 (No. 2), dated July 2, 1917 : that Order is omitted from this Manual as " spent ". (b) REGULATION '2a. -This Regulation is printed p. 45 in the form which it assumes as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2JJ (1). (c) COTTON CONTROL BOARD. This Board was established by the Board of Trade. 288 Russian Flax and Tow, No. 1, Order, 1916. (2.) Flax. Cotton Flax and Hemp Industries (Returns) Order, 1916, p. 290. Courtrai Flax (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 290. Flax (Control) Order, 1917, p. 295. Flax, Hemp and Jute Priority Order, 1917, p. 291. Flax (Irish' Crop) Order, 1918, p. 299. Flax (Restriction of Consumption) Order, 1917, p. 297. Flax (Restriction of Consumption) No. 3 Order, p. 300. Flax (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 290. Flax Seed (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 296. Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 292. Regulations of Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction thereunder, p. 294. Flax Yarns (Shipment from Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 298. Re-scutched Tow Order, 1918, p. 300. Russian Flax and Tow No. 1 Order, 1916, p. 288. Russian Flax and Tow No. 2 Order, 1916, p. 289. Russian Flax and Tow (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 291. Russian Flax and Tow (Insurance) Permit, 1916, p. 289. Sale of Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 296. [Orders as to Linen Yarns are printed under (5) " Linen Yarns " below.] THE RUSSIAN FLAX AND Tow, No. 1, ORDER, 1916, (a-) DATED JANUARY 28, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Section 30x of the Regulations issued under the Defence of the Realm Act, 1914, (b) the Army Council give notice that in order to conserve the present and future supplies of flax which may be required for naval and military purposes, it has been necessary to make the following order: " No person shall, from the date of this order, until further notice, buy, sell, or deal in dressed or undressed Russian flax or tow at present in stock in the United Kingdom, or here- after buy, sell or deal in stocks of dressed or undressed Russian flax or tow after they have been imported into this country, except under licence from the War Department." Applications for licences under this Order should be addressed to the Director of Army Contracts, Raw Materials Section, Imperial House, Tothill Street, S.W. 1. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, Jan. 28th, 1916.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. Russian Flax and Tow, No. 2, Order, 1916; Russian Flax and 2S9 Tow (Insurance) Permit, 1916. THE RUSSIAN FLAX AND Tow. No. 2, ORDER, 1916, (a) DATED MARCH 21, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regula- tion 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) the Army Council give notice that the Order published in the London Gazette on the 28th January, 1916(c) prohibiting the purchase and sale of Russian ,flax or tow in stock in the United King dorn is hereby extended to the purchase and sale of Russian flax or tow wherever situate. The Order as amended is therefore as follows : " No person shall from the date of this Order until further notice buy, sell or deal in dressed or undressed Russian flax or tow except under Licence from the War Department. " Correspondence relating to this Order should be addressed to the Director of Army Contracts, Raw Materials Section, Imperial House, Tothill Street, S.W. 1. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, March 21st, 1916,] RUSSIAN FLAX AND Tow (INSURANCE) PERMIT, 1916, (d) DATED DECEMBER 1, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by Orders published in the London Gazette on the 28th January, 1916, and 21st March, 1916, respectively, (e) the Army Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) applied such Regulation to certain War material, to wit, Russian Flax and Tow : And whereas by Notice of General Permit in the London Gazette on 23rd May, 1916, the Army Council gave notice that they authorised and permitted the insurance of Russian Flax or Tow purchased or sold before the 21st March, 1916(f) : And whereas the Army Council deem it desirable that the insurance of all Russian Flax or Tow whenever purchased or sold should be permitted : (a') SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V, to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 30A. This is printed p. 37. (c) RUSSIAN FLAX AND Tow No. 1 ORDER, 1916. This is printed immediately above. (d) SHORT TITLK OF PERMIT. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (e) RUSSIAN FLAX AND Tow, Nos. 1 AND 2 ORDERS. These are printed immediately above. (f) NOTICE OF MAY 23, 1916. This Notice, which is superseded by the December one, is printed at p. 196 of the November, 1916, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." 8749 K 290 Courtrai Flax (Control) Notice, 1917 ; Flax (Eeturns) Order, 1917. Now, therefore, the Army Council give notice that they hereby authorise and permit the insurance of all Russian Flax or Tow whenever purchased or sold. By Order of the Army Council, N. F. B. Osborn, Assistant Director of Army Contracts. 1st December, 1916. [The above Notice was. published in the London Gazette, December 6th, 1916, bing the 2nd Supplement to the Gazette of December 5th.] THE COTTON, FLAX AND HEMP INDUSTRIES (RETURNS) ORDER, 1916, DATED DECEMBER 22, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. [This Order is printed in sub-group (1), " Cotton/' p. 281 above.] THE COURTRAI FLAX (CONTROL) NOTICE, 191 7, (a) DATED JANUARY 5, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice of an intention to take possession of all stocks of Courtrai Flax, whether spun or unspun. If after this notice any person having control of any iiax of the description aforesaid sells, removes, or secretes such flax without the consent of the Army Council, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, January 9th, 1917.] THE FLAX (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917,( b ) DATED MARCH 2, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby order that all persons engaged in the purchase or sale of Raw Flax shall furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Aircraft Equipnient(c) or the Director of Army Contracts. (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. t (c) AERONAUTICAL SUPPLIES. The Orders (other than those relating to flax or linen yarns) are printed in Group 1 " Aeronautical Supplies," pp. 56, 57. Russian Flax and Toiu (Control) Notice, 1917; Flax, Hemp and 201 Jute Priority Order, 19 17. Any failure to comply with any provision of this Order or of any requirement made thereunder shall be an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council, N. F. B. Osborn, Deputy Director of Army Contracts. THE RUSSIAN FLAX AND Tow (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED MARCH 3, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice that they take possession of all Russian Flax and' Tow in stock in the United Kingdom not already sold to spinners in the United Kingdom except Flax or Tow in respect of which a permit of sale has been issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. The Army Council further give notice that they intend to take possession of all Russian Flax and Tow which may hereafter arrive in the United Kingdom. All persons having in their custody or control any stocks of Russian Flax not having been sold prior to the date hereof to spinners in the United Kingdom or referred to in any permit of sale issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, are required to make a return of such stocks to the War Depart- ment, Flax Office, Dundee. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, March 16th, 1917.] THE FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE PRIORITY ORDER, 1917, (b) DATED MARCH 31, 1917, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY AND THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Admiralty and the Army Council hereby require that from the date of this Order and until further notice, in all factories, workshops and other premises, the business carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the manufacture of Flax, Hemp, or Jute goods, work shall be done in accordance with the following directions, that is to say : (a) Priority over all other work shall be given to any work which is either directly or indirectly required for the purpose of any Government Order or Contract : (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 3749 K 2 292 Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, 1917. (fe) Any directions that may be given for the purposes of this Order by the Director of Navy Contracts as to work for Naval purposes or by the Director of Army Con- tracts as to any other work whatsoever, shall be strictly complied with by the owners or occupiers of the said factories or workshops, their officers or servants. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this Order or with any requirements or directions made thereunder, will render himself liable for prosecution as for an offence against the said Regulations. Given under our hands this 31st day of March, 1917. F. C. T. Tudor, E. G. Pretyman. Being two of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, etc. By Order of the Army Council. R. H. Brade. [The above Order wa published in the London Gazette. April 20th, 1917.] THE FLAX SEED (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, DATED JULY 12, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. It shall be the duty of every grower of Flax in Ireland during the season of 1917 ; (1) To dry, with the object of saving the seed therefrom, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, (a) one-eighth of the total crop grown by him, such portion of one-eighth to be selected BO as to represent the fair average of the crop. (2) To stack such portion of the crop in the manner prescribed by the said Department. (3) To de-seed same at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the said Department, and to comply with any directions given by the said Department in that behalf, and as to the subsequent disposal of the seed so removed. (a) REGULATIONS OP THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR IRELAND. The Regulations of July 19th, 1917, as to the saving of flax seed are printed p. 294. i Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, 1917. Provided, that if the entire crop is, with the approval of the said Department, sold on foot or in a dried condition, and the grower thereof has obtained from the purchaser an undertaking on the form set out in Schedule A hereto annexed, the grower shall be relieved of all duty with regard to the stacking or de-seeding of the flax so sold, and such duty shall devolve on the purchaser giving the aforesaid undertaking. 2. Except as hereinbefore provided, no person shall, without a permit issued by the said Department, sell, offer for sale, purchase, make payment for or take delivery, whether for scutching or otherwise, of any flax grown in Ireland during the season 1917 unless and until he has made or obtained, as the case may be, a declaration in the form set out in Schedule B hereto annexed. 3. No person shall sell or dispose of the seed removed from the said portion of one-eighth of the crop otherwise than to persons duly authorised by the said Department, and it shall be the duty of all such persons to comply strictly with any directions that may be given by the Department with regard to the acquisition, removal or handling of or payment for such seed. 4. This Order may be cited as the Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule A. DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATIONS. J of hereby undertake "that at least one-eighth part of the flax crop purchased by me on the day of 19...... shall be reserved for de-seeding in accordance with the regulations prescribed in this behalf by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, and that such Flax will be retained until de- seeded on my premises at in the Barony of and County of Schedule B. DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATIONS. I of declare that no less than one-eighth of the flax crop grown on my lands in the year 1917 has been dried and stacked with the object of saving the seed therefrom in accordance with the regulations prescribed in this behalf by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, that the portion of the crop so dried and stacked represents fair average of the entire crop, and that it is now stacked on my premises at in the Barony of and county of [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, July 18th, 1917, being the 4th Supplement to the Gazette of July 17th.] ;<749 K 3 Regulations under Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, 1917. REGULATIONS, DATED JULY 19, .1917, PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPART- MENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR IRELAND UNDER THE FLAX SEED (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, AS TO THE SAVING OF FLAX SEED. In pursuance of the provisions of the Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, 1917, (a) made by the Army Council on the 12th day of July. 1917, the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruc- tion i'or Ireland hereby prescribe and cfirect that the operations of drying, stacking and de-seeding the flax referred to in Clause 1 of the aforesaid Order shall be performed in accordance with the following Regulations : (1) Immediately after the flax has been pulled it shall be (a) put into ' ' gaits ' ' or cones ; or (b) set up on its root end loosely and supported by stack rope, fencing wire, or hurdles ; or, (c) tied loosely in very small beets or sheaves. The flax shall then be left in the field to dry until it is in a condition to allow of its being* put into " shiegs " (" barts," "rickles")or"lmts." While the flax is being dried by any of the foregoing methods it shall be turned carefully at intervals of not less than four days. When the flax is sufficiently dried it shall be tied neatly and put into "shiegs" ("barts," " rickles ") or "huts" and kept in this form in the field until it is in a fit condition for stacking. (2) The grower shall, unless otherwise directed, permitted or requited by the Department, stack the dried flax on his premises in such manner as will safegiiard it from damage by the weather, vermin or other cause. (3) The flax shall not be de-seeded before 31st December, 1917. The operation of de-seeding shall be conducted in such a manner as to avoid injury to the seed by breaking, crushing, or otherwise. (4) No method of drying, stacking or de-seeding other than the foregoing shall be adopted unless approved in writing by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. (5) The Department's officers shall have the right to inspect at all reasonable times all land under flax and the flax when pulled. In witness whereof the Department have hereunto affixed their Official Seal this 19th day of July, 1917. (L.S.) J. V. Coyle, on behalf of the Secretary. [The above Order was published in the Dublin Gazette, July;31st. 11*17.] (a) FLAX SEED (IRELAND) ORHEK, 1917. That Order is printed p. 292. Flew (Control) Order, 1917. THE FLAX (CONTROL) ORDEII, 1917, (a) DATED AUGUST 25, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby gives notice and orders as follows : 1. He hereby takes possession as from the date hereof of : (a) All flax of the 1917 crop grown in the United Kingdom as and when harvested. (6) All flax grown in the United Kingdom at any time and not at the date hereof in the possession of a flax spinner for the purpose of his business. (c) All other flax, except Russian flax, now or hereafter situated in the United Kingdom. 2. The flax, of which possession is hereby taken under para- graph 1 (a) and (6), will be divided under the directions of the Controller of Aeronautical Supplies into six grades, according to its quality, handling and cleaning, and the Minister will pay the following prices therefor : s. d. Special grade 35 per stone delivered at the appointed centre. 1st ,, 32 6 2nd ,, 30 3rd 27 6 4th ,, 26 3 5th 25 Flax which is inferior in quality to that of the 5th grade hereinbefore mentioned will be paid for upon terms which will be subsequently communicated to the various owners. 3. If after this Notice and Order any person having control of any flax of which the Minister has taken possession hereunder sells, removes or secretes such flax without the consent of the Minister, he will be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 4. No person shall as from the date hereof , until further notice, purchase, sell, offer to purchase or sell, or, except for the purpose of carrying out a contract in writing, existing prior to the date hereof, for the purchase of such flax, enter into any transaction or negotiation in relation to the sale or purchase of any flax situated outside the United Kingdom. 5. Further directions with regard to the delivery of flax, of which possession is taken hereunder, will shortly be issued on behalf of the Minister by the Controller of Aeronautical Supplies. 6. All communications upon the subject of this Notice and Order, should be for the present addressed to the Controller of Aeronautical Supplies, (b) and marked Flax Supplies, Depart- ment S. (M.A.), 1, Air Board Office, Strand, London, W.C.2. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August 28th, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. ' (to) AERONAUTICAL SUPPLIES. The Orders (other than those relating to flax or linen yarns) are printed in Group I., "Aeronautical Supplies," pp. 56, 57. 3749 K 4 Flax Seed (Control) Notice, 1917 ; Sale of Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, 1917. THE FLAX SEED (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1917, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Eealm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby gives notice as follows: 1. He intends to take possession of all flax seed capable of being sown for fibre now or hereafter situated in the United Kingdom. 2. If any person having control of any such flax seed without the consent of the Minister of Munitions sells, removes or secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence or permit that may be granted in respect thereof he will be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Eealm Regulations. 3. All applications under this Notice shall be made to tlie Department ^of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ire- land, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, and marked "Flax Seed." A further announcement will shortly be made as to the terms upon which dealings in the above flax seed will be permitted . THE SALE OF FLAX SEED (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 14, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders as follows: 1. No sale of Flax Seed for sowing shall without a permit issued by or on 'behalf of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland be made by a wholesale dealer to a wholesale dealer, by a retail dealer to a retail dealer, or by a farmer to a retail or wholesale dealer. 2. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland make or take delivery of any Flax Seed for sowing for shipment from Ireland. 3. No wholesale dealer shall sell or deliver any Flax Seed for sowing to a retail dealer at a price exceeding the actual cost price of such seed to the said wholesale dealer by more than 7s. Qd. per bag of 182 Ibs., together with the actual cost of transport and an allowance in respect of such actual and necessary charges as may be approved by or on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, provided that no allow- ance shall be made in respect of commission paid or payable to agents in Ireland. (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Flax (Restriction of Consumption] Order, 1917. 297 4. No retail dealer shall sell or deliver any Flax Seed for sowing to a farmer at a price exceeding the actual cost price of , such seed to the said retail dealer by more than 10s. per bag of 182 Ibs. 5. Every retail dealer shall so long as he shall have any Flax Seed for sowing on sale display prominently at the shop or other place of sale a statement or statements showing the prices at which he is selling such Flax Seed at such shop or place, and when he is selling such Flax Seed at such shop or place, and when he is selling different lots of Flax Seed for sowing at different prices the statement or statements shall be in such form or shall be so displayed as to show clearly which are the prices for each lot. 6. All persons engaged in any of the transactions herein referred to shall furnish such particulars as to his business as may be required by or on behalf of the Department of Agricul- ture and Technical Instruction for Ireland verified as may be directed by the said Department. 7. In this Order the expression " Flax Seed for sowing " shall mean such Flax Seed now or hereafter situated in or in course of transit to Ireland, and shall include all such seed capable of being sown for fibre, and the expressions "wholesale dealer," "retail dealer," and "farmer" shall mean any person carrying on business in Ireland as a wholesale dealer, retail dealer or farmer, as the case may be. 8. This Order may be cited as the Sale of Flax Seed (Ireland) Order, 1917. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 14th, 1917.] THE FLAX (RESTRICTION OF CONSUMPTION) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 27, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No Flax, Flax Line or Flax Tow shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board, (a) be spread or carded or otherwise put into process of manufacture after the 12th day of January, 1918. 2. No Tarn composed wholly or partly of Flax or Flax low shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board, be wound or warped after the twelfth dav of January, 1918. (a) FLAX CONTROL BOARD. This Board was constituted October 23rd, 1917. The Secretary is Mr. Guedalla, War Office, Raw Materials Department, Imperial House. Tothill Street, S.W.I. 298 Flax Yarns (Shipment from Ireland) Order, 1918. 3. No Yarn ^composed wholly or partly of Flax or Flax Tow shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board, be boiled, bleached, or put into any other process of treatment after the fifth day of January, 1918. 4. All persons engaged in the purchase, sale or manufacture of any article or material wholly or partly composed of Flax or Flax Tow are hereby required to furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board, verified in such manner as may be directed by them or on their behalf. 5. Particulars may be obtained and permits issued hereunder by the Flax Control Board and by the Scottish and Irish Sub- committees of the Flax Control Board on its behalf. 6. It shall be the duty of all persons engaged in the production of any article or material wholly or partly composed of Flax or Flax Tow to comply strictly with any direction or requirement that may be given or made hereunder by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board for the purposes hereof, and failure to comply with the provisions hereof or any directions or require- ments given or made hereunder shall be an offence against the- said Regulations. 7. This Order may be cited as the Flax (Restriction of Con- sumption) Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 28th, 1917.] THE FLAX YARNS (SHIPMENT FROM IRELAND) ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 7, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order ad follows : 1. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board deliver for shipment from Ireland at any time after the present date any line or tow yarns produced wholly or partly from flax. 2. This Order may be cited as the Flax Yarns (Shipment from Ireland) Order, 1918. By Order of the Army Council. R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 12th, 1918.} Flax (Irish Crop) Order, 1918. 29S THE FLAX (IRISH CROP) ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Emulations and all other powers thereunto enabling- him, hereby gives Notice and Orders as follows: 1. He hereby takes possession as from the 1st July, 1918, of : All flax of 1917 crop grown in Ireland as and when harvested. 2. The flax of which possession is hereby taken under para- graph 1 will be divided under the directions of the "Director General of Aircraft Production into six grades according to its quality, handling and cleaning and the Minister will pay the following prices therefor: First Grade 40s. per stone delivered at the appointed centre. Second ,, 885. ,, ,, ,, Third 36*. Fourth ,, 34s. ,, ,, Fifth 32s. Sixth 30s. Flax which is inferior in quality to that of the sixth grade hereinbefore mentioned will be taken over and paid for according to its relative value. 3. All Flax of the 1917 crop, or previous years, grown in the United Kingdom will continue to be graded and paid for in the terms of the Order dated 25th August, 19l7.(a) 4. All Flax grown in the United Kingdom in 1917 or previous years must be scutched and marketed by 1st July, 1918. 5. The Minister intends to take possession on or after 1st July, 1918, of all Flax of the 1917 crop, or previous years, not marketed on that date, whether scutched or not, and to pay for it in accord- ance with the Order dated 25th August, 1917, less any expenses incurred by the Government in so doing. 6. Growers of Flax in the United Kingdom who cannot have their flax of 1917 or earlier crops scutched and marketed by 1st July, 1918, shall communicate not later than 1st May, 1918, with the Administrator of the Flax Supplies Committee, 44, Chichester Street, Belfast, who will then make the necessary arrangements to provide for the scutching and marketing of such flax. 7. Non-compliance with any part of this Order will constitute an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. 8. This Order may be cited as the Flax (Irish Crop) Order, 1918. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, February 8th, 1918.] (a) FLAX (CONTROL) ORDER, 1917. That Order is printed p. 295. Flax (Restriction of Consumption) No. 3 Order; Re-scutched Tow Order, 1918. THE FLAX (RESTRICTION OF CONSUMPTION), No. 3 ORDER, DATED FEBRUARY 26, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. JSTo person, the business carried on by whom consists wholly or partly in the production of Linen threads, shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, deliver or use otherwise than for the purpose of being woven any doubled thread or twine produced from flax line or flax tow. 2. The Flax (Restriction of Consumption) No. 2 Order(a) is hereby cancelled. 3. This Order may be cited as the Flax (Restriction of Con- sumption), No. 3 Order. By Order of the Army Council. R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London (iazette, March 1st, 1918.] THE RE-SCUTCHED Tow ORDER, 1918, (b) DATED FEBRUARY 28, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby gives notice and orders as follows : 1. He hereby takes possession as and from the date hereof, of all Re-scutched Tow off the flax of the 1917 crop and previous years, grown in Ireland, and not at the date hereof in possession of a flax spinner for the purpose of his business. 2. The re-scutched tow of which possession is hereby taken, under paragraph 1, will be divided under the direction of the Director-General of Aircraft Production(c) into three Grades according to its quality, handling and cleaning, and the Minister will pay the following prices therefor : First Grade. 100 per ton, delivered at nearest railway station to appointed destination. Second Grade. 95 per ton delivered at nearest railway station to appointed destination. Third Grade. 85 per ton, delivered at nearest railway station to appointed destination. (a) FLAX (RESTRICT FON OF CONSUMPTION) No. 2 ORDER. That Order was published in the London Gazette, January 8th, 1918. (b) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manuil. (c) AERONAUTICAL SUPPLIES The Orders (other than those relating to flax or linen yarns) printed in Group 1 " Aeronautical Supplies," pp. 56, 57. Cotton, Flax and Hemp Industries (Returns) Order, 1916; Flax, 301 Hemp and Jute Priority Order, 1917 ; Manilla Hemp Order, 1917. Fine Tow which is not re-scutched, pluckings, dressings and Re-scutched Tow which is inferior in quality to that of the third Grade hereinbefore mentioned, will be paid for according to their relative values. 3. All Contracts previously entered into for the purchase- of Re-scutched Tow are hereby cancelled as at this date, as regards Re-scutched Tow not yet delivered. 4. If after this notice and Order any person having control of any Re-scutched Tow referred to hereunder sells, removes or secretes such Re-scutched Tow, except upon the terms provided in this Order, he will be guilty of an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, March 1st, 1918.] (3.) Hemp. Cotton Flax and Hemp Industries (Returns) Order, 1916, p. 301. ^.^^ Flax, Hemp and Jute Priority Order, 1917, p. 301. T "'-.';.-} Hemp (Restriction of Consumption) Order, 1918, p. 303. Manilla Hemp Fibre Order, 1917, p. 301. New Zealand Hemp (Maximum Prices) No. 2 Order, p. 302. THE COTTON, FLAX AND HEMP INDUSTRIES (RETURNS) ORDER, 1916, DATED DECEMBER 22, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. [This Order is printed in sub-group (1) Cotton, p. 281.] THE FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE PRIORITY ORDER, 1917, DATED MARCH 31, 1917, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY AND THE ARMY COUNCIL. [This Order is printed in sub-group (2) Flax, p. 291.] THE MANILLA HEMP ORDER, 1917", (a) DATED APRIL 18, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council do hereby Order as follows: 1. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts make or take delivery of or pay- ment for any Manilla tlemp or Maguey Fibre in pursuance of any contract entered into at any time subsequent to the 2nd day of April, 1917. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 302 'New Zealand Hemp (Maximum Prices) No. 2 Order. 2. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts purchase or cause to be pur- chased for sale or manufacture in Europe any Manilla Hemp or Maguey Fibre. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Bradc. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, April 19th, 1917, being the 5th Supplement to the Gazette of April 17th.] THE NEW ZEALAND HEMP (MAXIMUM PRICES) No. 2 ORDER, DATED JANUARY 11, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall sell to any other person in the United Kingdom any New Zealand Hemp or Tow or East African Sisal Fibre or Tow or St. Helena Hemp or Tow at prices exceeding the prices in the schedule hereto annexed. 2. The Order made by the Army Council under the said Regu- lations relating to New Zealand Hemp and Tow and East African Sisal Fibre, and dated the 17th December, 1917,(a) i s hereby cancelled. 3. This Order may be cited as the New Zealand Hemp (Maxi- mum Prices) No. 2 Order. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule. NEW ZEALAND HEMP AND Tow. Good Fair, 99 per ton. High Point, 97 per ton. Fair, 96 per ton. Tow No. 1, 74 per ton. Tow No. 2, 71 per ton. Tow No. 3, 69 per ton. EAST AFRICAN SISAL AND Tow. First Grade, 99 per ton. Second Grade, 97 per ton. Tow, 80 per ton. ST. HELENA HEMP AND Tow. Hemp, First Grade, 97 per ton. Hemp, Second Grade, 96 per ton. Tow, First Grade 7 1 per ton. Tow, Second Grade, 69 per ton. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 15th, 1918.] (a) NEW ZEALAND HEMP (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917. This Order, dated September 17th, 1917, was published in the London Gazette, September 21st, 1917. Hemp (Restriction of Consumption) Order, 1918. 303 THE HEMP (RESTRICTION OF CONSUMPTION) ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 26, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board, (a) spread, card, or otherwise put into process of manufacture any Hemp of the descriptions set out in the Schedule hereto annexed. 2. All persons engaged in the purchase, sale or manufacture of any articles or material wholly or partly composed of Russian or Italian Hemp are hereby required to furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board, verified in such manner as may be directed by them or on their behalf. 3. Particulars may be obtained and permits issued hereunder by the Flax Control Board, and by the Scottish and Irish Sub- Committees of the Flax Control Board on their behalf. 4. It shall be the duty of all persons engaged in the production of any article or material wholly or partly composed of Russian or Italian Hemp to comply strictly with any directions or require- ments that may be given or made hereunder by or on behalf of the Flax Control Board for the purposes thereof, and failure to comply with the provisions hereof, or any direction or requirement given or made hereunder shall be an offence against the said Regula- tions. 5. This Order may be cited as the Hemp (Restriction of Con- sumption) Order, 1918. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule. Italian Hemp, Natural. Italian Hemp, Ferrara, or Bologna T.B. or Higher Grades. Italian Hemp, Naples " Extra " or Higher Grades. Russian Hemp, FSPRH or Higher Grades. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, March 1st, 1918.] (a) FLAX CONTROL BOARD. This was constituted October 23rd, 1917. The Secretary is Mr. P. Guedalla, War Office, Raw Materials Department, Imperial House, Tothill Street, S.W. 1. 304 Jute (Control) Notice, 1917 ; Flax, Hemp and Jute Priority Order, 1917; Jute (Export) Order, 1917. (4.) Jute. Flax, Hemp and Jute Priority Order, 1917, p. 304. Jute (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 304. Jute (Export) Order, 1917, p. 304. Jute Goods (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 305. Jute Goods (Prices) Permit, 1918, p. 307. THE JUTE (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations, 1914, the Army Council hereby give notice that they take possession of all raw jute in stock in the United Kingdom not already sold to spinners in the United Kingdom. The Army Council further give notice that they intend to take possession of all raw jute not already sold to spinners in the United Kingdom which may hereafter arrive in the United Kingdom. Holders of unsold stocks of raw jute are required to make a return of their holdings to the Director of Army Contracts, Raw Material Section, Room 462, Imperial House, Tothill Street, S.W.I. By Order of the Army Council, R. II. Brade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette. February 17th, 1917, being the 3rd Supplement to the Gazette of February 16th.] THE FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE PRIORITY ORDER, 1917, DATED MARCH 31, 1917, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY AND THE ARMY COUNCIL. [This Order is printed in sub-group (1) Flax, p. 291.] THE JUTE (EXPORT) ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 23, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order as follows : 1. On any sale of any article or material manufactured or to be manufactured wholly or partly from Jute, it shall be the duty of the vendor either to obtain from the purchaser a guarantee in writing that such article or material will not be exported from (a) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918, printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Jute Goods (Prices) Order, 1918. 306 the United Kingdom, or if it is the intention of the purchaser that such article or material shall be exported from the United Kingdom, to obtain a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials authorising the sale or manufacture as the case may be of such article or material as aforesaid. 2. No person shall sell or deliver any article or material of the description aforesaid for exportation from the United Kingdom without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. 3. For the purposes hereof the expression " article or material " shall be deemed to include yarns. 4. This Order may be cited as The Jute (Export) Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, E. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 27th, 1917.] THE JUTE GOODS (PRICES) ORDER, 1918, DATED JANUARY 6, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall sell any yarns or goods of any description produced by him wholly from jute at prices exceeding the prices set out in the Schedule hereto annexed. (a) 2. No person shall sell any yarns or goods of the description aforesaid, which such person may purchase or may have pur- chased from the producer thereof, at prices exceeding the prices set out in the Schedule hereto annexed by more than 5 per cent. 3. No person shall sell any yarns or goods of the description aforesaid, which such person may purchase or may have pur- chased from any person not being the producer thereof, at a price exceeding the prices set out in the Schedule hereto annexed by more than 5 per cent. , provided that on any sale by any such person of any yarns or goods of the description aforesaid not exceeding 50 in value the selling price may include an allow- ance in respect of profit not exceeding 10 per cent, of the actual purchase price, and provided further that on any sale by any such person of any yarns or goods of the description aforesaid not exceeding 100 in value the selling price may include an allowance in respect of profit not exceeding 5 per cent, of the actual purchase price. 4. This Order may be cited as the Jute Goods (Prices) Order, 1918. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. (a) SALE FOR USE OUTSIDE UNITED KINGDOM. See the Jute Goods (Prices) Permit, 1918, p. 307. 306 Jute Goods (Prices) Order, 1918. Schedule. YARN. Common 8 Ib. Cops, 5s. lOd. per spl. Medium Spools, 6s. per spl. Sacking Chains, 9|d. per Ib. 24 Ib. Sacking Weft. 8d. per Ib. 24 Ib. Dutch Weft, 8Jd. per Ib. 48 Ib. Rov\>, 70 5s. to 72 5s. per ton. 10 Ib. fine Dutch Weft, 8|d. per Ib. 12 Ib. fine Dutch Weft, &$d. per Ib. 14 Ib. fine Dutch Weft, 8fd. per Ib. 12 Ib. and up. Carpet Warp, 9d. per Ib. 2-ply and up., 8 Ib. Ordinary Twist, 9Jd. per Ib. 8 Ib. Rio Warp at 7s. per spl. 8 Ib. Eio Weft at 6s. lid. per spl. 7 Ib. Rio Warp at 6s. 5d. per spl. 7 Ib. Rio Weft at 6s. 4d. per spl. 72/84 Ib. Rove at 69 5s. to 71 5s. per ton, according to quality. 90/96 Ib. Rove at 68 5s. to 70 5s. per ton, according to- quality. 120 Ib. Rove at 67 15s. to 69 15s. per ton, according to quality. CLOTH. Hessian . 11 porter 40 inch 10 ^ oz. Hessian 7|J. per yard basis. Rising 5/16 per \ oz. up to 12 oz. Above 12 oz. 4/12 per ^ oz. 10 porter 40 inch 10 oz. Hessian 7fd. per yard. Falling thereafter 5/16 per oz. Over proportion for narrow widths 1/96J. per inch under 40 inches. Patent selvage, 66 inches and under, IjlQd. per yard on narrow width. Tarpauling. 11 por. 20 oz. 45 in. 13 shots, 14-5 /16d. per yard with Hessian Weft; 14-1 l&d. per yard with fine Dutch Weft. Rising 3J/12d. per J oz., and falling \d. per \ oz. 14 por. 18 oz. 36 in. 15 shots made with Rio Warp and Medium Spool Quality Weft, 14-4 j!2d. per yard. Rising 4/12d. per \ oz., and falling 3J/12d. per \ oz. to 16 oz. D. W. Bagging. 7 por. 16 oz. 36 in. 9 shots 10d. per yard. Rising \d. per oz. to 19 oz. and 7/12d. per oz. above. Falling \d. per oz. to 11 oz. 10 shots IJIQd. per yaid extra. Jute Goods (Prices) Permit, 1918. Twilled Sacking. 7 por. 16 oz. 36 in. 9 shots lOfd. per yard. Rising \d. per oz. to 20 oz. and 7 jl2d. per oz. above. Falling 5J/12d. per oz. to 13 oz. 7 por. 11 oz. 36 in. 9 shots S^d. per yard. Rising 9/16cZ. per oz. to 13 oz. 10 shots l/16d. per sq. yard extra. 8 por. 16 oz. 27 in. 9 shots 10d. per yard. Rising %d. per oz. to 16 oz. and 7/12d. per oz. above. Falling ^d. per oz. to 14 oz. and 5/12d. per oz. below. 10 por. 20 oz. 28 in. 11 shots (Ordinary quality Warps calcu- lated at 9%d. per Ib.) at 13-1 /4d. per yard. Rising ^d. per oz. to 24 oz. and 7/12of. per oz. above. Falling \d. per oz. to 18 oz. and 5/12^. per oz. below. 12 por. 20 oz. 28 in. 12 shots (Fine quality with Rio Warp) at 14f<2. per yard. Rising \d. per oz. to 24 oz. and 7/12cZ. per oz. above. Falling Jd. per oz. to 18 oz. and 5/12cZ. per oz. below. Note. All goods unmade up for bags l/24d. per lineal yard allowed. Prices are all calculated uncropped. Cropping to be charged at tariff rates plus 2 per cent, on value of yarn for waste. Mangling, packing, &c., to be charged at tariff rates. Wide Brattice Cloth the following over proportions per square yard may be charged : Above 72 in. to 84 in. 3/16tZ. per sq. yard. Over 84 in. to 96 in. $d. per sq. yard. Over 96 in. \&. per sq. yard. All other yarns and cloth shall be sold at prices calculated on the basis of the prices above set out. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January llth, 1918.] THE JUTE GOODS (PRICES) PERMIT, 1918, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 7, 1918, ISSUED BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by the Jute Goods (Prices) Order, 1918, (b) madeunder the Defence of the Realm Regulations and dated the 6th day of January, 1918, the Army Council regulated upon certain terms the sale of any yarns or goods of any description produced wholly from Jute : And whereas the Army Council deem it desirable that the sale for use in places other than within the United Kingdom of yarns or goods of any description produced wholly from Jute should be permitted without reference to the terms provided by the said Order : (a) SHORT TITLE OF PERMIT. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. (b) JUTE GOODS (PRICES) ORDER), 1918. That Order is printed p. 305. 308 Linen Yarns (Control) Notice, 1916. Now therefore the Army Council give notice that they hereby authorise and permit the sale for use in places other than within the United Kingdom of yarns or goods of any description pro- duced wholly from Jute without reference to the terms provided by the said Order and that nothing contained in the said Order shall be deemed to apply to any such sale as aforesaid. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Ordei nras published iu the Londoii Gazette, February 12th, 1918.] 5. Linen Yarns. Linen Yarns (Control) Notice, 1916, p. 308. Linen Yarns (Control) Amendment Notice, 1917, p. 309. Linen Yarns (Spinning) Order, 1917, p. 309. Spun (Flax) Ysrn Order, 1917, p. 310. THE LINEN YARNS (CONTROV) NOTICE, 1916, (a) DATED DECEMBER 30, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Kealm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice of "an intention to take possession of all stocks of Linen Yarns manufactured partly or wholly from Irish, French, Dutch or Court rai Flax.(b) If after this notice any person having control of any Yarns of the descriptions aforesaid sells, removes, or secretes such Yarns without the consent of the Army Council, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations, provided that nothing herein contained shall prohibit: (1) The sale of such Yarns, in exchange for the guarantee hereinafter required, at a price based upon tho price of flax in the Irish markets during the fortnight ending IP^h of December, 191G, and (2) The delivery of such Yarns, in pursuance oi any contract entered into prior to the date hereof, in exchange for a guarantee by the purchaser or consignee that the Yarns are required and will be used directly or indirectly for the purpose of any Govern- ment contract or order. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette. December 30th, 1916, being the^ 2nd Supplement to the Gazette of December 29th.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) COURTRAI FLAX See Notice of Jan. 5, 1917, printed at p. 290, taking possession of all stocks of Courtrai flax spun or unspun. Linen Yarns (Control) Amendment Notice, 1917; Lin-en Yams (Spinning) Order, 1917. THE LINEN YARNS (CONTROL) AMENDMENT NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED JANUARY 5, 1917, ISSUED BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. ARMY COUNCIL NOTICE AS TO LINEN YARNS UNDER THE NOTICE OF DECEMBER 30TH, 1916. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Eealm Regulations, the Army Council hereby give notice : (1) That nothing in the notice of the Army Council with respect to Linen Yarns, dated 30th December, 1916, (b) applies to yarns spun from flax tow. (2) That nothing in the proviso of the said notice refers to any yarns suitable for manufacture into any cloth suitable for aeroplane work. If after this notice any person having control of any yarns of the description aforesaid, sells, removes, or secretes such yarns without the consent of the Army Council, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Drade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, January 9th, 1917.] THE LINEN YARNS (SPINNING) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JANUARY 5, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. It is hereby required that in all factories, workshops, or other premises engaged or to be engaged upon spinning Linen Yarns the work shall be done in accordance with the following directions, that is to say: (a) No flax which can wholly or partly be used for spinning into yarns for the manufacture of any cloth suitable for aeroplane work shall be used otherwise than for the manufacture of cloth of the description aforesaid save and except as may be authorised and permitted by or on behalf of the Director of Aircraft Equip- ment, (c) (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Phort Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 11)18," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) LINEN YARNS (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917. That Notice is printed immediately above. (c) AEHONAUTICAL SUPPLIES. The Orders (other than those relating to linen yarns or flax) are printed in Group 1 " Aeronautical Supplies," pp. 56, 57. 310 Spun (Flax) Yarn Order, 1917. (b) Returns vshall be made by the owners or occupiers of euch factories, or workshops, their officers and ser- vants, as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Aircraft Equipment. (c) Any directions that may be given for the purpose of this Order by or on behalf of the Director of Aircraft Equipment shall be strictly complied with by the owners or occupiers of such factories or workshops, their officers or servants. 2. It is hereby required that all persons having in their custody or control any stocks of Courtrai Flax, whether spun or unspun, and whether sold or unsold, shall make a return within four days hereof addressed to D.A.E.4 S.3, War Office, Adastral House, London, E.G. 4, giving all particulars of such stocke as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Aircraft Equipment. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order wag published in the London Gazette, January 9th, 1917.] THE SPUN (FLAX) YARN ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED AUGUST 25, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the .Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling him, hereby orders as follows: (1) No person shall on or after the first day of September, 1917, until further notice spin or manufacture any wet spun yarn made of flax line except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions. (2) No person shall as from the date hereof until further notice purchase or take delivery of any wet spun yarn made of flax line except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued under the authority of the Minister of Munitions, or sell, supply or deliver any such wet spun yarn to any person other than the holder of such a licence as last aforesaid. (3) All applications for a licence in connection with this Order shall be addressed to the Controller of Aeronautical Supplies, Department S (M.A.) 1, Air Board Office, Strand, London, W.C.2.(b)(c) [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, August 28th. 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. (b) AERONAUTICAL SUPPLIES. The Orders (other than those relating to linen yarns or flax) are printed in Group 1 " Aeronautical Supplies," pp. 56, 57. (c) Now the Controller, Supply Department, Air Craft Production, York House, Kingsway, W.C.2. Military Clothing (Directions} Order, 1917; Oilskin Trade 311 (Returns) Order, 1918. (6.) Military and Oil-dressed Clothing-. Military Clothing (Directions) Order, 1917, p. 311. Oilskin Trade (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 311. THE MILITARY CLOTHING (DIRECTIONS) ORDER, 1917, DATED OCTOBER 5, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. It is hereby required that in any factory or workshop capable of producing articles of clothing suitable for military purposes or any articles or material required for or in connection therewith, work shall be done in accordance with any directions that may be given by or on behalf of the Army Council with the object of making the said factory or workshop or the plant or labour therein as useful as possible for the production of such articles or material. 2. Returns as to the nature and amount of the work done in any such factory or workshop together with any further and other particulars as to the business of the owners or occupiers thereof shall be furnished by the owners or occupiers, their officers or servants in such manner and at such times as may be required by or on behalf of the Director General of the Royal Army Clothing Department. 3. Any directions that may be given by or on behalf of the Director General of the Royal Army Clothing Department for the purpose of this Order shall be strictly complied with by such owners or occupiers, their officers or servants. 4. Any person failing to comply with any provision of this Order or with any directions or requirements made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. 5. This Order may be cited as the Military Clothing (Direc- tions) Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Erode. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 9th, 1917.] THE OILSKIN TRADE (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 9, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby require all persons engaged in the manufacture or repair, of Oil- dressed Clothing, including Oilskin Frocks (Jackets), Trousers, Long Coats, Sou'wester Hats, Capes and Leggings, to furnish to the Director of Army Contracts such information as to their Labour, Plant and Machinery, and Output, together with such further particulars of their businesses as may be required on his behalf, and to verify the information aforesaid in such manner as he may direct. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order waa ruMished in the London Gazette. February loth, 1918.] (a) SHORT TITLR OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 312 Raffia (Control) Notice, 1917; Raffia (Returns) Order, 1917, (7.) Raffia. Raffia (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 312. Raffia (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 313. Raffia (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 312. THE RAFFIA (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917,( a ) DATKD TANUAUY 15, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of material of the following class and description, that is to say : All stocks of Raffia, excepting stocks of less than 2 cwts. If after this notice any person having control of any such material sells, removes or secretes the said material without the consent of the Army Council or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence, permit or order which may have been granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette. January 17th, ly 17, being a Supplement to the Gazette of January 16th.] THE RAFFIA (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917, (b) DATED JANUARY 15, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby require all persons having in their custody or control any stocks of Raffia in excess of two cwts., to furnish such particulars thereof as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette. January 17th, 11)17, being a Supplement to the Gazette of January 16th.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manuil. (b) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Raffia (Prices) Order, 1917; Silk Waste or Noils (Returns) Order, 1916. THE RAFFIA (PRICES) ORDER, 1917, DATED JULY 18, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council do hereby Order as follows : 1. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, sell any Rama arrived or to arrive in the United Kingdom at prices other than those set out in the Schedule hereto annexed ; provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to any stock of Raffia of less than 2 cwt. or to any Raffia in respect of which any licence may be or may have been granted by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. 2. This Order may be cited as the Raffia (Prices) Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. 313 No. 1 Majunga No. 2 No. 3 No. 1 Tamatave No. 2 Schedule. 50 per ton net free ex Warehouse in U.K, 47 43 40 37 [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, July 24th, 1917.] 8. Silk. Japanese Silk Order, 1917, p. 314. Silk Waste or Noils (Returns) Order, 1916, p. 313. THE SILK WASTE OB NOILS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1916, () DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1916, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that in pur- suance of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 314 Japanese Silk Order, 1917. other powers tliereunto enabling him, he hereby requires all persons engaged in the production, inamifacture, purchase, sale, distribution or storage of, or other dealings in Silk Waste of any kind, whether raw or discharged, or Silk Noils, whether exhaust or long, to furnish to the Director C.M. 4s (Textiles), Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, S.W. 1, on or before the 20th day of November, 1916, full particulars of all such Silk Waste and Noils in their possession or under their control at the date of such particulars being furnished. And also full particulars of their output (if any) and their purchases and sales of such Silk Waste or Noils since the first day of October, 1916. And further until further notice to furnish weekly returns of all purchases, sales and deliveries of such Silk Waste or Noils, stating the amount of such deliveries, the price of the goods and the persons to whom the same shall have been delivered. The Minister of Munitions further requires that all particulars so furnished shall be verified by the signature of the person fur- nishing the same, or where such person is a firm or company, of a partner, director or other responsible officer. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 10th, 1916.] THE JAPANESE SILK ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED JULY 23, 1917, MADE BY THE ADMIRALTY. In exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all other powers thereunto enabling them the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hereby Order as follows : 1. All persons having in their possession or under their control any stock in excess of one hundred (100) yards, whether sold or unsold, of natural Japanese Silk of the quality and texture described in the first Schedule hereto shall make a Return within seven (7) days from the date hereof addressed to the Director of Contracts, Admiralty, S.W.I, giving the particulars specified in the second Schedule hereto. 2. From the date of the publication of this Order no person who has in his possession or under his control any stock, whether sold or unsold, of any such Silk as aforesaid, shall permit any part of such Silk to undergo any process of dyeing or printing or to be cut up, or to be otherwise treated or disposed of except as may be authorised by the Director of Contracts until further Order.^ Given under our hands this 2Brd day of July, 1917. L. Halsey. Godfrey Paine . (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Admiralty (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Wool and Hair and Woollen and Worstsed Materials. 315 Schedule 1. Description of Silk to which this Order applies. Natural Japanese Silk, piece goods (habuta3), any quality y niome or width. Schedule 2. Amount of Stock held. Mome. Quality. Width. . Strength in Ibs. per inch wide (if possible). i i ! , [The above Order was piiblished in the London Gazette, July 27th, 1917.] (9) Wool and Hair and Woollen and Worsted Materials. Colonial and Foreign Wool (Guarantees) Order, 1916, p. 316. Crossbred or Merino Wool (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, p. 319. Crossbred Tops Order, 1917, p. 317. Crossbred Tops (Amendment) Order, 1917, p. 322. Hair (Dealings) Order, 1917, p. 318. Imported Wool (Shipment) Order, 1917, p. 317. Merino Tops (Delivery) Order, 1917, p. 328. Merino Tops (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 327. Olive Oil Order, 1917, p. 336. Sale of Wool (Great Britain) Order, 1917, p. 324. Sale of Wool (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 320. Wool (Ireland) No. 2 Order, 1917, p. 335. Wool (Off-sorts) Order, 1917, p. 331. Wool (Restriction of Consumption) No. 3 Order, 1917, />. 333. Wool (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 328. Wool and Tops (Dealings) Order, 1917, p. 318. Wool and Tops (Dealings) (Amendment) Order, 1917, p. 323. Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917, p. 337. Woollen and Worsted Cuttings (Control) Notice, 1916, p. 329. Woollen and Worsted Cuttings Order, 1916, p. 330. Woollen and Worsted Materials (Returns) Order, 1916, p. 329. Worsted and Hosiery (Laps and Waste) Notice, 1917, p. 335. Worsted Socks (Control) Notice, 1917, p. 331. NOTE. The Orders comprised in the foregoing list fall into, md are here arranged in, 2 groups viz. : (a) Sale, Delivery, and Possession of Wool and Hair ; (b) Woollen and Worsted Manufactures. 316 Colonial and Foreign Wool (Guarantees) Order, 1916. The Orders and Notices of the Army Council relating to Wool of the 1916 and earlier Clips have been omitted from the above list and are not printed herein. They are all printed in the May, 1917, Edition of the Defence of the Realm Manual as follows : Subject of Order or Notice. Page of May Edition of Defence of the Realm Manual. Application of Reg. 30 A to British and Irish Wool of 1916 Clip. Notice as to position of raw skins and skin wool under the said Order. General Permit for insurance of British and Irish Wool of 1916 Clip. Application of Reg. 30 A to Isle of Man Wool of 1916 Clip. General Permit for dealings in 1916 Clip pulled before Sept., 1916. Dealings in, and Maximum Prices for British and Isle of Man Wool of 1916 Clip. Dealings in, and Maximum Prices for Irish Wool of 1916 Clip. Dealings in; and Maximum Prices for Wool grown prior to Jan. 1st, 1916. Sale of 1916 and earlier Clips to Director of Army Contracts. General Permit for sale of Wool of pre-1916 Clip by persons other than growers. 562 ,363 563 564 564 249 252 254 256 256 (a.) Sale, Delivery and Possession of Wool and Hair. THE COLONIAL AND FOREIGN WOOL (GUARANTEES) ORDER, 1916, (a) DATED DECEMBER 9, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order that all persons engaged in the purchase or sale of wool shall enter into such guarantees with respect to such purchase or sale as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December llth, 1916, being the 6th Supplement to the Gazette of December 8th.] (a; SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Imported Wool (Shipment) Order, 1917; Crossbred Tops Order, 317 1917. THE IMPORTED WOOL (SHIPMENT) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED MARCH 6, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : No person, except as may be authorised by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, shall make or take delivery of any Colonial or Foreign Wool for carriage or shipment inland from any port in Great Britain. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, March 16th, 1917.] THE CROSSBRED TOPS ORDER, 1917,(a) DATED APRIL 27, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, invoice or deliver any Crossbred Tops after the date of this Order whether in pursuance of any contract entered into prior to the date hereof or otherwise. 2. Possession is hereby taken of all Crossbred Tops existing on the date hereof and not already invoiced or delivered to spinners, and notice is hereby given that the Army Council intend to take possession of all Crossbred Tops that may hereafter be produced. 3.(b) For the purposes of this Order Crossbred Tops shall be deemed to include all qualities of Tops described as 58's and below in accordance with the custom of the Bradford Conditioning House. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, May 1st, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V. to this Manual. (b) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 3. See the Crossbred Tops (Amendment) Order, 1917, printed p. 322. Hair (Dealings) Order, 1917; Wool and Tops (Dealings) Order, 1917. TIIE HAIR (DEALINGS) OIIDER, 1917, (a) DATED APRIL 30, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby order as follows : No person shall from the date hereof buy or sell or offer to buy or sell any alpaca, mohair, camel-hair, cashmere or goafs- hair, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, May 4th, 1917.] THE WOOL AND TOPS (DEALINGS) ORDER, 1917, (a) DATED MAY 9, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order as follows : (l)(b) No person shall after the date hereof sell or offer to sell ;niy Crossbred or Merino Tops or East Indian, Egyptian, Persian and otheirforeign wools in stock in the United Kingdom, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. (2) Possession is taken of all stocks of Australian, New Zealand, South African and South American Cross- bred and Merino Wool excepting any wool of the description aforesaid held by users for the purposes of manufacture by the holder. (3)(b) The Order of the Army Council dated 27th April, 1917, (c) shall continue *in force until further notice. For the purposes of the said Order Tops invoiced or paid for on or before the 27tli April shall be deemed to have been delivered on or before the said date. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1 printed m Appendix V to this Manual. (b) AMENDMENT OF ORDER. See the Wool and Tops (Dealings) (Amend- ment) Order, 1917, printed p. 322, which cancelled the words in italics in Clause 1, and added a Ne* r Clause 4. (c) CROSSBRED TOPS ORDER OF APRIL 27, 1917. That Order is printed p. 317. Crossbred or Merino Wool (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. 319 THE CROSSBRED OR MERINO WOOL (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917, ( a ) DATED MAY 9, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order as follows : (1) The Orders of the Army Council dated 19th April, 1917, and the 30th April, 1917, are hereby cancelled. (2) No person shall after the date hereof sell, or offer to sell any Crossbred or Merino Wool in stock in the TJnited Kingdom at prices exceeding the basis of prices set out in the Schedule hereto annexed. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Schedule of Fixed Prices. CLEAN SCOURED. Based on 16 per cent, regain. In pence per Ib. Superior Fleece. Super. Pieces and Bellies. Average Fleece. Average Pieces and Bellies. Inferior Fleece. Inferior Pieces and Bellies. d. d. d. < d. d. 80s ... 70 68 67 65 64 62 70s Warp 68 66 65 63 62 60 70s ... 67 65 64 62 61 59 64s Warp 67 65 64 62 61 59 64s ... 66 64 03 61 60 58 60s Super 64 62 61 59 58 56 60s 63 61 60 58 57 55 58s 56 53 53 51 50 49 56s 50 48 48 46 46 44 50s 44 42 42 40 40 38 48s 89 36 37 34 35 32 46s 35 34 33 32 31 30 44s 31 30 29 28 27 26 50s Prepared 39 38 37 - 36 35 34 48s 34 33 32 31 30 29 44s 32 31 30 29 28 27 40s 31 30 29 28 27 26 36s 30 29 28 27 26 25 In these prices no provision is made for very superior or very inferior wool or for Locks and Crutchings. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, May loth, 1917.] (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 320 Sale of Wool (Ireland) Order, 1917. THE SALE OF WOOL (IRELAND) OBDER, 1917, DATED MAY It, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas by an Order dated the 5th day of April, 19l7,(a) the Army Council restricted the sale of Raw Wool grown or to be grown on sheep in Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man during the season of 1917. And whereas the Array Council deem it desirable that dealings in the Wool aforesaid should be permitted in Ireland subject to certain conditions and exceptions. Now, therefore, the Army Council give notice that they hereby authorise and permit farmers, merchants and dealers and other persons to sell, purchase or deal in Raw Wool grown or to be grown on sheep in Ireland during the season of 1917 subject to the following conditions and exceptions: 1. No person shall sell or purchase, or enter into any trans- action or negotiation in relation to the sale or purchase of any Wool clipped from sheep in the season of 1917 (hereinafter referred to as Fleece Wool) to or from any person who is not authorised by this general permit or by a special permit from the Army Council to purchase or sell the same, 01 of any Wool pulled from the skins of sheep or lambs slaughtered in Ireland in the season of 1917 (hereinafter referred to as Skin Wool), to or from any person who is not authorised hereunder or under any permit from the Army Council to purchase or sell the same. 2. The following persons, unless holding a special permit from the Army Council for the purpose, shall not be authorized to purchase or sell, or enter into any transaction or negotiation in relation to the purchase or sale of any Fleece Wool or Skin Wool as aforesaid, that is to say: (a) Any person carrying on the business of manufacturer of woollen, worsted or hosiery goods. (b) Any person in respect of whom this general permit has been revoked by the Army Council on the ground that he has failed to comply with the conditions of this permit. 3. No person who has not been in the habit of purchasing Raw Wool grown on sheep in Ireland shall, unless holding a special permit from the Army Council, be authorised to purchase or enter into transactions or negotiations for the purchase of Fleece Wool or Skin Wool. (a) REVOKED ORDER OF APRIL STH, 1917. That Order published in London Gazette, April 10th, 1917, being a supplement to the Gazette of April 10th, was revoked by the Sale of Wool (Great Britain) Order, 1917, printed p. 324. Sale of Wool (Ireland) Order-, 1917. 321 4. JN"o person shall sell or purchase or enter into any transaction or negotiation in relation to the sale or purchase of any Fleece Wool as aforesaid otherwise than in accordance with the following conditions : (a) The price payable to the farmer for his Wool shall be in accordance with the schedule of prices for the various kinds of Irish Wool set out in the Schedule hereto, and all persons authorised to purchase under this general permit or under any special permit shall pay to the farmer the fair value of his Wool calculated on the basis of the prices set out in the said Schedule. (b) The price for washed Wool set out in the said Schedule shall be paid only for well- washed Wool in good, con- dition, and the price for unwashed Wool shall be paid only for unwashed Wool in good light condition, and the usual deductions shall be made for Wool of inferior condition. () the Army Council hereby order that all persons engaged in the manufacture or repair of any materials wholly or partly manufactured from wool furnish to the Director of Army Con- tracts such particulars as to their labour, machinery, or output as may be required on his behalf. By Order of the Army Council. E. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, October 17th, 1916.] THE WOOLLEN AND WORSTED CUTTINGS (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1916, (c) DATED NOVEMBER 21, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regula- tion 2s of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (d) notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of material of the following classes and descriptions, that is to say : All cuttings, clippings and remnants from woollen and worsted materials that have been or shall be issued by the War Department to any persons, firms or companies holding contracts with the War Department, for the making up of such materials into Service Dress Clothing, Shirts or other garments. If after this notice any person having control of any such materials sells, removes or secretes them, save and except as (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) REGULATION 15c. This is printed p. 37. (c) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (d) REGULATION 2s. This is printed p. 29. Woollen and Worsted Cuttings Order, 1916. authorized and permitted by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, November 22nd, 191 fi, being Supplement to the Gazette of November 21st.] WOOLLEN AND WORSTED CUTTINGS OBDER, 1916, (a) DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1916, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. All persons indicated in Schedule " A '" hereto annexed are hereby required to furnish as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts the information required in Schedule " B " hereto annexed. 2. All persons indicated in Schedule " A " hereto annexed are hereby required to hold at the disposal of the Army Council all cuttings and remnants from woollen and worsted materials issued to contractors for the making of service dress clothing, shirts, or other garments which may be in their custody or control. 3. No person shall in pursuance of any contract entered into at any time prior to the date hereof make delivery of or payment for any such cuttings or remnants as aforesaid. By Order of the Army Council, N. F. B. Osborn, Assistant Director of Army Contracts. Dated 24th November, 1916. Schedule A. [List of persons.] Schedule B. [Particulars of Information required.] (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Worsted Socks (Control) Notice, 1917 ; Wool (Off-Sorts) Order, 1917. THE WORSTED SOCKS (CONTROL) NOTICE, 1917, (a) DATED APRIL 14, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and every other Power enabling them in that behalf, the Army Council hereby give notice that it is their intention to take possession, between the fourth day of April, 1917, and the thirtieth day of April, 1917, of all stocks of Socks suitable for Military requirements. And the Army Council hereby require all Holders of stocks of Socks of the description aforesaid, to furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required, by or on behalf of the Director of Army Contracts. If after this notice any person having control of any such socks, sells, removes or secretes the same, or any part thereof, or deals with them in any way contrary to any conditions imposed in any licence issued by, or on behalf of, the Director of Army Contracts, without the consent of the Army Council, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regulations. By Order of the Army Council, R. H Brade. [The above Notice was published in the London Gazette, April 20th, 1917.] THE WOOL (OFF-SORTS) ORDER, 1917, DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order as follows : 1. No person carrying on the business of Manufacturer of Woollen, Worsted, or Hosiery goods in any textile factory or workshop in Great Britain or the Isle of Man, shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, take delivery of any Fleece Wool or Skin Wool, not including Daggings, Locks, Brokes, and Fallen Wool, grown or to be grown on sheep in Great Britain in the season of 1917, from the grower thereof, provided that nothing herein contained shall refer to the delivery of Fleece Wool or Skin Wool to persons carrying on business of the description aforesaid if such persons are authorised by appointment to purchase Wool on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. , 2. No person carrying on the Business of manufacturer of Woollen, Worsted or Hosiery goods in any textile factory or workshop in Great Britain or the Isle of Man shall, without a (a) SHORT TITLE OF NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918, printed in Appendix V to this Manual. Wool (Off-Sorts] Order, 1917. permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, spin, chaw, reel or weave for the use of the grower thereof any Fleece Wool or Skin Wool, including Daggings, Locks, Brokes and Fallen Wool, grown or to be grown on sheep in Great Britain in the season of 1917. 3. No person in Great Britain or the Isle of Man shall, with- out a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, sell or deliver any Locks, Brokes, Fallen Wool, Daggings, Gathered Wool, or Washed or Willeyed Locks grown, or to be grown, on sheep in Great Britain and the Isle of Man during the season of 1917 to any person carrying on the business of manufacturer of Woollen, Worsted or Hosiery goods in any textile factory or workshop. 4. Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession of all Daggings, Locks, Brokes and Fallen Wool grown or to be grown 011 sheep in Great Britain and the Isle of Man during the sedson of 1917. 5. No person in Great Britain, or the Isle of Man, shall sell any Daggings, Locks, Brokes and Fallen Wool at prices exceed- ing the prices set' out in the Schedule hereto annexed. 6. For the purposes of this Order the expression " Dag<>ino> " shall mean Wool naturally clotted with dung and earth. The expression :( Lock " shall mean any Wool except Daggings which may have become detached from sheep at the time of shearing or thereafter. The expression "Washed or Willeyed Locks" shall mean Dagginjs as hereinbefore defined wherefrom the dung hm been extracted by washing or any other process. The expression " Brokes " shall mean short Wool obtained from the edges of the fleece in clipping or in sorting. The expression " Fallen Wool " shall mean Wool pulled or clipped from the skins of sheep which have died a natural death. The expression " Gathered Wool " shall mean Wool left by living sheep on hedges or other places. 7. The Daggings and Locks Order, 1917, is hereby cancelled. 8. This Order may be cited as The Wool (Off-Sorts) Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. Wool (Restriction of Consumption) No. 3 Order, 1917. 333 Schedule. PRICE LIST. Areas. Classification. Maximum Prices. Greasy Tail Locks Washed Tail Locks *Two-thirds value of fleeces- Half value of fleeces. *0r to be valued by the Dis- trict Executive Officer. 2,3,4,5,6, 7 and 10. Washed Locks and Fallen Wool Unwashed Locks and Fallen Wool Baggings, Tar Marks, and Shir- lings. Two-thirds average price of fleece wools in area. One-half average price of fleece wools in area. Proportionately less. 9, 11, 14. Washed White-faced Locks and Fallen Wool. Greasy White-faced Locks and Fallen Wool. Black-faced Locks or Fallen Wool free from dirt. Baggings . per Ib. lOd. per Ib. Sd. per Ib. 18s. per cwt. 12 and 13. Washed Locks and Felled Wool... Greasy Locks and Pelled Wool ... Scoured Tail Wool Greasy Tail Wool free from Baggings. Greasy Tail Wool heavy in Grease and Baggings. Two-thirds value of fleeces. Half value of fleeces. 9d. per Ib. Id. per Ib. Proportionately less. In the case of sale by persons other than growers 3d. per Ib. may be added to the above prices, together with an allowance to cover any expense incurred by the vendor in cleansing, pro- vided that the total increase on the grower's selling price shall not exceed in the aggregat-e 3d. plus the said allowance. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, September 14th, 1917.] THE WOOL (RESTRICTION OF CONSUMPTION) No. 3 ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 3, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows : 1. In any Textile Factory, the business carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the manipulation of Merino Wool such machinery as is engaged at the date hereof in the manipu- lation of Merino Wool shall not, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, be run after the 5th day of November, 1917, in such manner as to produce in any one week an output of Merino Tops exceeding the quantity certi- fied by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials in the 334 Wool (Restriction of Consumption) No. 3 Order, 1917. case of each Factory respectively, to be trie weekly output of Merino Tops estimated in Ibs. weight restricted in accordance with the provisions of the Wool (Restriction of Consumption) No. 2 Order, 1917. (a) 2. No machinery engaged in the manipulation of Merino Wool in accordance with the provisions of Clause (1) hereof shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, be run otherwise than full time. 3. In any Textile Factory, the business carried on in which does not consist wholly or partly at the date hereof in the manipulation of Merino Wool, no Merino Wool shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, be manipulated. 4. In any Textile Factory, the business carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the manipulation of Merino Wool, such machinery as is engaged at the date hereof in the manipu- lation of Merino Wool, shall not, without a permit issued by or behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, be employed in the manipulation of any Wool other than Merino. 5. In any Textile Factory, the business carried on in which does not consist wholly or partly at the date hereof in the manipulation of Crossbred or Preparing Wool, no Crossbred or Preparing Wool shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, be manipulated. 6. In any Textile Factory, the business carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the manipulation of Crossbred or Preparing Wool, such machinery as is engaged at the date hereof in the manipulation of Crossbred or Preparing Wool shall not, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, be employed in the manipulation of any Wool other than Crossbred or Preparing Wool. 7. Nothing herein contained shall refer to re-combing or re-gilling. 8. It shall be the duty of all persons to comply strictly with the provisions hereof and with the conditions of any permit granted hereunder and failure to comply therewith shall be an offence against the said Regulations. 9. Clauses 9, 10 and 11 of the Wool (Restriction of Consump- tion) No. 2 Order, 1917, are hereby cancelled. (a) 10. This Order shall come into operation on the 5th day of November, 1917, and may be cited as the Wool (Restriction of Consumption) No. 3 Order, 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 9th, 1917.] (a) WOOL (RESTRICTION OF CONSUMPTION) No. 2 ORDER, 1917. That Order, which was published in the London Gazette, September 4th, 1917, is wholly revoked by Art. 21 of the Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order 1917, p. 3b7. . Wool (Ireland) No. 2 Order, 1917; Worsted and Hosiery (Laps 335 and Waste) (Control) Notice, 1917. THE WOOL (IRELAND) No. 2 ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby Order as follows : 1. No person carrying on the business of a manufacturer of Woollen, Worsted or Hosiery Goods in any Textile Factory or Workshop in Ireland, shall, without a permit issued by, or on behalf of, the Director of Raw Materials, spin, reel, or weave, for the use of the Grower thereof, any Fleece Wool or Skin Wool, including Locks, Daggings, Brokes and Fallen Wool, grown or to be grown on sheep in Ireland in the season of 1917. 2. No person in Ireland shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials, sell or deliver any Fleece Wool or Skin Wool, Locks, Brokes, Fallen Wool, Daggings, Gathered Wool, Washed or Willeyed Locks grown or to be grown on sheep in Ireland in the season of 1917 to any person carrying on the business of a manufacturer of Woollen, Worsted or Hosiery Goods in any textile Factory or Workshop. 3. No person shall make or take delivery of, any wool, in- cluding Locks, Biokes, Daggings, Fallen or Gathered Wool and washed or Willeyed Locks, grown or to be grown on sheep in Ireland during the season of 1917 for shipment from Ireland, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials. 4. This Order may be cited as the Wool (Ireland) No. 2 Order. 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, November 9th 1917. Supple- ment to the Gazette of . ] THE WORSTED AND HOSIERY (LAPS AND WASTE) NOTICE, 1917,(a/) DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuarice of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Army Council to take possession on the 30th day of November, 1917, of all Laps or Waste as defined by (a) SHORT TITLE OP NOTICE. The Short Title was conferred by the "Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. 336 Olive Oil Order, 1917. the Sale of Waste (Worsted and Hosiery) Order, 1917 ,( a ) that may be in possession, custody or control of any person not being a manufacturer of Woollen goods provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to any Laps or Waste of the description aforesaid that shall have been sold to any manufacturer of the description aforesaid prior to the said date. If after this notice any person having control of any such material without the consent of the Army Council after the 30th lay of November, 1917, sells, removes or secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any condition imposed in any licence, permit or order that may have been granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Regu- lations. By Order of tEe Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, Nov. 20th, 1917.] THE OLIVE OIL ORDER, 1917, (b) DATED DECEMBER 4, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers /conferred upon them by the Defence of 'the Realm Regulations, the Army Council hereby order as follows: 1. No person, the business carried on by whom consists wholly or partly in the production or manufacture of woollen or worsted goods shall after the fifteenth day of December, 1917, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials apply or cause to be applied any olive oil for the pro- duction of tops or yarn. 2. No person hereinbefore denned shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Raw Materials apply or cause to be applied any olive oil for the production of tops in quantities exceeding two-thirds of the standard recognised by the Bradford Conditioning House. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, Dec. 4th, 1917.] v a) SALE OF WASTE (WORSTED AND HOSIERY) ORDER, 1917. That Order which was revoked by the Sale of Waste (Worsted and Hosiery) No. 2 Order, 1917, which was itself revoked by Art. 21 of the Wollen and Worsted (Con- solidation) Order, 1917, p. 337, defines Laps or Waste precisely as they are defined by Art. 20 (p. 340), and Sch. C (p. 345) of the last mentioned Order. (b) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. This Short Title was conferred by the " Army Council (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. 337 THE WOOLLEN AND WORSTED CONSOLIDATION ORDER, 1917, DATED JANUARY 1, 1918, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Army Council hereby order as follows : PART 1. GENERAL. 1. All persons, the business carried on by whom consists wholly or partly in the production of goods of which wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere or Camel hair, is a constituent part, or of any articles or material required for, or in connection with, the production thereof, are hereby required to furnish such particulars as to their business as may be required by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production . 2. All persons, the business carried on by whom consists wholly or partly in the production of goods of which wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere or Camel hair is a constituent part, or of any articles or material required for, or in connection with, the production thereof, are hereby required to cause work to be done in their factories or workshops in accordance with any directions given by the Director of Wool Textile Production, with the object of making such factory or workshop, or the plant or labour therein, as useful as possible for the production of war material. PART 2. RATIONING. 3. In all factories or workshops, or other premises, the busi- ness carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the production or manufacture of goods of which wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere, or Camel hair, is a constitutent part, the owners or occupiers, their officers or servants, shall give priority over all other work to tlie production of material required as a component part of any work to be carried out, or goods to be supplied under any contract or order placed or made by the Admiralty, Army Council or Minister of Munitions, or any contract for Naval or Military equipment placed by an Allied Government by or with the consent in writing of the Admiralty, Army Council or Minister of Munitions. Any direction that may be given by, or on behalf of, the Director of Wool Textile Production for the purpose hereof shall be strictly complied with by such owners or occupiers, their officers or servants. 4. All persons, the business carried on by whom consists wholly or partly in the production or sale of goods of which wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere, or Camel Hair, is a constituent part, or of any article or material required for, or in connection with the production thereof, are hereby required to comply strictly with the provisions relating Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. to the rationing- of Wool, Tops and Yarns for civil orders, con- tained in Schedule A hereto annexed, (a) and it shall be the duty of all such persons as aforesaid to furnish and to obtain the various particulars therein referred to in such manner as may be required by, or on behalf of, the Director of Wool Textile Production. 5. No person, the business carried on by whom consists wholly or partly in the production of goods of which wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere or Camel Hair is a constituent part, shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, take delivery in any rationing period of a quantity of yarn in excess of the quantity allocated to him for such period. For the purposes of this Order, the expression " Allocation period " shall mean any period determined by, or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production to be a period for the allocation of yarn. PART 3. RESTRICTION OF CONSUMPTION. 6. No person shall put into manufacture in any Textjile Factory any wool, grown or to be grown on sheep in the United Kingdom, or any wool imported or to be imported into the United Kingdom, or any East Indian hair, or any Tops pro- duced or to be produced therefrom, otherwise than for any purpose referred to in Clause 3 hereof, or in accordance with the terms of any permit or certificate that may be issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production ; provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to refer to any hair other than East Indian hair. 7. For the purposes of this Order, the Director of Wool Textile Production may authorise any District Rationing Com- mittee to irequire any particulars as to the business of any person engaged in the sale or manufacture of goods of which wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere, or Camel Hair is a constituent part, and to issue certificates and permits on his behalf. 8. In any Textile Factory in Great Britain, the business carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the drawing, spinning, reeling, or winding of worsted yarns of which wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere or Camel Hair is a constituent part, the weekly hours of work on drawing, spinning, reeling or winding shall, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, be not more than 50 hours. 9. In any Textile Factory in Great Britain, the business carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the carding or spinning on the Woollen principle of any yarn other than that referred to in the preceding clause whereof wool or any derivative (a) Schedule A. This is printed, p. 341. Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. 33S thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere, or Camel hair is a con- stituent part, the weekly hours of work on carding and spinning- shall, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, be reduced to a figure 7J per cent, less than the average weekly hours of work on carding or spinning in such factory during the month of March, 1917. For the purpose of this Order, the expression ' ' Spinning on the Woollen principle " shall mean spinning in such manner as may be determined by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production to be spinning on the woollen principle. 10. In any Textile Factory in Great Britain, the business carried on in which consists partly in carding, drawing or spinning, and partly in the weaving of any woollen or worsted yarn of which wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere, or Camel hair is a constituent part, the weekly hours of work on weaving shall, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, be not more than 50 hours. 11. In any Textile Factory in the West Riding of Yorkshire, except the Area indicated in the schedule hereto annexed, (a) the county of Cumberland, and Scotland except the counties of Ayr- shire and Fifeshire, the weekly hours of work on weaving shall, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production be not more than 50 hours, provided that the provisions of this Order may be applied by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production to any other Textile Factory in Great Britain. 12. In any Textile Factory in Great Britain, the business carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the weaving of carpets, the weekly hours of work on weaving carpets shall, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, be not more than 50 hours. 13. In any Textile Factory in Great Britain, the business carried on in which consists wholly or partly in the production or manufacture of Hosiery, no person shall, except under permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, put into manufacture for other than direct Government orders a quantity of yarn whereof wool or any derivative thereof, or Mohair, Alpaca, Cashmere, or Camel hair forms a constituent part, exceeding a quantity 15 per cent, less than the average consumed weekly in such factory for other than direct Govern- ment ordeis during the months of January, February and, March, 1917, such quantity to be estimated in pounds weight. PART 4. LAPS AND WASTE. 14. No person shall sell to any spinner or manufacturer any laps or waste, or any blends or material wholly or partly com- posed thereof, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the (a) EXCEPTED PORTION OF WEST RIDING. This is specified in Schedule B, p. 345. 340 Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. Director of Wool Textile Production, or at prices exceeding those set out in Schedule " C " heieto annexed, (a) or at such other prices as, in any particular case, may be allowed by or on behaf of the Director of Wool Textile Production. 15. No person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, sell for export any laps or waste. 16. The remuneration of dealers in laps or waste shall be determined at the rates, and for the services set out, in Schedule " D " hereto annexed(a) and no dealer shall make any sale cf laps or waste at a price exceeding the purchase price thereof by more than the amount to which he may be entitled under such scale of charges, having regard to the services performed by him. 17. All persons having in their custody or control any laps or waste shall furnish such particulars as to their business as may t>e required by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Productions. 18. No person shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, deliver any laps or waste in pursuance of any contract entered into prior to the 25th day of June, 1917, provided that where such contract shall have been entered into at any time prior to the 1st day of April, 1917, no such permit shall be necessary, and the contracting parties may be and are hereby authorised to complete such contract by delivery before the 31st day of December, 1917. 19. No dealer in laps or waste shall, without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Director of Wool Textile Production, convert or cause to be converted any laps into tops. 20. For the purpose of this Order, the expression " laps or waste" shall mean laps, waste and other bye-products indicated in Schedule " C " hereto annexed, (b) produced in the spinning or manufacture of worsted or hosiery material. ' PART 5. REPEAL AND SHORT TITLE. 21. The Orders indicated in Schedule E hereto annexed are hereby repealed, (c) 22. This Order may be cited as the Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order 1917. By Order of the Army Council, R. H. Brade. (a) SCHEDULE'C. This is printed p. 345. (b) SCHEDULE D. This is printed p. 350. (c) SCHEDULE E. This is printed p. 351. Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. 341 Schedule A. RATIONING OF WOOLS, TOPS AND YARNS FOR CIVIL ORDERS ART. 4, p. 337. (a) Part I. Manufacturers and Spinners. 1. Supplies of Wool, Tops, Tarn, etc., available for civil consumption shall be handed over by the Board of Control to the existing" distribution committees to be distributed between individual firms in a fair and equitable manner. Such com- mittees shall be known in future as Rationing Committees, and shall have power to add to their number. The existing Spinners' Section Committee shall act for and be responsible to the Board of Control for the rationing of wools and tops to worsted spinners. 2. (a) A Joint Rationing Committee, composed of representa- tives of the District Rationing Committees, shall be set up in order to deal with general questions affecting all the rationing Committees, and the meetings of such Joint Committees shall be held in Bradford. (6) The Joint Rationing Committee .shall be constituted as follows, and the representatives shall be nominated by the District Rationing Committees concerned : 7 members representing West Riding Rationing Committees, of which 3 shall be worsted spinners. 1 member representing West of England Rationing Com- mittee. 2 members representing Scottish Rationing Committee. 1 member representing Welsh Rationing Committee. 1 member representing Irish Rationing Committee. 2 members representing Midlands Rationing Committee. 1 member representing Carpet and Felt Trades' Rationing Committee. 7 members representing Labour interests. 1 member representing Tarn Merchants' Committees. Representatives elected by the District Rationing Committees should, as far as possible, be members of the Board of Control. 3. The basis of distribution as between district and district shall be determined by the Joint Rationing Committee and should any Joint Rationing Committee be dissatisfied with the allocation made to it by the Joint Rationing Committee, the matter shall be referred to the Board of Control for determina- tion. 4. In accordance with the system which has hitherto obtained in making distribution, priority in supplies shall not be given for any particular class of civil trade, and the present system of cloth merchants' certificates shall be abolished. 5. In order to ensure that each individual manufacturer who buys all or part of his yarns obtains his fair share of the yarn (a) HEADINGS OF SCHEDULES. These have been inserted by the Editor r and do not form part of the Order as issued. 342 Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. . made from the wool or tops allocated to spinners, the following system of Manufacturers' Certificates shall be arranged : Within the first fourteen days of each month every manufacturer shall be required to supply to each spinner from whom he has received yarn duiing the preceding month a certificate showing the aggregate net weight of such yarn. A statement of such returns shall be furnished not later than the 21st of the month, by each spinner to the Secretary of the Manufacturers' Committee, War Department, Cloth Office, Bradford. In the event of the Manufacturers' Committee finding the necessity of revising any individual manufacturer's allocation, i due notice of such intention shall be furnished to the Spinners' Committee, who shall in turn convey the decisions to the spinners concerned. Any revision which necessitates a reduction of a spinner's deliveries shall not come into operation in the case of white yarns for one month after the date of such notice, and in the case of coloured or mixture yams for three months after the date of such notice. The operation of this scheme will automatically cancel all sub-certificates then existing. Every spinner shall account, by means of monthly returns. for the whole of the yarn delivered by him during that month. 6. The basis of distribution as between individual spinners shall be the consumption in 1916 and the average number of spindles effecting such consumption. Regard shall be had to Army Contracts and the fortnightly returns of consumption. 7. The basis of distribution as between individual manufac- turers of cloth shall be the consumption for civil purposes in 1916 and the average number of looms effecting such consump- tion. 8. The basis of distribution between individual manufacturers of hosiery shall be the consumption of yarn for all purposes in 1916, from which shall be deducted the requirements of such machinery as is engaged on Government work in each period. 9. Manufacturers ' who run worsted spinning machinery in addition to looms or knitting frames shall apply on spinners' forms for wool and tops, and on manufacturers' forms for yarn (including that which will be produced by their own spindles). All wools or tops for the worsted spinning plant of such firms shall be dealt with by the Spinners' Sectional Committee. It will be necessary for such manufacturers to issue certificates for yarn from their weaving department to their spinning depart- ment. 10. The District Rationing Committees shall themselves, or by means of sub-committees, deal with cases of genuine hardship or other special cases, and shall hear the appeal of any applicant who may think that his application has not been dealt with fairly. Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. 34$ 11. The District Rationing Committees shall be instructed to report to the Board of Control cases of wilful infringement of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and the Board of Control shall then take such action as they may think desirable. Part II. Yarn Merchants, &c. A. FOR EXPORT or YARN. 12. A notice shall be published through the District Rationing Committees, the press, certain Chambers of Commerce and Associations, &c., stating that the Board of Control are now prepared to receive applications from (a) spinners desirous of exporting yarn direct, and (&) merchants desirous of obtaining yarn for export in yarn. 13. The Export Tarn Rationing Committee shall be informed by the Joint Rationing Committee of the total quantities of yarn permitted for each of the Allies, the Colonies, and other countries. The Export Yarn Rationing Committee shall submit their recommendations from time to time to the Joint Rationing Committee, who may authorise the issue of Rationing Certificates to spinners and export yarn merchants as follows : (a) The Secretary of the Joint Rationing Committee shall open an account for each country, showing the bulk ration allotted to it for a certain period. (6) Before any yarn can be put into work the export mer- chant must present a rationing certificate to the Secretary of the Joint Rationing Committee, War Office, Bradford, who will certify that the quantity of yarn specified comes within the total of the bulk ration allotted to the country to which it has been sold. (c) An exporting spinner must present a rationing certifi- cate to the Secretary of the Joint Rationing Com- mittee, who will certify that the quantity of yarn specified comes within the total of the bulk ration allotted to the country to which it has been sold. (d) When the total quantity of the bulk ration for each country is reached, no more rationing certificates will be certified by the Secretary of the Joint Rationing Committee until the Joint Rationing Committee give a further bulk ration for the same country. 14. Export Yarn Merchants will be required, in addition, to give the monthly delivery certificate to the spinner, as resolved in Clause 5 above. 15. The Export Yarn Merchant shall render an account each month to the Secretary of the Joint Rationing Committee of all yarn delivered to him by spinners, showing what weight has been delivered to him, exported by him, and the balance (if any) remaining in stock. 16. The Board of Control shall retain the right of demanding any documentary evidence they may require. 344 Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. 17. The War Trade Department shall be asked to require tho quotation of the number of the rationing certificate before issuing any export licence, and to refuse licences if this is not forth- coming. B. TARN FOE CONSUMPTION BY HOME MANUFACTURERS. 18. Yarn Merchants desirous of obtaining yarn for consump- tion by home manufacturers shall : (a) Obtain from the Secretary of the Rationing Committee of their district a book of " Order Certificates " and ' Delivery Certificates." (6) Demand from every manufacturer ordering yarn from them the number of the manufacturer's key-certifi- cate. (c) Supply to their spinner with every order for yarn an " Order Certificate " on which shall be quoted the number of the key-certificate of the manufacturer who requires the yarn in question. (d} Supply to each of their spinners by the 14th day of every month a " Delivery Certificate " stating the aggregate net weight of yarn delivered by each spinner to the yarn merchant during the preceding calendar month. (e) Receive by the 14th day of every month from each manufacturer to whom yarn has been delivered by the yarn merchant during the preceding calendar month, a certificate of the aggregate net weight of yarn so delivered. (/) Make a return by the 21st day of every month to the Secretary of the Rationing Committee for their dis- trict of the yarn delivered to them by spinners during the preceding calendar month, with the names, certi- ficate numbers, &c., of the manufacturers to whom the yarn has been forwarded. C. HAND KNITTING AND MENDING YARNS FOR THE HOME TRADE. 19. Permits may be issued to certain spinners to deliver for the home trade in hand knitting and mending yarns, certain aggregate quantities of yarn during the specified periods without . obtaining delivery certificates from the firms to whom the yarn is supplied. Part III. 20. (1) The term " Yarn " is here interpreted as meaning " all woollen or worsted yarn containing 40 per cent, or more of new wool." (2) The term " delivered " is here interpreted as meaning !f dispatched or consigned from the spinner's or yarn merchant's premises." Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. Schedule B. PORTION OF WEST RIDING EXCEPTED AS TO WEEKLY HOURS OF WORK ON WEA.VING ART. 11, p. 339. The Borough of Todmorden. The Urban Districts of Skipton, Berby, Barnoldswick, and Hebdeii Bridge. The Rural Districts of Settle, Bowland, Todmorden, and Skipton, except the Parish of Cowling. 345 Schedule C. , PRICES OF LAPS AND WASTE. ART. 14, p. 339. Worsted Spinners' Waste. rf. (White 30 36s. and 40s. Laps ... < Khaki 32 ^ Mixed Colours ... 29 "Rplnw ^fis Tjans 26 44s. and 46s. Laps (White ) Khaki 34 36 (^ Mixed Colours ... 32 (White 40 48s. and 50s. Laps ) Khaki ( Mixed Colours ... 42 38 54s. Laps (White 1 Khaki 46 48 ( Mixed Colours ... 44 i White ... 51 56s. Laps ) Khaki ( Mixed Colours ... 53 49 58s. Laps (White 1 Khaki (^ Mixed Colours ... 58 60 . 56 {White 66 60/64s. Laps Khaki Black 68 70 Mixed Colours ... 62 (White 72 70/80s. Laps .., 1 Khaki " } Black ' Mixed Colours ... 74 76 69 346 Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. Worsted Spinners' Waste Continued. " All Drawing " Laps, 2d. per Ib. more than above prices. t( All Spinning and Koving " Laps, 2d. per Ib. less than above prices. Military Shades. All qualities same price as White. Solid Shades and Oxford Laps. 60s. Quality and above same price as Khaki. (The term " Solid Shade " shall only apply to a quantity of 500 Ibs. or upwards.) Black, Solid Shades and Oxford Laps. 585. Quality and below same price as Khaki. 365. and 405. Hard Waste Below 365 Hard Waste (White J Khaki \ Military Shades... 'Mixed Colours ... d. 24 26 24 23 20 445. and 465. Hard Waste (White ) Khaki "" ] Military Shades... [ Mixed Colours ... . ... 27 29 27 25 485. and 505. Hard Waste (White ) Khaki "" j Military Shades... ( Mixed Colours . . . 31 33 31 29 545. Hard Waste ( White ... J Khaki j Military Shades 'Mixed Colours ... M 3"> 33 31 565. Hard Waste {White Khaki Military Shades Mixed Colours .. 35 37 35 33 585. Hard Waste f White 1 Khaki J Military Shades ^ Mixed Colours ... 37 39 37 35 60-645. Hard Waste ... (* White 1 Khaki | Military Shades ^ Mixed Colours ... 39 41 39 37 Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. Worsted Spinners' Waste continued. 347 d. i White 42 70-BO.v. Hard Waste ... 1 Khaki J Military Shades 44 42 ^ Mixed Colours ... 40 ! White 15 Crossbred Brush Waste Khaki Military Shades and 14* Mixed Colours 14 Below 36'$ Brush Waste 11 1 White ... 15* Medium Crossbred Khaki ... 15 Waste Military Shades and Mixed Colours 14* C White ... 18 Merino Brush Waste ... } Khaki j Military Shades and 18 (^ Mixed Colours 16 Clean Faller Waste ! White Botany ... White Crossbred Coloured Botany Coloured Crossbred 22 15* 21 14* Black and Oxford Hard Waste same prices as Khaki. Mule Spinners Ring Waste. Deduct 12d. per Ib. from Lap Prices, Drawing Brush Waste. Sd. more for Merino than ordinary hush Waste price. Drawing Brush Waste. 5d. more for Crossbred than ordinary Brush Waste price. Spinners' Dyed Noils. Noble ( bombed. French Combed Oxford, Oxford, Khaki and Black. Cold. Khaki and Black. Cold. Solid Shades. Solid Shades. 4/70*. 46 '48 40 36 38 31 Os. .. 41 42 37 32 33 29 38 39 35 29 30 26 33 34 32 26 27 23 31 32 28 24 25 21 27 27 24 jister Combed 44s. 27 27 24 jow Crossbred -^ ___ 23 ^^i 23 20 _ _ _^M ^^^MMMHH M^^w 348 Woollen and Worsted Consolidation Order, 1917. The term " Solid Shades " shall apply only to quantities of 200 Ibs. and upwards. Single Combed Noils, 60s. quality and upwards, 4d. per Ib. less than Noble Combed prices. Single Combed Noils, 685. quality and below, 2d. per Ib. less than Noble Combed prices. LAP NOILS. !60s. quality and upwards, 2d. per Ib. less than Khaki Noble Combed prices. 685. quality and below, Id. per Ib. less than Khaki Noble Combed prices. Military Cold, Lap Noils. All qualities. Same prices as Mixed Cold, Noble Combed Noils. I 605. quality and upwards, 2d. per Ib. less than Mixed Cold, Lap ] Mixed Cold, Noble Combed Noils. Noils, i 585. quality and below, Id. per Ib. less than ( Mixed Cold, Noble Combed Noils. WHITE LAP NOILS. 64/705. : 605 585 565 545 33d. . 48/505 3 Id. 44/465 29d. 36/405 Worsted Manufacturers' Waste. 36/405. Weavers' Waste f White | Khaki ... r 6 (Selected.) Logs cut through and through ... 46 Selected lengths and thicknesses of plank ... 50 Beech : Logs cut through and through ... ... ... 40 Selected lengths and thicknesses of plank ... "> Poplar, Alder and Lime : Logs cut through and through ... ... ... -56 Selected lengths and thicknesses of plank ... 46 Elm : Logs cut through and through ... ... ... 36 Selected lengths and thicknesses of plank ... 40 Other Common Hardwoods : Logs cut through and through ... ... ... 36 Selected lengths and thicknesses of plank ... 4 Specifications which do not come within the above Schedule may be negotiated at proportionate prices, but in such instances Sellers must submit particulars to the Controller of Timber Supplies and obtain his approval thereto. Timber in the round may also be sold and converted for Buyers' account the cost of sawing being charged separately at current local rates, provided that the aggregate price for log and sawing shall not exceed the prices set out in this Schedule, based on the measurement of the converted timber obtained. Town Saw Mills and Town Retailers are permitted to increase the above-scheduled prices for Converted Hardwoods up to 20 per cent., such increased prices to cover cost of conveyance of log to Town Mills or Town Yards and delivery of converted material from mills or yards free on rail or wdthin the usual cartage radius. Home Grown Timber Prices Order., .191 365 Schedule D. Schedule of Maximum Prices for Converted, Softwoods delivered free on rail at Loading Station. Prices are per cubic foot and subject to 2J per cent, discount for cash payment within one month from date of dispatch. Spruce, Scots Fir Deals and Battens. From 2 to 9 inches wide by from 2 to 4"inches in thick- ness, random lengths averaging up to 11 feet, not exceeding For each foot in length over or other coniferous timber (except Larch) . Larch. 35. Qd. 35. 6d. 11 feet average price may be increased according to the following scale : Spruce, Scots Fir or other coniferous timber (except Larch). Larch. feet up to Id. per foot cube additional for average of each extra foot or part of a foot in average length, i.e., 16 feet. 35. bd. 35. lid. feet up to l^d. per foot cube additional for average of each extra foot or part of a foot in average length, i.e., 24 feet. Prices for specified lengths may be increased by 5 per cent, over the limits scheduled above. Boards in random lengths and widths. Spruce, Scots Fir or other coniferous timber (except Larch). Larch. 45. Qd. 4s. Qd. 3s. Qd. 4,-. Od. 35. 3d. 3s. 9d. Average over 11 and including 16 feet. Average over 16 and including 24 feet. t inch, thick and under Over J in. to 1 in. thick Over 1 in. to If ins. thick For specified lengths and /or widths price may be increased by 10 per cent. Spruce, Scots Fir or other coniferous timber (except Larch) . Slating Battens Tile Battens ... Crate Wood Timber in random lengths. Pla7iks over 9 inches wide Squares ,, 4 inches Baulk 4 inches 85. Qd. Larch. 35. Qd. 3s. 4?. 366 Export of Timber (Irelnnd) Order, 1917. For special lengths the price may be increased 7V per cent, up to and including 16 feet and 10 per cent, over 16 feet up to 25 feet. Timber in the round may also be sold and converted for Buyers' account the cost of sawing being charged separately at cunent local rates provided that the aggregate price for log and sawing shall not exceed the prices set out in this Schedule based on the measurement of the converted limber obtained. Coniferous timber over 2o feet in length cut for particular purposes may be negotiated at propoitionate prices but Sellers must submit details to the Controller of Tim her- Supplies and obtain his approval thereto. Town Saw Mills and Toirn Retailers are permitted to increase the above scheduled prices for converted Softwood.- (excluding- Sleepers) up to 25 per cent, when the quantity sold is 50 cubic feet or over, or up to 50 per cent, when the quantity sold is les< than 50 feet. Such increased prices to cover cost of conveyance of log to Town Mills or Town Yards and delivery of converted material from mills or yards free on rail or within the usual cartage radius. (Slcr/H'i-*. Spruce, Scotch Fir, Larch or other conifeious Timber.) 9 feet long 10 inches by 5 inches. 8 inch face ... ... ... 7.?. Qd. each. 7 inch face ... ... ... 7x. 0*7. 5 inch face ... ... ... (>*. -\d. ,, [The above Order w;n published in the London (Ja/.ettr. December 4th. 1!>17.] THE EXPORT OF TIMBER (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER 4, 1917, MADE BY THE HOARD OF TRADE. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the Defence of the Eealm K emulations, the Hoard of Trade hereby order as follows : 1. From the date hereof, until further notice, no person shall without a permit issued by or on behalf of the Controller of Timber Supplies export or remove from Ireland to Great Britain round or sawn timber of any description ^rown in Ireland. 2. Application for permits under this Order must be made on the prescribed form to be obtained from the Assistant Controller of Timber Supplies, 6, Hume Street, Dublin. 3. This Order may be cited as the Export of Timber (Ireland) Order, 1917. Signed on behalf of the Hoard of Trade this 4th day of December, 1917. H. Llewellyn Smith. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, December 7th. 1917.] Priority of Work Orders. 367 PART III. PRIORITY OF WORK ORDERS. 1. Priority of Work in numerous 2. Priority of Work in manufac- Industries, p. 367. tvre of particular Classes of War Material, p. 372. 1. Priority of Work in numerous Industries. THE PRIORITY OF WORK ORDER, (a) DATED MARCH 8, 1917, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and all ether powers enabling him hereby orders and requires that all persons engaged in any of the trades, businesses, or industries specified in the third schedule hereto shall in all respects comply with the following directions and regulations as to the priority to be given to work carried out in their factories and workshops and else- where in or in connection with such trades, businesses, or indus- tries or any of them. (1) Priority shall 'be given to wOrk in such trades, businesses and industries in accordance with the classification set out in the first schedule hereto. (2) All work and orders for work or materials undertaken by them shall be divided into the three Classes, Class A, Class B, and Class C mentioned in the first schedule. (3) Work and orders in Class A shall take precedence of work and orders in Class B or Class C, and work and orders in Class B (a) SHORT TITLE OF ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the "Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918," printed in Appendix Y to this Manual. 368 Priority of Work in certain Trades, Businesses, and Industries. shall take precedence of work and orders in Class C irrespective of the date when the orders were received and of any contractual obligations to the contrary. (4) Subject to paragraph T hereof orders for work shall be treated as belonging to Class A or Class B as the case may be if accompanied by a certificate from the person ordering the same in the form set out in the second schedule hereto, stating that the work belongs to Class A or Class B respectively. (5) In the case of a person whose production either as regards the whole or a particular part thereof is regulated by specific directions or regulations from any department of the Govern- ment, such person shall not in so far as relates to the production so regulated act on a certificate presented to him by another person, but must apply for instructions to the department which regulates such production, forwarding to that department the certificate presented. Any order for work which entails the use of materials which are for the time being subject to control by a Government Department, and in respect of which Regulations shall have been issued, must not be carried out until after com- pliance with the said Regulations. (6) Any order for work not accompanied by a certificate in the form set out in the second schedule hereto to the effect that the work falls within Class A or Class B shall be treated as an order for work in Class C. Any particular or special directions or regulations issued in writing by the Minister of Munitions, or by any Government Department regulating production as mentioned in paragraph 5 hereof, as to the classification of any work or orders belonging to the same class shall over-ride these general directions and regulations, (a) As from the date hereof this Order shall be substituted for Circular L.33 as to the control of output issued by the Minister of Munitions on the 31st March, 1916, and references to this order and the corresponding classes herein mentioned shall be substituted in all orders, directions, notices and permits already made oc issued by or on behalf of the Minister of Munitions for any references therein to the said Circular L.33 and the classes therein mentioned, but such substitution shall not affect the previous operation of the said Circular L.33 or any of such orders, directions, regulations, notices or permits or the validity of any action taken under them or any of them or any penalty or punish- ment incurred in respect of any contravention or failure to comply with the same or any of them or any proceeding or remedy in respect of such penalty or punishment. And any certificate already issued under the said Circular L.33 shall so far as the same was properlv issued thereunder confine to have the same effect as if this OroVr had never been made (a) ORDERS REGULATING PRODUCTION OF PARTICULAR CLASSES OK. WAR MATEIIIAL. These are printed in Part II of this Manual. Classification of Work for Priority Purposes. The First Schedule above referred to. CLASSIFICATION OF WORK. Definition of Class A. Class A Comprises : Work or material wholly required as a component part of any work or goods to be carried out or supplied under (a) A Government War Contract which signifies : (1) Any Contract placed by the Admiralty, the War Office, or the Minister of Munitions. (2) Any Contract for Naval or Military Equipment placed by an Allied Government by or with the consent in writing* of the Admiralty, the War Office, or the Minister of Munitions. (6) Certified War Work, which signifies : (1) Work on a Contract or Order which the Admi- ralty, the War Office, or the Minister of Munitions has certified in writing to be War or Munitions Work. (2) Work which the Minister of Munitions has directed to be treated on an equality with War work. (c) Merchant shipping work certified in writing by the Board of Trade to be Munitions work. Definition of Class B. Class B comprises : Work or material wholly required for: (a) Repairs to existing industrial machinery (but not the replacement of old machinery by new) wherever essential to maintain continuity of operation in the United Kingdom. (6) The maintenance of reasonable stocks of materials or articles necessary as component parts of work or goods to be carried out or supplied under any orders or contracts to be executed under Class A or Class B. (c) Export orders, certified in writing by the Board of Trade, the Admiralty, the War Office, or the Minister of Munitions to be of sufficient national importance to be specially approved for export to approved destinations and as to which the Minister of Munitions or other Government Department controlling the necessary materials has certified that such materials can be spared. (d) Contracts or orders certified in writing by the Admiralty, the War Office, or the Minister of Munitions as necessary for the efficient conduct of the War. * CONSENT. The consent of these Departments will usually be given through the Commission Internationale de Ravitaille- went (The International Commission, India House, Kiugsway, London, W.C.2), to whom application should be made for such consent. 370 Form of Certificate for securing Priority of Work. (e) Contracts or Orders certified in writing by the Director-General of National Service to be of sufficient importance in the national interest to be placed in Class B and as to which the Minister of Munitions or other Government Department controlling the necessary materials has certified that such materials can be spared. Definition of Class C. *Class C comprises all work not comprised in Classes A or B. The Second Schedule above referred to. FORM OF CERTIFICATE. [Front of Certificate.] This Certificate is issued for the purpose of securing priority for the work referred to herein, in pursuance of directions given by the Minister of Munitions under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. CERTIFICATE. Firm's Reference No. Date 1917. To: Messrs. Order No. (of ordering firm or establishment). Quantity and description. I /We hereby certify that the work or materials described herein are required for the following purposes : (Here state clearly particulars of the special War, National or other purposes of the order.) 1. As component of the subject matter of a Government Contract bearing the following reference number, viz., No. and for the purposes of 2. (If not a direct component of a Government contract) for the purposes of : References : (N.B. Read an d f r no other purpose; and that such order falls within carefully Class as defined on the back hereof. backbereof 1 ) I /We hereby declare the above to be a true and accurate statement. Signed on behalf of by * Note. No certificate may be issued for orders in Class C. List of Trades and Industries in ivhich Priority of Work is 371 Regulated. [Back of Certificate.] A Copy of First Schedule " Classification of Work/' A false declaration on this certificate is an offence under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. The certificate must be signed by a Partner, Director, Manager, or other responsible official. Copies of this certificate for use in making applications can be obtained free of charge at any Head Post Office, where supplies will always be available, or by order from any Money Order Office. The Third Schedule above referred to. 1. All trades, businesses or industries carried on in any estab- lishment to which directions as to priority had been issued on or before the date of this Order. 2. All trades and manufacture in or of metals, machinery, agricultural implements and vehicles. 3. The repairing of machinery or plant for use in Industry. 4. Woodworking. Pottery and Glass Trades. Buildings and Works of construction. Textile Trades and Manufacture. Linoleum, Oilcloth and Table Baize manufacture. Rope, Twine and Line trades and manufacture. Coal Tar Products, manufacture of. Dyestuffs, manufacture of. Other Chemical Products, manufacture of. Lubricating Oils and Other Lubricants, manufacture of. Oil Seed Crushing. Soap and Candles, manufacture of. Paints, Colours and Varnishes, manufacture of Baskets and Wicker work, manufacture of. Letterpress and Lithographic printing. Papermaking. Leather Trades and manufacture. Boot, Shoe and Clog manufacture. Coke, manufacture of. Rubber Trades and manufacture. Waterproofing of Fabrics and of paper. Electricity, gas and water services. Stone, Marble, Granite and Slate Quarrying, cutting and polishing. Bookbinding, (a) [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, March 9th, 1917.] (a) ADDITION TO SRD SCHEDULE. See Amendment Order printed imme- diately below. 372 Priority of Work in Manufacture of Particular Classes of War Material. THE PRIORITY OF WORK (AMENDMENT) ORDER, DATED JAN LAKY 12, 1918, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS .( a ) In reference to the Older of the Minister of Munitions as to the priority to be given to work carried out in factories and work- shops and elsewhere dated the 8th March, 1917, (b) the Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and all other powers enabling him, hereby orders that the said Order shall henceforth be read and take effect as if the words " Clothing, wholesale manufacture of," were added at the end of the 3rd Schedule to the said Order. [The above Order was published in the London Gazette, January 15, 1918.] 2. Priority of Work in Manufacture of Particular Classes of War Material. The Orders making provision for this aie printed in Part II. of this Manual, and the following is a list of them classified according to the grouping adopted in the said Part: Metals. Control of Steel Supplies Order, 1916, p. 228. Control of Steel Supplies (Steel Rods and Wires) Order, 1917, p. 232. Paper. Paper Restriction Order (No. 5), 1917, p. 270. Textiles. Flax, Hemp and Jute Priority Order, 1917, ;;. 291. Woollen and Worsted (Consolidation) Order, 1917, p. 335. (a) SHORT TITLE OP ORDER. The Short Title was conferred by the " Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order.. 1918," printed in Appendix V to this Manual. (b) PRIORITY OF WORK ORDER. This is printed immediately above. Appendices. 373 APPENDIXES. PAGE. APPENDIX I. The Steel Supplies Orders and General Permit thereunder, in Consolidated form ... ... 373 APPEN DIX II. Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act and Eules 392 APPENDIX III. -Restrictions on Importation or Exporta- tion of War Material Supplies ... ... ... ... 405 APPENDIX IV. Eelief from Liability under Contracts affected by Control of War Material Supplies ... ... 440 APPENDIX V. Proof Construction and Citation of Wai- Material Supplies Orders, and of the Enabling Regula- tions 443 APPENDIX I. THE STEEL SUPPLIES ORDERS AND GENERAL PERMIT THEREUNDER IN CONSOLIDATED FORM. 1 . Steel Supplies ( Consolidated) Order, p. 374. 2. Steel Supplies (Consolidated) General Permit, p. 375. 3. Control of Steel Supplies (Consolidated) Order, p. 389. The full text of all the Orders and Permits and Amending Orders and Permits, 24 in number, as originally made and issued, relating to steel supplies, as were not on February 28th, 1918, wholly revoked or withdrawn is printed at pp. 199-235 of Part II. of this Manual. As appears from the list (p. 199) the Amendments are very numerous and this Appendix consists of three Consolidating Orders drawn by the Editor reproducing the whole of these Orders, &c. (with the exception of the " Steel Rods and Wire Order," p. 232, and the " Midlands District Ironstone Control Order," p. 235, which stand out apart from and do not lend themselves to consolidation) in the form in which they appear to apply as on February 28th, 1918, as 3 documents instead of 22. For these Consolidations the Editor is alone responsible, and for prosecutions and like purposes use should be made of the copies of the Orders, &c., as issued which as printed as above are primd facie evidence (see Appendix V., " Proof, &c., of War Material Supplies Orders"). But it has been considered that convenience woiild be consulted and administrative and business time saved by the reproduction, e.g., of. the 13 "Permit" documents as one single document. ALEXANDER PULLING. 374 Steel Supplies Orders Consolidated. 1. Steel Supplies (Consolidated) Order. [This comprises a consolidation by the Editor of the Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke Iron and Steel Order, 1916 (p. 200) and the 6 Amending Orders. The portions of the Consolidation which vary from the Principal 1916 Order are indicated by thick black lines.] In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Minister of Munitions hereby order that the war material to which the Regulation applies shall include war material of the classes and descriptions hereunder specified. I. METALLURGICAL COKE. Metallurgical Coke of the following classes and descriptions : Cumberland. Derbyshire. Durham and Northumberland. Lancashire. Lincolnshire. Midland Counties. Nottinghamshire. Staffordshire. Yorkshire. South Wales and Monmouthshire. Scottish. II. PIG IROX. Pig Iron of the following classes and descriptions : Hematite. Cleveland. Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Lincolnshire. Northamptonshire. Scottish. Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. III. STEEL. Steel of the following classes and descriptions: Angles, Tees, Channels, Flats, Bulb Angles, Zeds and other sections, of which the prices are customarily based on the price of Angles. Joists. Hexagons. Plates, Sheets and Black Plate, all open annealed pro- produced in Sheet Mills. Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. 375 Slabs, Plates, Strips and pieces cut from Plates, suitable for re-rolling. Ship plates. Boiler plates. Rails (railway). Sheet and tin plate bars. Blooms and billets, ordinary mild steel. Blooms and billets, special. Rounds and squares (tested). Bounds and squares (untested). High Speed Tool Steel. Steel Scrap of all classes and descriptions. IY. WROUGHT IRON. Bar Iron. Wrought Iron Scrap. Y. TlNPLATES AND TERNEPLATES . Tinplates. Terneplates. 2. Steel Supplies (Consolidated) General Permit. [This comprises a consolidation by the Editor of the Steel Supplies (Metallurgical Coke Iron and Steel) Permit, 1916 (pp. 204-209) and the 12 Permit Amendments. The portions of this Consolidation which vary from the Principal 1916 Permit are indicated by thick black lines.] 1. With reference to the Steel Supplies (Consolidated) Order Dealings per- applying Eegulation 30A of the Defence of the Realm Regula- mitted sub- tions to war material consisting of certain classes and descrip- i 5ct * tions of metallurgical coke pig iron and steel, the Minister of Munitions hereby gives notice that he permits all persons until further notice : (a) To buy, sell or deal in ; or (6) Offer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell or deal in; or (c) Enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or I other dealing in the war material referred to in the said Order, subject to the conditions and provisions in this Permit contained. 2 This permit shall not affect the provisions of : - Saving for (a) Regulation 30s of the Defence of the Realm Regula- g ^* 1 tions or of any Ordei made thereunder ; in cer tam (6) the Control of Steel Supplies (Consolidation) Order. meta i 8 and control of steel sup- plies. 376 Maximum prices on sale or purchase. Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. 3. Xo sale or purchase of material in the United Kingdom to which the said Steel Supplies (Consolidated) Order relates shall be at a price exceeding the maximum prices specified in the First Schedule hereto with reference to the respective classes and descriptions of material therein referred to. Provided that this condition shall not apply to: (a) A sale or purchase under a special permit granted by the * Minister of Munitions ; or (b) a sale or purchase of material, other than high-speed tool steel, which is not a transaction or one of a series of transactions involving the sale or purchase of two tons or over; or (c) any sale by a Manufacturer of finished steel (other than tinplates and terneplates or steel scrap of any (lass or description) rolled from steel purchased by him; or (df) purchase of material (other than steel slabs, plates, strips and pieces cut from plates suitable for re-rolling and steel plates sheets and black plates all open annealed produced in sheet mills) the export of which has been duly sanctioned. (e) a sale or purchase of material of the classes and descrip- tions specified in the Second Schedule hereto under a contract in writing entered into prior to the dates specified in the said schedule in connection with such respective classes and descriptions, at prices not con- travening those permitted up to the said dates as so specified. 4. Upon any such sale or purchase the seller and purchaser shall comply with any directions whether of general application or otherwise which may from time to time or at any time be given by the Minister of Munitions with regard to the use or disposal of the said war material. All dealings 5. No sale or purchase of or dealing in the said war material, to comply except in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, is with Permit, authorised. Communi- - ^^ communications with reference to the Steel Supplies cations and (Consolidated) Order, and application for special permits should applications, be made to: The Controller of Iron and Steel Production, (Room 382), Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place. S.W.I. Compliance with Min- ister's direc- tions. Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. 377 First Scliedule. MAXIMUM PRICES. I.-METALLURGICAL COKE. Durham and Northumberland- Blast furnace ooke Foundry coke South Wales and Monmouthshire Blast furnace coke Foundry coke Lancashire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Midland Counties Blast furnace coke ... ... Scottish Blast furnace coke Foundry coke ... Delivered West Coast blast furnaces. Cu in berland Blast furnace coke Per ton net f.a.t. Makers' Ovens. s. d. 1 13 1 18 1 17 6 2 10 6 1 12 1 15 250 1 17 9 HEMATITE PIG IRON Mixed, Numbers Special quality, and Sulphur Special quality, and Sulphur Special quality, and Sulphur HEMATITE PIG IRON Mixed, Numbers Special quality, and Sulphur Special quality, and Sulphur II.-IRON. I.PIG IRON. A. BASIS PRICES. -EAST COAST. 1, 2, and 3 containing under -04 of Phosphorus containing under *03 of Phosphorus containing under -02 of Phosphorus -WEST COAST. 1, 2, and 3 containing under -03 of Phosphorus containing under -02 of Phosphorus Per ton net f.o.t, Makers' Works. .s. d. 626 676 6 15 6 700 676 6 15 6 700 378 Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. HEMATITE PIG IRON EAST COAST AND WEST COAST. The expression " Mixed Numbers " where herein used in relation to East Coast and West Coast Pig Iron shall mean equal quantities of Nos. 1, 2 and 3 having an average analysis within the following limits: East Coast. West Coast. Per cent. Per cent. Silicon If to 3 If to Si- Manganese, not exceeding If 1^ Sulphur, not exceeding -06 Phosphorus, not exceeding ... ... ... 06 '05 The following extras may be charged on sales of East Coast and West Coast Hematite Pig Iron : Per ton. s. d. All Hematite Pig Iron selected to any particular num- ber, grade or analysis or manufactured to a specified analysis within the limits covered by Mixed Numbers 026 All Hematite Pig Iron selected or manufactured to a specified analysis outside the limits covered by Mixed Numbers with a Silicon Content below 5 per cent 5 Silicon, 5 per cent, and less than 6 per cent. ... 10 Silicon, 6 per cent, and less than 7 per cent. ... 15 Per ton m-i HEMATITE PIG IRON SCOTTISH. Makers' Works. s. d. Mixed, Numbers 1, 2 and 3 626 Special quality, containing under -03 of Phosphorus and Sulphur 7 10 HEMATITE PIG IRON WELSH. Mixed, Numbers 1, 2 .and 3 626 Special quality, containing under - 03 of Phosphorus and Sulphur 6 15 6 Special quality, containing under -02 of Phosphorus and Sulphur 700 HEMATITE PIG IRON MALLEABLE. Refined Refined cupola cast 800 Refined cupola cast to guaranteed analysis 850 Cast direct from blast furnaces Small pig iron all grades ... ... ... ... 7 10 Medium pig iron white to grey mottled ... ... 750 Medium pig iron all other qualities ... ... ... 6 17 6 Large pig iron all grades 6 17 6 All the above prices for Malleable Hematite Pig Iron include Agents' Commission or Merchants' profit, which is not to exceed 5s. per ton. Applications for licences to sell special grades of Malleable Hematite Pig Iron of extra quality at special prices will be separately considered by the Director of Steel Production. Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. Per ton net f.o.t. I Makers' Works. CLEVELAND PIG IRON FOUNDRY AND FORGE. s. d. No. 1 4 19 Other grades 4 15 CLEVELAND PIG IRON BASIC 500 DERBYSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PIG IRON. No. 4 Forge 4 10 No. 3 Foundry 4 12 6 No. 2 Foundry 4 14 6 No. 1 Foundry 4 16 6 Basic 4 17 6 [LINCOLNSHIRE PIG IRON. Basic or Foundry 4 17 6 NORTHAMPSHIRE PlG IRON. No. 4 Forge < 4 7 6 No. 4 Foundry 490 No. 3 Foundry 4 10 No. 2 Foundry 4 12 No. 1 Foundry ... 4 14 Basic 4 17 6 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE PIG IRON. No. 4 Forge 4 15 Foundry Numbers 4 17 6 Basic 4 17 6 SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIHK I PIG IRON. Part Mine " Forge 500 Part Mine " Foundry 526 Common Staffordshire 4 10 All Mine" Forge 515 All Mine " Foundry 600 Warm Air " Forge 750 Warm Air " Foundry 7 15 Special Quality Lord Dudley's Cylinder 876 Cold Blast Iron 926 Basic ... 4 17 6 SCOTTISH FOUNDRY AND FORGE PIG IRON. Nos. 3, 4 and lower grades of Monkland, Dalmellington, Eglinton and Govan ...- 5 14 Nos. 3, 4 and lower grades of all other brands 5 15 6 No. 1 quality (Scottish) to be 5s. per ton above these prices. B. ADDITIONS TO PRICES FOR PIG IROK (i) To the above-mentioned prices for pig iron a sum not exceeding 1 per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales by persons other than the Makers. (ii) In all districts an extra charge of Is. per ton may be charged over the fixed maximum price for basic pig iron cast in chills. 2.- BAR IRON. A. BASIS PRICES. Standard quality, ordinary sizes and merchants' lengths, 13 17s. 6d. per ton net, f.o.t. Makers' Works. Marked Bars, 16 per ton nett f.o.t. makers' works. 380 Steel Supplies General Permit o.r circular angles and plates, all suitable for shearing, cable scrap and chain scrap not less than ^-inch diameter. (I)} Heavy wrought-iron scrap not less than ^-inch thick, in- cluding horse shoes, rivet and bolt scrap, scrap from the manufacture of rivets and bolts, and chain scrap not less than -inch diameter. (c) Wrought-iron scrap under -inch thick, including country wrought-iron scrap, and all wrought-iron scrap not in- cluded in any of the classes denned in Clauses 1, 2 or 3 hereof. (2) Wrought-iron scrap mixed with steel or other material 4 lo.s. p STEEL PLATES, SHFKTS, AND BLACK PLATE. ALL OPEN ANNEALED PRODUCED IN SlIEKT MILLS. Above W inch thick .................. 16 T :t e inch and under to 16 gauge inclusive ... ... ... 16 5 Under 16 gauge to 20 gauge ... ... 16 15 20 24 ......... 17 24 26 . ..... 13 The maximum prices for defective Steel Plates, Sheets, and Black Plate above mentioned will be 1 per ton less than the above prices. The maximum prices for Steel Slabs, Plates, Strips. Pieces cut from Plates. Sheets, and Blaek Plate above mentioned do not apply to separate and independent orders involving the sale of less than two tons. STEEL RAILS. Rails, 60 Ibs. per yard and over ............ 10 17 6 Rails, 50 Ibs. per yard and over, but under 60 Ibs. per yard New slightly defective rails, os. per ton less than these prices. SHEET AND TJNPLATE BARS ......... 10 7 (> BLOOMS AND BILLETS. Blooms and billets for re-rolling (ordinary quality) ... 10 7 6 Blooms and billets for re-rolling (special quality) ... 11 Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. 383 SHELL DISCARD STEEL. In cases where Shell Discard Steel has been transferred to works other than those of the maker for rolling down into special small billet sizes in order to meet urgent require- ments, permits for selling such billets at prices other than those authorised under this Permit may be granted if the proposed price is approved. 13. EXTRAS FOR STEEL. (A) LISTS OF EXTRAS. The above prices for Steel are subject to extras not exceeding those con- tained in the list published by the Ministry of Munitions on the 1st clay of November, 1916, entitled " List of authorised extras, chargeable on Steel Material," which includes lists A, B, C, D, E, F (except extras 6 and 13), G, H and to lists of extras J, K and L dated 1st January, 1917, all above referred to^ copies of which can be had on application to the Controller of Iron and Steel Production (Room 382), Ministry of Munitions of War, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I. (B) EXTRAS FOR PLATE, ALL MILLS. STEEL PLATES, SHEETS, AND BLACK OPEN ANNEALED PRODUCED IN SHEET (i) Extras for sizes, etc., as follows: 7. Over 4 feet wide up to and including 5 feet... 10s. per ton. 8. Over 5 feet wide up to and including 6 feet... 20s. 9. Re-shearing to exact sizes 10s. Close Annealing 10s. 10. 11. Cold Rolling 12. 18. Hydraulically Flattening Mangling 20s. 20s. 10s. 30s. 14. Pickling 15. Special Welsh finish or equal, 16 gauge and thinner 30,s. 16. Lots of less than 5 cwts. of a size 10s. (ii) Extras for painting one coat both sides ordinary paint - 17. 20 gauge and thicker 18. 21/24 gauge inclusive 19. 25 gauge and thinner 20. Circled, curved, tapered to sketch 20s. 30s. 50s. and Thin Plates To be subject to arrangement. 21. Bundling No extra. 13 gauge to 16 gauge inclusive. (iii) Extras for lengt Exceeding Not exceeding 22. 9ft, 10ft 23. 10 12 24. 1* 14 25. 14 16 26. 16 18 27. 18 20 12 gauge and thicker. nil. nil. nil. 2s. 6d. 5s. 7.v. (W. nil. 5*. 10*. 20*. 30*. 40s. 17 gauge to 21 gauge to 20 gauge 24 gauge inclusive. inclusive. 5x. 10s. 10s. 20*. 15s. 35s. 25 . 45s. 35s.' 60*. 45s. 80s. (iv) Corrugated sheets. For these there are no extras. (v) These extras are applicable to all orders for Home Trade and Export but do not apply to separate and independent orders involving the sale of less than two tons. 384 Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. (c) EXTRAS FOR SHELL DISCARD QUALITY. No extra for Tensile Quality contained in any list of authorised extras chargeable on steel material for the time being current and issued on behalf of the Minister of Munitions for the purposes of this General Permit shall be charged on any sale of steel in Shell Discard Quality. C. ADDITIONS TO PRICES FOR STEEL. To the above-mentioned prices for Steel a sum not exceeding 2^ per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales by persons other than the Makers. Stockholders of Steel are permitted to sell from their stock at the prices above mentioned plus a maximum addition of 3 per ton to cover carriage and all other charges including loading outwards from their stores. This 3 per ton will include the merchant's commission of 2 per cent. and is not in addition thereto. Stockholders are permitted to resell finished steel rolled by manu- facturers from steel purchased by them at prices not exceeding the actual purchase price to the stockholders, plus the above-mentioned 3 per ton, provided that they keep Stock Ledgers showing all purchases and sales of such material, so that the prices of such purchases and sales can at any time be verified by the Ministry. 2. STEEL SCRAP. per ton. s. d. (1) (a) Heavy steel melting scrap ' 550 (6) Steel planings, turnings and borings 350 (c) Steel planings, turnings and borings mixed with wrought iron or other material 2 10 (d) All other classes of steel scrap, whether or not mixed with wrought iron or other material ... -I \~> (2) To the prices specified in Clause (1) hereof a sum not exceeding 2^ per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales by recognised scrap merchants. (3) All the prices specified in Clause (1) hereof are free on rail or free in barge at the nearest convenient siding or wharf to the place where the scrap lies at the time of sale ; the carriage at actual cost or at a fair average rate agreed between the seller and buyer may be charged to the buyer up to a maximum of 10*. per ton. (4) Special permits to purchase steel scrap sold with guaranteed analysis, may be granted on application, but in no case will permits be granted for anv such purchase at prices exceeding the following: per ton. s. d. Heavy steel melting scrap containing not over -04 per cent, phosphorus and sulphur ... Heavy steel melting scrap containing not over -05 per cent, phosphorus and sulphur Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. 3. SECOND HAND RAILS. Per ton net f.o.t. at point of purchase. s. d. Belay able and other second-hand rails 50 Ibs. per yard and over, not being heavy steel melting scrap ... 10 To the above-mentioned price a sum not exceeding 2^ per cent, on such price may be added in the case of sales by recognised merchants. Rails which have been purchased by a merchant and stored or sorted by him in his stockyard, and which are sold as relay able Bails or otherwise than as heavy steel melting scrap, may be sold by the said merchant at a price not exceeding 12 Os. Od. per ton free on trucks at merchant's stock- yard, or the nearest convenient siding thereto, but without the addition of the above-mentioned 2 per cent. 4. HIGH SPEED TOOL STEEL. A. BASIS PRICES. per Ib. s. d. Finished Bars, 14 per cent. Tungsten or its equivalent, delivered Buyer's Works 038 Finished Bars, 18 per cent. Tungsten or its equivalent, delivered Buyer's Works 045 B. HIGH SPEED TOOL STEEL EXTRAS. Rounds and Squares 3 inches to 8 inches inclusive ... 004 Bounds and Squares under inch to inch 003 Flats under 1 inch by f in to ^ inch by inch, and all sizes over four times in width over thickness ... 003 Bevels of approved sizes and sections 006, Bars cut to length 10 per cent, extra. Exceptional sizes and sections not covered in above list, subject to special quotation. Oddment orders of less than 56 Ibs. of a size 003 Packing 4s. per cwt. 5. SCRAP FROM HIGH SPEED TOOL STEEL. per Ib. net. s. d. Millings and Turnings, delivered Steel Maker's Works 008 Bar Ends, delivered Steel Maker's Works 009 3749 X 386 Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. IV.-TINPLATES AND TERNEPLATES. [WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STAFFORDSHIRE TINPLATES.] 1. BASIS PRICES. Per Basis Box net f.o.t. Maker's Works or nearest station. COKE TINPLATES. I.C. 20x14 112 sheets 108 Ibs. 30s. Qd. D.C. 25 x 17 50 94 29s. Od. S.D.C. 22 x 15 100 163 45*. 6d. 28 x 20, 30 x 21, l'J x 14, 18J X 14 at basis price for 20 x 14. These prices are based upon tin at 240 per ton ; for each rise or fall of 5 per ton above or below this figure, ld. basis to be added to or deducted from the basis price of the tinplates. No alterations of tinplate prices are to be made for lesser fluctuations than o per ton in the price of tin. In all cases in which the maximum prices hereunder are expressed to be based upon the price of tin, the price of tin shall be the Official Cash Settlement Price of the London Metal Exchange for Standard Tin (as published on the day that the quotation is made by the seller). List of extras and allowances are all net; and for 112 sheet boxes, excepting in the cases of doubles and small doubles. 2. EXTRAS JPER BASIS BOX (WHERE NOT OTHERWISE STATED) OVER THE PRICE OF COKE TDIPLATES. . d. SMALL LOTS. Any size ordered in quantities of less than 2 tons 6 COMMON CHAECOAL TINPLATES ... 10 CHARCOAL TINPLATES, through flux. Tin per basis box 3 Ib ... 3 3i 5 4 ... ... 6 3 4i 7 6 5 9 These extras are on the basis of 240 per ton for tin; adjustments of prices for fluctuations therefrom to be made by adding or deducting the value of the tin accord- ing to the coating of the plate. The above prices are not to be varied for lesser fluctuations than 2 10s. per ton. CROSSES (in all qualities), each cross 70 Intermediate weights to be charged pro rata; thus, 122 Ibs. substance will be 3s. 6d. basis extra over I.C. substance. ORDINARY STAMPING STEEL 3 SPECIAL DEEP STAMPING STEEL ... 00 Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated, ODD SIZES. Basis extras. Over 24-in. long. I Length. 387 Width. Over 24-in. Over 32-in. Over 34-iii. to 32-in. to 34-in. to 40-in. inclusive. inclusive. inclusive. *. d. s. d. . d. 10-in. to 12-in 9 1 1 3 Over 12-in. up to 17-in. inclusive 1 1 3 1 6 ., 17-in. 18-in. , 9 1 1 3 18-in. 22-in. 6 9 1 22-in. 23-in. 9 1 1 3 23-in. 24-in. , 1 1 3 1 6 24-in. 26-in. 1 6 1 9 2 24-in. long and under. Length. Width. 94 in Under Under Under Under long. 24-in. to 23-in. 23-in. to 17-in. 17-in. to 12-in. 12-in. to 10-in. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 10-in. to 12-in. inclusive 9 6 6 9 9 Over 12-in. up to 17-in. inclusive 1 9 6 1 ... 17-in. 23-iii 9 9 9 ... ... 23-in. 24-in 1 1 ... ... ... Extra for boxes of 56 sheets -hasis 10 Extra for boxing small sizes in 112 sheets boxes; this extra being applicable only to small sizes that are customarily packed in boxes of 225 sheets or thereabouts basis ... 09 Extra for boxing doubles, 34 x 25, 25 sheets per box ... 10 (Special boxing not covered in list to be based on actual cost.) I TISSUE PAPERING at Cost. IRONHOOPING, 20 x 14 and under, 3d. per box; over 20 x 14, 3d., basis. CLIPPING, 2d. per box, all sizes. I TINLINING. 20 x 14, 112 sheets and smaller sizes, Is. 3d. per box. 20 x 14, and smaller sizes packed 225 sheets, Is. 4%d. per box. Over 20 x 14, Is. 3d., basis extra. SPECIAL PLATES FOR MILK required to be tinned with list on long side, such as 25| in. x 9 T V in. to carry a special extra of Is. basis. TAGGERS. Sizes larger in area than 20 x 14 of 40g. = 300 sheets 20 x 14 x 112 Ibs. and thinner substances, Is. basis, 20 x 14 x 112 sheets. This extra will apply to 28 x 20. 3749 N2 38 Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated. 3. ALLOWANCES TO BE MADE PER BASIS BOX BELOW THE PRICE OF COKE TINPLATES. LIGHTS. Reduction of fd. per Ib. basis for each 1 Ib. down from 108 to 80 Ibs. substance, and %d. per Ib. basis reduction for each 1 Ib. down thereafter, including Taggers. UNASSORTED. s. d. Ix substance and thinner ... ... ... ... ... 1 Thicker than Ix ... ... 03 WASTERS. 2x substance and thinner 1 Thicker than 2x 1 6 CHARCOAL WASTERS Per basis box below the price of Char- coal Tinplates. Ix substance and thinner ... ... ... ... ... 20 Thicker than Ix 3 Packing in bundles instead of boxes 06 MAXIMUM PRICE FOR TERNEPLATES. 28s. per basis box, i.e., 2s. below the basis price of Coke Tinplates. This price is based upon tin at 240 per ton ; for each rise or tall of 20 per ton above or below this figure, l^c/. basis to be added to or deducted from the basis price of the Terneplates. All other extras and allowances as for Coke Tinplates. WASTE WASTE TINPLATES AND WASTE WASTE TERNEPLATES at not less than 2s. basis below the prices for Waster Tinplates and Terneplates respectively. 4. ADDITIONS TO BASIS PRICES AND EXTRAS. To the maximum prices and extras for Tinplates and Terneplates a sum not exceeding two per cent, on such prices may be added in the case of sales made by persons other than the makers or their agents, plus the actual cost of delivery from works to destination. In the case of dealings between merchant firms it is not permissible for each of them to add such two per cent., as in no case must the cost to the ultimate consumer be beyond two per cent, over the said maximum prices plus carriage charges. Merchant stock holders delivering from their own warehouses (not public warehouses) are permitted to sell from their stock at the maximum prices plus the maximum addition of seven-and-a-half per cent, on such prices, exclusive of inwards and outwards carriage. This seven-and-a-half per cent, will include the merchants' commission of two per cent., and is not in addition thereto. [For Second Schedule, we next page.] Steel Supplies General Permit and Amendments Consolidated; Control of Steel Supplies Orders Consolidated. Second Schedule. CLASSES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF MATEKIAL WHICH MAY UNDER CONTRACTS IN WRITING ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO THE DATES SPECIFIED IN THE 2ND COLUMN IN CONNECTION WITH THE MATERIAL SPECIFIED IN THE IST COLUMN BE SOLD AT PRICES HIGHER THAN THOSE OF THIS CONSOLIDATED GENERAL PERMIT IF NOT CONTRAVENING THOSE PERMITTED UP TO THE SAID RESPECTIVE DATES. Class and Description of Material. ' Date. Wrought Iron Scrap March 22 1917 Tinplates and Terneplates . . . July 19 1917 Steel Scrap August 28, 1917 September 17 1917 Steel Slabs, Plates, Stripes and pieces cut from Plates, suitable for re-rolling, and Steel Plates, Sheets, and 'Black Plates, all open annealed produced in Sheet Mills V November 30, 1917 All other Material for which maximum prices are fixed by this Permit | November 1, 1916 3. Control of Steel Supplies (Consolidated) Order. [This comprises a consolidation by the Editor of the Control of Steel Supplies Order, 1916 (p. 230) and the 1917 Amendment Order (p. 234). The portions of the Consolidation which vary from the Principal 1916 Order are indicated by thick black lines, an alteration amounting solely to an omission of words being denoted thus : .] The Minister of Munitions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, the Defence of the Realm (Amendment), No. 2, Act, 1915, the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the Munitions of War Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other powers thereunto enabling him hereby orders that all persons engaged in the manufacture, purchase, sale or other dealings in Steel shall comply with the following regulations : 1. Wo order for steel made by the Open Hearth or Bessemer or Electrical Process - - shall be accepted for manufacture and no such steel shall be manufactured unless the purpose for which the steel is required has been approved. Such approval must be evidenced by one or other of the following, which must be quoted by the ordering firm together with the purpose : (a) Admiralty contract reference and number, or Admiralty Priority Section permit reference and number. (/>) "War Office contract reference and number. 3749 N3 390 Control of Steel Supplies Orders Consolidated. (c) Marine Department, Board of Trade, permit reference and number. (d) Ministry of Munitions contract reference and number. (e) Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement or Com- mission Francaise sanction reference and number, with Ministry of Munitions Priority Classification. (/) Ministry of Munitions permit reference and number and Priority Classification. This sub-heading (/) covers all Home orders that do not originate in a principal contract under (a) to (d) above. 2. Full and accurate returns shall be made weekly to the Director of Steel Production, Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I, in the form provided by him, showing particulars of all steel manufactured and delivered. 3. Orders received as above shall be executed in the following order of priority : Admiralty. Priority 1. Priority 2. Priority 3. Priority 4 (or Class A). Priority 5. Class B. Priority 6. Class C. 4. All orders under (6) to (d) of Clause 1 inclusive shall rank automatically as Class A or Priority 4 (war work). If a higher grade of priority is required, application must be made to tlie Priority Branch of the Ministry of Munitions, stating the grounds of special urgency. 5. Orders for steel for guns, mortars, gun mountings, gun carriages, and parts thereof, shall be executed as in Priority 1 (most urgent war work), and the execution of orders for steel for shell or other purposes must not interfere with or delay the above-mentioned orders. These orders shall be entered in column Priority 1 of the return. 6. Subject to Clause 5, shell steel itself, steel for shell parts, and steel for Bombs and Grenades for the Trench Warfare Department, shall be manufactured and supplied in the fixed quantities prescribed irrespective of the Priority Regulations. Particulars of all steel rolled for shell or shell parts shall be entered in the shell steel columns of the return and particular? of all steel for Bombs and Grenades shall be entered in column Priority 1 of the return and marked " T.W.D." 7. No steel - - shall be manufactured for any order below Class B. 8. Notwithstanding the above the Director of Steel Production shall have full power to direct that any specification shall be given such order of priority of execution as he in his discretion may deem necessary. Control of Steel Supplies Orders Consolidated. Works. 9. Under these regulations all orders which carry the neces- sary particulars under Clause 1 may be accepted without refer- ence to the Ministry of Munitions. Only Specifications carrying a Priority classification Class B or higher may be rolled at present . 10. No special form of certificate to accompany an order is required, but the following particulars must accompany all orders : Government Contract Reference and No., and Purpose, or Ministry of Munitions Permit Reference and No., with Priority Classification and Purpose, and a declaration that the whole of the material specified is required for the purpose covered) by the said References and Classification. 11. Contract or permit numbers need not be insisted upon in the case of Admiralty instructions for immediate repairs to ships. Merchants. 12. For direct orders, merchants must pass on to the works the Government contract reference and number and purpose or the Ministry of Munitions permit reference and number, priority classification, and purpose which they must obtain from the ordering firm, and that number and classification will give the order its proper place for execution. Stock-holders. 13. Stock-holders in accepting and executing orders for steel shall be subject to the same regulations as to approval, priority and otherwise as are applicable to manufacturers accepting and executing orders for manufacture, and must not execute orders below Class B 14. Stock-holder.s may apply for a permit reference and number to be used when sending orders to the works for replenishing their stocks. The following particulars must be sent with the applications : (a) Normal stock of steel. (6) Stock of steel it is desired to hold at present time. (c) Average call on stock of steel per month. Export. 15. The Minister's requirements as to export are contained in a special circular which may be obtained on application. Interpretation. 16. For the purpose of this order the term " Manufacture " shall include Casting, Rolling or Re-rolling, Forging and Press- ing, and the term " steel " shall include all forms of Open Hearth or Bessemer Steel and Steel made by Electrical Process, made in this country or imported, whether new, second-hand, defective, or scrap for re-rolling. 3749 N 4 392 Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act, 1918 (7 # 8 Geo. 5, c. 67) APPENDIX II. NON-FERROUS METAL INDUSTRY ACT AND RULES. 1. Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act, 1918, p. 392. 2. Board of Trade Rules, p. 398. 3. Rules of Court, p. 402. prohibition against dealing in certain metals and 1. The Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 67). " An Act to restrict temporarily the persons who may engage in business connected with certain non-ferrous nietals and metallic ores. [6th February, 1918.] Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. (1) It shall not be lawful for any company, firm, or individual after the expiration of six months from the passing of this Act, or such longer period as the Board of Trade may generally or in any particular case allow, to carry on the business ores without of winning, extracting, smelting, dressing, refining, or dealing a licence. by way of wholesale trade, in metal or metallic ore to which this Act applies, unless licensed to do so by the Board of Trade, such licence to be in the form set out in the Second Schedule to this Act: Provided that the purchase or sale of metal shall not be deemed to be dealing in such metal where such purchase or sale is incidental only to the trade carried on by the purchaser or seller : Provided also that no licence shall be required when the winning, extracting, smelting, dressing, refining, or dealing- is carried on wholly outside the United Kingdom. (2) In the case of a company, firm, or individual with respect to which any of the conditions set forth in the First Schedule to this Act apply, or which is controlled by a company, firm, or individual in respect of which any such conditions apply, no licence shall be granted unless the Board of Trade are of opinion that the grant of a licence is expedient, but save as aforesaid any company, firm or individual carrying on or pro- posing to carry on such business as aforesaid shall on making application in the prescribed manner, and on furnishing such information and allowing inspection of such books and documents as may be reasonably required, and on payment of the prescribed fee, which shall not exceed one guinea, be entitled to a licence under this Act. Nan-Ferrous Metal Industry Act, 1918 (T # 8 Geo. 5, c. 67). 393 (3) A licence under this Act shall remain in force unless and until it is suspended or revoked. (4) The Board of Trade, if satisfied by evidence not before them at the time when the licence was granted that such company, firm, or individual is, or has become, subject to any of the conditions set forth in the First Schedule to this Act, or, in the case of a company, firm, or individual to which a licence has been granted notwithstanding that it is subject to any such conditions as aforesaid, that it is expedient that the licence should be revoked or suspended, may revoke or suspend the licence. (5) If any question arises between the Board of Trade and #ny company, firm, or individual (a) as to whether or not the business carried on by the company, firm, or individual is such as to require a licence under this Act ; or (b) as to whether or not any of the conditions set forth in the First Schedule of this Aot apply in respect of the company, firm, or individual ; or ( Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 5. MACHINERY, TOOLS, APPARATUS AND VEHICLES continued. cutters; planes, wood and iron; railbenders (or jiin- crows) ; reamers ; saws, cross cut, frame and pit ; saws, hand; screwdrivers (or turnscrews) ; shaves, coopers'; shears and snips, tinman's; slitting saws; spanners; spokeshaves; squares, carpenters', fitters' and smiths' ; thread milling hobs ; tongs, f arriers' ; twist drills; wrenches; (A) Typewriters, and parts thereof; (B) Tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles (whether attached to a vehicle or cycle or not), together with articles and materials especially adapted for use in the manufacture or repair of tyres ; (A) Umbrella ribs, tubes, and tube frames; (B) Valves, metal, of all descriptions; (c) Valves, gas, steam and water, not otherwise pro- hibited ; (A) Vessels; (A) Vices; (B) Waggons, four-wheeled, capable of carrying one ton or over, and their component parts ; (A) Waggon covers; (B) Watches and watch movements. (B) Wires, insulated; (A) Wood-screws made of iron or steel; 6. MEDICAL STORES AND DRUGS, INCLUDING CHEMICALS, DYES, DYE STUFFS, AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRE- PARATIONS. (B) Acetanilide; (A) Acetates, all metallic; acetic acid; acetic anhydride; aceto-celluloses ; acetones and their compounds and preparations; acetylsalicylic acid (aspiiin) and its preparations ; (A) Acriflavine, proflavine and other acridine derivations having antiseptic or therapeutic properties, and mixtures or preparations containing any of those substances ; (c) Adrenaline; (c) Agar-agar; (A) Alcohol, absolute; alcohol, rnethylic, and its esters; (c) Aloes ; aloe juice ; (A) Aluminium nitrate; (B) Aluminium, oxides of, and mixtures containing aluminium oxides; aluminium sulphate; alumino- f erric ; (c) Aluminium, salts of (except aluminium nitrate and sulphate, alumino-ferric and ammonium alum) ; (c) Alypin; (A) Amidol and mixtures containing amidol ; Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 417 6. MEDICAL STORES AND DRUGS, INCLUDING CHEMICALS, DYES, DYE STUFFS, AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRE- PARATIONS continued. (B) Amidopyrihe; (B) Ammonia and its salts, whether simple or compound, and mixtures containing such salts (except ammonia liquid, liquefied ammonia, ammonium alum, ammonium carbonate, chloride, nitrate, per- chlorate, sulphate and sulphocyanide, and nickel ammonium sulphate, and mixtures containing such ammonium salts) ; (A) Ammonia, liquefied; ammonia liquor; ammonium alum and mixtures containing ammonium alum; ammonium carbonate and mixtures containing ammonium carbonate; ammonium chloride, includ- ing muriate of ammonia and salamoniac, and mixtures containing thes'e substances; ammonium nitrate and mixtures containing ammonium nitrate ; ammonium perchlorate and mixtures containing ammonium perchlorate; ammonium sulphate and sulphocyanide ; (A) Amyl acetate and other amyl esters, (c) Amylene; (c) Anchusa ; anchusin ; (A) Anthracene oil, and mixtures and preparations con- taining anthracene oil; (c) Antimony, compounds of (except sulphides and oxides of antimony) ; (B) Antimony, sulphides and oxides of; (A) Aritipyrine (phenazone) and its preparations; (A) Anti-tetanus serum; (c) Apiol; (c) Araroba or Goa powder; (c) Areca or betel nuts; arecoline; (B) Arsenic, compounds of arsenic, arid mixtures contain- ing arsenic; (c) Balsams; (B) Barium peroxide; barium sulphate; (A) Belladonna and its preparations; belladonna alkaloids and their salts and preparations ; (B) Berizoic acid (synthetic) and benzoates; (A) Benzol and its compounds arid preparations; (c) Bismuth and its salts (except bismuth nitrate) ; (A) Bismuth nitrate ; (A) Bleaching powder; (c) Borax and mixtures containing horax ; (c) Boric acid; (c) Boron compounds; (B) Bromine and alkaline bromides ; (c) Buchu leaves ; (B) Caffeine and its salts ; (c) Calabar beans ; 3749 41 H Prohibitions on K,i'j>orl of Wur Matrrml Stt/>i>lies. 6. MEDICAL STORES AND DRUGS, INCLUDING CHEMICALS, DYES, DYE STUFFS, AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRE- PARA T IONS continued. (A) Calcium carbide; (c) Calcium silicide; calcium sulphate; calcium sulphide; (B) Camphor; (c) Cantharides; (A) Capsicum ; (A) Capsicum, oleo-resin of; (A) Carbolic acid and compounds thereof, and preparations containing carbolic acid ; (A) Carbon disulphide; (B) Carbon tetrachloride and its preparations; (c) Cascara sagrada and its preparations; (B) Cerium, oxide and salts of; (B) Chloral and its compounds and preparations; (A) Chlorates, air metallic; (c) Chlorides, metallic and metalloidic, not otherwise prohibited ; (B) Chlorine; (B) Chromium, compounds of (except chromium acetate, chromium chlorate and chromium nitrate), and mixtures containing such compounds of chromium; (A) Chromium acetate; chromium chlorate; chromium nitrate ; (c) Chrysarobin : (A) Cinchona bark, its alkaloids and their salts, and pre- parations of any of these substances; (B) Citrates ; citric acid ; (A) Coal tar. all products obtainable from and derivatives thereof, suitable for use in the manufacture of dyer and explosives, whether obtained from coal tar or other sources, and mixtures and preparations con- taining such products or derivatives: (A) Cobalt nitrate; (B) Cobalt, oxides and salts of (except cobalt nitrate), and mixtures containing such oxides or salts of cobalt; (c) Coca leaves; (A) Cocaine and its salts and preparations; (B) Colchicum and its preparations; (c) Colocynth; (A) Collodion ; (A) Copper acetate; copper nitrate; copper, suboxide of, and mixtures containing suboxide of copper ; copper ^ulphate ; (c) Copper, compounds of (except copper acetate, copper iodide, copper nitrate, copper sulphate, and sub- oxide of copper), and mixtures containing such compounds of copper ; (A) Creosote, and creosote oils (except wood tar oil) and mixtures and preparations containing such creosote or creosote oils ; Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 419 6. MEDICAL STORES AND DRUGS, INCLUDING CHEMICALS, DYES, DYE STUFFS, AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRE- PARATIONS continued. (A) Cfespl, compounds and preparations of cresol and nitro-cresol ; (c) Cubebs; (c) Cuprea bark; (A) Cyanamide ; (A) Diethylbarbituric acid (veronal) and veronal sodium; (c) Digitaline; (A) Dimethylaniline ; (c) Dyes, vegetable, and dyestuffs and their extracts used in the preparation of vegetable dyes, and articles containing such dyes, dyestuffs and extracts, not otherwise prohibited; (A) Dyes and dyestuffs manufactured from coal tar pro- ducts, and articles containing such dyes or dye- stuffs ; VA) Enietin and its salts; (B) Ergot of rye; (c) Ergotine; (c) Eryngo; (c) Eserine; (A) Ether, acetic; ether, formic; ether, sulphuric; ethylic alcohol, mixtures and preparations containing (not otherwise prohibited) ; (A) Eucaine hydrochloride^ eucaine (benzamine) lactate, and their preparations ; (c) Exalgin. (c) Fluorine compounds, not otherwise prohibited; (c) Formates, not otherwise prohibited ; (A) Formic acid ; (B) Formic aldehyde; (A) Fusel oil (amyl alcohol) ; (A) Fustic (chips and extract) ; (A) Gall nuts and extracts thereof; (B) Gentian root; (A) Glycerine, and preparations containing glycerine not otherwise specifically prohibited ; (A) Green oil, and mixtures and preparations containing green oil; (B) Guaiacol and guaiacol carbonate ; (c) Halogen derivatives of aliphatic hydrocarbons (except carbon tetrachloride) ; (B) Henbane and its preparations; (B) Hexamethylene tetramin (urotropin) and its com- pounds and preparations; (c) Hydrastis canadenis and hydrastirie ; (B) Hydrobroniic acid; (B) Hydrochloric acid; (A) Hydrocyanic (prussic) acid and solutions thereof; (B) Hydrogen peroxide ; 3749 2 Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 6. MEDICAL STOKES AND DRUGS, INCLUDING CHEMICALS, DYES, DYE STUFFS, AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRE- PARATIONS continued. (A) Hydroquinone, and mixtures containing hydro quinone ; (B) Indian henip (cannabis indica} ; (A) Indigo, natural and synthetic; (c) Iodine and its compounds and preparations; (A) Ipecacuanha root ; (B) Iridium compounds; (c) Iron, oxides of; iron sulphates; (Q) Jalap; (A) Lactates, not otherwise prohibited; (A) Lactic acid ; (A) Lead compounds, and mixtures containing lead compounds ; (c) Liquorice roots and juice ; (c) Lithium compounds; (A) Logwood (chips, extract, and preparations); (c) Lycopodium; (B) Magnesium chloride and sulphate, and mixtures con- taining magnesium chloride or sulphate; (c) Manganese compounds, not otherwise prohibited ; (A) Manganese, peroxide of, and mixtures and prepara- tions thereof; (A) Manna; (A) Mannite; (c) Menthol; (B) Mercury, compounds and preparations of (except nitrate of mercury), and mixtures containing such compounds of mercury ; (A) Mercury nitrate; (A) Methylaniliiie ; (B) Methyl salicylate; (A) Metol,*and mixtures containing nietol; (B) Molybdic acid and its salts ; (A) Naphthalene and its compounds and preparations ; (A) Neo-salvarsan ; (A) Nickel ammonium sulphate and mixtures containing nickel ammonium sulphate ; nickel nitrate ; (B) Nickel, oxides and salts of (except nickel ammonium sulphate and nickel nitrate), and mixtures contain- ing such oxides or salts of nickel ; (A) Novocain and its preparations; (c) Nux vomica and its preparations; nux vomica alka- loids and their salts and' preparations ; (c) Oils, essential (except sandalwood and turpentine oil); (A) Opium and its preparations ; opium alkaloids and their salts and preparations; (B) Osmium compounds; (c) Oxalates, not otherwise prohibited ; (B) Oxalic acid; Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 421 6. MEDICAL STORES AND DRUGS, INCLUDING CHEMICALS, DYES, DYE STUFFS, AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRE- PARATIONS continued. (B) Palladium compounds; (A) Paraffin, liquid medicinal; (A) Paraf ormaldehyde ; (A) Paraldehyde; (c) Pepsin; (c) Peptone; (A) Perchlorates, all metallic; (A) Pheiiacetin and its preparations; (A) Phosgene (carbonyl chloride) ; (c) Pilocarpine; (A) Platinum, salts of; (B) Potash salts, and mixtures containing such potash salts, not otherwise prohibited; (A) Potassium bicarbonate and mixtures containing potassium bicarbonate; potassium carbonate and mixtures containing potassium carbonate ; potassium chlorate, and mixtures containing potassium chlorate; potassium cyanide, and mixtures contain- ing potassium cyanide; potassium, perchlorate; potassium, permanganate; potassium prussiates and mixtures containing potassium prussiates ; . (A) Pyridine; (A) Pyrogallic acid, and mixtures containing pyrogallic acid ; (A) Quercitron bark, and extracts therefrom; (c) Quillaia bark; (A) Radium and its compounds; (A). Respirators and self-contained breathing sets intended to afford protection to the wearer against toxic atmospheres ; (c) Rhatany root; (B) Rhodium compounds; (c) Rhubarb (medicinal) ; (B) Ruthenium compounds; (A) Saccharin and articles, mixtures, and preparations containing saccharin ; (c) Saffron; (c) St. Ignatius beans ; (B) Salicylic acid and its preparations; (B) Salipyrine; (B) Salol and its preparations; (A) Salvarsan ; (B) Sandalwood for medicinal purposes ; (c) Santonin and its preparations; (c) Senega ; (B) Senna leaves and pods; (c) Sera, except anti-tetanus serum; (c) Soda, lime; 3749 * 422 Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 6. MEDICAL STORES AND DRUGS, INCLUDING CHEMICALS, DYES, DYE STUFFS, AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRE- PARATIONS continued. (c) Soda, nitrite of; (c) Sodium bicarbonate; sodium silicate and mixtures containing sodium silicate; sodium sulphate and bisulphate (nitre cake) ; sodium sulphide ; (B) Sodium carbonate in all forms, including sodium sesquicarbonate and mixtures containing any of these substances; sodium hyposulphite (thio- sulphate), and mixtures containing sodium hypo- sulphite ; sodium peroxide ; sodium salicylate and its preparations ; (A) Sodium cyanide, and mixtures containing sodium cyanide ; sodium prussiates and mixtures containing sodium prussiates ; (A) Spent oxide; (A) Spirits, methylated, and mixtures containing methy- lated spirits; (c) Squills; (B) Stramonium leaves and seeds ; (A) Strontium compounds, and mixtures containing stron- tium compounds; (c) Sulphites, metallic, not otherwise prohibited ; (c) Sulphocyanides, not otherwise prohibited; (A) Sul phonal; (c) Sulphoricinates ; (B) Surgical bandages and dressings (except cotton wad- ding and cotton wool) ; surgical instruments ; (B) Syringes, hypodermic; (c) Tannalbin; (c) Tannigen; (B) Tartaric acid, cream of tartar, and alkaline tartrates ; (A) T^lrebene, and articles containing terebene ; (B) Theobromine sodium salicylate; (c) Thiosulphates, metallic, not otherwise prohibited; (B) Thorium, oxide and salts of; (B) Thymol and its preparations; (A) Tin, chlorides of; tin, oxide of, and mixtures and preparations containing tin oxide ; (B) Tin, compounds of (except chlorides and oxide of tin) ; (A) Titanium compounds; (A) Trional; (A) Trioxymethylene ; (A) Triphenyl phosphate; (B) Tungsten compounds; (c) "Ultramarine, and mixtures containing ultramarine; (c) Uranium compounds; (B) Urea and its compounds ; (c) Yaccines ; (c) Yalerianates, not otherwise prohibited; valerianic acid ; Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 423 6. MEDICAL STORES AND DRUGS, INCLUDING CHEMICALS, DYES, DYE STUFFS, AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRE- PARATIONS continued. (c) Vanadium compounds; (B) X-ray apparatus. (A) Xylol and its compounds and preparations; (B) Zinc chloride and sulphate, and mixtures containing zinc chloride or sulphate; (A) Zinc oxide, and mixtures containing zinc oxide; zinc sulphide, and mixtures containing vnc sulphide; (A) Zirconium compounds; 7. METALS, COAL, COKE AND REFRACTORIES, INCLUDING NON-FERROUS MATERIALS. (A) Aluminium powder; aluminium, alloys of aluminium and manufactures of aluminium or of its alloys; (B; Antimony and alloys of antimony; (B) Arsenical ore; (A) Asbestos and articles manufactured wholly or partly of asbestos ; (A) Bronze powder; (B) Cadmium, alloys of cadmium and cadmium ore ; (A) Carnauba wax; (A) Celluloid ; celluloid, articles wholly or partly manu- factured of; " celluloid " sheet, non-inflammable, and similar transparent material non-soluble in lubricating oil, petrol or water ; (A) Cerium and its alloys (except ferro-cerium) ; (B; Chrome ore; (A) Cinematograph films; (B) Coal, except coal allowed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to be shipped as bunker coal ; (B) Cobalt, cobalt oife, and alloys of cobalt;- (A) Coke and manufactured fuel ; (A) Copper manufactures, the following: All articles wholly or partly manufactured of copper or its alloys except articles partly manu- factiired of copper or its alloys in which the total weight of copper and copper alloy does not exceed five per cent, of the total weight of the article and does not exceed 56 Ibs. ; (A) Copper ore; regulus, matte, concentrate and precipi- tate; copper stamps for stamping woven piece goods; copper, whether refined or unrefined, un- wrought, wrought or partly wrought of all kinds and descriptions, including brass, bronze, yellow metal and all other alloys of copper ; (A) Cryolite; (B) Emery and corundum and manufactures thereof, carborundum, alundum, cry stolon and all other artificial abrasives and manufactures thereof; (c) Felspar; 3749 04 424 Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 7. METALS, COAL, COKE AND EEFRACTORIES, INCLUDING NON-FERROUS MA TE RIALS continued. Ferro alloys, tlie following: (A) Ferro-inanganese ; f erro-nioi ybdenuin ; ferro-silicon ; (B) Ferro-cerium ; ferro-chronie ; ferro-nickel ; feiTo-titaniuni ; ferro- vanadium ; silioon- spiegel ; spiegeleisen ; (A, Fireclay and articles wholly manufactured of fireclay,. including firebricks ; (B) Graphite, and mixtures containing graphite ; (B) Iridium and its alloys and manufactures containing iridium ; (A) Iron and iron articles containing chrome, cobalt, molybdenum, nickel, tungsten or vanadium; iion angles, channels, joists, tees and other sectional material; iron bars, including Hats, rounds and other sections and shapes; iron billets, blooms and slabs; iron bridgework, pier work and construc- tional material; iron hoops and strips; iron ingoN; iron ore; iron, pig; iron pipes (wrought); iron plates and sheets; iron pyrites; iron scrap; iron sheet bars; iron tubes; (B) Lacs, not including lac dye ; (A) Lead ore; lead, lead alloys, and manufactures of lead or of lead alloys; lead coated sheets; (c) Lithium ; (A) Magnesite and magnesite bricks; niagnesite, caustic or lightly calcined, and dead burnt niagnesite; (A) Magnesium and its alloys ; (B) Manganese and manganese ore; (A) Mercury; (c) Mica block, mica sheets and mica splitting- : (B) Mica waste, mica powder, micanite, and articles made from and insulating materials containing mica in any form ; (B) Molybdenum and molybdenite; (B) Nickel, alloys and nickel, and nickel ore: (c) Nickel manufactures, not otheiwise prohibited (except nickel-plated goods) ; (B) Osmium and its alloys and manufactures containing osmium ; (B) Palladium, and its alloys and manufactures containing palladium ; (c) Peat; (A) Platinum, alloys of platinum, and manufactures con- taining platinum; (B) Plumbago ; (c) Pyrites cinders ; (A) Resins, resinous substances (except such as contain caoutchouc), and articles containing resins and resinous substances ; (B) Resinous substances containing caoutchouc; Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 425 7. METALS, COAL, COKE AND REFRACTORIES, INCLUDING NON-FERROUS MATERIALS continued. (B) Rhodium and its alloys and manufactures containing rhodium ; (B) Rubber (raw, waste, and reclaimed), solutions con- taining rubber, jellies containing rubber, and any other preparations containing rubber, and also balata, gutta-percha, and the following varieties of rubber, viz.: Borneo, Guayule, Jelutong, Palem- bang, Pontianac, and all other substances contain- ing caoutchouc; rubber, gutta-percha or balata, goods made wholly or partly from ; (B) Ruthenium and its alloys and manufactures contain- ing ruthenium; (B) Selenium ; (B) Shellac; (A) Silica bricks ; (c) Silicon; (A) Silicon-manganese ; (c) Slagwool; (B) Sodium ; (A) Spelter and spelter dross; (B) Spiegeleisen ; ,(A) Steel containing tungsten or molybdenum, and any tools or other articles made from such steel; steel and steel articles containing chrome, cobalt, nickel, or vanadium ; steel angles, channels, joists, tees and other steel sectional material ; steel bars, including flats, rounds, and other sections and shapes; steel billets, blooms and slabs; steel bridgework, pier- work, and structural material ; steel flyers ; steel hawsers; steel hoops; steel ingots; steel plates and sheets ; steel scrap ; steel sheet bars ; steel stamp- ings, suitable for aircraft; steel textile pins of all kinds, including card pins, comb pins, fallei pins, gill pins, and hackle pins: steel travellers; steel tubes; steel wire rope; '(A) Tantalum, alloys of tantalum and ores containing tantalum ; (A) Terneplates and receptacles made from terneplates ; (A) Thorium and its alloys ; (A) Tin, and alloys of tin ; (B) Tin, manufactures of (except hollow-ware, tin-plates, and receptacles made from tin plates); tin ore; {A) Tin plates and receptacles made from tin plates ; (A) Titanium, alloys of titanium and titanium ores ; (A) Tungsten (except tungsten filaments for electric lamps) ; tungsten alloys ; (B) Tungsten filaments for electric lamps; tungsten ores (including ferberite, hubnerite, scheelite, and wolframite) ; (A) Uranium, alloys of uranium, and uranium ores; (B) Vanadium; vanadium ore; 426 Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 7. METALS, COAL, COKE AND REFRACTORIES, INCLUDING NON-FERROUS MATERIALS continued. (A) Wire, barbed, and galvanised wire, and implements for cutting or fixing such wire; wire, card; wire, heald ; wire, reed; wire rods,, and wire of iron or steel, and articles wholly manufactured of such wire rods or wire; (B) Wolfenite; (A) Zinc ashes; zinc, alloys of zinc, manufactures of zinc, and zinc du^t; (B) Zinc ore; (A) Zirconium and its alloys. (B) Zirconium minerals. 8. OILS, MINERAL AND FUEL, AXD^GAS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. (A) Candles; (A) Lubricants not otherwise -specifically prohibited and articles and mixtures containing such lubricants ; (A) Motor spirit; (c) Oil, blast furnace; (A) Oil fuel, except oil fuel allowed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to be shipped for use on board the exporting ship; oil fuel, shale; (B) Oil waste ; (A) Paraffin oil ; paraffin wax ; (A) Petroleum, fuel oil; petroleum, lighting oil; petro- leum, gas oil; petroleum spirit and articles contain- ing petroleum spirit ; petroleum and its products not otherwise specifically prohibited ; (A) Tapers; (A) Turpentine substitute, and articles containing tur- pentine substitute. 9. OPTICAL AND GLASSWARE MUNITIONS. (A) Barometers and their component parts; (A) Binoculars; (B) Electric lamps (except carbon filament lamps, arc lamps for street lighting, and pocket electric lamps and their component parts) ; (c) Electric lamps, pocket, and their component parts; (A) Field glasses; (Aj Glass for optical instruments ; (A) Heliographs; (A) Periscope and their component parts ; (A) Photographic sensitive films, plates, and printing paper, whether exposed or not; (B) Search-lights and their component parts ; (B) Signalling lamps and their component parts; (A) Telescopes; (A) Theodolites; (A) Thermometers. Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 427 10. PAPER. (c) Paper coated with gelatine; paper, Japanese tissue and similar cellulose paper, whether in the piece or roll or cut into shapes for domestic or other use ; (A) Paper, waste; (B) Paper, waxed; (A) Pulp-board waste ; (A) Straw-board waste. (A) Wood pulp; 11. ROAD MATERIAL. 12. TEXTILES. (c) Apparel, waterproof wearing, not otherwise specifically prohibited ; (A) Baggings, old; (c) Bags, wrappers or sacks not otherwise specifically pro- hibited (except unwoven paper bags), other than such bags, wrappers or sacks as constitute the coverings of goods to be shipped for exportation, and are allowed ,by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to be shipped as such coverings ; (A) Bags and sacks made wholly or partly of jute, other than such bags or sacks as constitute the coverings of goods to be shipped for exportation, and are allowed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to be shipped as such coverings ; (c) Bedding (not including bedsteads and parts thereof) ; (c) Belting, woven hair ; (A) Binder twine ; (c) Blankets; (A) Camel fleece, khaki; (A) Canvas, old ship; canvas cuttings; (A) Card clothing ; (c) Carpets and carpet rugs made wholly or partly of wool or hair; (B) Coir yarn; (c) Cotton, all manufactures, mixtures, and products of, not otherwise specifically prohibited ; Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 12. TEXTILES continued. (A) Cotton pulp; cotton rags and rags containing cotton; cotton, raw ; cotton, Sea Island, yarn made from or containing; cotton, shoddy; cotton wadding and articles containing cotton wadding; cotton waste and articles containing cotton waste ; cotton wool and articles containing cotton wool; (c) Feathers and down, except ornamental feathers ; (A) Felt, roofing; (c) Felt, not otherwise specifically prohibited ; (A) Fibres, vegetable, not otherwise specifically pro- hibited ; (c) Fibres, vegetable, tissues and manufactures thereof, not otherwise specifically prohibited ; (A) Flax, raw; flax and linen, all goods wholly 01 partly manufactured of, except made-up articles of wearing apparel; flax cordage and twine; flax shakings ; flax tow ; flax waste ; (c) Flax and linen, made-up articles of wearing apparel wholly or pertly manufactured of ; (c) Furs, and manufactures thereof ; (B) Gloves, men's woollen; (A) Hair, animal, and tops, noils, mixtures, waste, and yarns thereof ; (B) Hair, human, and tops, noils, mixtures, waste, and yarns thereof ; (c) Hair, all manufactures, mixtures and products of, not otherwise specifically prohibited; Hemp and hemp manufactures, the following: (A) Hemp ropes, old; hemp waste; Italian, Russian and Manila hemp, Maguey fibre, and manufactures thereof, except Tagal braid ; (B) Other hemp and manufactures thereof, not otherwise specifically prohibited ; (c) Tagal braid ; (A) Jute cordage and twine; jute padding; jute, piece goods made wholly or partly of; jute rags; jute, raw and carded ; jute threads ; jute twist ; jute waste ; jute webbing; jute wrappers (Surat tares), other than such wrappers as constitute the coverings of goods to be shipped for exportation, and are allowed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to be shipped as such coverings; jute yarns; (A) Linen rags ; linen waste ; (A) Linoleum; (c) Mats and matting made of fibre, grass or straw; (A) Oakum; (A) Raffia; (c) Rugs (except horse rugs) ; (B) Rugs, horse ; Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies 429 12. TEXTILES continued. (A) Sackings, old; (B) Sacks, coal; (A) Sealskins, fur and hair; Silk and silk manufactures, the following: (A) Cocoons; raw silk and all threads, yarns and twists thereof; all threads, yarns and twists of Tussah silk and of artificial silk ; silk waste of all kinds (including artificial silk waste) and all threads, yarns and twists thereof, including noils and noil yarns ; (c) Articles of clothing for men's wear, manufactured from tissues and fabrics of silk of all kinds (includ- ing' artificial silk), whether pure or mixed with other yarns or material, in the grey, or discharged, undyed, dyed or printed, unweighted or weighted; (B) Tissues and fabrics of silk of all kinds (including arti- ficial silk), whether pure or mixed with other yarns or material, in the grey, or discharged, undyed, dyed or printed, unweighted or weighted ; with the exception of velvets, plushes, laces, mourning crepe, trimmings, braids, ribbons not exceeding six inches in width, furnishing fabrics (embroidered or brocaded), fabrics containing any kind of metal thread, and all made-up articles, not otherwise prohibited ; (A) Sisal strings, old ; sisal waste ; (A) Tarpaulins; (c) Tissues manufactured wholly or partly of wool or hair (except khaki woollen 01 worsted cloth) ; (B) Uniform clothing (except second-hand naval and military uniform clothing); (A) Uniform clothing, second-hand naval and military ; "Wool and wool manufactures, the following : (A) Saddle felt; saddle serge; wool, raw, and mixtures thereof; wool tops and mixtures thereof ; wool noils and wool waste and mixtures thereof; woollen and worsted yarns and mixtures thereof; khaki cloth made from wool or from mixtures of wool with other materials ; woollen collar check ; woollen rags, shoddy, and mungo, applic- able to other uses than manure ; (B) Scarves, shawls, jerseys, cardigan jackets, men's gloves, men's socks, men's hosiery and men's underwear of all kinds manufac- tured wholly or partly of wool ; stockinette manufactured wholly or partly of wool ; (c) "Wool, all manufactures, mixtures and pro- ducts of, not otherwise specifically pro- hibited ; 430 Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 13. TIMBER SUPPLIES. (c) Bamboo; (A) Barrels and casks, empty, and their distinctive com- ponent parts, including barrel shocks and staves, other than such barrels or casks as have been pre- viously imported full and are being returned empty whether whole or in parts ; (A) Baskets and basket ware; (c) Canes, unmounted; (A) Cork and cork dust; (c) Cork or cork dust, articles manufactured therefrom, not otherwise prohibited ; (B) Huts, wooden; (A) Packing cases, > empty wooden, and their distinctive component parts, including box shooks and staves, other than such wooden packing cases as have been previously imported full and are being returned empty whether whole or in parts; (A) Plywood ; (c) Rattan, woven ; (A) Rattans; (c) Sticks, unmounted ; (A) Willows and osiers ; (A) Wood and timber of all kinds, hewn, sawn or split, planed or dressed; 14. MISCELLANEOUS ENTRIES NOT FALLING INTO ABOVE GROUPING. . Except articles of human food and of forage and food for animals, (a) the following articles are the only ones, other than those in the above 13 groups, the export of which is subjected to restriction as above. (A) Ambergris; (A) Albumen ; (c) Algae. (B) Algin and its compounds ; (B)' Alunite; V'B X / Bauxite; (A) Bladders; (c> Bone black ; (c) Brooms and brushes, except dandy brushes; (A) Casein and preparations thereof; (c) China stone; (c) Clay, china, potters', and ball; (a) A statement revised to January 31st, 1918, shewing the restrictions on the export of the excepted articles, viz. : food, etc., forms Appendix VI, 7 (p. 484), of the Food (Supply and Production) Manual. Prohibitions on Export of War Material Supplies. 43] 14. MISCELLANEOUS ENTRIES NOT FALLING INTO ABOVE GROUPING continued. (A) Curry combs : (A) Dandy brushes; (A) Dextrine, and articles, mixtures and preparations con- taining- dextrine ; (c) Ferrets; * (A) Glue, osseine and concentrated size (and other sizes and sizings made from glue), fish glue, isinglass, finnings and other kinds of gelatine; . (B) Gluestock of all kinds, including animal hoofs, un- tanned hides and pelts not otherwise specifically prohibited, fish bladders and fish skins; (c) Gold paint containing sulphide of tin ; (A) Gramophone and other sound records, including per- forated music rolls ; (c) Gramophone record compositions; (B) Gum arabic ; gums containing caoutchouc ; (A) Gum damar; gum tragacaiith; (c) Gums, not otherwise prohibited; (A) Incandescent mantles; (A) Ivory, vegetable, and manufactures thereof; (c) Lichens; (B) 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 ; (A) Matches; (A) Mineral jellies; (c) Monazite sand ; (A) Moss, Carrageen; (c) Mosses, other than Carrageen moss; (A) Nightlights. (A) Phosphate rock, namely : Apatites ; phosphate of lime and alumina ; (c) Pumice stone, including powdered pumice stone; (B) Ramie stockings and ramie fabrics suitable for the manufacture of gas mantles; (c) Rock crystal ; (B) Rubies, natural or synthetic ; (A) Russian rouble notes ; (B) Sapphires, natural or synthetic; (B) Size and sizings of all kinds (whether nitrogenous or not), not including articles the exportation of which is prohibited to all destinations under the prohibi- tions attaching to farinaceous substances, dextrine, concentrated size and other size and sizings made from glue; (A) Soap, including soft soap; 432 General Licences to Export certain War Material Supplies by certain Routes. 14. MISCELLANEOUS ENTRIES NOT FALLING INTO ABOVE GROUPING continued. (A) Spermaceti; (c) Sponges, raw and prepared ; (c) Talc, all forms, including French chalk; (A) Whalebone; whale fins; whalebone meal; (B) Wool grease; By Proclamation of September 29th, 1917 (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 1007), the exportation to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands of all articles which are not prohibited by virtue of the May, 1917, Proclamation as amended, referred to at the beginning of this section (except printed matter and personal effects accompanied by the owner) was prohibited. OPEN GENERAL LICENCES TO EXPORT THE AVAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES MARKED (B) IN THE FOREGOING LlSTS TO DESTINATIONS IN VARIOUS BRITISH POSSESSIONS AND PROTECTORATES, ETC., BY CERTAIN ROUTES. (D.F. 38.) (a) Exports to South Africa via Lourenco Marques. A General Licence, dated 12th July, 1916, has been issued by the Privy Council authorising the export to British South Africa, via Lourenco Marques, of goods which are named in Section (B) of the Prohibited List (i.e., goods the export of which is prohibited, except to British Possessions and Protectorates). Exporters desiring to avail themselves of this General Licence are required thereby to observe the following conditions: 1. That the ultimate destination of the goods is a place within a British Possession or Protectorate in South Africa, and is shown so to be by the Bill of Lading in respect of the goods, or by a note or memorandum upon such Bill of Lading. 2. That a true copy of the Bill of Lading (including any such note or memorandum thereupon as aforesaid) shall be sent to the representative at Lourenco Marques of the Government of the Union of South Africa, and evidence to the satisfaction of the proper Officer of Customs and Excise at the port of shipment that this condition has been fulfilled shall be produced to such officer at the time of shipment or at any time thereafter as required by him. 3. That the owner or shipper of any goods exported under the authority of this licence shall produce to H.M. Com- missioners of Customs and Excise within such time as they may allow, proof to the satisfaction of the said Commission- ers, that in accordance with the conditions aforesaid, the said X General Licences to Export certain War Material Supplies by 433 certain Routes. goods were duly unshipped at the port of Lourenco Marques and were thence conveyed to and delivered at the ultimate destination named in or upon the Bill of Lading, or if not so unshipped, conveyed and delivered, that the unshipment, conveyance or delivery was prevented by circumstances beyond his control, and that in the absence of such proof, the goods shall be deemed to have been exported without a licence. The General Licence in question (No. W.T.D. 2304/16) is available for use by all exporters from the United Kingdom, and it need not be produced at the Custom House at the time of shipment. It is revocable at any time. (b) Exports to South- West Africa Protectorate, A General Licence, dated 12th July, 1916, has been issued by the Privy Council authorising the export to the port of Walvis Bay or Luderitzbucht in the territory formerly known as German South- West Africa, of certain goods which are named in Section (B) of the Prohibited List (i.e., goods the export of which is prohibited, except to British Possessions and Protectorates). Exporters desiring to avail themselves of this general licence are required thereby to observe the following conditions: 1. That the ultimate destination of the goods shall be a place within the territory formerly known as German South- West Africa and shall be shown so to be by the Bill of Lading in respect of the goods or by a not$ or memorandum upon such Bill of Lading. 2. That a true copy of such Bill of Lading (including any such note or memorandum thereupon as aforesaid) shall be produced to the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the port of shipment either at the time of shipment or at any time thereafter as required by him. 3. That the goods shall be landed at the port of destina- tion shown in the Bill of Lading and the relative shipping bill or other export document delivered to H.M. Com- missioners of Customs and Excise and at no other port or place, and shall be thence conveyed to and delivered at the ultimate destination named in or upon the Bill of Lading. 4. That the owner or shipper of any goods exported under the authority of this licence shall produce to H.M. Com- missioners of Customs and Excise within such time as they may allow, proof to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners that the conditions aforesaid have been duly fulfilled or that .such fulfilment was prevented by circumstances beyond his control, and in the absence of such proof, the goods shall be deemed to have been exported without a licence. The General Licence in question (No. W.T.T). 2304/16) is available for use by all exporters from the United Kingdom, and it need not be produced at the Custom House at the time of ship- ment. It is revocable at any time ; and it does not apply to goods General Licences to Export certain War Material Supplies by certain Routes. of the following descriptions : (a) Unrined fire arms and their component parts ; (&/ Provisions and victuals which may be used as food for man ; and (c) Mineral oils and lubricating oils. (c) Exports to British Possessions and Protectorates in Central Africa. A General Licence, dated 21 tli Octohei, 11)1(5, has been issued by the Privy Council authorising the export to British Possessions or Protectorates in Central Africa, via Chinde direct or via Beira or Lourenco Marques and Chinde, of goods which are named in Section (B) of the Prohibited List (that is, goods the export of which is prohibited to all destinations abroad except British Possessions and Protectorates). Exporters desiring to avail themselves of this general licence are required thereby to observe the following conditions : 1. The ultimate destination of the goods must be a place within a British Possession or Protectorate in Central Africa, and must be shown so to be by th-e Bill of Lading in respect of the goods, or by a note or memorandum upon such Bill of Lading. 2. The goods must in every case be consigned to the Nyasaland Coast Agent at Chinde for account of the ultimate consignee in Central Africa, and either the Bill of Lading in respect of the goods, or a true copy thereof (including any such note or memorandum as is mentioned in No. 1) must be sent to H.M. Consular Officer at the port or ports (as the case may be) of unshipment. 3. Evidence to the satisfaction of the proper Officer of Customs and Excise at the port of shipment must if required by him be produced to such Officer that condition No. 2 has been duly fulfilled. 4. The owner or shipper of any goods exported under the authority of this licence must, if required, produce to H.M. Commissioners of Customs and Excise, within such time as they may allow, proof to the satisfaction of the said Com- missioners that all the conditions of the licence have been duly fulfilled or that fulfilment thereof was prevented by circumstances beyond his control, and in the absence of such proof the goods are to be deemed to have been exported with- out licence. The General Licence referred to (No. W.T.D. 2304/16) is available for use by all exporters from the United Kingdom, and it need not be produced at the Custom, House at the time of ship- ment. It is revocable at any time. N.B. In cases where finance is arranged through bankers, it will be sufficient compliance with the conditions of the above Licence if the Bill of Lading, duly endorsed by the consignors, be sent by the British bankers to their agents and handed by their agents to the official consignee. Where this procedure is adopted, it may be advisable for the consignors also to post a copy of the Bill of Lading direct to the official consignee, so as to warn him of the pending arrival of the goods. General Licences to Export certain War Material Supplies by 435 certain Routes. (d) Exports to Northern and Southern Rhodesia via Beira. A General Licence, dated 27th October, 1916, has been issued by the Privy Council authorising the export to Northern and Southern Rhodesia via Beira in Portuguese East Africa of goods which are named in Section (B) of the Prohibited List (i.e., goods the export of which is prohibited to all destinations abroad except British Possessions and Protectorates). Exporters desiring to avail themselves of this general licence are required thereby to observe the following conditions : 1. The ultimate destination of the goods must be a place within either of the British Protectorates of Northern Rhodesia or Southern Rhodesia, and must be shown so to be by the Bill of Lading in respect of the goods or by a note or memorandum upon such Bill of Lading. 2. The goods must be consigned to the Southern Rhodesia Customs Officer at Beira for account of the ultimate consignee at the ultimate destination in Rhodesia, and the Bill of Lading must be forwarded to this Officer. 3. Evidence to the satisfaction of the proper Officer of Customs and Excise at the port of shipment, must if required by him be produced to such Officer that condition No. 2 has been duly fulfilled. 4. The owner or shipper of any goods exported under the authority of this licence must, if required, produce to H.M. Commissioners of Customs and Excise, within such time as they may allow, proof to the satisfaction, of the said Com- missioners that all the conditions of the licence have been duly fulfilled or that fulfilment thereof was prevented by circumstances beyond his control, and in the absence of such proof the goods are to be deemed to have been exported without licence. The General Licence referred to (No. W.T.D. 2304/16) is avail- able for use by all exporters from the United Kingdom, and need not be produced at the Custom House at the time of shipment. It is revocable at any time. N.B. In cases where finance is arranged through bankers, it will be sufficient compliance with the conditions of the above Licence if the Bill of Lading, duly endorsed by the consignors, be sent by the British bankers to their agents and handed by their agents to the official consignee. Where this procedure is adopted, it may be advisable for the consignors also to post a copy of the Bill of Lading direct to the official consignee, so as to warn him of the pending arrival of the goods. (e) Exports to British Honduras and to Bermuda via New York. A General Licence, dated 25th January, 1917, has been issued by the Privy Council authorising the export to New York, U.S.A., for re-shipment thence to: 1. the Port of Belize in British Honduras, and 2. the Port of Hamilton in the British Colony of Bermuda, of goods which are named in Section ? ' B " of the Prohibited 436 General Licences to Export certain War Material Supplies by certain Routes. List (that is goods the export of which is prohibited to all destinations, except British Possessions and Protectorates). Exporters desiring to avail themselves of this General Licence are required thereby to observe the following conditions : 1. The ultimate destination of the goods must be a place within 1. the Colony of British Honduras, or 2. the British Colony of Bermuda, and must be shown so to Ibe by the Bill of Lading in respect of the goods, or by a note or memorandum upon such Bill of Lading. 2. Evidence to the satisfaction of the proper Officer of Customs and Excise at the port of shipment must, if and when required by him, be produced to such Officer that con- dition No. 1 has been duly fulfilled. 3. The owner or shipper of any goods exported under the authority of this licence must if required produce to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise, within such time as they may allow, proof to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners that all the conditions of the licence have been fulfilled, and that the goods have been landed and delivered at the ultimate destination referred to, or that fulfilment thereof or such landing or delivery was pre- vented by circumstances beyond his control, and in the absence of such proof the goods are to be deemed to have been exported without licence. The General Licence referred to (W.T.D. 17048/16) is available for use by all exporters from the United Kingdom, and it need not be produced at the Custom House at the time of shipment It is revocable at any time. (f) Exports to British Occupied Territory in " German East Africa." A General Licence, dated 24th Januaiy, 1917, has been issued by the Privy Council authorising the export to the Port of Tanga in the British Occupied Territory of " German East Africa " of goods which are named in Section " B " of the Prohibited List (that is goods the export of which is prohibited to all destinations abroad other than ports and destinations in British Possessions and Protectorates). The attention of exporters is particularly directed to the following terms and conditions of the licence : 1. The ultimate destination of the goods must be a place within that portion of the British Occupied Territory in German East Africa" lying to the north of the Central Railway (excluding the railway itself and Dar-es-Salaam and other towns on the Railway) and must be shown so to be by the Bill of Lading in respect of the goods or by a note or memorandum upon such Bill of Lading. 2. A true copy of the Bill of Lading (including any such note or memorandum thereupon as aforesaid) must if and when required be produced to the proper Officer of Customs and Excise at the port of shipment. General Licences to Export certain War Material Supplies by 437 certain Routes. 3. The goods must be consigned to the ultimate consignee (by name) at the port of Tanga, and must be landed at that port and abide the directions of the Customs Officer there with respect to their transmission to their ultimate destina- tion and to their delivery to the ultimate consignee. 4. The owner or shipper of any goods exported under the authority of this licence must produce to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise, within such time as they may allow, proof to the satisfaction of the said Com- missioners that the above conditions have been duly fulfilled, or that such fulfilment was prevented hy circumstances beyond his control, and in the absence of such proof the goods shall be deemed to have been exported without licence. The General Licence in question (W.T.D. 18,326/16) is avail- able for use by all exporters from the United Kingdom and it need not be produced at the Custom House at the time of ship- ment. It is revocable at any time. (g) Exports to British Occupied Territory in Togoland and the Cameroons. General Licences, dated 4th April, 1917, have been issued by the Privy Council authorising the export to the British Occupied Territory in (a/ Togoland and (b) the Cameroons, of goods -which are marked " B " in the Prohibited List (that is, goods the export of which is prohibited to all destinations abroad other than ports and destinations in British Possessions and Protectorates). The attention of exporters Is particularly directed to the follow- ing terms and conditions of the licences : 1. The ultimate destination of the goods must be a place within the British Occupied Territory of Togoland or the Cameroons, and must be shown so to be by the Bill of Lading in respect of the goods or by a note or memorandum upon such Bill of Lading. 2. A true copy of the Bill of Lading (including any such note or memorandum thereupon as aforesaid) must, if and when requireld, be produced to the proper Officer of Customs and Excise at the port of shipment. 3. The goods must be landed at the port of destination shown in the Bill of Lading and in the relative Shipping Bill or other export document delivered to the Commissioners of H.M. Customs and Excise, and at no other port or place, and they must be conveyed and delivered to the ultimate consignee at the destination mentioned in or upon the Bill of Lading. 4. The owner or shipper of any goods exported under the authority of the licences must produce to the Commissioners of H.M. Customs and Excise within such time as they may allow, proof to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners that the above conditions have been duly fulfilled, or that such fulfilment was prevented by circumstances beyond his control, and in the absence of such proof the goods shall be deemed to have been exported without licence. 438 Prohibitions on Exportation of War Material Supplies except to specified Consignees. The general licences in question (W.T.D. 2025/17 S) are avail- able for use by all exporters from the United Kingdom, and they need not be produced at the Custom House at the time of ship* ment. They are revocable at any time. N.B. The British Occupied Territory in Togoland consists of Lomeland, Misahohe, Kete-Krachi, and Dagomba. The British Occupied Territory in the Cameroons is as follows : The Victoria District north of the Bimbia Creek (except the extreme south-east corner). The Rio del Eey District. The Johann Albrechtshohe District. The Ossidinge District. The north-west half of the Dschang District (including Dschang). The Banienda District. The north-west part of the Banyo District (including Gaschaka and Kontscha). The extreme south-west corner of the Garua District. An area in the extreme north of the Cameroons which was formerly part of the Native State of Bornu. (2.) Restrictions on Exportation from the United King- dom of War Material Supplies unless Consigned as Specified. The export of All War Material Supplies is prohibited by Proclamations and Orders of Council to China (St. R. & 0., 1915, No. 932), Liberia (St. R. & 0., 1916, No. 259), the Netherlands (St. E. & 0., 1915, No. 608; 1917, No. 696), and Siam (St. R. & 0., 1915, No. 932), unless consigned as specified in the pro- hibiting Proclamations or Orders. (a) (a) AUTHORISED CONSIGNEES. These under these Proclamations are in the case of the Netherlands the Netherlands Government and its Departments, British, Allied, and certain Neutral Diplomatic and Consular Officers, the Netherlands Oversea Trust, and in the case of goods authorised to be exported under licence the consignee named in the licence. In the case of China, Liberia, and Siam, the authorised consignees are such persons as are specified in the Lists published by order of the Foreign Secretary or Board of Trade in the London Gazette. Lists of the authorised Consignees in the cases of these three countries are published as follows : China. List of authorised consignees (revised to April 26, 1918) London Gazette, April 30th, 1918, being 4th Supplement to Gazette of April 26th. Liberia. List of authorised consignees (revised to May 10, 1917) London Gazette, May 19th, 1917, being 4th Supplement of Gazette of May 18th. This List has been since amended by notification of Jan. 25, 1918, London Gazette of that date. Siam. List of authorised consignees (revised to Feb. 12, 1918) London Gazette, Feb. 18th, 1918, being 2nd Supplement to Gazette of Feb. 15th. Ihis List has been since amended by notifications of March 15 and April 12, London Gazettes of those dates. Prohibitions on Exportation of War Material Supplies to the Enemy, fyc. (3.) Prohibitions on Exportation of War Material Sup- plies to the Enemy, &c. A series of Proclamations of which a list is given, footnote (a) p. 134, of the " Defence of the Realm Manual " (May, 1917, Edition), prohibit trading with the enemy, or with persons in enemy, or enemy occupied, territories, and therefore of exporta- tion of goods to or from such persons or territories. The Trading with the Enemy (Statutory List) Proclamation, dated May 23rd, 1916, as amended by 46 Orders of Council, prohibits the trading with, and therefore the exportation of goods to or from the persons and firms specified in the " Statutory List " in the following non-enemy countries: America, Central and South, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Cuba. Denmark. Greece. Hayti and Dominican Republics. Iceland and Faroe Islands. Liberia. Morocco. Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies (including Borneo, Celebes, Java, and Sumatra). Norway. Persia. Portugal and Portuguese East Africa, and West Africa, Portuguese Guinea, Fernando Po, Madeira and Rio Muni. Spain (including Las Palmas and Teneriffe) ., Sweden. The Statutory List has (in accordance with a provision con- tained in No. 5 of the Order of Council amending it) been reprinted as amended by all the Orders of Council up to and including No. 41, and is printed for sale as No. 41 A. The ^6 subsequent amending Orders of Council, Nos. 42-47, are all printed for sale. The Trading with the Enemy (Statutory List) Proclamation was further amended as to insurance business by Proclamation of January 16th, 1918 (St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 47) which also provides for the 1916 Proclamation being printed with the amend- ments herein specified and any future amendments incorporated. 440 APPENDIX IV. RELIEF FROM LIABILITY UNDER CON- TRACTS AFFECTED BY CONTROL OF WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES. [This part of the manual comprises section 1 (2) of the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1915, reproduced as amended and sections 1, 3, 9 of the Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1917.] 3. Relief from Disqualijicaton for Membership of House oj Commons as reyards certain Contracts, p. 442. 1. Powers of Court to Suspend or Annul any such Contracts* p. 440. 2. Relief from Liability when fulfilment of Contract in- terfered loith by action of Government Department, p. 441. 1. Powers of Court to Suspend or Annul any such Contracts. SECTION 1 OF THE COURTS (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT, 1917 (7 & 8 GEO. 5, c. 25). 1. (1) Where, upon an application by any party to a contract for the construction of any building or work or for the supply of any materials for any building or work entered into before the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen, (a) the court is satisfied that, owing to the prevention or restriction of, or the delay in, the supply, or delivery of materials, or the diversion or insufficiency of labour, occasioned by the present war, the contract cannot be enforced according to its terms without serious hardship, the court may, after considering all the circumstances of the case and the position of all the parties to the contract and any offer which may have been made by any party for a variation of the contract, suspend or annul the contract or stay any proceedings for the enforcement of the contract or any term thereof or any rights arising thereunder on such conditions (if any) as the court may think fit. For the purpose of this subsection where an offer made before the fourth day of August nineteen hundred and fourteen was binding on a contracting party if accepted within a specified period expiring after that date and was so accepted after that date, the contract shall be deemed to have been entered into before that date. (2) Where, upon an application by any paity to any contract whatsoever, the court is satisfied that, owing to any restriction or direction imposed or given by or in pursuance of (a) Aug. 4, 1914, i.e. the date when Great Britain declared War. Relief from Liability when fulfilment of Contract interfered with by action of Government Department. any enactment relating to the defence of the realm or any regulation made thereunder, or owing to the acquisition or user by or on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of the present war of any ship or other property, any term of the contract cannot be enforced without serious hardship, the court may, after con- sidering the circumstances of the case and the position of the parties to the contract and any offer which may have been made by any party for the variation of the contract /suspend or annul the contract or stay any proceedings for the enforcement of the contract or any term thereof or any rights arising thereunder on such conditions (if any) as the court may think fit. This subsection shall apply to any obligation relating to the supply of water, heat, light, traction or power arising under any Act of Parliament, or order having the force of an Act of Parliament, in like manner as it applies to a contract, except that it shall not be lawful for the court to annul any such obligation. (3) This section shall be construed as one with the Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1914. 2. Relief from Liability when fulfilment of Contract interfered with by action of Government Depart- ment. 1. Interference wit ft any Con- tract by certain Departments, p. 441. 2. Interference with Contract (>t tier than of Tenancy by any Department, p. 442. (1.) Interference with any Contract by certain Departments. SECTION 1 (2) OF THE DEFENCE OF THE REALM (AMENDMENT) , (No. 2) ACT, 1915 (5 GEO. 5, c. 37), REPRODUCED AS AMENDED BY ARTICLE 3 OF THE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS ORDER, 1915, AND BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER (CONCURRENT POWERS) ORDER, 1917. It is hereby declared that where the fulfilment by any person of any contract is interfered with by the necessity on the part of himself or any other person of complying with any requirement, regulation, or restriction of the Admiralty or the Army Council or the Minister of Munitions or the Food Controller (a) under the 441 4&5Geo.5. c. 78. (a) AMENDMENTS MADE IN SUB-SECTION 1 (2). The sub section as enacted by Parliament specified only the Admiralty or the Army Council. Art. 3 of the Ministry of Munitions Order, 1915 (printed as St. R. & O., 1915, No. 580, and also p. 326 of Supplement No. 4 to the " Manual of Emergency Legislation "), provides that the sub-section for the purpose of giving the Minister of Munitions concurrent powers under the sub-section shall be read as if in addition to the Admiralty or Army Council the Minister of Munitions were also specified. The Food Controller (Concurrent Powers) Order, 1917 (printed as St. R. & 0., 1U17, No. 124, and also p. 18 of the May, 1917 Edition of the Food Supply Manual), provides that for the purpose of giving; the Food Controller con- current powers under the sub-section, that sub-section shall be read as if the Food Controller were specified therein in addition to the Admiralty or Army Council. 442 Relief from Disqualification for Membership of House oj Commons . Relief from liability when fulfil- ment of contract interfered with by action of Government department. Defence of the Realm Consolidation Act, 1914, or this Act, or any regulations made thereunder, that necessity is a good defence to any action or proceedings taken against that person in respect of the non-fulfilment of the contract so far as it is due to that interference. (2.) Interference with Contract other than of Tenancy by any Department. SECTION 3 OF THE COURTS (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT, 1917 (T & 8 GEO. 5, c. 25). 3. \Vhere, before or after the passing of this Act, the non- fulfilment of any contract (not being a contract of tenancy) was or is due to the compliance on the part of any person with any requirement, regulation, order, or restriction of any Government department or of a competent naval or military authority(a-) made, issued, given or imposed for purposes connected with the present war, or with any direction or advice issued or given by any Government department with the object of preventing trans- actions which, in the opinion of the department, would or might be contrary to national interests in connection with the present vvar, proof of that fact shall be a good defence i<> any action or proceeding in respect of the non-fulfilment of Ihe contract A certificate by the appropriate Government department shall be sufficient evidence that such direction or advice was issued or given and with such object as aforesaid. Belief from disqualifica- tion for membership of House of Commons in certain cases. 22 Geo. 3. c. 45. 41 Geo. 3. c. 52. 3. Relief from Disqualification for Membership of House of Commons as regards certain Contracts. SECTION 9 OF THE COURTS (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT, 1917 (T & 8 GEO. 5, c. 25). 9. (1) Whereas by reason of the emergencies of the present war members of the Commons House of Parliament have some- times been, or may hereafter be, required to supply property to, or to permit the use thereof by, a Government department for purposes connected with the present war, it is hereby declared that none of the provisions of the House of Commons (Disqualifi- cation) Act, 1T82, or of the House of Commons (Disqualifications) Act, 1801, shall be construed so as to extend to a contract or agreement entered into during the present war as to the price or compensation to be paid for any property so requisitioned or taken or as to any other terms on which any property so requisitioned or taken is to be handed over or supplied. (2) This section shall not affect any legal proceedings instituted before the twenty-first day of February, nineteen hundred and seventeen. (a) COMPETENT NAVAL OR MILITARY AUTHORITY. For definition see footnote (c), p. 38. APPENDIX V. PROOF, CONSTRUCTION, AND CITA- TION, OF WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES ORDERS AND OF THE ENABLING REGULATIONS. 1. Proof of Regulation*, War Material Supplies Orders and Documents, p. 443. Construction of Regulations and War Material Supplies Orders, p. 445. Citation of War Material Supplies Order, p. 447. 1. Proof of Regulations, Orders and Documents. The Documentary Evidence Acts, so far as relating: to proof of War Material Supplies Orders. EXTRACTS FROM ss. 2, 5 AND Sen. OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ACT, 1868 (31 & 32 VICT., c. 37), AS AMENDED BY THE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ACT, 1882 (45 & 46 VICT., c. 9) AND APPLIED BY THE ENACTMENTS MENTIONED IN THE 1ST COLUMN OF THE SCHEDULE AS HERE PRINTED. [Only that portion of these Acts which relates to the alternative modes of proving the Orders and Rules of which the text is comprised or to which references are made in this Manual is here printed and is so printed in the form which it appears now to assume. 2. Pnmd facie evidence of any proclamation order or regula- tion issued ... by His Majesty, or by the Privy Council . . . also of any . . . order or regulation(a) issued . . . by or under the authority of any such department of the Govern- ment or officer as is mentioned in the first column of the schedule hereto, may be given in all courts of justice, and in all legal proceedings whatsover, in all or any of the modes hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say : (1) By the production of a copy of the Gazette(b) purporting to contain such proclamation order or regulation. (2) By the production of a copy of such proclamation, order or regulation, purporting to be printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office. . . (3). By the production, in the case of any proclamation order or regulation issued by His Majesty or by the Privy Council . . . of a copy or extract purporting to (a) DOCUMENTS OTHER THAN ORDERS OR REGULATIONS. In the case of each Department marked " (a) " in the Schedule the enactments mentioned in the first column provide that the word " Regulations " in the Documentary Evidence Acts includes any documents issued by the Department. (b) UNNECESSARY GAZETTING. One of the objects of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, was to avoid duplicate printing and unnecessary gazetting (nee s. 3 (3) thereof), and accordingly none of the Orders of the Food Controller has been gazetted. 444 Evidence of War Material Supplies Orders, fyc. be certified to be true by the clerk of the Privy Council, or by any one of the lords or others of the Privy Council . . . and, in the case of any . . order or regulation(a) issued by or under the authority of any of the said departments or officers, by the pro- duction of a copy or extract purporting to be certified to be true by the person or persons specified in the second column of the said schedule in connection with such department or officer. Any copy or extract made in pursuance of this last provision may be in print or in writing, or partly in print and partly in writing. No proof shall be required of the handwriting or official posi- tion of any person certifying, in pursuance of this Act, to the truth of any copy of or extract from any proclamation order or regulation, (a) ********* 5. . . . " Gazette " shall include the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette, and the Dublin Gazette, or any of such Gazettes. * * * * * *.* * * Schedule. Column 1. Name of Department or Officer. Column 2. Names of Certifying Officers. The Admiralty. The Army Council. [Evidence (Amdt.) Act, 1915, 5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 94, s. 5.] (a) The Minister of Munitions. [Munitions of War Act, 1915, 5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 54, s. 18.] The Board of Trade. Any of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral or either of the Secretaries to the said Commissioners. Two members of the Army Council, or the Secretary to the Army Council, or any person authorised by the Army Council to act on their behalf. The Minister of Munitions or a Secretary in the Ministry or any person authorised by the Minister to act on his behalf. Any member of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, or any Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the said Com- mittee. (a) DOCUMENTS OTHER THAN ORDERS OR REGULATIONS. In the case of the Ministry of Munitions the enactments mentioned in the first column provide that the word " Regulations" in the Documentary Evidence Acts includes any documents issued by the department. Regs. 63, 64, 65 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations relating 445 to Construction of the Regulations and of Orders thereunder. 2. Construction of Regulations and Orders. * Alication The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the purpose of the interpretation of these regulations and of orders and rules to D.R. made thereunder, in like manner as it applies for the purpose of Re S s an. 289). The Colonial and Foreign Wool (Guarantees) Order, 1916 (p. 316). The Imported Hides (Deal- ings) Order, 1916(^.108). The Leather (Control) No. 4 Notice, 1916 (p. 130). The Cotton, Flax and Hemp Industries (Returns) Order, 1916 (p. 281). The Linen Yarns (Control) Notice, 1916 (p. 308). The Linen Yarns (Control) Amendmeiit Notice, 1917 (p. 309). The Courtrai Flax (Control) Notice, 1917 (p. 290). The Linen Yarns (Spinning) Order, 1917 (p. 309). The Leather (Control) No. 1 Notice, 1917 (p. 131). The Raffia (Control) Notice, 1917 (p. 312). The Raffia (Returns) Order, 1917(^.312). The Hides (Splitting) Order, 1917 (p. 109). The Leather (Control) No. 2 Notice, 1917 (p. 132). The Jute (Control) Notice, 1917 (p. 304). 374(). The Tanning Materials ( Re- turns) Order, 1917 (p. 140). The Flax (Returns) Order, 1917 (p. 290). The Russian Flax and Tow (Control) Notice, 1917 (p. 291). The Imported Wool (Ship- ment) Order, 1 9 1 7 (p. 317). The Leather (Control) No. 3 Notice, 1917 (p. 132). The Flax, Hemp and Jute Priority Order, 1917 (p. 291). The Timber (Returns) Order, 1917 (j.t. 352). The Sheep and Lamb Pelts Order, 1917 (//. 110). The Worsted Socks (Con- trol) Notice, 19 17 (p. 331). The Imported Soft Wood Order. I'M 7 (p. 352). The British Hides (Deal- ings) Order, in 17 (p. HI). The Manilla Hemp Order, 11H7 (p. 301). The Hides, Skins and Leather (Returns) Order, 1917 The Packing Cases Order, 1917' (p 350). The Crossbred Pops Order, 1917 (p. 317). The Quinine, Phenacetin and Formaldehyde (Control) Notice, 1917 (p. 165). The Hair (Dealings) Order, 1917 (p. 318). The Russian Timber (Pur- chases) Order, 1917 (p. 357.) The Imported Soft Wood (Control) Order, 1917 (p. 358). The Imported Soft Wood (Prices) Order, 1917 (p. 358). The Crossbred or Merino Wool (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917 (p. 3)9). The Wool and Tops (Dealings) Order, 1917 (p 318). The Hay and Straw (Great Britain) Order, 1917 (p. 99). Citation of Army Council Orders. 451 Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. May 19, 1917 June 5, 1917 June 12, 1917 June 14, 1917 June 30, 1917 General Permit as to certain Imported Soft Wood. Dealings in Basils and Sheep Felts. Amending Order of April 27th, as to Crossbred Tops. Amending Order of May 9th, as to Dealings in, and Prices of, certain Wool and Tops. Dealings in British Sheep and Lamb Skins. June 30,1917 Dealings in Imported Sheep and Lamb Skins. July 11,1917 Taking Possession of Carnauba Wax. July 14, 1917 Dealings in Leather, rough and curried, produced from British or Irish Hides. July 17, 1917 Prohibition on lifting of Hay and Straw in Great Britain, Ireland or Isle of Man. July 17, 1917 Regulation of Sale of Hay and Oat and Wheat Straw and Chopped Hay and Oat and Wheat Straw, in Great Britain, Ireland, and Isle of Man. Aug. 23, 1917 Requiring Particulars as to Merino Tops. Sept. 4, 1917 Application of Regulation 30A to Arms, Ammunition, and Military Explosives. Sept. 6, 1917 Sept. 18, 1917 Sept. 21, 1917 Taking Possession of Vegetable Tanned Sole Leather. Dealings in Woolled Skins and Pelts. Fellmongering of Sheep and Lambs Skins in Great'Britain. Sept. 29, 1917 Restricting Delivery of Merino Tops Sept. 29, 1917 Requiring Particulars as to Wool. Oct. 6, 1917 Taking Possession of Cuttings, Clippings and Remnants ol Cotton Materials. Oct. 11, 1917 Taking Possession of Leather- imported after Oct. llth, 1917. Oct. 11, 1917 Use of Surplus Leather for other than Naval or Military Boots, etc. Nov. 13, 1917 ; Taking Possession of Laps and Waste. 3749 The Imported Soft Wood (Prices) Permit, 1917 (p. 359). The Basils and Sheep Pelts (Dealings) Order, 1917 (p. 113). The Crossbred Tops (Amendment) Order, 1917 (p. 322). The Wool and Tops (Dealings) (Amendment) Order, 1917 (p. 322). The British Sheep and Lamb Skins (Dealings) Order, 1917 (p. 113). The Imported Sheep and Lamb Skins (Dealings) Order, 1917 (p. 114). The Carnauba Wax (Con- trol) Notice, 1917 (p. 79). The Rough and Curried Leather Order, 1917 (p. 134). The Hay and Straw (Lift- ing) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917 (p. 100). The Hay, Straw and Chop (Sale) (United Kingdom and Isle of Man) Order, 1917 (p. 103). The Merino Tops (Returns) Order, 1917 (p. 327) The Arms, Ammunition and Military Explosives (Amendment) Order, 1917 (p. 61). The Leather (Control) No. 4 Notice, 1917 (p. 137). The Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Amendment) Order, 1917 (p. 115). The Fellmongers (Great Britain) Order, 1917 (p. 115). The Merino Tops (Delivery) Order, 1917 (p. 328): The Wool (Returns) Order, 1917 (p. 328). The Cotton Cuttings (Con- trol) Notice, 1917 (p. 286). The Leather (Control) No. 5 Notice, 1917 (p. 142). The Surplus Leather Order, 1917 (p. 142). The Worsted and Hosiery (Laps and Waste) Notice. 1917 (p. 335). P2 452 Citation of Army Council Orders. Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. Nov. 19, 1617 Nov. 21), 11)17 ' Dec. 3,11)17 Dec. 4, 1917 Dec. 4, 11)17 Dec. 29, 1917 ! Jjin. 2, 1918 Jan. 18, 1918 Feb. 7, 1918 Feb. 9, 1918 Feb. 12, 1918 F.-b. 16, 1918 Exempting Yellow Carnauba Wax from Carnauba Wax Order. Purchase of Sheep or Lamb Skins without fellmongering permit. Taking Possession of Vegetable Parchment Paper. Application of Olive oil for pro- duction of Tops or Yarn. Restriction on Height of Uppers for Women's Boots. Amending Order of April 17th, as to Purchase of Hides. Amending Horses Hides Order, 11)17. Taking Possersion of Raw Goat Skins. Permit for sale of Jute Pro- ducts for use beyond the United Kingdom. Requiring Particulars as to the Oilskin Trade. Notice of inclusion of Amatol in term ' Military Explosives." Taking Possession of Cape Sheep Skins. !' The Carnauba Wax (Yellow Wax) Notice, 1917 (p. 80). ! The Sheep and Lamb Pelts (Delivery) Order, 1917 (p. H7). The Vegetable Parchment Paper (Control) Notice, 1917 (p. 276). The Olive Oil Order, 1917 (p. 336). The Women's Boots (Up- pers) Order, 1917 (p. 143). The British Hides (Deal- ings) (Amendment) Order, 1917 (7?. 121). The Horse Hides (Amend- ment) Order, 1918 (/,. 122). The Raw Goat Skins (Con- trol) Notice,-1918(p. 123). The Jute Goods (Prices) Permit, 1918 (/>. 307). The Oilskin Trade (Returns) Order, 1918 (p. 311). The Amatol Notice, 1918 0>. 62). The Cape Sheep Skins (Con- trol) Notice, 1918 (p. 125). [NOTE. The Orders subsequent to February are not printed in tliis Manual of which this, the 1st Edition, is iwi^cd to February 28th, 1918, only. Such later Orders will appear in subsequent Editions.] Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. March 2, 1918 March 7, 1918 March 15, 1918 March 15, 1918 March 23, 1918 March 23, 1918 April 13, 19 IK Amending Export of Hides (Ireland) Order, 1917. Amending Flax Yarns (Ship- ment from Ireland) Order, 1918). Regulation of Haulage of Timber. Requiring Particulars as to Timber. Taking Possession of Laps and Waste Amending Woollen and Wor- sted (Consolidation) Order, 1917. Amending Hemp (Restriction of Consumption) Order, 1918. The Export of Hides (Ire- land) Amendment Order, 19i8. The Flax Yarns (Shipment from Ireland) Amend- ment Order, 1918. The Timber Haulage (Regu- lation) Order, 1918. The Timber (Returns) Or- der, 1918. The Worsted and Hosiery (Laps and Waste) (Con- trol) Notice, 1918. The Woollen and Worsted (Consolidation) Amend- ment Order, 1918. The Hemp (Restriction of Consumption) Amend- ment Order, 1918. Citation of OrdeTs of Minister of Munitions. 453 (3.) Citation of Orders of Minister? of Munitions. THE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS (CITATION OF WAR MATERIAL SUPPLIES ORDERS) ORDER, 1918. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of every other power enabling' him in that behalf, the Minister of Munitions hereby orders as follows : 1. Each of the Orders mentioned in tho Schedule In this Order may without prejudice to any other mode of citation be cited by the short title therein mentioned in that behalf. 2. This Order may be cited as " The Ministry of Munitions (Citation of War Material Supplies Orders) Order, 1918." Winstoii S. Churchill. Dated 4th May, 1918. Schedule. [ 2s T OTE. The page references inserted in the third column of iiiis Schedule are those of this Manual at which the text of the Order in question is printed, and do not form part of this '' Citation " Order as made. All War Material Supplies Orders made by the Minister of Munitions and now (Feb. 28, 1918) in force other than those mentioned in this Schedule contain Clauses conferring Short Titles.] Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. Nov. Dec. Feb. 23, 1915 31, 1915 8, 1916 May G, 1916 May June June June 31, 1916 5, 1916 24, 1916 j 30, 1916 ' Application of Regulation 30A to Optical Munitions. Application of Regulation 30A to Platinum. Notice of Classification of Acetone as a constituent of Military Explosives. Notice of Classification of Grey Acetate of Lime as a consti- tuent of Military Explosives. Application of Regulation 30A to Platinum Metal. Application of Regulation 30c to Copper, Zinc, Tin, and their alloys. Application of Regulation 30A to Whale Oil. . Permit of Insurance of Optical Munitions, Aluminium, Pla- tinum and Whale Oil. T he Optical Munitions Order, 1915 (p. 256). The Platinum Order, 1915 (p. 197). The Acetone Notice, 1916 (p. 59). The Grey Acetate of Lime Notice, 1916 (p. 59). The Platinum Metal Order, 1916 (p. 198). The Copper, Zinc and Tin (Unauthorised Possession) Order, 1916 (p. 183). The Whale Oil Order, 1916 (p. 96). The War Material (In- surance) Permit, 1916 (p. 97). 454 Citation of Orders of Minister of Munitions. Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. July 7, 1916 Aug. 28, 1916 Aug. 28, 1916 Oct. 31, 1916 Oct. 31, 1916 Nov. 1, 1916 Nov. 8, 1916 Nov. 20, 1916 Dec. 1, 1916 Dec. 2, 1916 Dec. 8, 1916 Dec. 8, 1916 Dec. 20, 1916 Dec. 29, 1916 Jan. 1, 1917 Jan. 1, 1917 Jan. 5, 1917 Jan. 6, 1917 Application of Regulation 30A to Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel. General Permit under the Machine Tools and Power Machinery Order, 1916. Application of Regulation 30A to Machine Tools and Power Machinery for working Metals. Requiring Particulars as to Coal Tar or Coke Oven By-Pro- ducts. Application of Regulation 30A to further classes of Steel. General Permit for Dealings in Metallurgical Coke, Iron and Steel. Requiring Particulars as to Silk Waste or Silk Noils. Control of Steel Supplies Requiring Particulars as to Brass or Copper Rod, Tubing, Wire, Ingots, &c. Application of Regulation 30A to Aluminium, &c. Sale or Purchase of Copper ... Restricting use of Copper in Manufacture. Prohibition on Sale or Supply of Cranes. Application of Regulation 30A to Second-hand Railway Ma- terial. Modification of General Permit as regards Dealings in Steel. Taking Possession of Un- wr ought Copper Scrap and Swarf. Amendment of Modification of January 1 , 1917, of General Permit as regards Dealings in Steel. Prohibition on Manufacture of Motor Engines and Vehicles. The Steel Supplies (Metal- lurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Order, 1916 (p. 200). The Machine Tools and Power Machinery (In- surance) Permit, 1916 (p. 154). The Machine Tools and Power Machinery Order, 1916 (p. 154). The Coal Tar or Coke Oven By - Products (Returns) Order, 1916 (p. 81). The Steel Supplies (Steel Hexagons, Rounds and Squares) Amendment No. 1 Order, 1916 (p. 201). The Steel Supplies (Metal- lurgical Coke, Iron and Steel) Permit, 1916 (p. 204). The Silk Waste or Noils (Returns) Order, 1016 (p. 313). The Control of Steel Sup- plies Order, 1916 (p. 228). The Brass and Copper (Returns) Order, 1916 (p. 175). The Aluminium Order, 1916 (p. 167). The Copper (Sale or Purchase) Order, 1916 (p. 183). The Copper (Use in Manu- factures) Order, 1916 (p. 184). The Cranes Order, 1916 (p. 152). The Railway Material (Second - hand) Order, 1916 (p. 160). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 1 (Steel), 1917 (p. 210). The Copper (Control) Order, 1917 (p. 185). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 2. (Steel), 1917 (p. 211). The Motor Engines and Vehicles Order, 1917 (p. 158). Citation of Orders of Minister of Munitions. 455 Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. Jar. 9, 1917 Jan. 10, 1917 Jan. 10, 1917 j I Jan. 19, 1917 Feb. 2, 1917 ; Feb. 17, 1917 Feb. 24, 1917 Feb. 24, 1917 ! Restricting use of Magnesite and Magnesite Products. Prohibition on Manufacture of Agricultural Machines, Im- plements and Vehicles. Sale and Purchase of Gas Works Retort Carbon. Requiring Particulars as Photographic Lenses. to Requiring Particulars as to Lo- comotive Engines. Requiring Monthly Returns of Aluminium. Taking Possession of Brass Swarf and Scrap. Manufacture of or Dealings in Drawn Steel Rods and Bars, Steel Wire and Steel Wire Rope. Control of Aluminium Scrap uiid Swarf. Feb. 28, 1917 ! March 9, 1917 Dealings in Cupro-Dickel Scrap March 22, 1917 March 2-2, 1917 Application of Reguktion 30 A to Wrought-iron Scrap. March 23, 19 J 7 March 30, 1917 May 1, 1917 May 11,1917 May 15, 1917 May 29, 1917 June 5, 1917 Modification of General Permit as regards Second-hand Rails. Dealings in Spelter Experimental Manufacture of Aeroplanes. General Permit for Sale and Purchase of Whale Oil. Manufacture and Repair of Sporting Guns and Rifles. Dealings in Waste Paper Manufacture, Supply and Maxi- mum Prices for Sulphuric Acid. Application of Regulation 30A to Power - Driven Wood- Working Machinery. The Magnesite Order, 1917 (p. 194). The Agricultural Machines, Implements and Vehicles (Manufacture) Order, 1917 (/.'. 147). The Gas Works Retort Car- bon (Sale and Purchase) Order, 1917 (p. 89). The Photographic Lenses (Returns) Order, 1917 (p. 257). The Railway Material (Lo- comotive Engines) (Re- turns) Order, 1917 (p. lt>l). The Aluminium (Returns) Order, 1917 (p. 168). The Brass (Swarf and Scrap) (Control) Order, 1917 (p. 175). The Control of Steel Sup- plies (Steel Rods arid Wire) Order, 1917 (y;. 232). The Aluminium (Scrap and Swarf) Order, 1917 (p. 169). The Cupro-nickel Scrap (Dealings) Order, 1917 (p. 187). The Wrought-iron Scrap Order, 1917 (p. 202). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 3 (Sec- ond-hand Rails), 1917 (p. 212). The Spelter (Control) Order, 1917 (p. 238).- The Aeroplanes (Experi- mental Manufacture) Order, 1917 (p. 57). The Whale Oil (Sale and Purchase) Permit, 1917 (p. 97). The Sporting Guns and Rifles (Manufacture and Repair) Order, 1917 (p. 61). The Waste Paper (Dealings) Order, 1917 (p. 277). The Sulphuric Acid Order, 1917 (p. 64). The Wood-Working Ma- chinery Order, 1917 (p. 164). 4.56 Citation of Orders of Minister of Munition*. Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. Jtme 5, 11)17 June 2(1, 11)17 June 2<>, r.117 July 17,r.M7 Aug. 7, 11H7 Aug. 20, 11*17 Aug. 24, 11)17 Aug. 24, lH 17 Aug. 25, 11H7 Aug 2f>. 1917 Aug. 28, 11117 Aug. 21), 1917 Aug. 31, 1917 Sept. 1, 1917 Sept. 21, 1917 Sept. 24, 1917 Oct. 1,1917 Oct. 13, 1917 Oct. 17,1917 Oct. 18, 1017 Requiring particulars as to Stocks of Artificial Human Eyes. Requiring particulars as to Steam - Driven Highway Lorries and Trailers. Notice of withdrawal of General Permit as regards Purchase of Machine Tools and Power Machinery. Modification of General Permit as regards dealings in Pig Iron. Dealings in Blast-furnace Dust. Maximum Prices for Super- phosphates. Application of Regulation '60 \ to Tinplates and Terneplates. Modification of General Permit as regards Dealings in Tin- plates and Terneplates. Taking possession of Flax grown in United Kingdom, arid flax (other than Russian flax) situate therein. Control of Wet Spun Yarn made of Flax Line. Application of Regulation 30A to Steel Scrap. Supply of Crude Benzol, Crude Napthu, :ind Light Oils. Dealings in Chrome Ore Control of Lead Application of Regulation 30A to certain Acetic Acid. Taking Possession of and re- stricting Dealings in Calcium Carbide. Application of Regulation 30 A to all Acetic Acid. Maximum Prices for Compound Fertilisers. Dealings in Potassium Com- pounds. Application of Regulation 30A to Nitrate of Soda. The Glass (Artificial Human Eyes) (Returns) Order, 1917 (p. 258). The Lorries and Trailers (Returns) Order, ID 17 (p. l.VJ). The Machine Tools and Power Machinery Permit Notice, 1917 (p. lf>H). The Pig Iron Permit Amend- ment, 1917 (p. 213.) The Blast-Fur Lace Dust Order, 1D17 (p. 92). The Superphosphates (M a x i mum Prices) Order, 1917 ( p. G7). The Steel Supplies (Tin- plates and Terneplates} Amendment Xo. 2 Order, 1917 (p. 202). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 4 (Tin- plates and Terneplates), 1917 (p. 214). The Flax (Control) Order, 1917 (p. 295). The8pun(FluO Yarn Older, 1917 (p. 310). The Steel Supplies (Steel Scrap) Amendment No. 3 Order, 19 1 7 (p. 202). The lien/ol and Naptlia Order, 1917 (p. SI). The (. hrome Ore Order, 1917 (p. 177). The Lead Order, 1917 (p. 188). The Acetic Acid Order, 1917 (p. 62). The Calcium Carbide Order, 1917 (p. 78.) The Acetic Acid (Extension) Order, 1917 (p. G3). The Compound Fertilisers (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917 (p. 70.) The Potassium Compounds Order, 1917 (p. 91). r j he Nitrate of Soda Order, 1917 (p. 90). Citation of Orders of Minister of Munitions. 457 Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. 1, 1917 14, 1917 17 1917 27, 1917 27, 11)17 :}(), 19.7 )U>, 11)17 30, 1917 30, 1917 _30, 1917 7, 1917 15, 1917 15, 1917 18, 1917 21, 1917 4, 1918 1, 1918 8, 1917 8, 1918 Manufacture of and Dealings in Ball Bearings. Sales of Compound Fertilisers for Export to Isle of Man. Sales for Export to Channel Islands and Isle of Man of Superphosphates. Amendment of General Permit of Nov 1st, 1916, as regards Metallurgical Coke. App'ication of Regulation 30A to certain Metallurgical Coke. Modification of General Permit of Nov. 1st, 11)16, as regards Pig Iron. Application of Regulation 30A to Steel Plates, &c. Addition to General Permit of Nov. 1st, 1916, as regards Steel Plates, &c. Application of Regulation 30A to Tungsten and Molybdenite Taking Possession of Flax Seed General Licence for purchase of Potassium Compounds for Medicinal purposes. Application of Regulation 30A to Tap Cinder, &c. General Permit for Dealings in Tap Cinder, &c. Applications for Permits, &c. to deal in Acetic Acid. Application of Regulation 30B to Tin. Modification of General Permit as regards Dealings in Steel Scrap and Wrought Iron Scrap. Modification of General Permit as regards Bar Iron and Steel in Shell Discard Quality. General Licence for purchase of Potassium Compounds for use as a Fertiliser. General Licence for purchase of Blast-furnace Dust for use as a Fertiliser. The Ball Bearings Order, 1917 (p. 149). The Compound Fertilisers (Isle of Man) Order, 1917 (p. 75). The Superphosphates (Chan- nel Islands and Isle of Man) Order, 1917 (p. 7f>). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 5 (Metal- lurgical Coke), 1917 (p. 219). The Steel Supplies (Metal- lurgical Coke) Amendment No. 4 Order, 1917 (p. 203). The Pig Iron Permit Amend- ment No. 2, 1917 (p. 220). The Steel Supplies (Steel Plates, &c.) Amendment No. 5 Order, 1917 (p. 203). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 6 (Steel Plates, &c.), 1917 (p. 221). The Tungsten and Moly- bdenite Order, 1917 (p. 194). The Flax Seed (Control) Notice, 1917 (p. 296). The Potassium Compounds Licence (Medicinal Pur- poses), 1917 (p. 93). The Tap Cinder, &c. Order, 1917 (p. 236). The Tap Cinder, &c. Permit, 1917 (p. 236). The Acetic Acid Notice of December 18th, 1917 (p. 63). The Tin (Dealings) Order 1917 (p. 237). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 7 (Steel Scrap and Wrought Iron Scrap), 1918 (p. 223). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 8 (Bar Iron and Steel in Shell Discard Quality), 1918 (p. 226). The Potassium Compounds General Licence (Use as Fertiliser), 1918 (p. 94). The Blast Furnace Dust Licence (Use as Fertiliser), 1918 (p. 94). 458 Citation of Orders of Minister of Munitions. Date of Order or Notice. Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. Feb. 15, 1918 Feb. 15, 1918 Feb. 28, 1918 Modification of General Permit as regards Standard Quality Bar Iron. Modification of General Permit as regards High Speed Tool Steel. Taking Possession of Re- scrutched Tow. The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 9 (Bar Iron), 1918 (p. 227). The Steel Supplies Permit Amendment No. 10 (High Speed Tool Steel), 1918 (p. 227). The Re-scutched Tow Order 1918 (p. 300). [NOTE. The Orders subsequent to February are not printed in this Manual of which this, the 1st Edition, is revised to February 28th, 1918, only. Such later Orders will appear in subsequent Editions.] Date of Order or Notice. Mar. 12, 1918 April 15, 1918 April 26, 1918 Subject of Order or Notice. Short Title. Purchase of Bismuth for Medical purposes. Application of Regulation 30A to Treadle Lathes. Dealings in Tin The Bismuth Permit (Medi- cal Purposes), 1918. The Treadle Lathes Order, 1918. The Tin (Dealings) Order, 1918. Addenda. The War Time Boots (Manufacture and Sale} Order, 459 1917. ADDENDA. ^ The two Orders printed in these Addenda will in the next Edition of this Manual be printed in their places in Part II hereof in the Groups mentioned in connection with them : Group 4 (Hides, Leather, &c.). The War Time Boots (Manu- facture and Sale) Order, 1917, p. 459. Group 7 (Metals, Coal, &C.). Tke Retail Coal Prices Order, 1917, p. 462. Addenda to Group 4 (Hides, Leather, &c.). THE WAR TIME BOOTS (MANUFACTURE AND SALE) ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 10, 1917, MADE BY THE ARMY COUNCIL. Whereas it appears to the Army Council that certain regula- tions should be made respecting the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes for other than Naval and Military purposes ; And whereas by Regulation 2jj of the Defence of the Realm Regulations it is provided that the Board of Trade shall have the like powers as are given to the Food Controller under Regula- tions SB, 2r to 2j inclusive and 7 as respects any article of com- merce not being an article of food where it appears to the Board necessary or expedient to exercise any of those powers for the purpose of encouraging, maintaining or regulating the supply of any such article which is required by the public, or by any section of the public; (a) And whereas such powers include the power to make arrange- ments with any Government Department for the exercise by that Department of the powers of the Board of Trade ; And whereas it appears to the Board of Trade necessary and expedient for the purpose of encouraging, maintaining and regu- lating the supply of boots and shoes which may be required by the public, or by any section of the public, that certain regula- tions should be made respecting* the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes for other than Naval and Military purposes ; And whereas the Board of Trade have made arrangements with the Army Council for the exercise by the Council on behalf of the Board of Trade of the powers of the Board of Trade under the said Regulations with respect to boots and shoes ; (a) REGULATIONS 2e, 2F TO 2j AND 7. Regulations 2p to 2J are printed in Part I (pp. 40-45) of this Manual in the form which they appear to assume as applied to the Board of Trade by Regulation 2JJ (-1). The concluding paragraphs of Regulations 2B and 7 are printed at pp. 31 and 35 respectively in the form they appear to assume as applied to the said Board by the said Regulation 2JJ (1). A person in charge of a vehicle offering for sale COM! in quantities not exceeding two hundredweights in such vehicle' shall sell or offer for sale such coal unless there shall be affixed on prominent and conspicuous parts of such vehicle so as to be visible on both sides thereof, metal tablets on which shall be clearly marked in a permanent manner in a figure or figures of at least 3 inches in length the prices per hundredweight at which the coal is offered for sale, and such persons shall not alter, deface, or remove or exchange such figure or figures, except at the place of loading or at the office of his employer. (b) No person in charge of a vehicle to which is affixed a metal tablet as aforesaid, shall, on a sale of any such coal, charge to the purchaser any price greater than that marked on ilie said metal tablet. Provided that this Article shall not apply to the area of any County Council in Scotland or of any Rural District Council in England or Wales or Ireland except as regards any part of the area to which the local authority may, with the approval of the Controller of Coal Mines, by order apply it. 15. (a) No person being the owner or occupier or in charge of a shop or premises where coal is sold or kept or exposed for sale in quantities not exceeding 2 cwt. shall sell or offer for sale such coal unless there shall be exhibited in some conspicuous place in Hie shop or premises where coal is sold or kept or exposed for sale a notice on which shall be clearly printed in figures at least one and three-eighths of an inch in length and half an inch in width the price per 112 Ibs., 56 Ibs., 28 Ibs., 14 Ibs. and 1 Ibs. at which coal is offered for sale, and no person shall alter, deface, or remove such notice except at the commencement of each day upon which such shop or premises shall be open for the sale of coal. (b) No person being the owner or occupier or in charge of a shop or premises where coal is sold or kept or exposed for sale in which shop or premises is affixed a notice as aforesaid shall. on a sale of any such coal, charge to the purchaser any price greater than that marked on the said notice. 16. No person shall sell or buy or offer to sell or buy by retail coal or any description (a) at a price exceeding the permitted maximum price on the occasion of such a sale of coal of the same description, or (b) under other descriptions than those specified in the lists of prices published by the local authority as provided in Article 10 of this Order. 17. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids or abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of this Order that person is guilty of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a Addenda The Retail Coal Prices Order, 1917. corporation or company every director and officer of the corpora- tion or company is guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the contravention took place without his knowledge or consent. 18. Articles 1 to 13 of this Order shall not apply to such part of the area of any local authority as is for the time being subject to the provisions of the Household Coal Distribution Order, 1917, made by the Board of Trade on the 10th August, 1917. (a) 19. The Controller of Coal Mines for the time being appointed by the Board of Trade shall be responsible to and is hereby authorised by the Board of Trade to take all measures that are needed to give effect to this Order. He may suspend from time to time and for any period and in any district or part of a district the operation of all or any of the articles of this Order or parts thereof as he thinks fit, and may restore such operation . He may make such rules and issue such instructions under this Order as may be necessary to give effect to its provisions, and such rules and instructions shall be deemed to be part of this Order and shall have the same effect as if they had been included in this Order. 20. This Order may be cited as the Retail Coal Prices Order, 1917. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade this eleventh day of September, 1917. W. F. Mar wood, A Secretary of the Board of Trade. [The above Order wag published in the London Gazette, September 18th, 1917.] (a) HOUSEHOLD COAL DISTRIBUTION ORDER, 1917. That Order which has been viewed as not being a " War Material Supplies " Order and therefore not within the scope of this Manual is omitted therefrom. It is printed as St. R. & O., 1917, No. 826, and also in the February, 1918, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual." 3749 PRINTED FOR SIR FREDERICK ATTERBURY, K.C.B., KING'S PRINTER OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, AND UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY DARLING & SON, LTD., BACON STREET, E. 2. Q 419338 Jf U QO i I