The " Japan Times" prints the following "Instruetion No. 1 of the Department of State for the Navy"
It is hereby decided that the undermentioned goods shall be regarded as contraband during the present war between Japan and Russi 1.—The following goods shall be treated as contraband of war in case they are going to pass through the enemy's territory or in case they are destined for the anomy's territory or his army or navy:
Arms, ammunition, explosives and the raw materials thereof (including lead, saltpetre, sulphur, etc.), and apparatus for manufacturing them, cement, uniforms and equipment of military and naval men, armour plates, materials for the construction and equipment of men-of-war and other ships, and all other goods to be used solely for purposes of war.
2.—The following goods shall be treated as contraband of war in case they are destined for the enemy's army or navy, or in case, from the nature of the locality in the enemy's territory to which they are bound, they may be considered to be intended for the use of the enemy's army or navy Provisions, drinks, horses, harness, fodder, vehicles, coal, timber, money, gold and silver bullion, and materials for the construction of telegraphs, telephones, and railways.
3.—Of the goods mentioned in the foregoing two clauses, those which on account of their quality or quantity may be judged to be evidently intended for the' use of the ship that carries them shall not be treated as contraband.
Baron Gosser Yamamoro, Minister of State for the Navy.
Dated the 10th day of the 2nd month of the 37th year of Meiji (1904).
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.