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36 POST OFFI C:El GUTDE.
m.ay be sent separately to the addressee, the relative Customs Declaration bein,g suitably
noted. When the Consular Invoice is enoloPr.d no other invoice or :statement of valu8'
need be furnished. rr t.he Consular Invoice is sent separately to the arld:ressee, com-
mercie.l invoice should be enclosed in the parceL
Jr a parcel uannot be delivered ll8 addre.'lSed, within 14 days of its receipt, or is refused,
it will forthwith be returned to the senders, who must pay at the office of origin an
amount equal to the postage originally paid thereQn.
Any request that a parcel may be readdressed or returnerl must be accompanied by
the amount of post-al(e at. the original rate for its further pr11payment.
The Post Office Department will not be respotl1lible for the loss or damage o! any
f)ackage; a.od lliJ indemnity can consequent.Jy be claimed by the sender or 11ddressee in
eilhercountry.
Payment of Cust.oms duty cauoot be undertaken by the sender.
For prohjbitions, see p. 37.
IIJ.-canada.
The regu.lat.ious goverlliug the Parce!B Poat exr.ban!(e with Canadn are identical 1ovitb
those of U.S.A .. with the rollowing exceptious:-
There is no PI'Ohibitioo or limitation of th~ ouutbe.rs of cigars or aigar-ettes which may lle
exported.
Paruel.s for Canada eau neither be insuroo nor registered.
Unclaimed or refu.sed parcels are dealt wit.h in t.hc same manner a.s parcels from the
United Kingdom•
Parcels ""ighing up to lo lbs, arc accepted.
IV.-Panama, etc.
A PareeiB Pot1t. e'tchange now exists hetween Jama.ira and the RepubliCll of Pananu;
Ecuador. Nieara..."''la and Venez11ela, via Colon.
The regulations governin~ the exchange witL these countries are iden~ical with those ol
U.S.A. with the following exceptioll8:-
Parr.els must be sealed with scaling 11'1\x lca.d or other material wbirh must be.ar tl~
w
specia.l mark o't' impl'ess of the seode.rs.
Parcels for these countries rnay not be registered.
Cigara and cigarettes ma.y be sent in any q'Ua.nf.ity.
V.-Wcst lndla I sland~.
Parcels ror Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, C:renadn, 1\ofontserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St.
Lucia, St. Vincent aod Trinidad, are Corwarded fortnightly by Elder's a.nd Fyffe's
st-eamers tJalling at Trinidad and Bnrbados. H the sender desire it, parcels for these
places may be sent via New York at the rate of 1/- per lb. This route is t.he more
expeditious one in some aa.ses,
General Prohibitfon5.
The transmission of any letter whatsoever, no matter to whom addressed, in parcel
for the majority of countries is forbidden. The few exoeption.'.l to this rule can be a.acer·
tAined by reference to the latest edi~ion of t.be London Postal Guide. I! any letter or
communication o{ the nature of personal oorresponde.nce be found in a parcel, !Uld it can
be separated thererrom, it will be forwarded to it.s destination surcharged ut unpAid
letter rates. But if such letter, &c., ca.n uat be separa.ted, the whole parcel will be liable
to unpAid letter rates of postage
Plant.'! are not in ord.iriary conditions admitted into most of the countries of Europe,
tor fenr that phylloxera may be introduced with them. There a.re, howe,•er, special con-
ditiollll in which parcels of plants (except vines) are admitted into some of these countries.
The chief conditions arc that the piA)lts mlll!t be paekoo securely, but in such a way that
they can be easily examined, and must be accompanied by a declaration of the sender
attested by some competent authority, the.(, there he.a boon no vine in or near the ground
from which the plants come.
A paroel way Mt contain any exploeive, inflammable or dangerous or perishable
articles, any articles liknly to injure another parcer. any llquid (unless securely packed
in a proper case as described on p. '1:1.)
Special Prohlbitionl> (Cllport),
AusTBALJA.-Bees nnd usen hives;e.ssence:o of lu.ger beer, wine, whisky rum , br&Ddy
uod liquelll's; hop emacte and simih~r preparal.ions; prison-made goods; tobacco planb
And parts thereof.