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OVl':RSI~A MAILS: PARCELS, PROHIBITIONS. 41
or in several parcels scu~ at the same ~ime by one sender to the same addressee exceeds
tOO dollars, an invoice ceriifi ·rl by a United R~al es Consul should bo furnish~d. This
in,·oicc should be enclosed in the relative pfll'ccl, the Customs Declaration being noted
" Consular Invoice ~nclosed." When the Consul!lr Invoice rela~es to more parcels thnn
one, it should be enclosed in parcel No. J, the Customs Declaration being noted nccord-
in~ly. The Custom.>; Declarations or covers of the remaining parcels should be marked
"Consular Invoice in parcel No. 1. '' If the sender prefers, however, the Consular Tnvoice
may be sent <cpar,tcly lo the addressee, the rclnt ive Customs Declaration being suitably
noted. When the Consulllr Tll\•nice is enclosed no other invoice or statement of value
need be furnished. Tf the Consular Invoice is sent separately to the addressee, com-
mercial invoice should be enclosed in the parcel.
If a parcel cannot be delivered ns addre~sed, 11i:hin 30 days of its receipt, or ill refused,
it will fJrlhl.i!h be returned to the senders, who must pny at the office of origin an
am· unt equal to the posta!(e originally paid thcroon.
Any request tbut a parcel may be readdressed or returned must be nccompnnicd by
ihc amount of postage at the original rate for its further prepayment.
The Post Office Department will not be responsible for the loss or damage of an)
p"ckage; and no indemnity can consequently he claimed by the sender or addressee in
cilh•r cow1try.
Payment of Customs duty cannot be u ndert~k< n by the sender.
The limit of weight of parcels is 11 lbs.
For prohibitions, sec p!tge 49.
JV.-Canadc.
The regulations governing lht Parcels Pos~ exchange with Canada are identic~! with
tbn••• of U.S.A .. with the following exceptions:-
There is ho prohibition or limitation of the numbe1·s of cigars or cigarette~ which may be
CXp'Jrted.
Parc~ls for Canada can be insured.
Unclaimed or refused parcels a.re dealt with in the same manner as 1>arccls from the
United Kingdom.
Parcels weighing up to 20 lbs. are accepterl.
V. -\~e5 t India f:;la nd5.
Parcels for Antigua, Barbados, Dominica. Grenada, ;\Iontserrat, St. Kitts-l\evis, St.
Lucia, St. Vincent nnd Trinidad. are for1vard~d by Elder's and Fyffe's steamers calling at
T rinidad and Barbados, mnintnioing a fortnight service.
Ge nera l Prohibitions.
The transmission of aoy letter whatsoever, no matter to whom addressed, in parcel
for ~he majority of countries is forbidden. The few exceptions to this rule can be ascer-
tained by reference to the latest edition of the British Postal Guide. If any letter or
communication of the nature of personal correspondence be found in a parcel, and it c:~n
be separated thercfrom, it will be forwarded to its destination surcharged at unpaid
letter rates. But if such letter, &c., can not be separated, the whole parcel will be liable
to unpaid lett.er rates of postage.
Plants are not in ordinary conditions admitted into most of the countries of Europe,
for fear that phylloxera may be introduced with hem. There are, however, special con-
ditions in which parcels of plants (except vines) arc admitted into some of these countries.
The cbicf conditions are that the plants must be packed securely, but in such a way that
tbey can be eusily examined, and must be accompanied by a declarntiou of the sender
ut tested by some competent authority, that there has been no vine in or near thP p:rouod
from which the plants come.
A parcel may not contain any explosive, inflammable or dnngerons or perishable nrticles,
any articles lik~ly to injure another parcel, any liquid (unless securely packed in a proper
case es described on pp 36, 07.)
Attention i~ sp~ci 1lly dirr·ctcd to the fnct l int many articles which arc prohibitr•d
from importati<·n, by p"rc(•l-pMt mail, ;nto Gr''"tBrit:lin (see below) may not be sent in
tran•il: through the B>·itish Post Office, rr•en thou11h the cottnlry of desti1wti011 itself does !lOt
prohibit its importation. (flee '' Li>te des ob jets interdits," p. 353 B Il. for details.)
5pcciaf Prohibitions (EllpOI't) .
..l.uSTRAI.lA.-Bees and used hives; essences of lager beer, wine, whisky, rum, br.tndy
and liqueurs; hop extracts and similar preparations; prison-made goods; tobacco pbnt$
and parts thereof.