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dyestuffs import regulation act of 1920 mny be imported in the form of parcel post if
accompA nied by-''· permit issued by the Board of Trade.
VI. Live nnimnls, with the excepticn of bees, leeches and silkworms plnced in wcll-
con!';tructed boxe~; tobacco stalks, manufactured or not, tobacco-st:tlk flour and
preparations of s nuff, PX~cpt by permission of the Commissioners of Customs; c~t and
compressed tobacco mixed with other substances: (See " Liste des objets interdits,"
p. 371); Sllcchnrine. mixtures ccntaining saccharine and other substances of a similr r
nature or use; extracts, esocnces or other conccntmtions of coffee, chicory, tea or tobacco
or other mixtures cf t110se products; Articles bearing on the outside or in the address
words, marks or d esigns (dmwiog) which in the opinion of the P ostmaster General, might
embarrass the postal ngent~ c.1llcd upon to handle such articles; circulnrs; fictitious
stamps and dies, plates, instruments or mntf?rinls intended for the mnnufncture of such
stamps; coins coined in a foreign country, other tha n gold or silver: See "Liste des
ob jets interdits,"' p. 37l m, G (a.) ( 19): coin, precious stones, jewellery, and any articles
of gold, silver and platinum, in uninsured parcels coming from countries which a dmit
insurance. Coins of a value higher than £5 (except with a declaration indicating that
they are intended to serve as ornaments), gold in ingots of a value higher than £ 5,
and silver in ing ots or silver partially worked of a value higher than .£:20, even if the
shipment of coins or ingots, etc., is made as nn insured parcel.
UNITED S-rA-ras O!i' A~tERICA.-Letters; ndunera'ed food and drug~; coUon, cotton
seed and products of cot ton seed (except oil, and und~r certain conditions, by P arcel
P ost only, samples of raw or unmanufactured cott(n and cotton was'e); feathers and
skins of wild birds (except ostrich feathers) unless for cducntion:d or scientific purposes;
films or pictorial representations of prize-fights; live bees; poisons; prison-made goods;
spirit u o us, vinous, ferm e!'lted, malted a nd ot her in tox icat i ng
liquors; s tupefying d r ugs .
The importation of the following articles is subject to special restrictions:-arms;
cereals; cotton, cotton seed a nd products of cotton seed (except oil) plants, parts of plants
bulbs, et.c.; pota tres; "gt>ound provis io n s, " suc h as yams, " coco"
(not chocolate cocoa); sealskin in nny form; sugar-cane; unprepared fruit and Yegetables:
virus, serums, toxins and analogous products.
See r~•ge 46 in rcsprct of exportation of c igars and cigarettes.

Special Prohibi tions (Im por t) .
Unless previou~ written permi.ssion lta.s been obtained from the Direcror of Agriculture
of Jamaica, it is prohibited to import into Jamaica by parcel-post mail the following:-
Bees, honey, a nd material used by bee raisers; boots used previously !by "·orkmen on
banana plantations; cotton and all plants of the cotton plant; all plants nod varieties of
gossypium; a nd a ll othe r p la nts o riginating in any country other
than G r eat Britain.,
The written permit of the Director of Agriculture which t.akes the form of a label
bearing particulars of the permit and the seal of the Department, must be forwarded
by the importer to the supplier who shall attach it to the package containing the plant
to which the pe·rmit relates.
Fruits and vegetables (except dried or processed fruits nod l'egetable.s, grains, seeds,
and Irish potatoes) a.re prohibited in the mails to Jamaica from the United State~,
unless accompanied by a certificate issued by a representative of the United Statea
Department of Agriculture attesting that the products are home grown and are the
products of a State in which the r.ofediterranean fly (Ceratitis captiata), does not exist.
The following articles are absolutely prohibited:- Coffee; rum; shaving brushes
manufactured in Eastern countries, as well ns those exported from those countries; oitru•
rruits.
It i~ alao prohibited to import Tubercul ozyne or a n y other a lleJied
aure f or cons umption, unless undet license granted by the Govel'nor and •ubieet
'a the oonditions of such license.