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58 OVERSEA MAILS: SPECIAL PROHIBITIONS.
IV.—Canada.
The regulations governing the Parcels Post exchange with Canada are identical with
those of U.S.A., with the following exceptions:—
There is no prohibition or limitation of the numbers of cigars or cigarettes which may be
exported.
Parcels for Canada can be insured.
Unclaimed or refused parcels are dealt with in the same manner as parcels from the
United Kingdom.
Parcels weighing up to 20 lbs. (not 22) are accepted.
V.—West India Islands and the Guianas.
Parcels for Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St.
Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and British and Dutch Guiana are forwarded by steamers
of the Aluminum Line calling at Barbados, Trinidad and British Guiana, maintaining a
fortnightly service.
General Prohibitions.
The transmission of any letter whatsoever, no matter to whom addressed, in parcel
for the 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 can
be separated therefrom, it will be forwarded to its d stination surcharged at unpaid
letter rates. But if such letter, &c., can not be separated, the whole parcel will be liable
to unpaid letter 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) are admitted into some of these countries.
The chief conditions are that the plants must be packed securely, but in such a xvay that
they can be easily examined, and must be accompanied by a declaration of the sender
attested by some competent authority, that there has been no vine in or near the ground
from which the plants come.
A parcel may not contain any explosive, inflammable or dangerous or perishable articles,
any articles likely to injure another parcel, any liquid (unless securely packed in a proper
case as described on page 46.)
Attention is specially directed to the fact that many articles which are prohibited
from importation, by parcel-post mail, into Great Britain (see briow) may not be sent in
transit through the British Post Office, even though the country of destination itself does not
prohibit its importation. (See “ Liste des objets interditg,” p. 373 B II. for details.)
Special Prohibitions (Export).
A u s t r a l ia .—Bees and used hives; essences of lager beer, wine, whisky, rum, brandy
and liqueurs; hop extracts and similar preparations; prison-made goods; tobacco plants
and parts thereof.
The following articles may be imported only under special conditions, of which parti­
culars can be obtained from the Official Secretary, Commonwealth of Australia, Australia
House, Strand, London, W.C. 2:—Brushes composed of hair if manufactured in certain
Eastern Countries, cotton seed and cotton lint; dyes not of British origin; fruits, hides
and skins; lymph and vaccine; meat and meat products; morbid cultures and viruses;
plants and parts of plants other than tobacco plants; potatoes; spirits (except
when sent as sam ples o r fo r the private use o f the importer):
to b a c c o , cigars, cigarettes and sn u ff; sugar; vines.
B elgium.—Samples of spirits in less quantities than 2 litres.
B olivia.—Brandy; alcohol; tobacco in any form.
B r . G u i a n a .—Spirits; tobacco (except for private use of importer).
B r . H o n d u r a s .—Tobacco packed with other goods, tobacco sweetened, saccharine, etc.
C a n a l Z o n e .—Same as United States of America, except in respect of plants, against
which there is no prohibition.
C a n a d a .— Spirituous and intoxicating liquors of all kinds: adulterated tea; prison made
goods; trade labels in metal; skins and other parts of wild birds; bees, used or second­
hand hives, raw hive goods or products except honey or wax; potatoes; all nursery stock,
including trees, shrubs, plants, vines, grafts, scions, cuttings or buds except under permit
issued by the Canadian Department of Agriculture at Montreal.