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E c u a d o r .—Sugar c a n e , brandy or its c o m b in a tio n s , a n d t o b a c c o (S u b je ct t o restric­
t io n s ).
E g y p t .— A rtificia l t o b a c c o ; se e d s a n d ju ic e o r e x tr a c t o f t o b a c c o , ra w o r re fin e d su g a r.
France.—Tobacco, except in limited quantities for addressee’s use, essence of tobacco;
sacch rine.
I t a l y .—Tobacco, s u b je c t t o s p e c ia l r e s trictio n s .
J a p a n .— Tobacco.
Panama.—Sweets, paste, fats and substances which easily liquefy.
P e r u .—Tobacco and saccharine, subject to special restrictions.
Philippine Islands.—Same as U.S.A., except that cigars and cigarettes are admitted
without restrictions as to quantity contained in single package.
P o r t u g a l .—Tobacco.
R oumania.—Tobacco, subject to special restrictiens.
Spain.—Tobacco.
Sweden.—Tobacco, spirits and wines, subject to special restrictions.
G reat B ritain— I. Rags and bedding; soiled clothing; shaving brushes made in Japan
or exported from Japan; hair of animdsand wool coming from Egypt (including the
Sudin); all advertisements concerning the treatment of venereal diseases or relative
to any preparations intended to prevent, cure, or relieve them, except in the case of
articles addressed solely to practicing physici ins or to duly qualified chemists for the
needs of their profession; liquids; dangerous drugs or substances for analysis or medical
examination; pathological specimens; tea unfit for human consumption; tea exhausted
or mixed with other subtsances, except by special permission of the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise; butter, mirgarine, margarine cheese, milk, cream, and condensed
milk, except in execution of the provisions of the laws and regulations relative thereto,
and unless packed in hermetically sealed tins bearing a conspicuous mark indicating the
nature of their contents.
II. Skins, horns, hoofs or any other parts of cattle or other animals whose transmission
may be prohibited in order to prevent the propagation of any contagious disease;
living p ants.
III. Firearms, deadly weapons, and detached parts of such arms, except hunting rifles
(unrifled), ammunition containing or designed to contain any noxious liquid or gas, air
rifles and air carbines and the parts which compose them. The articles specified in this
paragraph, are, however, admitted as an exception in the form of parcel post, subject to
permissim granted by the competent British authority.
IV. False or counterfeit coin; silver coin of Great Britain which does not meet with
the legal standard of weight or fineness; imitations of coins.
V Articles which bear or are marked with stamps, names or other indications leading
one to believe that they are guaranteed or sanctioned by a department of the British
Government; articles bearing a counterfeit mark and articles of foreign manufacture
bearing a name or a mark representing or supposed to represent the name or make of
any manufacturer or merchant in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, unless the name
of the country in which the article has been made is also indicated; gold or silver ware
not of standard quality; goods made in foreign prisons, with the exception of goods
imported for a non-commercial purpose or goods of a kind not manufactured in Great
Britiin; synthetic organic dyes, colours, and colouring matters prohibited by the
Dyestuffs Import Regulation Act of 1920 may be imported in the form of parcel post
if accompanied by a permit issued by the Board of Tr de.
VI. Live animals, with the exception of bees, leeches and silkworms placed in well-
constructed boxes; tobicco stalks, manufactured or not, tobacco-stalk flour, and
preparations of snuff, except by permission of the Commissi"n»rs of Customs; cut and
compressed tobacco mixed with other substances: (see “ Liste des objets interdits,”
p. 371); saccharine, mixtures containing saccharine and other substances of a similar
nature or use; extracts, essences or other concentrations of coffee, chiciry, tea or tobacco
or other mixtures cf tnose products; articles bearing on the outside or in the address
words, m irks or designs (drawing) which in the opinion of the Postmaster General, might
embarrass the postal agents c lied upon to handle such articles; circul rs; fictitious
stamps and dies, plates, instruments or materials intended for the manufacture of such
stamps; coins coined in a foreign coun'ry. other than gold or silver: see “ Liste des
objets interdils,” p 371 BI, 6 (a) (19); coin, precious stones, jewellery, and any articles
of gold, silver and platinum, in uninsured parcels coming from countries which adn- it
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 ,