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74 OVI~llSEA MAILS: SPECIAL PROHIBn'IONS.

IV.-Canada.
The regulations governing the Parcels Post exchange with Canada are Identical with
those of U.S.A., witlt the following exceptions:-
Therc is no prohibition or limitation of the numbers ol cigars or cigarettes which mny he
exported.
Parc<>ls for Canada can be insured.
Unclaimed or refused parcels are detdt with in the same manner as parcels from t.he
United Kingdom.
Parcels weighing up to 20 lbs. (not 22) are ~>ecepted.
V.-Wc.:st India l.:sland.:s a nd the Guiana.:s.
Parcels for Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Mont.serrat., St. Kitts-Nevis, St.
Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and British and Dutch Guiana are fonva.rded by steamers
of the Aluminum Line calling at Barbados, Trinidad and British Guiana, maintaining a
fortnightly service.
General P rohibition.:s.
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 br reference to the latest edition of the British Postal Guide. If any letter or
communication of the nature of personul correspondence be found in a patcel and it can
be separated therefrom, 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 letter rates or postage.
· Plants are not in ordinary conditions admitted in~o most of the countries of Europe,
for fear that phylloxera may be introduced with r.hem. There are, however, special con·
ditious 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 way that
they can be easily examined, and mu~t be accompanied by a declaration of the sender
attested by some competent authority, that t here has been no vine in or nenr the ground
from which the plants come.
A parcel may not contain any explosive, inflammable or dangerous or perishable articles,
any articles likaly to injure another parcel, any liquid (unless securelv packed in a proper
case as described on page 52.) ·
Attention is specially dil·ect.ed to the fact that many articles which nre prohibited
from importation, by p3rcel-post mail, into Great Brihin (see below) may not be sent in
tran.~it through the British Post Office, even th01'f!h the country of destittation Usclj <Wes not
prohibit its importation. (See'' Liste des ob jets interdits," p. 373 B II. for details)
.Specia l Prohibitio n.:s (Export).
AUSTRALtA.- Bees and used hives; essences of lager beer, wine, whisky, rum, brandy
and liqueurs; hop extracts and similar pret>arationa; prison-made goods; tobacco plants.
and parts thereof.
The following articles may be imported only under special conditions, of which parti-
culars C.'ln 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;
pl:lnts and parts of plants other than tobacco plants; potatoes; spirits (exce pt
when sent as samples or for the private use of the importer);
toba cco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff ; sugar; vines.
BELOIUM.-8amples of spirits in less quantities than 2 litres.
BoLIVIA.-Brandy; alcohol; tobacco in any form.
Ba. GutANA.-Spirits; tobacco (except for private use of importer}.
Bn. HoNDURAs.-Tobacco packed with other goods, tobacco sweetened, saccharine, etc.
CANAL ZoNE.-Same as United States of America, except in respect of plants, against
which there is no prohibition.
CANA.DA.- Spirituous and intoxicating liquors ol all kinds: adulterated tea; prison made
goods; trade labels in metal; skins and other parts of wild birds; bees, used or second-
band hives, raw hive goods or products except honey or wax; potatoes; all nursery stock,
including trees, shrubs, plants, vines, grafts, scions, cuttings or buds excep,t under permit
issued by the Canadian Department of Agriculture at Montreal.