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EcuAoon.-Sugar Ctlne, brandy or it~ combinations, 11nd tob&cco (subject to restric-
tions).
E oTPT.-Arti6cial tobacco; seeds and juice or extract of tobacco, raw or refined sugar.
F AANCE.-Tobacco, except in limited quantities for addressee's use, essence of tobacco;
8 ncchnrine.
!TALT.-Tob~cco, subject to special restrictions.
JAPAN.-Tob3CCO.
PANAMA.-5weets, paste, fats and substances which easily liquefy.
PEnu.-Tobncco and saccharine, subject to special restrictions.
PnrLII'PINil lsLANDS.-Same !IS U.S.A., except that cigars and cigarettes are admitted
without restrictions as to quantity contained in single package.
PoRTUGAL.-Tobacco.
Rou~!ANIA.-Tobncco, subject to special restrictiens.
SPAIN.-Tobacco.
l:iwEDEN.-Tobacco, spirits and wines, subject to special restrictions.
GREAT BRITAIN- I. Rags and bedding: soiled clothing; shaving brushes made in Jnpan
or exported from Japan; hair of animals and wool coming from Egypt (including the
Sudan); all ndvcrlisements concerning the treatment of vcncrenl dL<eases or relative
to any prcpnrations intended to prevent, cure, or rolicvc them, except in the case of
~rtloles uddt·osscd solely to praoticing physicians or to duly quali6ed chemists for the
needs of their profes~ion; liquids; dangerous drugs or sub.qtnuccs for analysis or medical
examination; pathological specimens; ten unfit for human con'lUillption; tea. exhausted
or mixed with o~her subtsanccs, except by special permission cf the Commis.<!ioners of
Customs and Excisz; butter, margumc, margarine cheese, milk. cream, and condensed
milk, except in execution of the provisions of the laws kn,l rl'gul:ttions relative thereto,
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and unless p:~cked n hermeticnlly eenled ~ins bearing a conspicuou3 mark indic.'lling the
n:~ture of their contents.
I l. Skins, horn.~, hoofs or any other parts of cattle or other animals whose tran8mission
may be prohibited in order to prevent the propagation of any contagious disease;
lh•ing plants.
ilL Firearms, deadly weapoas, and detuched parts of such Al'lns, except hunting rifles
(unrifled), ammunit.ion containing or designed to contain any noxious liquid or gas, air
rifles and ttir enrbines and the parts which compose them. The articles specified in this
paragraph, are, however, admitted as nn exception in the form of parcel post, subject to
permission granted by the competent British authority.
IV. False or counterfeit coin; silver coin of GrestBritain which does not meet with
the legal stnndard of weight or finenes.,; imitations of coins.
V. Articles which bear or nre marked with stamps, nnmes or other indica tions leading
one to believe that they are guaranteed or sanctioned by a department of the British
Government; ~rticles bearing 11 counterfeit mark and nrticlrs 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 m~nufactured in GrP.at
Britain; synthetic orgawc dyes, colours. nnd colouring rnfltlers prohibited by the
Dyestuffs Jmpor~ Regulation Act of 1920 may be imported in the form of parcel post
if accompanied by n permit issued by the Bonrd of T rnde.
VI. Live animals, with the exception of bees, leeches and silkworms placed in well-
con.qtructed boxe~; tobacco stalks, manufactured or not, tobacco-stalk fiour, and
preparations of snufl', except by permission of the Commissioneu of Customs; cut and
compressed tobacco mixed with other substances: S!lcchnrine. mixtures containing
s~ccharine nnd other suh3tanccs of a sirnil~r nature or us •; extrncts, es>ences or other
concentrations of coffee, chicory, tea or tob!ICCO or other mixtures of thos9 products;
articles bearing on tne outside or in the addr .!SS words, marks or designs (drawing) which
in the opinion of th~ Postmaster G ;n ~al, might embarrass the postal agents called upon
to hand~e such articles; circulars; 6ctitious stamps and dies, plates, instruments or
materialals inteutLu fur lhe m!Ulufncture of such stamp$; coins coined inn forvigo
country, other tha.n gold or silvc~; coin, precious stones, jewellery, and any articlea
of gold, silver and platinum, in uninsured parcels coming from countries which admit
insurance. Coin a of a value higher than £5 (except with a declaration indicating that
they are intended to serve aa ornaments), gold in ingot& of a value higher than £ 5,