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and silver in ingots or silver parlinlly worked of a value higher than £20, even if the
shiptn ent of coins or ingots, etc., is made as an insured parcel ..
UNITED STA'rES o•· AMElliCA.-Lettol'lj; adulterated food and drugs; seed cotton,
cottonscod, nnd products of cottonsccd (except oil, and under certain conditions snmplea
of raw or unmanufactured ginned cotton, including all forms of cotton-miU wnste, and
cotton seed meal and cnku); fet\thel'lj and skins of wild birds (except ostrich feathers)
unless for cducntional or scientific purposes; films or pictorial representations of prize
lights; live bees; plants, parts of plt\nh (including fresh fruits and vegetables), bulbs,
corms, roots, seeds, etc., unle•s authorized entry by, and addresscd to, the United States
Department of Agriculture, but n o r e striction Is placed on the e ntry
of field seeds (except oottonseed and seed or paddy rice),
vegetables and nower seeds when free from soli, cut flowers
Incapa ble of propagation, dried, cured, a nd processed frulta
and vegetables, nuts for food purposes (except unprocessed
acorns and c hestnuts), dried herbs (except dried c ltrua
m a t e ria l of t h e tribe cltrlnae), and dried herbarium speci-
mens ;• poisons; prison-m<Ldc goods; spirituous, vinous, fermented, m<Llted and other
intoxicntiog liquors; stupefying drugs. In addition t.o the prohibitions and restrictions
spp:ying to plunt material ns such the use as packing material is also prohibited of rice
1
straw, hulls nod chaff; cotton ant! cotton products; augarcnno, including bagasse; and
leaves of n.JI plants.
Tho importation of the following articles is subject to special restrlctions:-nrms;
most plants and plant product-s; se~>l skin in any form; virus, serums, toxins and
analogous products.
Sec p:1gc 68 in respect of cxport:~.tion of cigar s a nd cigarettes.
5pecial l>rohibitio ns (I mport). '
Unlu1 prcui<nl4 wriUen pcrmi6sion ha• been obtai11ed frotn the Dircclbr of A gricuUure
of Jamaica, it is prohibited to import into Jamaica by parcel-post mail the followiog:-
Bees, honey, and material used by bee raisers; boots used previously by workmen on
banana pl:lotations; cotton and all plants of the cotton plant; all plants and varieties of
gossypium; a nd a ll other plant s originating In any country other
than Great Britain.
The written permit of the Director of Agriculture which takes the form of a label
bearing particulars of the permit nod 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 permit relates.
Contagious abortion vaccin', live or d~ad (organisms of the Bruc~!ln group), rabies
vaccine, foot and mouth dis~as) and contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia vaccine or
antigen.
All sp. cific organisms or agents (of a bacteria], protozoan and virus nature), except. rat
viruses, which ara known to cnuBe infectious nmmal c:hsaase, S!lvo and except in the form of
substnnc<s commonly known as vnccincs, sera, toxins, antitoxins, and antigens intended
for us~ in the practice of human or vctcrniary m•<licinc, provided the said substances
(vaccin~s, sera toxins. antitoxins and antigens) arc imported in a package labelled or
marked distinctly on the outside of thr package, " Biological Products" and enclosing m
the s.~td p!ICkngc a D~clnration from the Exporter or Supplier statmg fully the contents
of th~ smd package with e. description of the nature. of the subst!Ulces therein and an
indic:llion of the maker, place and country in which they were prepared.
Fruits nnd vegetables (except dried or processed fruits and ,·egetables, grains, seeds,
and Irish potatoes) are prohibited in the mails to Jt~mnica from the United Stottes,
unless accompanied by .a certificate issued by a representative of the United States
Department of Agriculture attesting that the products arc home grown and arc the
products of a State in which the Mediterranean fly (Ccratilis captiata}, does not exist.
The following articles are absolutely prohibited:-CofTee; rum; shaving brushes manu-
factured in El\st.em countries, as well as those exported from those countries; citrus fruits.
It is also prohibited to import Tuberculozyne or a ny other alleged
cure for consumption, unless under license granted by the Governor and subject
to the conditions of such liceru;e.
*The entry of the approved plants and plant products of any nature id permitted
only on the condition l'hat the articles concerned arc found to be, or can be rendered
appareotly, free from injurious insects and diseases. Plnnt qunraotine inspectors in the
United St:~tcq are permitted t? de1troy immediately any plants or plant products
deemed injuriou, to plant life.