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A lining of 1mitable material shall be placed between the upper edge of
bo:-c and the lid; and the lid shall be firmly screwed do" n. A white la
bearing the words "Films" or "Celluloid", as the case may be, in pia"
black letters shall be affixed to the parcel and to the despatch nole, wh
one is used;
(f) oil-skins and similar oil goods;
(g) perishable articles or any thing liable to become offensive or injuri
through decay during the time ordinarily occupied in transmission unl
enclosed in a hermetically sealed tin;
(h) soil;
(i) liquids unless packed as provided in these Regulalions.
(j) coin exceeding live pounds in value, except coins used or designed I
ornamental purposes and declared as such;
(k) gold bullion exceeding five pounds in value; si! ver bullion exceedi
twenty pounrls in value;
(7) the cover whereof is entirely transparent or has thereon an open panel;
provided that there may be a transparent panel in t he cover for the purp
of showing the address of the addressee if- '
(a) the transparent panel is parallel to the longest side so that the address of
addressee appears in the same direct.ion, and is placed so as not to interf
with the application of the date sl<'Lmp; and
(b) only the name and address of the addressee shows through the panel, a
the cont.ents are secured or folded so that the address is not obscured, who!
or partly, t.hrough slipping; and
(c) the address is legibly inclicaterl in ink or typescript, the use of copying-i
pencil or lead pencil being prohibited;
(8) the cover whereof or the part thereof reserved for the address is divided in
separate sections for the insertion of successive addresses: ·
(9) having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, letters, or marks (used wit
out clue authority) which signify or imply, or may reasonably lead the recipi
thereof to believe, that the postal article is sent on His 1\IIaje. ty's Servire;
(10) having anything written, printed or othen11se impressed upon or attached
any part of that :;ide or a postal article which contains the address at which I
article is to be cleli1ered, which, either by tending t<> prevent the easy a
quick reading of the address of the article or by inconvenient proximit~· tot
11tamp or stamps used in the payment of postage, or in any other way, is in i
or in the manner in which it is written, printed, impressed, or attached, likely
the opinion of the Postmaster General, to embarass the officers of the PostOffi
in dealing with such postal arLicle;
(11) having anything written printed or otherwise impressed ar.ross the postagesta
thereon;
(12) posted in any place outside the Island and addressed to lhe person resident
carrying on business in the Island by or on behalf of any person also so resid
or carrying on business, if the equi valent amount in sterling of the postage p
or payable is less than the amount of postage which would have been paya
had the article been sent as an inland postal article and if in the opinion of
Postmaster General the article was so posted with the object of evading payrn
of inland postage; or
(13) consisting of or containing two or more postal articles (of the sam~:> or of differa,
descriptions) addressed to different persons who are at different addresscs.i
Apart from the pr?b~bitions men~ionerl a~ove, many .count.ries abroad, for ,.arial
reasons, impose restrictiOns on the ImportatiOn of certain artrcles. Thus, the imP'l
talion of: , 1
(a) Arms, may be restricted in the interest of public security;
(b) Pharinaceutical·preparations, fresh meat and other foodstuffs, soiled cloth"
in the interests of public health.
(c) Plants and parts of plants, inclwling fruit., especially the vine in the case
vine-growing countries, usual! y for the prevention of the spread of ph
loxera:
(d) Hides, skins, wool anrl other external parts of animals, for the protection!
animals, against contagious disease; ·
(e) Tobacco, ))laying cards, salt, as subject to State monopoly.