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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE-PROHIBITED CONTENTS
vine, fresh vegetables, kif, chira, hashish and opium, etc. 102a.--Same as Trinidad
103.-Letters, tobacco, by the Constantza route in any form; by other routes cxcept cigars, chewing tobacco, and snuff; articles of celluloid except in zinc boxes; foreign silver coin; rifles and rifle ammunition of army pattern; empty cartridges except for sporting rifles; revolvers, of which the bar- rels exceed 15 centimetres (nearly 6 in.) in length; patent medicines, hashish; post- cards of private manufacture, bearing the heading "Postes Imperiales Ottomanes"; skins (unless accompanied by a sanitary certificate); raw cotton in any form or cot- ton cake originating in the United States of America, and the packing material, etc., with which it has been in contact, plants, parts of plants and flowers are subject to special restrictions and can be sent by Parcel Post only at the sender's risk.
103a. Same as Tripoli.
104.-Letters, foreign reprints of British copyright works. Acetylene, Saccharine, Base coins. Foreign coin other than gold or silver, tobacco except for personal use, and coin or bullion over £5 in value or 8 ozs. in weight. 104a.-Saine as Turkey.
1046.-Letters, firearms and ammunition. 105.-Same as via London.
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106. In addition to those articles which are specified in Postal Guide, Rules 158 and 161, as excluded from transmission by Foreign and Colonial Post, the undermen- tioned articles
articles are prohibited from importation into the United States: Letters, eatables, ox-hides, prison-made wares, wines, spirits, cigars and cigarettes unless sent in quantities numbering at least 3,000 in a single package (see Observations); wines and spirits may be sent in bottles, but Customs duty will be charged as if each parcel contained not less than 12 bottles. Opium containing less than 9 per cent. of morphine, casks of wines and spirits containing less than 14 gallons. Cotton line and all forms of un- manufactured cotton, poisonous, explosive and fatty substances, confections and pastes, live or dead animals, fruits and vegetables; lottery tickets.
107.--Letters, liquids or semi-liquids, orchilla or litmus and its derivatives, plants or living parts of plants, grapes, game, gold or silver coins (except ancient coins intended for collections, which are admitted up to the number of 10 per parcel).
108.-Letters, cocoanut oil, starcli, indigo, cocoa, coffee, syrup, honey, dried and salted meat, salt, sarsaparilla roots, silver, nickel and copper coins, dies for coining, cigarette paper, cigarettes of all sorts and machines for making them and empty cigarette boxes or packets unless
addressed to
Factory, and
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the National Cigarette
Factory, and (via France) gold, silver, jewellery, &c. As regards plums, sardines, &c., via France, see France.
109.-Transmission of dutiable articles is prohibited except by Parcels Post; any articles which contravene this regulation are confiscated.
109a.--Opium or Letters.
110.-Letters (except one for the addressee). Salt which has been used in curing fish. Prison made goods, adul- terated tea, worn goods of all kinds in tended for sale.
111.-General: Letters; specie; bullion; gold-dust; nuggets; ostrich feathers, except when made up into stoles, boas, hats, &c.; eucalyptus, acacia and coniferous plants; peach stones. Importers of fire- arms (except shot guns, rook rifles and revolvers for the Union, of South Africa) must present a permit from the Colonial Government concerned. Additional (except Rhodesia) Precious stones, whether loose or set in articles of jewellery; tobacco stalks; all stone fruits; bees; honey; old appliances, &c., for bec keeping. Eau de Cologne (Basutoland only). All plants, fruits, tubers, bulbs, etc., are liable to inspection and precautionary fumigation at the expense of the addressees, and to destruction if pest or disease is found. Importers of any of these articles or of cotton seed, beeswax, foundation comb or opium (which is admitted for medicinal purposes only) must present special permits from the proper South African Authority. In the case of plants permits are not generally issued for kinds procurable in the Union of South Africa. Potatoes are only admitted when accom- panied by a sworn declaration of origin and a prescribed Government certification. Additional (Rhodesia only)--(a) Southern and Northern Rhodesia: Stone fruit trees grown in any part of North America where either peach yellows or peach rosette exists; young rooted plants for budding or grafting purposes, except pear, plum, apricot, cherry, mango, apples (blight proof). Gum-opium, extract of opium, poppies or preparations of poppies are only admitted for medicinal purposes and on presentation by the importers of a permit from the proper Rhodesian authority. (b) Southern Rhodesia only: Importers of plants, which are subject to special conditions, must present a permit from the Government of Southern Rhodesia. Parcels irregularly imported are liable to detention or destruction. (c) Northern Rhodesia only: Seeds and plants must be accompanied by a certi- ficate of origin,