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(f) In Ceylon.-Current coin and jewellery.
(g) In Grenada.-Current coin and articles liable to Customs duty. (h) In Liberia.-Gold and silver articles.
(i) In New South Wales.-Opium and tobacco are prohibited.
() In the Transvaal -Gold, silver, jewellery, etc., are liable to Customs duty. (k) In New Zealand.-Cuttings of grape vines.
(1) In Western Australia.-Coin.
(m) In the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, New Zealand and Queensland.—Jewellery and precious articles, if dutiable, are liable to detention until the duty is paid.
(n) In Victoria, Australia.-Tobacco and cuttings of grape vines, also jewellery,
which is dutiable and liable to confiscation.
(0) In Spain the transmission by Letter Post of all dutiable articles is prohi- bited, and any such articles sent contrary to this prohibition are liable to a fine of from five to ten times the duty.
(p) Russia.-Printed matter in the Russian language is prohibited, and even such trifling articles as photographs and Christmas cards are liable to duty, though a single photograph may be sent to Russia by post. All letters or packets containing prohibited or dutiable articles of any kind, however small the value, are confiscated in that country.
(9) Egypt.--Only a single copy (in one or more volumes) of any printed book is admitted into Egypt by letter post free of Customs duty. If more than one copy is sent to the same person the packet will be subject to a Customs duty of 8 per cent. ad valorem.
(r) British Central Africa.-Packets containing seeds of plants must be accom- panied by a sworn declaration stating the countries of origin and varieties of the contents; such packets should be paid at the rate applicable to commercial papers.
(s) United Kingdom.-Post Cards bearing the imitation of postage stamps. (t) Sarawak.-Coin, Gold, Silver, Precious Stones, Jewellery, etc., anything resembling coin, notes, or cheques but having no monetary value. Also, except under special permit from the Resident of First Division, Opium, Morphia, Morphine, Cocaine, Novococaine, Cannabis Indica and any preparation thereof or article containing them,
81. Neither. money nor any other article of value ought to be sent by post except in a registered postal packet, and in the case of money by means of a Post Office Money Order or of a Postal Order duly filled up with the name of the payee. Any person who sends money or any other articles of value otherwise runs the risk of losing his property and the Post Office declines all responsibility for such, and will make no enquiries into alleged losses of such letters.
82.-The importation into Hongkong through the Post Office of lottery ticket or advertisement of any lottery, or of any letter, post-card or circular concerning any lottery, is prohibited. The Postmaster-General may seize all such lottery tickets. and letters, post-cards or circulars concerning a lottery, and cause the same to be returned to the Post Office at which they were posted.
83.-The Postmaster-General may seize and destroy all seditious publications. 84.-Nothing sent through the post may contain an enclosure which is directed to a name and an address different from the name and address borne on the cover, and which is enclosed with the intention of evading postage. Any such forbidden enclosure, if observed, is liable to be taken out and forwarded to the addressee charged with separate postage at the prepaid rate. (But see "Postal Hongkong packets" under Appendix II.)
85.-It is forbidden to forward by post any Post-card having thereon any word, marks or designs of an indecent, obscene or grossly offensive character. Any such shall be stopped and dealt with by the Postmaster-General as the circumstances of the case may require.
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86. All letters and other Postal packets superscribed "To be kept till called for,' "To await arrival," or in any similar way, and also those addressed Post Office," or "Hongkong" without any other address are held to fall under the head "Poste Restante.' The Public are requested to note carefully the rules governing the Poste Restante.
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