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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, starch, 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 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.
110a. Same as U. S. of America.
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 bee 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 perniit 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.