(2)

Articles bearing a counterfeit mark or a false trade des- cription and articles of foreign manufacture bearing a name or mark of any manufacturer or merchant in Great Britain or Northern Ireland unless the name of the coun- try in which the article has been made is also indicated.

(3) Gold or silver ware which, when assayed, has not the legal

allotage.

(4) Goods made in foreign prisons, with the exception of goods imported for a non-commercial purpose or goods of a kind not manufactured in Great Britain.

(5) Time-pieces, clocks, and watches or other articles of metal bearing a mark or stamp representing or imitating a mark or stamp of British legal assay, or any mark or indication leading one to believe that such articles were made in Great Britain.

(6) Synthetic organic dyes, colours, and colouring matters pro-

hibited by the Dyestuffs Import Regulation Act of 1920. may be imported by parcel post if accompanied by a permit issued by the British Board of Trade. As an excep- tion, bona fide trade samples having no commercial value may be imported without a permit from the British Board of Trade. Parcels containing such samples must be addressed directly to the importer.

(7) Books, painting, etc., which are protected by the copyright

law in Great Britain.

(8) Liquid celluloid, solid celluloid called "unseasoned celluloid,” that is to say, celluloid which has not been freed from all volatile solvent and which is designated at times under the name of "Xylonite cake”.

(9) Oilskins and similar oiled goods, carbon paper and oiled paper. The transmission of other kinds of carbon paper is prohibited. Note: Oilskins and similar oiled goods are admitted by parcel post only on the condition that each parcel is accompanied by a certificate signed by a re- sponsible person and having the following tenor: "Any oilskins or similar oil goods contained in this parcel have been stoved at a temperature of 140 degrees F. for at least 8 hours and afterwards cured for not less than 1 month before being packed."

Note: Carbon paper coated with wax and not containing any oxidizable oily or fatty substance is admitted on the condition the sender indicates the contents on the customs declaration in the following form: Carbon paper coated with wax and not containing any oxidizable oily or fatty substance.

(10) Live animals, with the exception of bees, leeches, and silk-

worms placed in well-constructed boxes.

(11) Tobacco stalks, manufactured or not, tobacco-stalk flour, and preparations of snuff except by permission of the Commissioner of Customs.

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