182 Overseas Post
NIGERIA (continued)
Restrictions apply to the importation of medicines, including proprietary prepara- tions. Jewellery, precious stones and manufactured gold, platinum or silver are admitted if not more than $80 in value.
Certificate of Origin: All goods sent under Open General Licence and which the sender claims to have originated in Hong Kong should be accompanied by a certificate of origin.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 221b.
$6.50 6.50 9.00 11.00 18.00 Each lb., $10.00
Supplemental services available: Insurance, air and surface, limit $960.
Customs declaration : One adhesive form.
Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee; arms including shotguns and air-guns; articles of a charlatanic nature; beads composed of inflammable celluloid or similar substance; cocoa beans, maize and other grains; cotton seed; cur- rency notes, except from a bank and addressed to a bank in Lagos; living creatures; penicillin, streptomycin and similar substances except under licence; spirits; wines.
Restrictions: Apply to the importation of medicines, including proprietory pre- parations; uniforms. Import licences are required for a few classes of goods, but not for items enclosed in bona fide gift parcels.
Invoice: An invoice showing details of the cost of the goods, including insurance and so on and indicating their country of origin should be securely attached to the outside of each commercial parcel in an envelope prominently marked "Invoice". When several parcels are sent in one consignment one invoice will suffice provided all the parcels are numbered, the number of the parcel to which the invoice is attached is clearly shown on every parcel in the consignment, and the invoice itself clearly indicates the parcels to which it relates.
Packing: Foodstuffs must be packed in metal containers.
Compensation is not payable for damage to parcels containing fragile articles. or for damage by water to a parcel transported by carrier, runner or canoe, Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection,
NORFOLK ISLAND
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
First oz., 20c,,
each oz. after, 15c.
Postcards
65c.
15c.
Each oz., $1.30
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (5) Samples, limit 5 lb. (6) Small Packets. (7) Blind literature.
Customs declarations: (1) and (6) Green label.
Prohibitions: Blank invoice forms; documents of monetary value (cheques, money orders and so on) except in registered letters; tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff, except genuine samples or for the private use of the addressee; wedding cake by surface mail not securely packed in tin boxes; wines, spirits, liqueurs, or other alcoholic beverages, unless they are bona fide samples each of which does not exceed 6 oz. in weight, and the approval of the Collector of Customs to importation has been obtained.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Bees; dyes; plants and parts of plants, including fruit.