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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE.-Prohibited ConTENTS.

regards plums, sardines, &c., sent via France, see page 563, para. 42.

96.-Letters, opium, morphia, morphine, cocaine, spirits, bhang, firearms and am- munition. Parts of firearms are, however, admitted.

97.-Letters; manufactured gold and silver not of a certain degree of fineness: some pharmaceutical products and arsenic, unless addressed to a State Pharmacy or to specially authorised persons; articles made abroad bearing Swedish marks.

98.-Letters, newspapers and post cards intended for distribution, unless ad- dressed to a Post Office; Italian 4, 1 and 2 franc pieces, glassware with Swiss Federal or Cantonal gauge marks; salt, unless with the permission of Cantonal auth- orities; alcohol, unless addressed to Federal authority, and other spirits unless gross weight and percentage of alcohol are shown on the Customs Declaration ; earth compost, grapes aldressed to places in the Canton Valais, vines and parts thereof, other plants, unless accompanied by a phylloxera certificate and special permit from the Federal Department of agricul- ture; birds of many kinds, frozen meat from Australia: mat preserved with boracic acid and similar substanges; salt and smoked meat insufficiently cured; fresh meat except sirloins and fillets of beef and calves' tongues, livers, ki tueys, and sweet breils. Parcels containing sausages and similar mixtures, bacon, or any other kinds of meat not prohibited from i»rtation urist be accompanied by a sanitary certificate, but this is not require in the case of guns, poultry, rabbits, kids, fish, salami, and similar preparations smoked or dried, and pre- served meat in bottles or metal boxes.

99. –Latters, money, gold, raw or manu- manufactured (except such articles as goll-minted mines or sticks), pracious stones, ostrich feathers (excant when mile up into stoles, bois, hats, &:). Plants or trees are not admittel exempt by per- mission of the Burl of Agriculture at Pretoria, whose written permit must be producel at the time of posting. The addresses of parcels containing firearms or op'a n n ist'oresent the permit of the Colonial Government.

100. -Letters, parts of articles liable to duty in Trinidad, rum, all other spirits except bont file samples and perfumed or

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medicinal spirits, ganja, bhang, cannabis indica, opium and tobacco, preparation thereof.

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101.--Letters, coin, arms and ammuni- tion of war, nitrate of soda, saltpetre, sulphur, salt, tobacco, plants, parts of the vine, fresh vegetables, kif, chir, hashish.

102. —Letters, printing type.leaf tobacco, salt. celluloid, chlorate of potassium, foreign silver coins, firearms (except single or double-barrelled sporting guns. not rifle-bored), patent medicines, and electric appliances of all kinds. Plants (unless accompanied by a phylloxera certificate), books, magazines, and newspapers can be sent by Parcel Post only at the sender's risk..

103.-Letters, foreign reprints of Eritish copyright works. Base coins, Foreign coin other than gold or silver, tobacco excent for personal use, and coin bullion over £5 in value or 8 ozs. weight

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104. –Same as via London, page 561. 105.-In addition to those articles which are specified in Postal Guide, Rules 210 and 215, as excluded from transmission by Foreign and Colonial Post, the undermen- tioned articles are prohibited from importation into the United States :-

Letters, catables, ox-hides, prison- made wares, wines, spirits, cigars, and cigarettes in quantity numbering less than 3,000. Onium containing less than 9 per cent, of morphine.

193.—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).

107. -Letters, cocoanut oil, starch, indigo, cocoa, coffee, syrup, honey, dried and salted meat, salt, sarsparilla 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 page 563, para. 42.

108. Transmission of dutiable articles is prohibited except by Parcels Post any articles which contravene this regulation are confiscated.