Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee.
Maximum value: No parcel may exceed $800 in value.
AUSTRALIA (Commonweath of) including NORFOLK ISLAND, LORD HOWE, THURSDAY ISLAND and TASMANIA
LETTERS
Postage: first oz. 20c; each additional oz. 15c.
Services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post (2) Printed papers (3) Commercial papers, samples, limit 5 lb. (4) Small packets.
Customs declarations: (1) and (4) green label.
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Prohibitions: Blank invoice forms; documents of monetary value (cheques, money orders and so on) except in registered letters; spirits, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff, except genuine samples or for the private use of the importers; wedding cake not securely packed in tin boxes.
Restrictions apply to the importation of bees; dyes; plants and parts of plants, including fruit.
Customs duty: Advertising matter is subject to duty.
PARCELS
Postage: $1.00 for the first lb.; 50 cents each lb. thereafter; maximum weight 11 lbs.
Supplemental services available:
Insurance, limit $800.
Customs declarations:
1A.
Prohibitions: Letters; Blank invoice forms; confectionery containing spirits; wines, spirits, liqueurs or other alcoholic beverages, unless they are bona-fide trade samples, each of which does not exceed 6 oz. in weight, and the approval of the Collector of Customs has been obtained; wedding cake not securely packed in tins; tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff, except genuine samples or for the private use of the importer. Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; bees; cinemato- graph films and advertisements relating thereto; dyes; plants and fruit; vaccines, serums and viruses.
Insurance does not cover damage to parcels containing fragile articles (for example, glassware, gramophone records and so on), liquids, semi-liquids, or perishable articles.
Customs duty: Advertising matter (catalogues, price lists, cir- culars and so on and loose advertisements inserted in maga- zines) is subject to customs duty on importation into the Commonwealth of Australia.
The following are, however, exempt from duty: Trade cata- logues and price lists not designed to advertise the sale of goods by any person, firm or company in Australia when sent into
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