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90 Overseas Post

CANADA (including Newfoundland) (continued)

addressee. The total number and the total value of the parcels forming a consign- ment should be shown on the customs declaration. In addition the sender should number the parcels consecutively and should indicate on each parcel the number of parcels forming the consignment. For instance if the consignment consists of three parcels, the parcels should be numbered 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3 respectively. Prohibitions: Letters; bees; beeswax; contraceptives; home-made cheese: radio active materials; goods packed in hay, straw or other fodder; intoxicating liquors, except samples addressed to, or in the care of, a Government Liquor Commission; meat in any form; military rifles and converted military rifles; plumage, skins or other parts of wild birds; metallic trading checks in circular form; potatoes and nursery stock except under permit from the Canadian Department of Agriculture. A special label provided by that Department must be attached by the sender to every parcel of potatoes or nursery stock, and a label bearing the name and address of the ultimate addressee must be enclosed in the parcel. One copy of the health certificate, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, must also be attached to each parcel of potatoes or nursery stock. Articles made wholly or partly of celluloid may not be sent in bulk.

Restrictions apply to the importation of drugs.

Invoice: Certified invoices in triplicate in the form prescribed by the Canadian customs authorities must be submitted to those authorities by the addressee for parcels containing merchandise. These invoices must be forwarded by the sender separately from the parcels.

Gifts: Individual gift parcels not exceeding ten Canadian dollars in value are admitted free of duty. Advertising matter, tobacco and alcoholic beverages are prohibited from inclusion in gift parcels. Each parcel should bear the words Unsolicited Gift.

North-West Territories (Mackenzie River District only): Parcels are normally forwarded to destination by air from Edmonton, and are liable to a surcharge on delivery. As a cheaper alternative during the summer season of navigation (about the middle of May to the middle of September) parcels may be addressed c/o Hudson's Bay Transport Co., Waterways, in addition to the usual address, and arrangements made with that company either by the sender or by the addressee, for onward conveyance by river transport.

Yukon Territory : During the winter season (approximately October to May inclusive) parcels can be sent only to Carcross, Champagne and White Horse. Parcels for other places may be addressed to White Horse and the addressces may make the necessary arrangements for their transmission thence. Compensation is not payable.

CANARY ISLANDS

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters

Postcards

First oz., 40c., 25c. Each 4 oz.,

65c.

each oz, after, 25c.

$1.30

Supplemental services available: (1) Registration. (2) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,600. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (5) Samples, limit 1 lb. (6) Blind literature.

Prohibitions: Spanish bank-notes.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Jewels and precious stones; pharma- ceutical preparations for commercial purposes; plants.

PARCEL POST

Supplemental services available: Insurance limit $1,600 surface only. Customs declaration: Four non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Customs declarations must bear the Post Office serial number of the parcel. Prohibitions: Letters; articles of gold or silver; military weapons and air-guns; playing cards; potatoes; rosaries, relics and similar articles; Spanish bank-notes. Restrictions apply to the importation of: Jewels and precious stones; pharma- ceutical preparations for commercial purposes; plants.