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184 Overseas Post

NIGER REPUBLIC (continued)

in addition, all goods bearing indications which suggest they are of French origin or manufacture when they are not.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms, including air-guns: books and printed matter in Arabic; mineral waters; preserved plums, sardines and vege- tables; saccharin and similar substances; spirits.

Address: Parcels are accepted for all places, but they must be claimed at the nearest of the following offices, of which the name should, if possible, appear in the address:

Agadez

Filingué

Bilma

Gaya

Birni N'Konni

Gouré

Dogondoutchi

Dosso

NIGERIA

LETTER POST

Madaoua Magaria

Mainé-Soroa Maradi N'Guigmi Niamey R.P. Say

Taboua

Tanout

Tera

Tessaoua

Tillabery Zinder

Postage:

!

Surface

Letters

Air mail

First oz., 20c.,

each oz. after. 15c.

15c.

65c.

Postcards Letters Each oz., $1.30

Postcards

Supplemental services available: (D) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $960. (4) Printed papers. (5) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (6) Samples, limit 5 lb. (7) Small packets. (8) Blind literature.

Customs declarations: (1) and (7) Green label. Prohibitions:

Articles of a charlatanic nature; beads composed of inflammable celluloid or similar substance: bees and silkworms; coin, currency notes, except from a bank and addressed to a bank in Lagos; penicillin, streptomycin and similar substances except under licence; printed matter relating to football pools. 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. Used clothing and bedding for sale or distribution in Nigeria.

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

Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 1116. 221b.

$6.50 6.50 9.00 11.00 18.00

Air mail 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 proprietary prepa- rations; uniforms used clothing and bedding for sale or distribution in Nigeria. 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