BRITISH, AUSTRALASIAN, AND FOREIGN PARCEL

POST.—TABLE OF RATES OF POSTAGE, ETC.—continued.

Special Prohibitions and Observations.

{Prohibitions.—Same as Italy.
Observations.—Parcels for other places in Eritrea are retained at one of the towns mentioned in column 1. The addressees are advised, and upon application and payment of the Customs charges, &c., the parcels are forwarded to the post-office nearest the place of destination. In the case of parcels for other places in Eritrea insured for more than £4 (100 lire), the addressee must accept the responsibility for their safe transmission beyond one of these towns. Via India, the dimensions are 2 ft. in any direction. Parcels containing umbrellas, sticks, maps, plans, or similar articles will be accepted up to a maximum of 3 ft. 3 in. in length, provided they do not exceed 7½ in. in breadth or thickness.}

Prohibitions.—Shoddy, bullion exceeding £5 in value, oilskins and similar goods.
Observations.—Parcels can be insured as far as Stanley only (see clause 20, p. 2981).

Prohibitions.—Same as Denmark.

Observations.—No compensation is paid for the loss or damage of parcels or their contents.

Prohibitions.—Goods of foreign manufacture bearing the name of a French establishment; game out of season in France (excepting certain kinds always admissible—namely, deer, white hares, Californian quails and certain ornamental pheasants when in their feathers, Scotch or red grouse, Russian woodhens, foreign water-fowl, Virginian quails); eggs of the partridge, pheasant, quail, or other birds, during the close season, unless accompanied by a special permit; small birds of various kinds; birds snared or netted; fish during the close season (except frozen salmon and sea-trout, which may be imported at all times under certain conditions); fresh meat (except fillets and sirloins of beef); coin; medals; weights and measures not graduated in the decimal system; tobacco unless addressed to the “Régie” or in limited quantities for the addressee’s use; essence of tobacco; playing-cards; seeds usable as fodder; parts of potatoes, plants and parts of plants from the United States of America; composts, moulds, garden-stakes already used, living plants and shrubs (unless accompanied by a phylloxera certificate); fragments and leaves of the vine, vines, vine-cuttings with or without roots, vine-shoots, unless the consent of the Government is previously obtained. Medicine is accepted at the sender’s risk, and the delivery is subject to special formalities; the prescription must be copied upon the Customs Declaration Form. Boxes of sardines over 2 lb. 3 oz. in weight are not admitted. See also Observations.
Observations.—Parcels are delivered by the railway companies and not by the Post Office; and parcels intended to be called for should be addressed, not to a Poste Restante, but to a Railway-station (En Gare). There are exceptions in the case of certain places distant from a railway. To expedite delivery, the particulars on Customs Declarations should be full and precise. These forms should invariably state the gross and net weight of the parcel, as well as the number given to the parcel at the time of posting. Every package of plums, preserved vegetables, or sardines must bear the name of the country of origin in raised or sunken letters; the cover of the parcel must also bear the name.

• For insurance of parcels over £60 see special table following.

[72. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2991