'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎133v] (277/483)

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Foreign Post Directory.
For Explanation of Symbols see page 139.
Special prohibitions t—Arms, Ammunition and Military Stores
(except on behalf of the Government of India); opium and
all alkaloids of opium and all intoxicating drugs made
from the poppy ; ganja; bhang and charas and every
intoxicating drink or substance prepared from any part of
the hemp plant (Canabis Sativa); coca leaves, alkaloids of coca,
every other intoxicating drink or substance prepared from
the coca plant (Erythoxylum coca) and all drugs, synthetic
or other, having a like physiological effect to that of cocaine;
and all preparations and admixtures of any of the above.
Labels impressed with designs in imitation of bank notes,
permanent or provisional, and goods bearing labels of similar
designs ; cotton, silk or other woven goods impressed with
designs in imitation of bank notes or promissory notes of
the Government of India ; Japanese shaving brushes; lottery
circulars ; all living plants or parts thereof, (except sugar
cane for planting intended to be - grown under the personal
supervision of the Government Sugarcane Expert, Coimbatore)
and seeds of coffee, flax, bersin and cotton ; Counterfeit
money or money which has the appearance of the coin of the
realm or is fashioned acccording to the conditions of the law
relating to native money (Native Coinage Act) but which
possess neither the weight nor correct finish ; Dies stamped
or engraved with the device of coin, as defined in the Indian
Penal Code, or with any colourable imitation of such device
(with the exception of dies for the use of mints of Indian
States permitted to strike their own coinage); pieces of metal,
resembling in shape and in size and stamped either on the
obverse or on the reverse in imitation of gold and silver coins
in current use ; quinine, coloured pink ; any apparatus for
wireless telegraph, (except in cases in which a license to
import such apparatus has been granted by the Director-
General of Postsand Telegraphs under the Indian Sea Customs
Act 1878); Obscene books, pamphlets, papers, drawings, _ pa in '
ings, representations, figures, or articles; any explosive, inflam
mable or dangerous substance; anything which from its natim
is likely to injure postal articles in course of transmission
post or any officer of the Post Office ; any goods manufac
tured in any place outside His Britannic Majesties’ Dominions
and marked with the Arms Royal or with Arms so near y
resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive.
“ Remarks —Neither the Indian Post Office nor the Indbn
Customs Department will accept responsibility for any damage
caused to a postal packet or parcel containing plants in
unpacking for the purpose of fumigation or in repacking a e
the operation