FOODSTUFFS FOR BRITAIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16822, 12 April 1918, Page 7

FOODSTUFFS FOR BRITAIN.

THE PRINCIPAL PROHIBITIONS. ,'-h view of the present food shortage in the United Kingdom, many people in New §1 Zealand have been anxious to send parcels mftt foodstuffs to their relatives at Home. v£ To put all doubts at rest the Chief Po3t Office officials have prepared the following IpEst of the principal articles, the importation of which into the United Kingdom 'i I lias been prohibited by notices in the I Gazette on July 12, September 13, and ' November 27, 1917 :—Bacon, hams and | •')"' lard, cocoa and preparations thereof,, illcoffee, fruit (canned, bottled, dried and i!; preserved, except currants), soap, articles H and preparations containing sugar used for , food (except condensed milk), tea, tobacco (manufactured and unmanufactured, including cigars and cigarettes), vegetables f: bottled, dried and preserved) and pickles, butter, molasses, invert sugar and all other sugars and extracts from sugar 'which cannot be completely tested by the wlariscone, and on which Customn duty ',:";' is not otherwise charged. The prohibition t'f/Vof sugar does not apply to small parcels sent to soldiers, nor to cakes containing 1 sugar consigned to the New Zealand War Contingent Association for distribution to m§ hospitals.