PROHIBITED GOODS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 311, 13 May 1869, Page 4

PROHIBITED GOODS.

Animals, infected ; arms and ammunition, except under l'cence ; articles, indecent or obscene. Books, protected by copyright, unless printed in the United Kingdom ; books, obscene. Caps, percussion, except under license; cards, indecent or obscene ; ccrtridges, except un'ler license; c.-itilo, infected; *cigars, in ships under 40 tons burthen, or in packages less than 60 lbs, nett, or less thau 10,000 in number, or in packages containing other goods: coins, spurious, fulse, or counterfeit sterling, or sterling of British pos3(.'ssion below standard weight or fineness. Foxes (vide N.Z. Statute, 57, of L 865 ); flints, except under license. Gold, exportation at porls not approved by the Governor, or contrary to the Governor's Regulations. TTawks, and other birds of prey; hides, infected; hoofs, do; horns, do. Lead, except under license; lithographa, indecent. Marbles, except under licenes. Opium, in ships under 40 tons burthen, or in packages under 451 bs nett, or in packages with any other go ds. Paintings, indecent ; percussion caps (see arms and ammunition); pistols, except under license ; powder — sporting, except under license; prints, indecent. Reptile*, venomous. Saltpetre, except under license ; sheep, infected ; snuff, (se^ cigars); shot, except under license; skins, infected ; spirits, in ships under 40 tons burthen, or in casks under 14 gallons, or in glass or stone bottles, each exceeding three pints, unless pefumed or medicinal spirits ; snakes, and other reptiles, venomous; swords, except under license. *Tobacco, iv ships under 40 tons burthen, or in packages undt?r GOlbs nett, or in packages with any other goods. Vultur- s, and other birds of prey. Exportation Tariff. — Gold in its natura :tate, or mixed with other substances, 2s Od per oz , troy ; gold dust, 2a 6d, do ; gold, all other, wrought or un wrought, if produco of the colony (vide " G Id Duty Act, 1858," N.Z. Statute 73, 2s Cd, do ; gold coin of the Realm, of Foreign States, or gold plate, &c , not produce of the colon}-, free ; a'l o;her goods, free. *Restriclions suspended by proclamation datod April 19, N.Z. Gazette, No. 13, 1859. INFORMATION FOR PASSING THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE. Importation. — Free entries by themselves. Four copied — one c eh for coll> ctor, landing-sur-veyor, laniiing-waitor, r.nd tide-wai'er. Prime (duty) entries by themselves. Four copies — one e:>ch for collector, landing-surveyor, landingwaiter, and tide-waiter. Sight entries. Three copies— one each for landing-waiter, landing-sur-veyor, and tide-waiter. Pe.-fecfing of Sight. Two copies — one each for collector and landing-sur-veyor. Warehousing wet and dry goods by themselves. Five copies — one each for collector, landing-waiter, tide-waiter, warehouse-keeper, and locker. Home Consumption Entrie«, three copies — one each for collector, warehouse-keeper, and locker. In Home Consumption Entries, value not required. Sampling Entriea from the warehouse will be issued by order from the Custom-house by duplicate entry, viz., one for the collector, and on"

fur for the warehouse-keeper: — Sample spirits, bottle or less, duty, 2s 6d ; do wine, bottle or less, do, Is 6d; do cigars, -£lb or less, do, Is 6d ; do t..-b:icco, ilb, do, Is 6d. The same not to affect the account or clearing from the bonder! warehouse. N.B. — A free sample out of each parcel of goods, if for bonded warehouse, is allowed, at time of gauging or examination at Lyttelton Wharf, or Christchurch Railway Gauging Sheds. Removals from one warehouse to another in same p rt, five copies—one each for- collector, landing waiter, warehouse-keeper, and two lockers, one for delivering warehouse, and the other for receiving warehouse. ' s Exportation. — Export from warehouse, four copies — one each for collector, warehouse-keeper, locker, and searcher. Shipping bill required. Removals coastwise, ex warehouse, ditto. Export of Free Goods, two copies — one each for collector, and searcher. Transhipping Entries, four copies — one each for collector, landing waiter, fde waiter, and searcher.