PROHIBITED GOODS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 322, 26 May 1869, Page 4

PROHIBITED GOODS.

Animals, infected ; arms and ammunition, except under licence; 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 under license ; cattle, infected ; *cigars, in ships under 40 tons burthen, or in packages less than 60 lbs, nett, or less than 10,000 in number, or ia packages pontaining' Other goods: coins, spurious, false, or counterfeit sterling, or sterling of British possession below standard weight or fineness. ' ' ■ Foxes (vide ; N.Z. Statute, 67, of 1865) ; flints, except under license. Gold, exportation at ports not approved by the Governor^ or contrary, to the Governor's Begulationg. , Hajrks, and other birds of prey; hides, infe'efeel; hoofs, do ; horns, do. : Leajrl, except under license; lithographs, indecent. ■.',■•/ . . Marbles, except under licenes. Opium, in ships under 40 tons burthen, or in packages under 46lbs nett, or in packages with any o her goods.. ■.-.- ■■'..-- ■.■'*■:■. :',, Pai ltinjjs, indecent; percussion caps (see arms <a!nd a nmunition); pi^^jli, except unde^.^cenae; .powdir — sportujg, except und^r, licence ; prints, -lpdecflnt. \ . \ ., '. ( „j .f . \ ■, ' .... .. * . Eeptiles, venomouW " -•■■•- Saltpetre, except under license ; sheep, infected ; snuff, (sea cigars) ; shot, except under tioense ; 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, unlesa pefumed or medicinal spirits ; snakes, and other reptiles, venomous ; swords, except under license. •Tobacco, in ships under 40 tons burthen, or in packages under 601bs nett, or in packages with any other goods. Vultur s, and other birds of prey.J Exportation Tabiff. — Gold m its nature state, or mixed with other substances, 2s 6d per oz, troy; gold dust, 2s 6d, do; gold, all other, wrought or unwrought, if produce of the colony («ufc "Gold Duty Act, 1858," N.Z. Statute 73, 28 6d, do; gold com of the Realm, of Foreign States, or gold plate, &0., not produce of the colony, free ; all other goods, free.

•Restrictions suspended by proclamation dated April 19, N.Z. Gazette, No. 13, 1859.

INFORMATION FOR PASSING THE FOILOWING ENTRIES AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE. Importation. — Free entries by themselves. Four copied— one each for collector, landing-sur-veyor, lanrfing-waiter, and tide-waiter. Prime (duty) entries by themselves. Four copies— one each for collector, landing-surveyor, landingwaiter, and tide-waiter. Sight entries. Three copies— one each for landing-waiter, landing-sur-veyor, and tide-waiter. Perfecting of Sight. Two copies — one each for collector and lanoing-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 Entries, three copies — one each for collector, warehouse-keeper, and locker. In Home Consumption Entries, value not required. Sampling Entries from the warehouse will be issued by order from the Custom-house by duplicate entry, viz., one for the collector, and one for 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 tobacco, £lb, do,' Is 6d. The same not to affect the account or clearing from the bondsd 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 Chnstchurch Railway Gauging Sheds. Removals frqtn one warehouse to another in same p rt, five copies— one each for collector,' landing waiter, warehouse-keeper, and tw» lockers, one for delivering warehouse, and the other for receiving warehouse. Exportation. — Export from warehouse, fow 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, tide waiter, and searcher.