Passengers’ Baggage.—The baggage of passengers arriving in Great 
Britain and Northern Ireland is subject to Customs examination,* 
and no baggage may be unshipped except with the authority and 
in the presence of a Customs officer, and if not examined and cleared 
on board ship must be landed at an approved place of landing. All 
dutiable articles in the possession of a passenger, however small the 
quantity may be, and whether carried on the person or otherwise, 
must be declared and produced by him to the Customs officer who 
examines his baggage. Any prohibited or restricted articles in the 
possession of a passenger must be similarly declared and produced, 
Passengers presenting baggage for examination are served in- 
dividually with a printed list of the various classes of articles which 
are (1) liable to Customs duty and (2) subject to import prohibitions 
and restrictions. Similar lists are exhibited in prominent places 
on board passenger steamers for the information of passengers. 
In strictness, all articles of a dutiable character are liable to pay- 
ment of Customs duty. In practice, however, passengers are 
allowed, as a concession, to retain for their own personal use without 
payment of duty certain small quantities of dutiable goods, provided 
they are duly declared and produced. When the quantity of any 
article produced is found to be in excess of that authorised under 
this concession to be passed free of duty, duty is charged on the 
whole quantity. The concession does not apply to dutiable articles 
in registered baggage examined elsewhere than at the port of landing 
or in unaccompanied baggage, except under certain circumstances 
in the case of passengers’ personal effects containing silk or lace. 
The Customs officer may require all packages of baggage to be 
opened for examination; and the responsibility for opening, 
unpacking and repacking the packages rests with the passenger or 
his agent. 
Dogs brought from any other country, except the Channel Islands, 
the Isle of Man, or the Irish Free State, must not be landed except 
under a licence issued by the competent Agricultural Authority 
(see pages 19 and 29) and in accordance with the terms of that 
licence 
No articles except personal effects may be brought in passengers’ 
baggage. Articles for sale must not be so imported. 
A passenger may pay duty on a portion only of the dutiable 
goods in his baggage, and the remainder may be deposited in the 
King’s Warehouse for a period not exceeding six months, and delivered 
therefrom on payment of duty and the legal King’s Warehouse 
rent. 
* “ Entry ” of the goods (see page 42) is not required,