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PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-LEEWARD ISLANDS. May 27. 1929. 2323 July 11, 1929. (e) Any explosive or inflammable article, and, in general, any Explosives. article of which the conveyance is dangerous. 2. When a parcel contravening any of these prohibitions is handed sf~oneoU8 transmis- over by one Administration to the other, the latter shall proceed in accordance with its laws and its inland re~lations. 3ThtPtIAd.. . hf.hhh . h List or prohibited . ewoOSa IDlIllstratlOns s a urnlS eac ot e!" Wit a articles to be furnished. list of prohibited articles; but they will not thereby undertake any responsibility whatever towards the police, the customs authorities, or the senders of parcels. V. Oustoms Duties. Customs duties. The parcels shall be subject in the country of destination to all der~er~e collected on customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country , for the protection of its customs revenues, and the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in accord- ance With the customs regulations of the country of destination. VI. Method oj &change oj Parcels. 1. The parcels shall be exchanged, in sacks duly fastened and sealed, by the Offices appointed by agreement between the two Admin- istrations, and shall be despatched to the country of destination by the country of origin at its cost and by buch Means as it provides. 2. Insured parcels shall be enclosed in separate sacks from those in which ordinary parcels are contained, and the labels of sacks con- taining insured parcels shall be marked with such distinct symbols as may from time to time be agreed upon. ' VII. BiUing oj Parcels. Exchange or parcels. Sealed sacks. Insured parcels. Billing or parcels. 1. The ordinary (uninsured) parcels included in each despatch Parcel bUIs. shall be advised on a parcel bill by the simple entry of their total number. 2. Ordinary and insured parcels shall each be entered on separate ~P~~ bills for parcel bills and the insured parcels shall be listed individually. The entries shall show in respect to each insured parcel, the insurance number, and the office (and state or country) of origin. 3. The entry on the bill of any returned parcel must be followed by Returned plU'cels. the word "Returned". 4. Each despatching office of exchange shall number the parcel TarmstroBot (talk) 16:20, 18 January 2013 (UTC) uy des- bills in the upper left-hand corner, commencing each year a fresh . series for each office of exchange of destination. The last number of the year shall be shown on the parcel bill of the first despatch of the following year. 5. The exact method of advising parcels or the receptacles con- Articles in transit. taining them sent by one Administration in transit throu~h the other together with any details of precedure in connection With the advice of such parcels or receptacles for which provision is not made above, shall be settled by mutual agreement through correspondence between the two Administrations. VIII. Oertificates oj Mailing. Certificates or mailing. The sender will, on request at the time of mailing an ordinary onTarmstroBot (talk) 16:20, 18 January 2013 (UTC) to sender (uninsured) parcel, receive a certificate of mailing from the post office where the parcel is mailed on a form provided for the purpose; and each country may fix a reasonable fee therefor, but no certificate of mailing, other than the insurance receipt, will be furnished the sender of insured parcels.