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1402 _ POSTAL CON VENTION-—BARBADOS. OCTOBER 29, 1887. age will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the countr of destination will collect double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Union Convention. Addrov-¤· No parcel may contain parcels intended for delivery at an address other than that borne by the parcel itself. If such Inclosed parcels be detected, they must be sent forward singly, charged with new and distinct parcel-post rates. ARTICLE IV. nuues. The packages in question shall be subject in the country of destination to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its customs revenues, and to the following ratesof ostage, which shall in all cases be required to be FULLY PREPAID with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz: Rm °* P°°**¤°· In the United States, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight, 12 cents; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a poun , 12 cents. In Barbados, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight, six pence, and for each additional pound, oI· fraction of a pound, six pence. · ARTICLE V. .¤¤=°<>¤¤ <*°¢*¤’°· The sender of each ackage must make a Customs Declaration, mm asted upon or attached) to the package, upon a special form provided for the pu se (see Model 1, annexed hereto), giving a general de- ’ scription dfxlzhe parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailin , and the sende1·’s signature and place of resi- . dence, and place of address. · The sender will, at the time of mailing the package, receive a certificate of mailing from the post·oiIice where the package is mailed, on a form like Model 2, annexed hereto. Return receipt. The sender of a ackage may obtain a return receipt for the same by paying in the llnited States a fee of five cents, and in Barbados two and a half pence, in addition to the postage on each packet, to be aiiixed to the packet in stamps of the country of origin. ARTICLE VI. MW- The packages shall be delivered to addressees in the country of destination free o charge for postage; but the customs duties proper] chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination; and the country of destination may, at its option, levy and collect from the addressee for interior service and delivery a charge not exceeding live cents in the United States and two and a half nce in Barbados on each single parcel of whatever weight; and if th; weight exceeds one pound, a charge equal to one cent or one half-penny for each four ounces of weig t or fraction thereof. ARTICLE VII. _ Transportation The packages shall be considered as a component part of the mails exchanged direct between the United States and Barbados, to be dispatche by the country of origin to the other at its cost and b such means as it iprovides, but must be forwarded, at the option of the dispatching office, either In boxes prepared ·ex ressl for the purpose or In ordinary mail sacks, these boxes or sacks to be marked "Parcel post," and not to contain any other articles of mail matter, and to be securely sealed with wax, or otherwise, as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. ·