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CONVENTION—REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA. JANUARY 18, 1889. S5] Parcels Post Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia. M*'°**°°·m°· For the purpose of making bet- Con objeto de establecer me- Preamble. ter postal arrangements between jores arreglos postales entre los the United States of America and Estados Uuidos dc América y la the Republic of Columbia, the uu- Republica de Colombia, los indersigned, Don M. Dickinson, frascritos, Don M. Dickinson, Ad- Postmaster-General of the United ministrador General de Correos States of America, by virtue of de los Estados Unidos de Amé- authority vested in him by law, rica, en ejercicio de las facnltades and Ruiino Gutierrez, Director que le concede la Ley, y Ruiino General of Posts and Telegraphs Gutierrez, Director General de of the Republic of Columbia, duly Correos y Telégrafos de la Repuempowered thereto by the Presi- blica de Colombia, debidamente dent of the Republic of Columbia, autorizado para ello por el Presihave agreed upon the following dente de la Republica de Colomarticles for the establishment of a bia, han convenido en los signiparcels post system of exchanges entes articulos para el estableeibetween the two countries. miento de un sistema de Paquetes Postales, entre los dos paises. Anrrcrn I. Anricnro I. 1. There shall be admitted to 1. Se admitiran en las balijas ,,,,,,1,,, Mmm,,,,, the mails exchanged under this que se cambien conibrme a est a ¤¤=i1¤- Convention, articles of merchan- Convencion, mercancias y objetos disc and mail matter, except let- trasmisibles por el correo, de cualters, post-cards, and written mat- quiera género que sean, excepter, of all kinds that are admitted tuando cartas, tarjetas postales y under any conditions to the do- todo papel escrito, que se admitan mestic mails of the country of conforme a los reglamentos que origin, except that no packet must rigen respecto de las balijas doexceed five kilograms or eleven mésticas del pais de origen,con tal pounds in weight, nor the follow- de que ningun paquete exceda de ing dimensions: greatest length cinco kilogramos n once libras de in any direction sixty centi— peso, ni de las dimensiones signimeters, or two teet; greatest girth entes: maximo de largo en cualone hundred and twenty centime- quiera direccion, sesenta centimeters or four teet; and must be so tros 6 dos pies; maximo de periwrapped or enclosed as to permit metro, un metro veinte centimetheir contents to be easily exam- tros 6 cuatro pies; y debera enined by postmasters and customs volverse 6 cubrirse de manera que officers. permita que su contenido sea facilmente examin ado por los empleados del correo y de la aduana. 2. The following articles are pro- 2. Sera prohibida la admision en A,,,,,,,, p,,,,,,,,m,_ hibited admission to the mails ex- las balijas que se cambien entre changed under this Convention: los dos paises, conforme a esta Convencion, de los objetos signientes: Publications which violate the Publicacionesqneviolen las leyes copy-right laws of the country of de propiedad literaria del pais de destination, liquids, poisons, ex- destino,liquidos,venenos,materias plosive or infiammable substances, esplosivaso inilamables, sustancias fatty substances, those which easily grasosas, las facilmente liquidables,