Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/1961

PARCELS-POST CONVENTlON—VENEZUELA. MAY 1, 1899. 1909 Number 2 of Article II is changed, as follows: "All admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country for the other, or received in one country from the other, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is required for collection of customs duties; and shall be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, being subject in their transmission and delivery to the addressees to the laws and regulations of each country, 1‘espectively." Number 2 of Article VI will read as follows: "The arcels 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 the customs duties properl chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination." Inasmuch as the preceding Parcels-Post Convention between the United States of Venezuela and the United States of America has been found worthy of a proval on the part of the Venezuelan Government, with the three modifications and ampliiications here inserted, and to the accepltance of which I agree,/I hereb ratif the same conjointly therewit , in my character as Supreme Chief og the Republic, and to' that effect have signed it at Caracas, and have caused the great national seal to be affixed thereto the 30th of March, 1900. ’ o [san.,] Cummno Casrno. The Minister of Foreign Affairs: R. Aummzn PALACIO. Form No. 1. F°'m N°· 1· Parcels-Post. l A parcel addressed as under has been posted here this day. ` 1 i 1 Otlice N Stamp- ... . ...•··.. .··-. ··· ····- ·•··• ·- s--.-•...•..•.. This certificate is given to inform the sender of the posting of a parcel, and does not indicate that any liability in respect of uch parcel attaches to the Postma.ster—General.