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2186 PARCEL—POST CONVENTION—DUTCH GUIANA. Auc. 9/28,1909. 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. _ _ Remmcf wks- Each country shall promptly return empty to the dispatching office all bags or sacks; but the boxes or hampers used occasionally by either administration may be used by the other admimstration for return parcel post dispatches. _ _ _ ?3¢k*¤€· Although articles admitted under this Convention will be transmitted as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmrtted rn the open marls of either country, both in go` to the exchange office rn the country of . o ° in and to the office of iildgdress in the count? of destination. .D¤P“°**° d°¤¤¤’iP· néach dis atch of a arcel post mail must e accompamed by_ a tr m` descriptive Ilist, in duplicate, of all the ackages sent, showing d1s- tinctly the list number of each parcel, dire name of the sender, the ’ name of the addressee with address of destination, and the declared contents and value, and must be inclosed in one of the boxes or sacks` P¤¤¢.p.zra·>. of such dispatch. (See Form 3 annexed hereto.) Arrrrcuz VIII. R¢o¢iv¢¤f¤¤¤i· As soon as the mail shall have reached the office of destination that office shall check the contents of the mail. ` bigubsdmw ¤¤¤=<=i In the event of the parcel bill not having been received, a substitute ` , should be at once prepared. E¤<>¤~ Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill which may be discovered, should, after verification by a second- officer, be corrected and noted for report to the dispatching office on a form ‘ ‘Verification certifieate," which should be sent in a special envelope. L¤¤¤¤•¤‘¢¢i- If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the nonrecei t has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should lie canceled and the fact reported at once. 1>¤¤=¤s¢d P¤¤¤¥· Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, full particulars should be reported on the same form. ],‘§_;;_*;;~¤¤¤¤¤*<>¤ af do- If no verification certificate or note or error be received, a par- ` cel mail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects. Anrronn IX iaminyeoaefiver. If the packages cannot be delivered as addressed, or if they are refused, they should be reci rocally returned, without charge, directly to the dispatching office of exchange, at the expiration of thirty days from their receipt at the office of destination, and the country of origin may collect from the sender, for the return of the parcel, a sum equal to the postage when first mailed: 5,.,,.;;..,wl m 1 Preceded, however, That parcels prohibited by Article II and ,,${;,{ {lil.}? °°"‘ those which do not conform to the conditions as to size, weight and value, prescribed by said Article, shall not necessarily be returned to the country of origin, but mav be disposed of, without recourse, in accordance with the customsv laws and regulations of the country of destination. ° ‘p{;.;;m;r2;r}cq;.i,,or _ When the contents of a parcel which cannot be delivered are

  • ’· · ‘ · ·· liable to deterioration or corruption, they may be destroyed at

once, if necessary, or if expedient, sold, without previous notice or judicial formalitv, for the benefit of the right person the particulars of each sale being noticed by one post—office to the other.