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October2,1922. AGREEMENT—NETHERLANDS EAST INDIA. 1719 Article VII. 1. The sender of each parcel. shall make a customs declaration in °“’*°””· d°°'¤*‘¤“°¤· duplicate, upon a special form provided for the purpose, giving the address, a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailing and the sender’s signature and (place of residence, which declaration must accompany the parcel to estination. 2. The parcels in question shall be subject in the country of ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ cfduues. 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 properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination. Article VIH. 1. Quarterly accounts relating to arcels exchan d between the Q“°"°,,,',,',.;§_,,°°°°°”" United States of America and Netheiirlands East Ingiia shall be pre- ds Em pared by the`Administration of Netherlands East India. These accoimts shall be based on the entries contained in the parcel bills. 2. Two copies of these accounts shall be furnished by the Admin- ,,,,E,$g**{},§°{*,,,*;,*;$ istration of Netherlands East India to the Post Office Department Sumof the United States of America for examination and verification and the balance found to be due shall be remitted as soon as possible. 3; The payment of the balance of credits shall be in accordance P°ym°"°‘ with that laid down in the Parcel Post Convention of Madrid of 1920 and in the detailed regulations for the execution of that convention. Article IX. 1. The parcels shall be considered as a component part of the t,}$£`°d °f m°Sp°" mails exchanged direct between the United States of America and Netherlands East India to be despatched to destination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it. rovides, but must be forwarded at the option of the despatching ogce, either in boxes or baskets prepared expressly for the purpose or in ordinary mail bags, to be marked “Parcel Post," and securely sealed wit wax or otherwise, as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall promptly return empty to the despatching ,,§,‘§@ °'°“‘P*"‘* Oiiice all such boxes, baskets or bags; but the boxes and baskets used occasionally by either Administration may be used by the other Administration for return parcel post despatches. 3. Although parcels admitted under tiis agreement will be trans- P’“’““" mitted as aforesaid between the exchange offices of the two countries, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the open mails of either country, both in going to the exchange Oiiice in the country of origin and to the Office of address in the country of destination. _ mm umm. 4. Each des atch of a parcel post mail must be accompanied by_ a P descriptive in dup icate of all the parcels sent, showing distinctly the list number of each parcel, the name of the ad ressee with address of destination, the weight and the declared contents and value. These lists must be numbered serially commencing with No. 1 for the first list of each calendar year and must be enclosed in one of the boxes or bags of each despatch. On the first list of each calendar year the last serial number of the past year must be mentioned.