2654 CONVENTION-PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA. NOVEMBER 18, 1927. November 18, 19'Z7. Parcel post convention between the United States and the Portugue8e OOUniie8 of West Africa. Signed at Washington, November 18, 1927: approved by the President, April 10, 1928. CONVENQAO P.ABA A PER- MUTAQAO DE ENCOMEN- DAS POSTAIS ENTRE AS COLONIAS PORTU- GUESAS DA AFRICA OCI- DENTAL E OS ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA Parcel post conven· C fid tab 1 tion with Portugu_ om0 m esees eecerem West Africa Colonies. disposi~Oes para a permutac;ao de Preamble. d' encomen as postals entre os Estados Unidos da America (in- cluindo Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam, Samoa e as Ilhas Virgens dos Estados Unidos) e a A f ric a Ocidental Port,!guesa (Ilhas de Cabo Verde, Guine, llhas de S. Tome e Principe e Angola) 0 Director Geral dos Correios e TeIegrafos dos l!:stados Unidos da America e Mario Correa Barata da Cruz, Chefe da Repartic;iio dos Correios e Tele- grafos do Ministerio das Col6nias Portuguesas, em virtude dos poderes de que foram investidos, concordaram, de comum acordo e sob ratificac;ao dos seus respec- tivos Governos, nos seguintes ar- tigos provisorios: PARCEL POST CONVEN- TION BETWEEN THE PORTUGUESE COLONIES OF WEST AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA For the purpose of concluding arrangements for the exchange of parcel-post packages between the United States of America (including Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam, Samoll.: and the Virgin Islands of the TJnited States) and Portuguese West Africa (the Cape Verde Islands, Guinea, St. Thomas and Prince's Islands, and Angola), the Post master General of the United States of America, and Mario Correa Barata da Cruz, Chief of the Postal and Telegraph De- partment of the Ministry for the Portuguese Colonies, by v,irtue of authority vested in them, have, by common consent and subject to ratification by their re3pective governments, agreed upon the fol- lowing provisional articles: Limitations. I. LIMITES DE PEZO E DIMENSOES I. LIMITS OF WEIGHT AND SIZE Weight and size. Calculation 01 patching oIHoe oept6d. 1. Nenhuma encomenda po- dera exceder dez kilo g ram a s (vinte e duas libras) de pezo, cento e vinte e dois centimetros (quatro pes) de comprimento ou cento e oitenta centimetros (seis pes) de comprimento e perimetro reunidos. d~ 2. Quanto ao calculo exacto do pezo e dimensoes das encomendas, sera aceite, como bOa, a indicac;ao do correio expedidor, salvo em casos de erro evidente. 1. No parcel. shall exceed twenty-two J?ounds (ten kilo- grams) in weIght, four feet (one hundred and twenty-two centi- meters) in length, or six feet (one hundred and ei~hty centimeters) in length and girth combined. 2. As regards the exact calcu- lation of the weight and dimen- sions of parcels, the view of the despatching office shall be ac- cepted, save in cases of obvious error.
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