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PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-NEW ZEALAND. March 3, 1933. April 24, 1933. 1495 8. Responsibility for loss, abstraction or damage of an insured s.!'~~c~f'::~:: parcel discovered by the receiving office of exchange at the time ered by receiviDComce. of opening the receptacles and duly notified to the dispatching office of exchange by Bulletin of Verification shall fall upon the Postal Administration to which the dispatching office of exchange is subordi- nate unless it be proved that the damage occurred in the service of the receiving Administration. 9. If the loss, abstraction or damage has occurred in course of LoN, etc. , in trBDall conveyance, without its being possible to ascertain in which service the irregularity took place, the Postal Administrations concerned bear the loss in equal shares. 10. The Postal Administration res~onsible or on whose account Repafment to coun- . d' d . . . try paYlDg. payment IS rna e III accor ance WIth ectIon 5 IS bound to repay to the country making payment on its behalf, without delay and within not more than six months after receiving notice of payment, the amount of indemnity paid. 11. Repayments are to be made free of cost to the creditor Admin- Means to be med. istration by means of either a money order or a draft, in money valid in tlie creditor country, or by such other means as may be mutually agreed upon by correspondence. 12. Repayments of indemnity by one country to the other will be b R.epayments on gOld made on the gold basis. a815. 13. The responsibility of properly enclosing, packing and sealing fO~:;!r P::I:rns:,TarmstroBot (talk) insured parcels rests upon the sender, and the p'ostal service of . neither country will assume liability for loss, rIfling or damage arising from defects which may not be observed at the time of posting. 14. The Postal Administrations of the two contracting countries CJr:~ responSitk!"t y for will not be responsible for the loss, abstraction or damage of an ary parce • ordinary parcel; but either Administration is at liberty to indemnify for the loss, abstraction or damage which may occur in its service, without recourse to the other Administration. ARTICLE VIII. Oertificate of Mailing. Receipt8. Certiflcateofmalling. The sender will, on request at the time of mailing an ordinary Furnisbed sender, au (uninsured) parcel, receive a certificate of mailing from the post reqUfll!t. office where the parcel is mailed, on a form provided for the purpose; and each country may fix a reasonable fee therefor. The sender of an insured parcel receives without charge, at the ReceIpt. time of posting, a receipt for his parcel. ARTICLE IX. RetWl""fb Receipts and Inquiries. Return ~pta aDd inquiries. 1. The sender of an insured parcel may obtain an advice of delivery Advice or delivery. upon payment of such additional charge, if any, as the country of origin of the parcel shall stipulate and under the conditions laid down in the Regulations. 2. A fee may be charged, at the option of the country of origin, Request for informa· on a request for information as to the disposal of an ordInary llarcel tion. and also of an insured parcel made after it has been posted If the sender has not already paid the special fee to obtain an advice of delivery. 3. A fee may also be charged, at the option of the country of I!regularlty com· origin, in connection with any complaint of any irregularity which pl81nt•. prima facie was not due to the fault of the Postal Service.