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PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-NEW ZEALAND. ~:;~h2!:~:~: 2. Ba~ must be returned empty to the dispatching office by the next mall. Empty bags to be returned are made up hi bundles of ten, enclosing nIlle bags in one. The total number of bags returned ,mall be entered on the relative parcel bills. 3. In case ten per cent of the total number of bags used during the year have not been returned, the value of the missing bags must be repaid to the Administration of origin. ARTICLE 6. Method of Ewchange of Parcels. 1503 1. The parcels shall be exchanged, in sacks duly fastened and fMet=: of excbaDp sealed, by the Offices appointed by agreement between the two Ad- 0 par . ministrations, and shall be dispatched to the country of destination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it provides. 2. Insured parcels shall be enclosed in separate sacks from those in which ordinary parcels are contained, and the labels of sacks con- taining insured parcels shall be marked with such distinctive synlbols as may from time to time be agreed upon. ARTICLE 7. Billing of Parcels. 1. Ordinary parcels exchanged direct between the two countries BI1liDg. shall be entered on the parcel bills to show the total number of parcels, the total net weight thereof, and the total amount to be credited, while redirected or returned parcels shall be entered indi- vidually. The total number of sacks comprising each dispatch shall also be indicated on the parcel bills. 2. Insured parcels shall be entered individually on separate I?ar- cel bills to show the insurance number and the name of the office of origin, as well as the total net weight thereof. 3. Parcels sent a decouvert must be entered separately on the par- cel bills. 4. The entry on the bill of any returned or reforwarded parcel must be followed by the word "Returned " or "Reforwarded ", together with the detailed statement of charges which may be additionally collected, in the "Observations" column. 5. Each dispatching office of exchange shall number the parcel bills in the upper left-hand corner commencing each year a fresh series for each office of exchange of destination. The last number of the year shall be shown on the parcel bill of the first dispatch of the following year. 6. The parcel bills are prepared in duplicate. The original is sent in the regular mails, while the duplicate is inserted in one of the sacks. The sack containing the parcel bill is designated by the letter "F ", traced in a conspicuous manner on the label. ARTICLE 8. Ohecking of Parcel-s. 1. The office of exchange which has received a parcel mail shall Obectlng of parcels. check the parcels and the accompanying bills. If a parcel is miss- ing or any other irregularity is noted, it shall be immediately re- ported to the dispatchmg office of exchange by means of a Bulletin of Verification. The report of such a serious irregularity as to