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1504 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-NEW ZEALAND March 3,1933. • April 24, 1933. UlldeJlvend parcels. involve the responsibility of the respective Administrations shall be accompanied by such vouchers as the strings, wax, or lead seals used for closing the bag which contained the parcels, if they are available. If no report is made by the next mail, it will be assumed that the mail has been received in proper order until the contrary is proved. 2. If a parcel bill is missing a duplicate shall be made out and a copy sent to the dispatching office of exchange from which the dispatch was received. 3. If any parcel which is in the course of transmission is observed to bear evidence of violation or damage, it must have the facts noted on it and be marked with the stamp of the office making the note, or a document drawing attention to the violation or damage must be forwarded with the parcel. ARTICLE 9. Undelivered Parcels. 1. The sender of a parcel may request, at the time of mailing, that if the parcel cannot be delivered as addressed it shall be either (a) treated as abandoned, or (b) tendered for delivery at a second address in the country of destination, or (c) returned immediately. If the sender avails himself of this facility, his request must appear on the address side of the parcel and on the relative customs declara- tion and must be in conformity with or analagous to one of the following forms: "If not deliverable as addressed_____ 'Abandon. " If not deliverable as addl'essed_____ 'Deliver to ••. . "If not deliverable as addressed _____ 'Return immediately. 2. The parcels to be returned as undeliverable to the country of origin shall be marked to show the reason for nondelivery. AImCLE 10. Payments. 1. For the parcels dispatched by one country to the other, the dis- patching Adriiinistration shall pay a terminal credit as follows: (a) For parcels originating in New Zealand addressed to the United States of Amerlca, 6 cents per pound computed on the bulk net weight of each dispatch. (b) For parcels originating in the United States of America ad- dressed to New Zealand, 30 cents per parcel. 2. In the case of parcels originating in New Zealand which are sent to the United States of America for onward dispatch to a pos- session of the latter country or, in closed mails, to a third country, the Administration of New Zealand shall pay to the Administration of the United States of America as a translt credit 6 cents per pound when only sea service is provided, 10 cents per pound when only land serVIce is provided1 and 13 cents per pound when both land and sea service are prOVIded, based on the bulk net weight of each dispatch. Also, in the case of parcelstfor the possessions of the United States of America, the Administration of New Zealand shall pay to the Ad- ministration of the United States of America the followmg terminal credits :