Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 35 Part 2.djvu/771

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, • 1930 1>A.ncELs-rosr ooNvENr1oN-NETHERLANDS. either administration may be used by the other administration for return Parcels-Post dis atches. _ _ Puckinz- Although articles adbiitted under this Convention will be transmitted as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted m the open mails of either country, both in goi to the exchange office rn the country of or`and to the office of silddress in the country of destmatron. D°°°'lPu'° ¤•*— Heh dis atch of a plarcels-post mail must be accompanied by_ a . · descriptive llist, in dup `cate, of all the plackages sent, showing d1s- - tinctly the list number of each parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee with address of destination, and the declared

  • ’°“» P- *933- contents and value; and must be inclosed in one of the boxes or sacks

of such dispatch. (See Form 3 annexed hereto.) ARTICLE VIII. R¤¢¤*r•* ¤* mn- As soon as the mail shall have reached the omce of destination, that oflice shall check the contents of the mail. P"°°' bm- In the event of the parcel bill not been received, a substitute should be at once prepared. E"°"- Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill which may be discovered, should, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the dispatching office on a form ‘ ‘Veriiication certificate ,’ ’ which should be sent in a special envelope. Noprecelvt of If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the nonreceiplt p"°° °` has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should canceled and the fact reported at once. _ . D°””"°“ ’"°°"· Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, full particulars should be reported on the same form.. C°¤¤°* ¤¤¤¤ If no verification certificate or note of error be received, a parcelsmail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects. ARTICLE DK. “vfr•*'¤¤‘¢ *° ¤¢· If the packages cannot be delivered as addressed, or if they are ' ' refused, they should be reciprocally returned without charge, directly to the dispatching office of exchange, at the expiration of thirty days from their receipt at the ofliee o destination, and the country of · origin may collect from the sender, for the return of the parcel, a sum equal to the lpostage when first mailed; hngggejgicygl vw- lfrovided, owever, That parcels prohibited by Article II and those Ame, p. zu. which do not conform to the conditions as to size, weight and value, prescribed by said Article, shall not necessarily be returned to the cormtry of origin, but may be disposed of, without recourse, in accordance with the customs laws and regulations of the country of destination. ttcigflsbeble =¤‘· _ When the contents of a parcel which cannot be delivered are ' liable to deterioration or corruption, they may be destroyed at once, if necessary, or if expedient, so d, without previous notice or judicial formality, for the benefit of the right person, the particulars of each sale being noticed by one post-office to the other. "An·rrcr.r: X. “yNmr~isr¤>¤¤iz>i1- _The Post—Office Department of either of the contracting countries ° °”‘ °°°‘ will not be responsib e for- the loss or damage of any package; but either country rs at liberty to indemnify the sender of any package which may be lost or destroyed on its territory.