Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 2.djvu/607

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1828 Returned or redi- rected parcels. Collection from ad- dressee. Delivery to addres- see; fee. Notice of nondeliv- ery. Parcels addressed "General Delivery," etc. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. ARTICLE XVIII. Customs charges to be canceled. The customs charges on parcels sent back to the country of origin or redirected to another country shall be canceled both in Egypt and in the United States of America. AirmcLE XIX. Fee for customs clearance. The office of delivery may collect from the addressee either in re- spect of delivery to the Customs and clearance through the Customs or in respect of delivery to the Customs only, a fee not exceeding 50 centimes gold per parcel. ARTICLE XX. Delivery to the addressee. Fee for delivery at the place of address. Parcels are delivered to the addressees as quickly as possible in ac- cordance with the conditions in force in the country of destination. This country may collect in respect of delivery of parcels to the addressee, a fee not exceeding 50 centimes gold per parcel. The same fee may be charged, if the case arises, for each presentation after the first at the addressee's residence or place of business. In the event the parcels are not delivered at the addressee's resi- dence or place of business, the addressee is duly advised at the time of arrival of the parcel. The country of destination may collect a fee for the notice sent to the addressee for the purpose. This fee should in no case exceed the inland charge for the prepayment of an ordinary letter. ARTICLE XXI. Warehousing charges. The country of destination is authorized to collect the warehousing charge fixed by its legislation for parcels addressed "General De- livery" or which are not claimed within the prescribed period. This charge may in no case exceed five francs gold. ARTICLE XXII. Missent parcels. Ordinary parcels. Ordinary parcels, when missent, are reforwarded to their correct destination by the most direct route at the disposal of the reforward- redparcels ing Administration. They must not be charged with customs or other charges by that Administration. Insured parcels, when mis- sent, may not be reforwarded to their destination except as insured fd mail. If this is impossible, they must be returned to origin. rund,if retned. When the reforwarding involves return of the parcel to the office of origin, the retransmitting Administration refunds to that office Rforwr to the credits received and reports the error by a bulletin of verification. thd countr oa When the reforwarding involves dispatch of a parcel to a third country and if the amount credited to the retransmitting Adminis- tration is insufficient to cover the expenses of retransmission which it has to defray, the retransmitting Administration allows to the Administration to which it forwards the parcel the credits due it;