Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 25.djvu/1448

 POSTAL OONVENTION—BAHAMAS. DECEMBER 20, 1887. 1409 the dispatching office, either in boxes pre ared expressly for the purpose or in ordinary mail sacks, to be marlred “Parcel post," and not t0_ contam any other articles of mail matter, and to be securely sealed Wlbh wax, or otherwise, as may be mutually provided by regulations h°-}l;°“’id°" t t u 1 ac coun ry s a prompt return em t to the dis tchin office by next mail, all such bags aiid boxes, bdtysubject topdther iisgulations-between the two administrations. Although articles admitted under this Convention will be transmitted as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the open mails of either country, oth in going to the exchange office in the country of origin. and to the office of ad ress in the country of destination. Each dispatch of a parcel post mail must be accompanied by a de- WW W- scriptive list, in duplicate, of all the packages sent, showing distinctly the 'st number of each parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee with address of destination, and the declared contents and value; and must be inclosed in one of the boxes or sacks of such dispatch. (See Model 3 annexed hereto.) ARTICLE VIII. . As soon as the mail shall have reached the office of destination, B°°°‘P°°‘ mu that office shall check the contents of the mail. In the event of the parcel bill not having been received a substitute should be at once prepared. . Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill which may be discovered, should, after veriiication by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the dispatching office on a form, “Verification certi’ricate,” which should e sent in a special envelope. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the non-receipt; has been veriiied by a second officer, the entry on the bill should canceled and the fact reported at once. _ _ If a parcel be observe to be insufficiently prepaid, it must not be taxed with deficient postage, but the circumstance must be reported on the verification certificate form. _ _ Should a rcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, full particulglrs should be reported on the same form. _ If no verification certificate or note of error be received, a parcel mail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects. Anrrcnu IX. If a package can not be delivered as addressed, or is refused, the F*”¤'° °* ‘°“'°'7· sender will be communicated with through the central administration of the office of destination, as to the manner in which he desires the package to be  of, and if no reply is received from him within a riod of three months from the date of the notice, the package may § sold for the benefit of whom it may concern. _ Au order for redirection or reforwarding must be taccompauied Bslorwudiug. . by the amount due for postage necessary for the return of the article to the office of origin, at the ordinary parcel rates. _ _ When the contents of a parcel which cannot be delivered are liable _ of to deterioration or corruption they may be destroyed at once,_if mw ¥’°"*" necessary, or if expedient, sold, without previous notice or gudicial formality, for the beneiit of the right person, the particulars of ewh sale being noticed by one post-omce to the other. _ STAT L—··voL xxv-—-89