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 1410 POSTAL CONVENTION-—BAHAMAS. DECEMBER 20, 1887. ` ARTICLE X. N¤¤¤*¤¤¤¤¤'bi1ityf¤r The Post-Ofiice De artment of either of the contracting countries 1°°°°' °“m°g°‘ will not be responsibfe for the loss or damage of any packaage, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or dresseein either country. ‘ ARTICLE XI. F¤¤*°*¤°¤°*¤*¤¤’· Each country shall rctain to its own use the whole of the postages, registration and delivery fees, it collects on said packages; consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two coimtries. i. ARTICLE XII. F¤*'“*°"°¤“*°°i°¤°· The Postmaster-General of the United States of America, and the Postmaster of the Bahamas, shall have authorityto jointly make such further regulations of order and detail as may e found necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may, by agreement, prescribe conditions for the admission in packages exc angedlpn er this Convention of any of the articles prohibited by Artic e` . 1 ARTICLE XIII. _ i¤¤¤=¤¤¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¤I*¤¤·* This Convention shall take effect and operations thereunder shall ' begin on the iirst day of February, 1888, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the otlpither Department, upon six months’ previous notice given e o er. . Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the twentieth day of Deicembelr, 1887, and at Nassau, N. P., the  ldayvoxhinxgry 1888 SEAL. - . ., Postmaster-General of the United States. A. SHEA Governor of the Bahamas. Appmu. The foregoindg Parcel Post Convention between the United States of America an the Bahamas has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified. 11 testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto aiiixed. [snr,.] GROVER CLEVELAND. By the Pllresgdept : ' . . AYARD, Secretary of State. WASHDIGTON, January 16th, 1888 O