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 1472 CONVENTION—HA\VAIIAN KINGDOM. DECEMBER 19, 1888. December19, 1888- Parcels Post Omwentiorz. between the United States of America and the Hau>aiian Kingdom. Preamble. For the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom, the undersigned, Don M. Dickinson, Postmaster-General of the United States of America, and H. A. P. Carter, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Hawaiian King om at Washington, by virtue of authority ve ted in them by law, have agreed upon the fo lowing articles for the establishment of a parcels post system of exchanges between the two countries. Anrionn I. · - _mx¢¤n¤ ot c¤¤v¤¤· The provisions of this Convention relate only to (parcels of mail °‘°"‘ matter to be exchanged by the system herein provide for, and do not aifect the arrangements now existing under the Universal Postal Union Convention, which will continue as heretofore; and all the agreements hereinafter contained apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these articles, direcfly etween the office of San Francisco, in the State of California, and such other offices within the United States as ma be hereafter desi ated by the Postmaster-Gem eral of the United States, and the 0H3e of Honolulu, in the Island ` of Oahu, and- such other offices within the Hawaiian Islands as may be hereafter designated by the Postmaste1·—General of the Hawaiian Kingdom; such matter to be admitted to the mails under these articles as shall be sent through such exchange offices from any place in either country to any place in the other. Amrronn II. thfg ¤d¤¤i**¤¤*° 1. There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Con- ' vention, articles of merchandise and mail matter, except letters, post cards, and written matter, of all kinds, that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no lpacket must exceed 5 kilograms or 11 pounds in weight, nor the fol owing dimensions: Greatest length, threafeet six inches; greatest. length and girth combined, six feet; and must be so wrappe or inclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasters and customs ohicers; and except that the following articles are prohibited: Amen prohibited. Publications which violate the copyright laws of the country of destination; poisons, and ex losive or inflammable substances; fatty substances, liquids, and those which easilyliquify, confections and pastes; live or dead animals, except dead insects and reptiles when thoroughly dried; fruits and vegetables, and substances which exhale a a odor; lottery tickets, lottery advertisements, or lottery circulars; all obscene or immoral articles; articles which may in any way damage or destroy the mail, or injure the persons handling them; also opium. rqeeaem mmm- _ 2. All admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country ‘°“”‘°"· for the other, or received in one country from the other, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is