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 CONVENTION—HAWAIIAN KINGDOM. DECEMBER 19, 1888. 1475 ARTICLE XI. If a package cannot be delivered as addressed, or is refused, the Failure to denver. 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 disposed of, and if no reply is received from him within a period of three months from the date of the notice, the package may be sold for the benefit of whom it may concern. An order for redirection or reforwarding must be accom anied by R¤<=¤<>¤- the amount due for postage necessary for the return of the article to the office of origin, at the ordinary arcel rates. VVhen the contents of a parcel which) cannot be delivered are lia— mgkgosgélof ¤¤¤¤€r ble to deterioration or corruption, they may be destroyed at once, if 8 Wy necessary, or if expedient, sold, 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. ARTICLE XII. The Post Office Department of either of the contracting countries Noresponsibilityfox will not be responsible for the loss or damage of any package, and be °' d“""‘g“‘ no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in either country. ARTICLE XIII. The Postmaster General of the United States of America, and the F*¤‘h¤¤€g¤¤¤¤¤¤ Postmaster General of the Hawaiian Kingdom, shall have authority to jointl make such further regulations of order and detail, as may _ be foun¢I7 necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article II of this Convention. ARTICLE XIV. This Convention shall be ratified by the contracting countries in Rarmcariou. accordance with their rgspective laws, and its ratiiications shall be exchanged at the City of ashington as early as possible. Once ratified, and its ratiiications exchanged, it shall take effect, and o erations mm. thereunder shall be 'n on the 1st day of March, 1889, and sgiall continue in force untiI1terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desirejlpf rather Department, upon six months previous notice 'ven to e 0 er. Done in dugllicate, and signed at Washington the 19th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eigllity-eight. [L. S.] DON. DI KINSON, Signatures. P0stma.s·ter—Gene·raZ of the United States of America. L. S. H. A. P. CARTER, [ 1 Envoy Extraordinary and Jllontster Plenipotent/iary 0f the Hawaiian Ktngdonz. The foregoin Parcels Post Convention between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom, has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and Avrmvek ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. . Y gmnii.] GROVER CLEVELAIND. y the President : T. F. Bnrancnbt t Secretary 0 a e. Wxsnmeron, D. C., January 29, 1889.