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 CONVENTION -WlNDWAR.D ISLANDS. FEBRUARY 24, 1892. 943 Anrrenn VH. Each country shall retain to its own use the whole of the postages, F¤·>¤*¤\>¤r¤*·¤¤¤¤- registration and delivery fees, it collects on said parcels; consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between thetwo countries. ARTICLE VIII. 1. The parcels shall be considered as a component part of the mails rmnspcmcrm. exchanged direct between the United States and the Windward Islands, to be despatched to destination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it provides; but must be forwarded, at the option of the despatching omce, either in boxes prepared expressly for the purpose or in ordinary mail sacks, marked “Parcels·P0st,” and securely sealed with wax, or otherwise, as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall promptly return empty to the despatohing office Mmm ¤f¤=¤=k¤.¤tcby next mail, all such bags and boxes. 3. Although articles admitted under this Convention will be trans- P•¤¤¤:· mitted as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the open mails of either country, both in going to the exchange office in the country of origin and to the office of address in the country of destination. 4. Each despatch of a Parcels—Post mail must be accompanied by a D¤¤¤¤1>¤v¤11¤¤· descriptive list, in duplicate, of all the parcels sent, showing distinctly the list 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 enclosed in one of the boxes or sacks of such despatch (See Form 3 annexed hereto). Awrrcnm IX. Exchanges of mails under this Convention from any place in either Exchange umm. country to any place in the other, shall be effected through the post offices of both countries already designated as exchange post offices, or through such others as lllflfy be hereafter agreed upon; under such regulations relative to the details of the exchange as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the customs revenues. Anrrern X. 1. As soon as the mail shall have reached the office of destination, that !¤·¤¤iv0 ofmniln. office shall check the contents of the mail. 2. In the event of the pnrcol bill not having been received, a substi- *’¤*¤¤lbmtute should be at once prepaweal. Ji. Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill which may be discov- Emmered, should, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the despntching office on a form “Verification Certificate", which should be sent in a special envelope. 4. lf a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the non-receipt Wg··¤·¤’¤¤¤ir¤ of rvhas been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be ` canceled and the fact reported at once. If a parcel be observed to be insufficiently prepaid, it must not be l¤¤““‘°*°"°P°**¤·S»’·‘· taxed with deficient postage, but the circumstance must be reported on the verification certificate form. 6. Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, D““"‘¥°" *‘“°°*°· full particulars should be reported on the same tbrm. _ 7. It' 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.