Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 33 Part 2.djvu/982

 Rh A letter or communication of the nature of personal correspondence must not accompany, be written on, or inclosed with any parcel. If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if the communication be inseparably attached, the whole parcel will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination may collect on the letter or letters double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Convention. No parcel may contain parcels intended for delivery at an address other than that borne by the parcel itself. If such inclosed parcels be detected, they must be sent forward singly, charged with new and distinct parcels-post rates.

The parcels in question shall be subject in the country of destination to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its customs revenues, and to the following rates of postage, which shall in all cases be required to be, viz: In the United States; for a parcel not exceeding one pound [120 momme] in weight, 12 cents; and for each additional pound [120 momme] or fraction of a pound, 12 cents. In the Empire of Japan; for a parcel not exceeding 120 momme [1 pound] in weight, 24 sen; and for each additional 120 momme [1 pound] or fraction thereof, 24 sen.

The sender of each parcel must make a Customs Declaration, upon a special form provided for the purpose [see Form 1, "A", annexed hereto], giving the address, a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailing, and the sender’s signature and place of residence; which declaration must accompany the parcel to destination. Either country may authorize the postoffice where the parcel is mailed to deliver to the sender of the parcel at the time of mailing, a certificate of mailing on a form like Form 2 annexed hereto. The sender of a parcel may have the same registered by paying the registration fee required for registered articles in the country of origin, and, on demand therefor, will receive a return receipt, without additional charge. The addressees of registered articles shall be advised of the arrival of a parcel addressed to them, by a notice from the postoffice of destination. The parcels shall be delivered to addressees at the postoffices of address in the country of destination free of charge for postage; but the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination; and the country of destination may, at its option, levy and collect from the addressee for interior service and delivery a charge not exceeding five cents in the United States and ten sen in the Empire of Japan, on each single parcel of whatever weight.

The parcels shall be considered as a component part of the mails exchanged direct between the United States and the Empire of Japan,