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 2874 PAncnLs-1>ostr coNvENT1oN»AUsrnAL1A. live or dead animals, except dead insects and reptiles when thoroughly dried; fruits and vegetables which easily decompose, and substances which exhale a bad odor; lottery tickets, lottery advertisements, or lottery circulars, all obscene or immoral articles; articles which may in any way damagle or destroy the mails or injure the persons handling them, and any other articles prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country of origin or of destination from transmission by parcel post. Should any parcel containing any such rohibited article be detected in transit through the post, the parcel will)be, without other formality, returned to the despatching office of exchange; unless the parcel contains a dangerous substance, in which case, it shall be destroyed., Anrrcnn 10. R¤¢¢¤¤f1¤¤¤¢¤8¢· 1. The following rates of postage shall in all cases be required to be g fully quid with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz: 2. {Zthe United States, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in · weight, twelve cents; and for each additional pound or fraction of a pound, twelve cents. 3. In the Commonwealth of Australia, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight, one shilling; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a pound, sixpence. D¢¤*'¤¤‘- 4. The parcels shall be promptly delivered to addressees at the Post Office of address in the country of destination free of charge for postage; but the country of destination may, at its 0 tion, levy and collect from the addressees for interior service and clielivery a charge the amount of which is to be fixed according to its own regulations, but which shall in no case exceed five cents in the United States for each parcel, whatever its weight, or three pence per pound weight in the T Commonwealth of Australia. ARTICLE 11. Fe¤¤¤>b¤r¢*·¤i¤¢d- Each country shall retain to its own use the whole of the postages and delivery fees it collects on parcels exchanged under this Convention; consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries. Airrronn 12. ’1`¤¤¤¤v<>¤¤¢i¤¤- 1. The rcels shall be considered as a component part of the mails exchangednllirect between the United States and the Commonwealth of Australia, 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 office, either in boxes prepared · expressly for the purpose or in ordinary mail sacks, marked "Parcels- Post", and securely sealed with wax, or otherwise, as may be mutually a reed. Rewm vfbassvew- g2. Each country shall promptly return empty to the despatchin office by next mail, subject to change by mutual agreement, all such bags and boxes. ranking. 3. Although articles admitted under this Convention will be trans— 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 goin to the exchange office in the country of origin, » and to the office of acldress in the country of destination. Descripciveim- 4. Each despatch of a Parcels—Post mail must be accompanied by a parcel bill giving a 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