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 PARGELS-rosr CONVENTION-—NETHERLANDS. 1929 If such be found, the_letter will be placed in the mails, if se arable, B°1'°°**°¤- and Lf_ the commumcation be inseparably attached, the whole package will be regected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination may collect on the letter or lettelrs, double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Conven on. No parcel may contain parcels intended for delivery at an address Mir"-- other than that borne by the parcel itself. If such mclosed parcels be detected, they must be sent forward singly, charged with new and ' distmct parcels-post rates. An·rrcr.1u IV. The packages in question shall be subject in the count of desti— C ° ’ * M t l °¤ °f nation to all customs duties and all customs regulations1in force in duties` that country for the protection of its customs revenues, and to the follownég ratesPof postage, which shall in all cases be required to be F  I RE, VIZ! _ In the United States: for a parcel not exceeding one ound (455 R“°° °‘ P°¤*-*¤°- grams) in weight, 12 cents; and for each additional ound l)455 ams) or fraction of a ound 12 cents· Pgr In the Netherlimds: Ior a psarcel not exceeding 1 kilogram in weight, 80 cents, and for other parce , 1 guilder 10 cents. Arrrrcnm V. _· The sender of each package must make a Customs Declaration in mfl““*°¤¤ “°°'*“`*‘ duplicate, uplon a :pec1al form provided for the purpose (see Form 1, rb¤,p. 1932. A, annexed ereto), giving the address, a general escription of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and va ue, date of mailing, and the sender’s signature and place of residence, which declaration must accompanly the parcel to destination. Either country may authorize the post-oflice where the package m:{;j;é*”**¤*¤ °' is mailed to deliver to the sender of the lpackage at the time of mailing, Po0t,·p.1932. a certificate of mailing on a form like orm 2 annexed hereto. Anrrcmc VI. The packages shaH be delivered to addressees at the post-offices ¤¤¤v¤¢v· of address in the country of destination free of charge for postagebut 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 rts option, levy and collect from the addressee for interior servrce and delivery a char e not exceeding 5 cents in the United States  12} cents 111 the Netherlands, on each single parcel of whatever weight. ARTICLE VII. The packages shall be considered as a component part of the mails T¤‘¤¤¤¤<>¤¤¢i<>¤· exchanged dzrect between the United States and the Netherlands to be dispatched by the count of origin to the other at its cost and by such means as rt rovidesdbut must be forwarded, at the option of the dispatching office, either in boxes or hampers prepared especially for the purpose or in ordinary mail sacks, to be marked " arcelsst," and not to contain any other articles of mail matter, and to bgdselcilrrely sepled with waxl or otherwise, as may be mutually pro- ' afons ereun er. nlgachyeddhtry shall promptly retum empty to the dispatching office et_§¤*¤=¤ ¤f ¤¤=¤· all bags or sacks; but the boxes or hampers used occasiona ly by `