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 PARCEL-POST CONVENTION—DUTCH GUIANA. AUG. 9/28, 1909. 2185 If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails, if se arable, Rejectiouiffouud. and if the communication be inseparably attached, the whole package 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 No inclowra for other than that borne by the parcel itself. If such inclosed parcels me °ddr°s°‘ be detected, they must be sent forward singlyycharged with new and distinct parcel post rates. · ARTICLE IV. · The packages in question shall be subject in the country or desti- °“’·*°”” ‘*“**°¤- nation to all customs duties and all customs regulations m 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 Tully prepaid, viz: _ In the United States, for a parcel not exceeding one pound (455 P°’*¤"‘°°* grams) in weight, 12 cents; and for each additional pound (455 grams) or fraction of a pound, 12 cents. In Dutch Guiana, for a arcel not exceedingé kilogram in weight, fres 1,50, and for each additional weight of 2 ograms 1 franc. Airrronn V. - The sender of each package must make a customs declaration in ,,g_¤$*·°¤¤¤ d°°*¤•· duplicate, upon a special form provided for the purpose (see Form 1, A, nin, p.21SR. annexed hereto), giving the address, a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and va ue, date of mailing, and the sender’s simature and place of residence, which declaration must accompany the parcel to destination. Either country ma authorize the post-oflice where the package is ,ng°'**¤°•*° of ¤•“· mailed to deliver to the sender of the package at the time of mai ing pQ,,,_ p_ 2,,,, a certificate of mailing on a form like Form 2 annexed hereto and the country of origin may collect a fee therefor not to exceed two cents or ten centimes. The sender of a parcel may obtain a return receigt for the same by nam; recap:. aying in the United States a fee of five cents an in the Colony of Surinam twenty centimes, in addition to the postage on each parcel, to be affixed to the parcel in stamps of the country of origin. Anrrcma VI. The packages shall be delivered to addresses at the post offices of D°“*°'Y· address in the country of destination free of charge for postages; 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 5 cents in the United States and 25 centimes in Dutch Guiana, on each single parcel of whatever weight. Aizrrcrn VII. 4 The packages shall be considered as a component part of. the mails mg¥§;¤¤d °' *¤¤¤P°*· exchanged direct between the United States and Dutch Guiana to be ` dis atched by the country of origin to the other at its cost and by SUCY1 means as it provides, but 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 mar ed "Parcel Post,"