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 PARCEL rosr coNvENr1oN-LIBERIA. 1779 ARTICLE VIII. 1_. The parcels  be considered as a component art of the www °' *¤¤¤¤¢— mails exchanged direct between the United States and Liberia, to be ` despatched to destination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it grovides; but must be forwarded, at the option o the despaitchinglp ce, either in boxes prepared ressly for the purpose or m or ° ary mail sacks, marked ‘Parce`l{§ost’ and secure y sealed with wax, or otherwise, as may be mutually provided by the regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall promptly return empty to despatching office, ,,_lg*g °‘ •¤P*! by next mail, all such an boxes; unless some other arrangement ` shall be mutually to. _ _ _ 3. Althoufgh parce admitted under this Conventron will be trans- P°°“”¢· mitted as a oresaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the 0 n ma.ils of either country, both in goin to the exchange office in tli): country of origin and to the office of address in the country of destination. 4. Each despatch of a Parcel Post mail must be accompanied by a D°°‘”°‘*"°u°°’ descriptive list, in duplhcate, of all the parcels sent, showing distinctly the list number of eac parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee and his address, and the declared contents. and value; and PM lm must be enclosed in one of the boxes or sacks of such despatch (see ’°' Form 3 annexed hereto). _ ARTICLE IX. b The stipulations of this Convention aopply exclusively to the mails herein provided for and to be exchang between the office of Neva York and such offices within the United States as may be designated hereafter by the Postmaster General of the United Statw and the office of Monrovia and such other offices in Liberia as may be designated hereafter by the Postmaster General of Liberia. ARTICLE X. · 1. As soon as the mail shall have reached the office of destination, R°°°"’°°""““· that oflzice shall check the contents of the  Subsmm pam., 2. In the event of the parcel bill not having been received a sub- mu. stitute should be at once prepared. _ _ _ 3. Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill which may be dis- °°"°°“°“ °' °"°”· covered, should, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and piloted for rigpplrtlfo iiléebcgespatching office on a {erm "Venfication erf cate," w c s ou sent in a special enve o . 4. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received? after the non- N°’"‘°°“’t°“’°'°"‘ recei t has been verihed by a second officer, the entry on the bill shoulil be canceled and the act reported at once. _ _ hmmcmt N 5. If a parcel be observed to be msufficiently prepaid, it must not "°” ‘°‘ be taxed with dencientlpostage, but the circumstance must be reported on the verification cerf cate form. _ _ _ 6. Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, D°“'°¢°° P°'°°"· full particulars should be reported on the same form. _ Pmumpmu O, d°_ 7. If no verification certificate or note of error  received, a umy. parcel mail shall be considered as duly dehvered, having been found on examination correct in all respects. ARTICLE XI. 1. If a parcel can not be delivered as addressed, or is refused, it ,,§""’““" ‘° d°“"°"· must be returned without charge, directly to the despatclung office of exchange, at the expiration of thirty ays from its receipt at the office of destination; and the country of origin may collect from the