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 PARCEL POST CONVENTION—COLONY OF FIJI. 1713 Iu¤e10,19¤0. Parcel Post Oorwention between the United States and the Uolony tif Fiji. Sayned at Swva June 10, 1920, at Washington August 2 , 1920; approved by the President September 1, 1920. PARCELS-POST CONVENTION BETVVEEN THE UNITED . STATES OF AMERICA AND THE COLONY OF FIJI. For the urpose of making better tal arr ements between ti,,IQ‘L’§’{,,";.‘?§‘{°°“'°“" the United States of America and the Coplbsny of Fijlijgthe undersigned, I’*··¤'>*··’ Albert S. Burleson, Postmaster General of the United States of America., and Douglas Roy Stewart, Acting Colonial Secretary of Fig, by virtue of authority vested in them, have ed upon the fo owing articles for the establishment of a Parcelst¥:st system of exchanges between the United States and the Colony of Fiji: . ARTICLE I. The provisions of this Convention relate only to arcels of mail Swwdmvmum matter to be exchanged by the system herein provimfed for, and do not affect the arrangements now existing under the Universal Postal Union Convention, which will continue as heretofore; and all the agreements hereinafter contained apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these articles. ARTICLE II. 1. There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Con- u&f::in°i °dmm°d W vention, articles of merchandise and mail matter——except letters, postcards, and written matter—of all kinds, that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the countr of origin, except R mmmmu that no packet may exceed eleven pounds (or five kilograms) m °° ' weight, nor the following dimensions: Greatest length in any direction, three feet six inches; greatest length and girth combined, six feet; and must be so wrapped or enclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasteis and customs officers; and except that the following that the following articles are prohibited admission to the mails exchanged under this Convention: Publications which mn {gimme violate the copyright laws of the country of destination; poisons, ‘ °°" pr ‘ and explosives or inflammable substances; fatty substances, liquids and those which easily liquefy, confections and pastes; 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 mag in any vglay damage or destroy the mails or injure the persons andling t em. 2. All admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country ,,,§,'§‘§,‘,§'f’f,’§c_"°“‘ °‘°` for the other, or received in one country from the other, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is required for collection of customs duties, and shall be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, being subject in their transmission to the laws and regulations of each country respectivelv. -