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 rosran CONV'ENTION—(}ANADA;._  2223 ,,A1¤‘IOIaEl.0.   ; · ` (a) All registered articl ordina letters ostal cards and Mm °‘ “’“*°“"‘ other manuscript matter, @siness di? commeicihl, p ers, books mmmmm (bound or stitched), proofs of printing, engravings, photographs, drawings, maps, and all other articles manifestly of value to the sender, (except as provided for in (b) and (c) ), which are not dehvered from any cause, shall be reciprocally returned without char, through the appropriate exchange offices of the two countries, aft€;· the expiration of the period for their detention prescribed by the laws or regulations of the country of destination; except that re- ,t§"°“ *’°“" "“‘““* turned packages sent at parcel ost rates shall be liable on retum to senders to a charge equal to the amount required to fully prepay the postage thereon when originally mailed, and that insufficiently prepaid articles shall be liable on return to senders to the charge for ehcient postage that would have been collected from the addressees if said articles had been delivered. ' (b) Fully prepaid articles which bear requests by the senders for R°*““"°q“°“*°· their return in case of non·delivery by a certain {date or within a specified time, shall be reciprocally returned without charge, (except as provided for in £a)), directly to the despatching exchan e office, at the expiration o the period for theirretention indicated inethe I- uBStS· '."·,"*i‘t.’..`» " ",·f mic) Fully prepaid articles bearing on the covers the business cards,  "°"*"“"‘°""‘ the names and addresses of the senders, or designation of places to which they may be returned, as Post Office Box Street and umber, etc., without request for their return in case of, non-delivery within a specified time, shall be reciprocally returned without charge (excenpt as provided for in (a) ), direct y to the despatching) exchange o ce, at the expiration o the period of detention prescribed by the country of destination. An·r1c1.1·: 11. All matters connected with the exchan e of mails between the two REQ? °{;,§{,‘},"°’S{§ countries., which are not herein provided gw, shall be governed by the 8¤v¤¤¤· provisions of the Universal Postal Convention and Regulations then in force, so far as the provisions of such Universal Postal Convention and Regulations shall be oblpgatory upon both of the contracting parties, except as hereafter modi ed or changed. Airmcnn 12. The Postmaster General of the United States of America and the F"'°'°"°‘“'“°°°" Postmaster General of the Dominion of Canada shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail and to provide for such changes and modifications as may be found necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the Am_p_mB_ mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article 1. Anrrcm 13. This Convention abro ates the special Postal Convention between ¤¤ii#*¤r°£i1`i>tii°l°°{f£ I the two countries signedgat the City of Washington the twelfth day V°‘·“·*’·"”’· of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and at Ottawa the nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and all amendments thereto. _It shall be ratified by the contractinrr countries in accordance with their respective laws, and its ratifications shall be exchanged as early as possible. It shall take eifect on the first day of January, one thousand nine  md hundred and twenty-three, and shall continue in force until termi·