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 2738 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-SIERRA LEONE. February 27. 1930. April 16, 1930. Exchange of parcels. VI. METHOD OF EXCHANGE OF PARCELS Sealed sacks. The parcels shall be exchanged, in sacks duly fastened and sealed, by the Offices appointed bY' agreement between the two Administra- tIons, and shall be dispatched to the country of d.~stination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it provides. Billing of parcels. VII. BILLING OF PARCELS Parcel bills. In duplicate. 1. The entries on the parcel bills shall show in respect to each parcel the serial number of the entry, the name of the office of origin, the name and address of the addressee, and the contents and value as shown on the customs declaration. 2. Two copies of each parcel bill shall be sent to the office of exchange of the country of destination. Returned parcels. 3. The entrr. on the bill of any returned parcel must be followed . by the word' Returned". pa%'h~eo.bY dis· 4. Each dispatching office of exchange shall number the parcel bills in the upper left-hand corner, commencing each year a fresh series for each office of exchange of destination. The fast number of the year shall be shown on the parcel bill of the first dispatch of the following year, Articles in transit. 5. The exact method of advising ~arcels or the receptacles contain- Certificates of mail· ing. Furnished to sender. Responsibility. ing them sent by one AdministratIOn in transit through the other together with any details of procedure in connection with the advice of such parcels or receptacles for which provisions is not made in this Agreement, shall be settled by mutual agreement through correspondence between the two Administrations. VIII. CERTIFICATES OF MAILING The sender may receive a certificate of mailing from the post office where the parcel is mailed, on a form provided for the purpose, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the Admimstration of origin. IX. RESPONSIBILITY NOT ACCEPTED FOR ORDINARY PARCELS No compensatlo.n for Neither the sender nor the addressee of any parcel shall be entitled ~:Celc., of ordinary to compensation for the loss of the parcd or for the abstraction of or damage to its contents. Transit parcels. X. TRANSIT PARCELS For other countries. 1. Each Administration guarantees the right of transit over its territory, to or from any country with which It has parcel post com- munication. of parcels originating in or addressed for delivery in the territory of the other contractin~ Administration. Notice to be seut. 2. Each Administration shall mform the other to which countries parcels may be sent through it as intermediary. Conditions. 3. To be accepted for onward transmission, parcels sent by one of the contracting Administration through the -service of the other Administration must comply with the conditioJls prescribed from time to time by the intermediary Administration. Check by exchange office. Verification. XI. CHECK BY OFFICE OF EXCHANGE. 1. On the receipt of a Parcel Mail, the receiving Office of Exchange shall check it. Any discrepancies or irregularIties noted shall be immediately reported to the dispatching office of exchange by means