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 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-SIERRA LEONE. February 21, 1930. April 16, 1930. 2741 XX. CHARGES Charges. 1. The amounts to be allowed in respect to parcels sent from one Parcels forwarded. Administratk.t to the other for onward transmission to a possession of either country or to a third country shall be fixed by the inter- mediate Administration. 2. In the case of a ~arcel returned or redir:-,cted in transit through Returneci or red!· one of the t'\'\"·o Admjmstrations to the other, the intermediate Admin- rooted, In transit. istration may claim also the sum due to it for any additional territorial or sea service provided, together with any amounts due to any other Administration or Administrations concerned. 3. For every parcel mailed in one country and addressed for de- ml:.f:: tibetween Ad· livery in the oHier which weighs not exceeding 3 pounds a payment a ODS. of 1 shilling (24 cents) shall be made by the dispatching Admin- istration to the receiving Administration for every parcel which weighs over 3 pounds and not over 7 pounds a payment of 1 shilling 6 pence (36 cents) shall be made, for every parcel which weighs over 7 pounds and not over 11 pounds a payment of 2 shillings (48 cents) shall be made and for every parcel which weighs over 11 pounds and not over 22 pounds a payment of 3 shillings (72 ce.nts) shall be made. . X X I. ACCOUNTING Accounting. 1. Terminal parcels. Terminal parcels. At the end of each quarter the creditor country shall prepare an account of the amount due to it in respect to the parcels received in excess of those dispatched. 2. Transit ~arcels. Transit paroeIs. Each Administration shall also prepare quarterly an account show- ing the sums due for parcels sent by the other Administration for onward transmission. 3. These accounts shall be submitted to the examination of the Examinations. corresponding Administration in the course of the month which follows the quarter to which they relate. 4. The compilation, transmission, verification and acceptance of t ~mpt veri1l<'8tIon, the accounts must be effected as early as possible and the payment e _. resulting from the balance must be made at the latest before the end of the following quarter. 5. Payment of the balances dur~ on these accounts between the two Paymentotbalanoes. Administrations shall be effected by means of drafts on New York or in any other manner which may be agreed upon mutually by correspondence between the two Adininistrations, the expense atten- dant on the payment being at the charge of the indebted Admin- istration. . XXII. MATTERS NOT PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT Matters not provided for. 1. The Postmaster General of the United States of America and tuShanges,etccibymu. the Postmaster General of the Sierra Leone Colony ;'lond Protectorate correspon ence. shall have authority jointly to make from time to time by corre- spondence such changes and modifications and further regulations of order and detail as may become necessary to facilitate the operation of the services contemplated by this Agreement as well as to provide arrangements lor the registration and insurance of parcel post packages and for the exchange of parcels subject to collect-on.delivery char~ should both countries at any time deSIre anyone or all of these serVIces. 2. The Administrations shall communicate to each other from Mutual communica· . . h. . fh'I 1. Ii bl tiOD of parcel post laws, hme to tIme t e prOVISIOns 0 t eir aws or regu atIOns app ca e to etc. the conveyance of parcels by Parcel Post.