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 2312 PARCEL POST CONVENTION-INDOCHINA. Apru C). 1929. July 8. 19:..' 9. On gold baets. Method!! employed. is m6.de is bound to repay to the country making payment on its behalf, without delay and within not more than nine months after receiving notice of payment, the amount of indemmty paid. 15. Reimbursement for indem- nity from one country to the other shall be made on t·he gold basis. 16. Repayments are to be made free of cost to the creditor coun- try by means of either a money order or a draft, in money valid in the creditor country, or by such other means as may be mu- tually agr eed upon by corre- spondence. Responsibility of reo 17. Until the country responsi- ceiving country unable to show disposition. ble has been determined, respon- sibility for an insured :parcel rests with the country which having received the parcel without mak- ing any observation and being furnished all necessary particulars for inquiry is unable to show its proper disposition. Dispatchlngofficere' 18 Responsibility for loss sponslble if loss discov· • •• .' ered by receiving office. rifling, or damage of an m~ured parcel discovered by the receiving office of exchange at the time of opening the receptacles and duly notified to the dispatching office of exchange by bulletin of verifi- cation, shall fall upon the Admin- istration to which the dispatching office of exchange is subordinate unless it be proved that the loss, rifling, or damage occurred in the service of the receiving Administration. Bender responsible 19. The responsibility of prop- for properly pacldng, I I' ki dli etc. ery enc osmg,pae ngan sea ng insured parcels rests upon the sender, and the postal service of neither countrv will assume lia- bility for loss, iifling, or damage arising from defects which may not be observed at the time of posting. Transit parcels. XIII. Transit Parcels. Right of transit guar· 1. Each Administration guar- anteed. antees the right of transit over its territory, to or from any country with which it has parcel- ment est efi'ectue est tenu de rembourser Ie montant de l'in- demnite payee au pays ayant eifectue Ie paiement pour son compte sans retard et dans un del8J. maximum < de neuf mois apres notification du payment. 15. Les remboursements d'in- demnite entre les deux pays seront faits sur 10. base de l'or. 16. Les remboursements doi- vent etre faits sans frais pour Ie pays crediteur 'soit au moyen d'un mandat-poste ou d'une traite dans Ie monnaie ayant COUTS dans Ie pays creancier soit par tels autres moyens dont il sera mu- tuellement convenu par corres- pondance. 17. Jusqu'A ce que Ie pays responsable soit determine, 10. responsabilite pour un colis assure incombe au pays qui, ayant rlOl9u Ie colis sans formuler d'observa- tion et etant mis en possession de tous les renseignements neces- saires A l'enquete ne peut etablir 10. maniere dont il a dispose du colis. 18. La responsabilite de la perte, spoliation ou avarie d'un colis assure decouverte par Ie bureau d'echange de destindtion au moment de l'0U'vertur9 du recipient Ie content\nt. et dt1ment notifiee au bureau' d'echange expediteul' par bulletin de verifi- cation, incombe A l'Administra- tion dont depend Ie bureau expediteur A moins qu'il ne soit prouve que 10. perte, spoliation ou avarie soit survenue dans Ie service de l'Administration de aestination. 19. La responsabilite pour des colis assures convenablement enveloppes, emballes et scelles incombe Al'envoyeur et Ie service postal de l'un nI de l'autre pays n'assumera de responsabilite pour perte, la spoliation ou l'avarie provenant de defauts qui n'ont pu etre observes au moment du depot. XIII. Colis en Transit. 1. ChLque Administration ga- rantit sur son territoire Ie droit de transit des colis originaires ou A destination du territoire de