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 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-LEEWARD ISLANDS. May 27, 1929. 2329 July 11. 1929. when for any reason an insured parcel which is not delivered is not returned to the country of origin. XIX. Customs (Jharges to be CanceUed. Customs charges. Prov~ded the formalities prescribed by the Customs authorities l>~!l16:21, 18 January 2013 (UTC)~.of, If concerned are fulfilled, the customs charges properly so-called, on parcels destroyed, sent back to the countl)" of ongin, or re-directed to another country shall be cancelled both in the Leeward Islands and in the United States of America. XX. Re-transmission Retransmission. 1vIissent ordinary parcels shall be forwarded to their destination Provision for ordi- by the most direct route at the disposal of the re-forwardivg admin- nary parcels. istration but must not be marked with the customs or other charges by the re-forwarding Administration. Missent insured parcels shall Insured parceb. not be forwarded to their destination unless they can be forwarded as insured mail. If they cs.nnot be forwarded as insured mail, they shall be returned to the country of origin. XXI. Receptacles. Receptacles. Each Administration shall provide the bags necessary for the et~ags to be provided, despatch of its parcels. The ba~ shall be returned empty to the. country of origin by the next mail. Empty bags shall be made up in bundles of ten (nine bags enclosed in one) and the total number of such bags shall be advised on the parcel bill. XXII. Charges. Charge!!. 1. For every 1arcel mailed in one country and addressed for R~tes ~tween Ad· dIi.h hh di. d tf ministrations e veryInt eoter,w eteror naryorInsure,apaymen 0 one . franc gold shall be ma.de by the despatching Admimstration to the receiving Administration. 2. The amounts to be allowed in respect to parcels sent from one Amounts for forward- Administration to the other for onward transmission to a possession lng. of either country or to a third country shall be fixed by the intermeA diate Administration. 3. On every parcel returned, or redirected unpaid, by one of the nJ=~ a::.t or two Administrations to the other, the returning or re-transroitting .. Administration shall be entitled to claim a payment of one franc gold together with any sum due in respect of the sea service. In the case of a parcel returned, or redirected unpaid, in transit through one of the two Administrations to the other the intermediary Office milo:! claim also the sum due to it for any additional sea servIce pro- vided toQ'ether with any amounts due to any other .Administration BetweenAdmlnistrao '9 • tlons. or AdmirustratlOns concerned. Rtet! f 4. Except as provided in this Article each Administration shall coll!:u:d. on 0 sums keep the whole of the sums which it collects by virtue of the various articles of this Agreement. XXIII. Accounting_ Accounting. 1. Terminal parcels. At the end of each quarter the creditor Administration shaH pre- Terminal parcels. pare an account of the amount due to it in respect of the parcels received in excess of those despatched.