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 2428 Checking or parcels. PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-DENMARK. ARTICLE 8. Oheclcing oj Parcels. December 9. 193~. December 28, 1932. 1. The office of exchange which has received a parcel mail shall check the parcels and the accompanying bills. If a parcel is missing or any other irregularity is noted, it shall be immediately reported to the dis~atching office of exchange by means of a bulletin of verifica- tion. The report of such a serious irregularity as to involve the responsibility of the respective Administrations shall be accompanied by such vouchers as the strings and wax or lead seals used for closing the bag which contained the parcels, if they are available. If no report is made by the next mail, it will be assumed that the mail has been received in proper order ur.til the contrary is proved. 2. If a parcel bill is missing a duplicate shall be made out and a copy sent ,,3 the dispatching office of exchange from which the dispatch was received. 3. If any: parcel which is in the course of transmission is observed to bear eVIdence of violation or damage, it must have the facts noted on it and be marked with the stamp of the office making the note, or a document drawing attention to the violation or damage must be forwarded with the parcel. ARTICLE 9. Undelivered Parcels. Undelivered paroel8. 1. The sender of a parcel may request, at the time of mailing, that if the parcel cannot be delivered as addressed it shall be either (a) treated. as abandoned, or (b) tendered for delivery at a second address in the country of destination, or (c) returned immediately. 1'8}'Dlents. If the sender avails himself of this facility, his request must appear on the address side of the parcel and on the relative customs declara- tion and must be in conformity with or analagous to one of the following forms: "If not deliverable as addressed __________ 'Abandon'". "If not deliverable as addressed __________ 'Deliver to ____ _ '" - - "If not deliverable as addressed __________ 'Return immedi- ately' ". 2. The ~parcels to be returned as undeliverable to the country of origin shall be marked to show the reason for nondelivery. ARTICLE 10. Payments. 1. The terminal quotas to be credited by the dispatching Office to the Office of destination are the following: I. By Denmark to the United States of America. a) Rate by weight: 70 gold centimes per kilogram, based on the bulk net weight of each dispatch. This rate applies also to parcels for Alaska. The rate is reduced to 35 gold centimes per kilogram for parcels for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Samoa and Hawaii.