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 1502 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-NEW ZEALAND. ARTICLE 3. Oustoms Declaratin8. March 3. 19!13. April 24, 1933. Customs tions. dec1ara· 1. The sender shall prepare one customs declaration for each par- cel sent from either country, upon a special form provided for the purpose by the country of origin. Return receipts. Receptacles. The customs declaration shall give a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement in detail of its contents and value, aate of mailing, actual weight, the sender's name and address, and the name and address of the addressee, and shall be securely attached to the parcel. However, as an exception to the foregoing, when more than one parcel is mailed simultaneously by the same sender in the United States of America to the same addressee at the same address in New Zealand, the sender need prepare only one customs declara- tion for the entire shipment, which customs declaration shall show, in addition to the particulars set forth in the preceding sentence, the total number of parcels comprising the shipment, and shall be se- curely attached to one of the parcels. The parcels comprising the entire shipment shall be clearly marked in such case WIth a frac- tional number, the numerator of which will indicate, in arabic figures, the number of the parcel, and the denominator the number of parcels comprising the shipment; for example, if a single ship- ment were composed of 15 parcels, each parcel would be numbered, respe<;tively, 1/15, 2/15, 3/15, etc. , 2. The Administrations accept no responsibility for the correct- ness of the customs declarations. ARTICLE 4. Return Receipts. 1. As to a parcel for which a return receipt is asked, the office of origin impresses on the parcel the letters or words "A.R." or "Avis de reception". The office of origin or any other office ap- pointed by the dispatching Administration shall fill out a return receipt form and attach it to the parcel. If the form does not reach the office of destination, that office makes out a duplicate. 2. The office of destination, after having duly filled out the return receipt form, returns it free of postage to the address of the sender of the parcel. 3. When the sender applies for a return receipt after a parcel has been posted, the office of origin duly fills out a return receipt form and attaches it to a form of inquiry which is entered with the details concerning the transmission of the parcel and then forwards it to the office of destination of the parcel. In the case of the due delivery of the parcel, the office of destination withdraws the inquiry form, and the return receipt is treated in the manner prescribed in the foregoing paragraph. ARTICLE 5. Receptacles. 1. The ~ostal Admini.strations of the two contrll:cting countries shall prOVIde the respectIve bags necessary for the dIspatch of their parcels and each bag shall be marked to show the name of the office or country to which it belongs.