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 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-MALAYA. Junullry 2],1935. March 22, 193~ Parcel po.st agreement between the United States of America and Malaya. Signed at Ku.ala Lu.mpur, January 21,1.935, at lra,shington, March 22, 1fJ35; approl'Nl by the President, Apl'illl, 1935. PARCEL POST AGREEMENT BETWEEN MALAYA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 3133 January 21, 1936. 1\1 arch 22, 1936, For the purpose of conchHIing arrangements for the direct ex- Parcel·po~t ngree· .• • ment with l\lalaya. dmIlge of parcel post pack~('s between the Umted States of AmerIca (including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa and the Virgin Islands of the United States) and Malaya (which for the Territory included. purposes of this Agreement means the Straits Settlements, the Fed- (H'ated Malay States of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang and any Malay State under British Protection which may subse- quently form part of the Malayan Postal Union) the undersigned, James A. Farley, Postmaster~General of the United States of America, and Thomas Perowne Coe, M. C., M. C. S., Acting Director- General of Posts and Telegraphs, Malaya, by virtue of authority vested in them, have agreed upon the followmg articles:- I. LUUTS OF 'V}<~IGHT AND SIZE. ~. No parcel shal~ e~ceed twenty two pounds (ten kil?grams) in an~i~lTarmstroBot (talk) or weight · welght, three feet SlX lDches (one hundred and five centImetres) in length, or six feet (one hundred and eighty centimetres) in length and girth combined. 2. As regards the exact calculation of the weight and dimensions of parcels, the view of the despatching office shall be accepted, save in the case of obvious error. II. POSTAGE AND FEES. 1. The Post Office of the country of origin is entitled to collect from the sender of each parcel such postage and fees for requests for information as to the disposal of a parcel made after it has been posted, and also, in the case of insured parcels, such insurance fees and fees for return receipts, as may from time to time be prescribed by its regUlations. 2. Except in the case of returned or redirected parcels, the postage and such of the fees mentioned in the preceding section as are appli- cable, must be prepaid. III. PREPARATION OF PARCELS. Postage, etc. Prepayment. Preparation 01 ..... eels, 1. The name and addres...c:; of the sender and of the addressee must Addressing requl~ be legibly and correctly written in every case when possible on the mcnts. parcel itself, or on a label gummed thereto, and, in the case of par- c~ls addressed by tag only because of their shape or size, must also be written on a separate slip, which slip must be enclosed in the parcel;