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 306 Customs declara- tions and dispatch notes. Return receipts. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES This amount must be converted into gold francs by the sender or the office of origin and the result of the conversion must be added below the original inscription. The amount of the insured value must also be stated in the accompanying dispatch note. 5. The lables 1 or postage stamps affixed to insured parcels must be spaced so that they cannot serve to conceal injuries to the packing. Neither may they be folded over two faces of the wrapping so as to cover the edge. 6. Liquids and easily liquefiable substances must be sent in a double receptacle. Between the first (bottle, flask, box, etc.) and the second (box of metal, strong wood, or strong carton of fiber- board, or receptacle of equal strength), there must be left a space to be filled with sawdust, bran or other absorbent material, in suffi- cient quantity to absorb all the liquid in case the receptacle is broken. 7. Powders and dyes in powder form must be packed in strong boxes of tin or other metal, which, after soldering, must be placed in turn in substantial outer covers in such a way as to avoid all damage to other articles. ARTICLE 3. Customs declarationsand dispatchnotes. 1. The sender must make out a dispatch note for each parcel in accordance with the forms in use in the country of origin. The sender shall also prepare one customs declaration for each parcel sent from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and three customs declarations for each parcel sent from the United States of America, upon a special form provided for the purpose, which customs delcaration I shall give a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement in detail of its contents and value, date of mailing 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 provision concerning customs declarations, when more than one parcel is mailed simul- taneously by the same sender in one country to the same addressee at the same address in the other country, the sender need prepare onlv one customs declaration for the entire shipment, in the case of parcels sent from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and three customs declara- tions for the entire shipment, in the case of parcels sent from the United States, which customs declarations shall show, in addition to the particulars set forth in the preceding sentence, the total number of parcels comprising the shipment, and shall be securely attached to one of the parcels. The parcels comprising the entire shipment shall be clearly marked in such case with a fractional 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 shipment were composed of 15 parcels, each parcel would be numbered, respectively, 1/15, 2/15, 3/15, etc. 2. The Administrations accept no responsibility for the correctness of the customs declarations. ARTICLE 4. Return receipts. 1. As to a parcel for which a return receipt is asked, the office of origin places on the parcel the letters or words "A. R ." or "Return receipt requested". The office of origin or any other office appointed by the dispatching Administration shall fill out a return receipt form ' So in original.

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