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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. indicate in arabic figures the number of the parcel and the denomina- tor the number of parcels comprising the shipment; for example, if a single shipment were composed of 3 parcels, each parcel would be numbered, respectively, 1/3, 2/3, and 3/3. DLspatch note 2. The sender shall also prepare one dispatch note in accordance with the forms in use in the country of origin for each parcel or for each consignment of three ordinary parcels sent from the same sender to the same addressee and mailed simultaneously. The dispatch notes relating to parcels sent to the United States of America must be attached to the parcels to which they relate; those relating to parcels sent to Egypt must be forwarded with the regular mails. Responsbility. 3. The Administrations accept no responsibility for the correctness of the information on the customs declarations or on that part of the dispatch note which is filled in by the public. ABTmcLE 4. Return receipts. Returnreceipts. 1. When a return receipt is requested, the office of origin places on the parcel the words or letters "Avis de reception", "Return receipt requested", or "A. R." The office of origin or any other office appointed by the dispatching Administration shall fill out a return receipt form and attach it to the parcel to which it relates in the case of parcels for the United States of America, or to the dispatch note in the case of parcels for Egypt. 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 mailed, 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 section. ARTIcLE 5. Receptacles. Receptacles 1. The Postal Administrations of the two contracting 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. 2. Bags must be returned empty to the dispatching office by the next mail. Empty bags to be returned are made up in bundles of ten, enclosing nine bags in one. The total number of bags returned shall be entered on the relative parcel bills. 3. The cost of any empty parcel bag proved after investigation to have been lost will be paid by the Administration responsible for the loss. 1834

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