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 1836 Verification by ex- change office. Payment. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54STAT. ARicSLE8. Verification by the exchange office. 1. Upon receipt of a dispatch, the exchange office of destination proceeds to verify it. The entries in the parcel bill must be verified exactly. Each error or omission must be brought immediately to the knowledge of the dispatching exchange office by means of a bulletin of verification. A dispatch is considered as having been found in order in all regards when no bulletin of verification is made up. If an error or irregularity is found upon receipt of a dispatch, all objects which may serve later on for investigations or for examination of requests for indemnity must be kept. 2. The dispatching exchange office to which a bulletin of verifi- cation is sent returns it after having examined it and entered thereon its observations, if any. That bulletin is then attached to the parcel bills of the parcels to which it relates. Corrections made on a parcel bill which are not justified by supporting papers are considered as devoid of value. 3. If necessary, the dispatching exchange office may also be advised by telegram at the expense of the Office sending such telegram. 4. In case of shortage of a parcel bill, a duplicate is prepared, a copy of which is sent to the exchange office of origin of the dispatch. 5. The office of exchange which receives from a corresponding office a parcel which is damaged or insufficiently packed must redis- patch such parcel after repacking, if necessary, preserving the origi- nal packing as far as possible. If the damage is such that the contents of the parcel may have been abstracted, the office must first officially open the parcel and verify its contents. In either case the weight of the parcel will be verified before and after repacking, and be indicated on the wrapper of the parcel itself. That indication will be followed by the note "Repacked at -- and the signature of the agents who have effected such repacking. ArTCLE 9. Payment. 1. For each parcel, ordinary or insured, sent to Egypt, payment shall be made as follows: 1.25 gold franc per parcel weighing up to 5 kilograms. 2.25 gold francs per parcel exceeding 5 kilograms in weight up to 10 kilograms. For parcels sent to the Sudan, payment shall be made as follows: 2 gold francs per parcel weighing up to 5 kilograms. 3 gold francs per parcel weighing up to 10 kilograms. 2. For each parcel, ordinary or insured, sent to the United States of America or to its possessions, payment shall be made as follows, based on the bulk net weight of each dispatch: 0.70 gold franc per kilogram for parcels for the United States proper. 1.05 gold franc per kilogram for parcels for the U. S . Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. 1.85 gold franc per kilogram for parcels for Hawaii, Guam, and Samoa. 2.20 gold francs per kilogram for parcels for Alaska. 3. The terminal quotas and transit charges above mentioned may be reduced or increased on three months previous notice given by

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