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 1840 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. ARTICLE VIII. Warehousing charge. Warehousingcharge. Each of the two Administrations may collect any warehousing charge fixed by its regulations for a parcel which is addressed "Foste Restante" or which is not claimed within the prescribed period. This charge shall in no case exceed five francs. ARTICLE IX. Prohibitions. Postal parcels, re 1. Postal parcels must not contain any letter, note, or document striction. having the character of an actual and personal correspondence, or packets of any kind bearing an address other than that of the ad- dressee of the parcel or of persons dwelling with him. Exception. It is, however, permissible to enclose in a parcel an open invoice confined to the particulars which constitute an invoice. Artiles prohnbited 2. It is also forbidden to enclose in a parcel: (a) Articles which from their nature or packing may be a source of danger to postal employees or may soil or damage other parcels. (b) Explosive, inflammable, or dangerous substances (including loaded metal caps, live cartridges, and matches). (c) Living animals, except bees, leeches, and silkworms which must be packed in suitably constructed boxes. (d) Articles the admission of which is forbidden by law, or by the customs or other regulations. (e) Articles of an obscene or immoral nature. is, moreover, forbidden to senoin;old,in; platinum, gold, or silver, whether manufactured or unmanufactured; precious stones, jewelry, or other precious articles in uninsured parcels. Paelngly- arcel rcel which has been wrongly admitted to the post shall be mittdisposi returned to the country of origin, unless the Administration of destination is authorized by its regulations to dispose of it otherwise. Parcel containing Nevertheless, the fact that a parcel contains a letter or communi- le. cations which constitute an actual and personal correspondence shall not, in any case, entail return of the parcel to the country of origin. Disposition of ex 4. Explosive, inflammable, or dangerous substances and articles ovesec. of an obscene or immoral nature shall not be returned to the country of origin; they shall be disposed of by the Administration which has found them in the mails in accordance with its own internal regulations. Parcel wrongly ad- 5. If a parcel wrongly admitted to the post is neither returned to treatment.ai origin nor delivered to the addressee, the Administration of origin shall be informed in a precise manner of the treatment accorded to the parcel in order that it may take such steps as are necessary. ARTICLE X. Advice of delivery. Advice ofdelvery. 1. The sender may obtain an advice of delivery for an insured parcel under the conditions prescribed for postal packets by the Con- vention of the Postal Union. An advice of delivery cannot be ob- tained for an uninsured parcel. Fe&. 2. The Administration of origin may collect from the sender who requests an advice of delivery, such fee as may from time to time be prescribed by its regulations.

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