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 1852 Return of unde- liverable parcels. Ante, p. 1841. Sale or destruction. Ante, p. 1841. Inquiries concerning parcels. Parcel bills. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. ARTICLE 16. Return of undeliverable parcels. 1. If the sender of an undeliverable parcel has made a request not provided for by Article XIII, Section 1, of the Agreement, the Admin- istration of destination need not comply with it but may return the parcel to the country of origin, after retention for the prescribed period. 2. The Administration which returns a parcel to the sender shall in- dicate clearly and concisely on the parcel and on the relative dispatch note the cause for non-delivery. This information may be furnished in manuscript or by means of a stamped impression or a label. The original dispatch note belonging to the returned parcel must be sent back to the country of origin with the parcel. 3. A parcel to be returned to the sender shall be entered on the parcel bill with the word "Rebut" in the "Observations" column. It shall be dealt with and charged like a parcel redirected in consequence of the removal of the addressee. ARTICLE 17. Sale. Destruction. When an insured parcel has been sold or destroyed in accordance with the provisions of Article XV of the Agreement, a report of the sale or destruction shall be prepared, a copy of which shall be trans- mitted to the Administration of origin. ArICLE 18. Inquiries concerning parcels. For inquiries concerning parcels which have not been returned, a form shall be used similar to the specimen annexed to the Detailed Regulations of the Parcel Post Agreement of the Universal Postal Union. These forms shall be forwarded to the offices appointed by the two Administrations to deal with them and they shall be dealt with in the manner mutually arranged between the two Administrations. ARTICLE 19. Parcel bill. 1. Separate parcel bills must be prepared for the ordinary parcels on the one hand, and for the insured parcels on the other hand. The parcel bills are prepared in duplicate. The original is sent in the regular mails, while the duplicate is inserted in one of the sacks. The sack containing the parcel bill is designated by the letter "F" traced in a conspicuous manner on the label. 2. The ordinary parcels included in each dispatch are to be entered on the parcel bills to show the total number of parcels and the total net weight thereof. 3. Insured parcels shall be entered individually on the parcel bills to show the insurance number and the name of the office of origin. The parcel bills must also show the total net weight of the parcels. 4. Parcels sent "a decouvert" must be entered separately on the parcel bills. 5. Returned or redirected parcels must be entered individually on the parcel bills and be followed by the word "Returned" or "Redi- rected" as the case may be. A statement of the charges which may be due on these parcels should be shown in the aObservations" column.

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