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Page 103 - Rica, shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail, as may be found necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article II.
Page 101 - If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if the communication be inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination will collect on the letter or letters double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Union Convention.
Page 28 - It is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by the Atlantic...
Page 103 - Certificate," which should be sent in a special envelope. 4. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the nonreceipt has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be canceled and the fact reported at once.
Page 101 - The sender of each package shall make a customs declaration, pasted upon or attached to the package, upon a special form provided for the purpose (see Model 2 annexed hereto) giving a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailing, and the sender's signature and place of residence, and place of address.
Page 103 - X. 1. As soon as the mail shall have reached the office of destination, that office shall check the contents of the mail. 2. In the event of the parcel bill not having been received, a substitute should be at once prepared.
Page 102 - Each country shall retain to its own use, the whole of the postages...
Page 99 - All admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country for the other, or received in one country from the other, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is required for collection of customs duties, and shall be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, being subject in their transmission to the laws and regulations of each country respectively.
Page 101 - IV. 1. The following rates of postage shall in all cases be required to be fully prepaid with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz : 2.
Page 101 - Post-Offices of address in the country of destination, free of charge for postage ; but the country of destination may, at its option, levy and collect from the addressee for interior service and delivery a charge the amount of which is to be fixed according to its own regulations, but which shall in no case exceed five cents in the United States or fifteen cents in Hong Kong for each parcel, whatever its weight.