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List of Foreign Countries, British Colonies, &c., transacting Money Order Business with the United Kingdom.

* In these cases the British Post Office has only an indirect money-order exchange, and a further commission is, as a rule, deducted in transit.

AGREEMENT between the British and Swiss Post Offices, concerning the Exchange of Parcels by Parcel Post-Signed at London, July 12, and at Berne, July 20, 1896.*

THE Post Office of Great Britain and Ireland and the Post Office of the Swiss Confederation agree to effect a regular exchange of parcels, both insured and uninsured, between the United Kingdom and Switzerland in closed mails vià France.

The following regulations shall be generally applicable, not only to parcels exchanged direct between the United Kingdom and Switzerland, but also to parcels sent in transit to or from one of the two countries through the other.

ART. I.-1. Parcels may be forwarded by parcel post from the United Kingdom to Switzerland, up to the weight of 11 lb. English, and from Switzerland to the United Kingdom, up to the weight of 5 kilog.

*Signed also in the French language.

2. The parcels thus exchanged may be insured up to the sum of 50%, or 1,250 fr.

3. The parcels originating

(a.) In countries beyond the United Kingdom, addressed to Switzerland or sent in transit through Switzerland; and

(b.) In countries beyond Switzerland, addressed to the United Kingdom or sent in transit through the United Kingdom, will be admitted to the service under the conditions set forth in the Tables which the Contracting Parties shall communicate to each other.

4. The detailed Regulations annexed to the present Agreement define the other conditions on which the parcels will be admitted to the service.

II. The two Post Offices guarantee the right of transit for parcels over their territory to or from any country with which they respectively have parcel post communication; and they undertake responsibility for transit parcels within the limits determined by Article XI below.

III. The prepayment of the postage on parcels will be compulsory, except in the case of parcels redirected to the office of origin or to a new address.

IV. The sums to be prepaid on parcels originating in the United Kingdom addressed to Switzerland, and vice versa, will be as follows:

1. On parcels from the United Kingdom for Switzerland :

The British Post Office will also be entitled to collect and retain a registration fee not exceeding 25 centimes on each insured parcel from the United Kingdon for Switzerland.

2. On parcels from Switzerland for the United Kingdom :