mitting country to the country of destination and delivered without any additional charge to the addressees for postage. (4.) Parcels returned to the sender for any reason other than those mentioned in the second paragraph of the present Article are dealt with and charged as redirected parcels. (5.) Subject to any modification of the terms of this and the following paragraph which may subsequently be adopted by mutual consent of the Contracting Administrations, the senders of the parcels which cannot be delivered shall be consulted as to the manner in which they wish to dispose of them. The advice of non-delivery shall indicate, if necessary, the amount of the Customs duties or other charges with which a parcel has been charged already or will be charged thereafter. (6.) The sender of an undeliverable parcel may ask(a.) That the parcel be immediately returned to him. (b.) That the address of the parcel be rectified or completed. (c.) That the parcel be delivered to another addressee, or that it be redirected to another destination, to be delivered to the original addressee or to any other person. (d.) That the addressee be advised once more. (e.) That the parcel be sold at the risk and cost of the sender or be treated as abandoned. (7.) When a parcel has been delivered to the addressee or redirected before receipt of the instructions of the sender, the post office of origin shall immediately be notified for the information of the sender. Otherwise the prescription of the sender is to be followed. (8.) If within four months after the despatch of the nondelivery advice the office of destination shall not have received adequate instructions, or if the request of the sender on the advice of non-delivery cannot be executed or has not led to delivery, the parcel shall be returned to the sender. If the sender has added to his new instruction a second instruction (other address, &c.), the parcel may only be returned if the second disposition has remained without result. The parcel shall immediately be returned if the request of the sender on the back of the despatching note (Article IX,. § (5), of the present Convention) cannot be complied with. (9.) Articles liable to deterioration or corruption may be sold immediately without previous notice. or judicial formality for the benefit of the lawful beneficiary. of (10.) An account of the sale shall be drawn up. A copy this account shall be sent to the office of origin, accompanied by the despatch note. The sum realised by the sale shall be used in the first place to defray the charges upon the parcel. Any remaining balance shall be remitted to the office of origin to be paid to the sender. The charges not covered by the sale are to be paid by the sender, and shall be brought to the debit of the office of origin. (11.) If for any reason a sale is impossible, the parcels may be dealt with in such other manner as the regulations of the country concerned provide for. (12.) Parcels which cannot be delivered, returned to the sender, or otherwise disposed of, shall be dealt with in accordance with the regulations of the country of destination. (13.) Any parcels the addressee of which has left for a country to which postal parcels cannot be forwarded from the Union of South Africa or the Netherlands, as the case may be, shall be dealt with as undeliverable. (14.) When parcels are detained in course of transmission, whether by postal or Customs authorities, the sender shall be invited by means of a non-delivery note to give his instructions. This measure, however, is not compulsory in cases beyond control (strikes, inundations, &c.). (15.) Parcels which have to be returned to the country of origin shall be entered in the parcel bill with the addition of the word "Rebut" (undeliverable) in the column for remarks. (16.) The ordinary Customs duties on parcels which have to be sent back to the country of origin or redirected to a third country shall be cancelled both in the Union of South Africa and in the Netherlands. All other costs, however, remain chargeable to the sender or the addressee, as the case may be, if the regulations of the Administration concerned do not permit their cancellation. A specification of these charges shall be added to the despatch note. XV. (1.) The sender of a parcel may obtain an acknowledgment of delivery on the conditions fixed by the Administration of origin. (2.) When an acknowledgment of delivery is asked for, the office of origin writes on the parcel and the despatch note in a very conspicuous manner the words " Avis de réception or stamps them boldly with the letters "A.R." (3.) The acknowledgment of delivery form is made out by the office of origin. If it does not reach the office of destination, the latter makes out officially an acknowledgment of delivery. (4.) The form for acknowledgment of delivery must be in French or must bear a sublineary translation in that language. (5.) The office of destination, after having duly filled up the form, returns it without cover and post free to the address of the sender. (6.) When after a parcel has been posted, the sender applies for an acknowledgment of its delivery, the office of origin enters on a form of acknowledgment of delivery an exact description of the parcel (office of origin, date of posting, number, address). This form is transmitted directly to the post office of destination, attached to a form of reclamation as mentioned in paragraph (8) of this Article. (7.) If an acknowledgment of delivery duly applied for by the sender at the time of posting is not received back in the office of origin after a proper interval, enquiry for the missing acknowledgment is instituted in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the preceding paragraph (6). (8.) Similarly, enquiries (reclamations) concerning parcels are admitted on the conditions fixed by each Administration. These reclamations are disposed of in the same manner as the similar documents foreseen by Article XXIX (D.R.) of the Convention of Madrid. (9.) The sender of a parcel may claim it back or rectify the address before it is delivered to the addressee on the conditions and in the manner prescribed in Article II of the Universal Postal Union Convention of Madrid (Principal Convention) of the 30th November, 1920, in Article XXX of the Detailed Regulations for carrying out the said Convention. XVI. The two Postal Administrations will have power to arrange for the admission of— (1.) C.o.d. parcels. (2.) Parcels to be delivered by special messenger ("express" parcels). (3.) Parcels intended for delivery free of charge (franc de droit") on terms to be settled beforehand by mutual consent. XVII. (1.) A quarterly account shall be prepared by the office of account of the Netherlands. This account shall be based on the parcel bills for the quarter, corrected by the verification notes received up to the date of preparation of the quarterly account. (2.) A copy of this quarterly account shall be furnished by the office of account of the Netherlands to the Union of South Africa office of account at Pretoria, and the balance due in settlement of the account shall be liquidated by draft or money order. XVIII. In ordinary matters relating to the preparation, transmission or correction of parcel bills (which can be dealt with by means of verification notes) the Offices of Exchange shall be the offices of correspondence; but matters involving accounts and questions other than those of detail shall be settled in communication between the Postmaster-General of the Union of South Africa and the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs of the Netherlands. XIX. 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. XX. The internal legislation of both the Union of South Africa and the Netherlands shall remain applicable as regards everything not provided for by the stipulations contained in the present Convention. XXI.-(1.) Government parcels shall be subject in all respects to the regulations and conditions applicable to ordinary parcels. (2.) Parcels intended for prisoners of war or sent by them are exempt from all charges prescribed by this Convention. They shall be entered on the parcel bill without credit. The present Arrangement shall take effect from the date of signature at The Hague. It shall continue in force until it shall be modified or determined by mutual consent of the Contracting Parties, or until one year after the date on which one of the Contracting Parties shall have notified the other of its intention to terminate it. Executed in duplicate and signed at Pretoria, this 31st day of October, 1922. E. STURMAN, Postmaster-General. At The Hague, this 31st day of January, 1923. ALTING. Deputy Director-General of RATIFICATIONS, &c., of the International Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit.-Barcelona, April 20, 1921.(1) The accessions have been notified of: Malay States (Federated RATIFICATIONS, &c., of the International Convention and RATIFICATIONS, &c., of the Additional Protocol to the International Convention and Statute on the Régime of Navigable Waterways of International Barcelona, April 20, 1921. (1) THE ratifications have been deposited of: Concern. (1) Vol. CXVI, page 541. November 29, 1922. (2) To the full extent indicated in paragraph (a). RATIFICATION, &c., of the Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea Coast.Barcelona, April 20, 1921.(1) |