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Carlter, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Hawaiian Kingdom at Washington, and Don M. Dickinson, Postmaster-General of the United States of America, by virtue of authority vested in them by law, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a parcels post system of exchanges between the two countries: ARTICLE I. The provisions of this Convention relate only to parcels of ntmail mlnatter to be exchanged by the system herein provided for, and do not affect the arr;tngemlents now existing under the Uniiversat l Postal {lUnion Convention, which will continue as heretofore; and all the agreements hereinafter contained apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these Articles directly/ between the office of San Francitsco, in the State of (Califorlia, and such other offices within the Uinited States as may be hereafter designated by the Postmaster (2) General of the United States, and the Office of Honolulu, in the Island of Oahu, and such other offices within the Hawaiian Islands as may hereafter be designated by the Postmaster-G eneral of the Hawaiian Kingdom; such matter to be admitted to the mails under these articles as shall be sent through such exchange offices from any place in either courtry to any place in the other. ARTICLE II. There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Convention articles of merchandise and mail matter, except letters, post cards, and written matter of all kinds, that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet must exceed five kilograms (or eleven pounds) in weight, nor the following dimensions: Greatest lengrth. three feet six inches; greatest length and girth comblined, six feet; and must be so wrapped or enclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postlmasters and customs officers; and except that the following articles are prohibited: 1. P'ublications whlich violate the copyright laws of the country of destination, poisons, and explosive or inflamnmable substances; fatty substances, liquids and those which easily liquify, confections and pastes; live or dead animnals, except dead insects and reptiles when thoroughly dried; firuits an(d vegetuables, and substances which exhale a bad odor; lottery tickets, lottery advertisements or lottery circulars; all obscene or immoral articles; articles which may in any way damage or destroy the mails, or injure the persons handling them; also opium. (3) 2. All admissible -articles of merchandise imailed illI one country for the other, or received in one country from- the other, shiall be free from- ainy (leterntion or in.spection whatever, except suchi as is requirled for collection of customs duties, and shll befrwre byth most speedy means to thieir destination, being subj~ect in their transmission to the laws and regrulations of each country rQspectively. ARTICLE III. 1. A letter or commiunication of the nature of personal co1rrespondence must, not accompan-y, be Written, on, or enclosed with any parcel. 2. If such be found, thre letter will be pl~aced in the imails if separable; and, 'if inseptaraly atta~lich, tim whole packag,(e will be rejected. If, hoxvev~er, 1-111 suchi should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination will collect double rbates of' posta4-1g a~ccordinlg to the Universal Postal Union Convention1. 3. No parcel mlay contain parclels, intended for delier at ain aldlress othier thian thie one 10r1 bo the parcel itself. If such enclosed lparcels i)C deected, they must 1)e sent forward singfly, chiarg~ed with new and (lIstinct parcel post rates. AnTIcT1E IV. 1. The following ra(Ites of })ostage sha"ll, in allI ca-s'es, be required to be fully prep~aidl with postage stam-ps of thle country of origrin, viz 2. For a parcel notA exceedingr four linilred and sixty gramis, or one poundI in weigrht, tweveIT cents; and for each additional four hundred anid sixty grains, or one pound or fr~action thereof, twelve cents. 3. The packag-es shall be promptly delivered to ad (4) dressees at the 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 not exceeding five cents on each sinigle parcel of whatever weight;and if the weight exceeds four hundred and sixty grams, or one pound, a charge equal to one cent for each one hundred and fifteen grams, or four ounces of weight, or fraction thereof. ARTICLE V. 1: The sender will, at the time of mailing the package, receive a receipt of mailing from the post-office where the package is mailed, on a form like Model 1, annexed hereto. 2. The sender of a package may have the same registered by paying the registration fee required for registered articles in the country of origin. 3. An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall be returned to the sender when requested; but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding five cents. 4. The addressees of registered articles shall be advised of the arrival of a package addressed to them- by a notice from the post-office of destination. ARTICLE VI. 1. The sender of each package shall make a customs declaration, pasted upon or attached to the package, upon a special forin provided for the purpose (see Model 2, annexed hereto) giving a general description of the pircel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailing, and the sender's signature and place of residence, and place of address. 2. The packages in question shall be subject in the couintry of destination to all customs duties andal customs regutlaftmios, in force 'in that country for the protection of its Cuistoms Revenuies; and the Cuistonis duities, properly ch~argeable thereon shall he collected on delivery in accordance with the, customns reguilations of the country of destination. ARTICLE V11. E;ach country shall retain to its own -use the whole of the postages, registra~rtion and delivery fees, it collects o n s-aid packages; consequently this Conventionl will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries. ARTICLE Viii. 1. The packages shiall be consieed as a comnponent part of the inails exchantlged (lirect between the llawa,_iian Kinigdomi taid the United St~ates of Amjeric~a, to b)e di.sp~atched by the country of orig-in to the other a1t its cost, anid byv suich meanis as it pi'ovi(l(-,s, iii boxes prLepared expressly for the puirpose, or ordlmary mail sacks to be marked "P~arcels Post," and to 1)e securefly seatled wi'th wax or otherwise, as may be mutuially provided by reguilations hereunder. 2. Each country shall re'tiurn to the despatching office by next mail (all baigs, boxes or sacks ussed in the exchange of parcels. 3. Althoughl a rticles admitted. under this Conven-tion vIIi be transmittedl as aforesaid b~etween the exchange offices, they shonld be so carefully p)acked as to be slafely transailtted in the open m~ails of either country, both in going to the exchange otfice in the country of origyin-, and to the office of address in the country of destination. (6) 4. Each despatch of a parcel post mail must be accompanied by a descriptive list in duplicate of all the packages sent, showing distinctly the list-number of each parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee with address of destination; and must be enclosed in one of the boxes or sacks of such despatch under the form of Model 3, annexed hereto. ARTICLE IX. Exchanges of mails under this Convention from any place in either country to any place in the other, shall be effected through the post-offices of both countries already designated as Exchange Post Offices, or through such others as may be hereafter agreed upon, under such regulations relative to the details of the exchanges as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the Customs Revenues. ARTICLE X. 1. As soon as the mail shall have reached the exchange 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 at once be prepared. 3. Any errors in the entries on the Parcel Bill which may be discovered shall, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the despatching office on a form "Verification Certificate," which shall be sent in the special envelope. 4. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the non-receipt has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be canceled, and the fact reported at once. ( 7) 5. Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, full particulars shall1 be, reported oni the samne form, 6. If no Verification Certificate or note of error be sreceived, a parcel miail sh~all be considered as duly delivered, having been. found on examiinationl correct in. all respects. ARTICLE XT. If a package cannot be delivered as,, addressed, or is refused, the sender will lbe commuitnicated. with through the central admninistration. of the office of destination, as to the manner in which he desires,, the packlage to be d-isposed of and if no reply is recelvedl froml- him IxIithin. a period of three mnonthis from- the date of the niotice, the packiage mnay be sold for the benefit of whom it miay concern. An ordler for re-direction or re-forw~arding miust be accomipanied lby the anmount (Iue for postage nteces-sary for the return of the articlle, to the office of origrin, at the ordinary p~arcel rates. Whea tHie contents of (a parcel. xvlnch cannot l)C deliivered aire liable to (leterioratIon. or corru1-ption!, they miay be destroyed (at once, if necess~ary, or ]if expedient), sold,7 withiout preVious notice or judlicial formaldity, for the benefit of time righit lpe'so~ii, thre parti-fculcars of each sale being noticed by onie l)ost-office to the other. ARTICLE X1I. The Post Office, Dep~artmient of either of' the contracting countries will not be responsible for the loss or dam-age of a ny p a.cklage, and no indenmnity cami conisequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in. either country. (8) ARTICLE XIII. The Postmaster-General of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the Postmaster-General of the United States of America 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. of this Convention. ARTICLE XIV. This Convention shall be ratified by the contracting countries in accordance with their respective laws, and its ratifications shall be exchanged at the City of Washington as early as possible. Once ratified, and its ratific;ations exchanged, it shall take effect, and operations thereunder shall begin on the first day of MaLrch, 1889, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either department upon six months' previous notice given to the other. Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the nineteenth day of December, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight. [L.s.] H. A. P. CARTER, Envroy LExtraordinalry and Mihistcr PIe ipotentiary of the Haiciian Kiigdonm. [L.S.] DON M. DICKINSON, Postlmster-General of' the VUnited Stales of Amnerica. The foregoing PTrcels Post Convention between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States of America (9) has been negotiated and concluded, with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the great seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. [L.S.] GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President: T. F. BAYARD, Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan'y 29th, 1889. The foregoing Parcels Post Convention between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom has been negotiated and concluded, with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the great seal of the Hawaiian Kingdom to be hereunto affixed. [L.s.] KALAKAUA REX. By the King: JONA. AUSTIN, Minister of Foreign A ffirs. HONOLULU, January 10, 1SS9. All persons are hereby notified that the above Convention is to be regarded in all its provisions as part of the laws of this Kingdom, and respected accordingly. JONA. AUSTIN, Minister of toreign Affairs. 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