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30 POS'l' Ol"l~!CE IIANDUOOK.

GENETIAL REGULJ\TIQl':::;.
Cu.•Lomt Dcrlaration and Dctpotch-lt!l~ .
. l'arccl.! art :u/ljccl to C11$lo1m rr.gulatimts. The sender of t>ach parcel is required to-
mnkc, fur Custollls purposes- upon n ~pcrinl form or furms, wltieh eau be oh.t:1iucd nL nny
1oaL Oflicc-nn nccumtc stnt.ctucnt or the nnWre aud ,·n.luc of the cnnt.culs nnd other
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pnrtir.ulnrs. The sender's nnllle and full ailJress must also be tilled in. The forms should
uo filled in in ink. Two forms or CustoUJ~ declaration are in use:-(1) A yellow form, in-
tcndcll to be nffixcd to the covers or parcels for British Colonies and Posscs.•ions nnd for
a !oil' foroil(n c•Jnntries; nnd (2) n white form, which is used for parcels for all other f(\reign
counltic~. Scvcml idcnticnl copies of t.he latter form must in many c/l.Scs be rnnde out
(1ee Tnble un p:Lgcs :~!) to •1 ). 11'/tcn a. white form is used the sc11dcr mu.•t al.•o fill 1tp a
dr.-patch-uutc. Vntl~,·ualuatinn of the COIIUoiiLs M joilnrc to dr!scribr them fully may rr..sttlt in
•rizurc of the P"·rcr.ls, :md in the c.1sc of pnrccls :~ddrc.c;sed lo the tiniled Sl<~t.es of Antericn
in U1e i111pu~ition of hcn,·y fiucs, which will not be remitted even if the pnrccls nre returned
to the I;I'IH.It!rs. The net wei;;ht or qu:~ntity of the di!Tercnt kinds of nrti<:les cont.:lincd in
a pnret·l shuulcl be l'Cp:l.rntcl~· SL'Itcd. Any other particulars ~houh.l be l!'ivcn which would
{1\rililnf.to th<• O!<.<t•••m!'nl of r.n~l(tlll~ nut.\' 0 ~lll'\1 1\., t.he llt:tlr.rialuf whic:h dotltin~ iR com-
Jl'IIK'tl1 lllwlwlll'IJu:r iL is ltt!\1' ur unL. lu llw o:nMt' uf nrLit•lo·:< ro:lnrtwd In 1.(,.. t•nnntry wln:ro
tlmy uri;;iu:llcd, the fact should be ~I:Lictl. Fur furlltcr pnrtieuht r~ :~~ to dccl11r:ttiuns,
•cc nutc ns:•iust Utc n:uucs or the vnrious countries in the T:Lblc of H.ntcs pp. :HJ tCJ 4:;
(c·•l. IU).
The pn~ta~c on pnrc~ls lllll~l be tl'lw/ly prepaid by l'nsta:;c St~unp~.
'l'lw l'ust IJflicc DcparLmcnt will unt be rcspousil>h: fc,r t.he lo~s or dnmil~e of any
uuin< ttr'f•tl parr:el. .
Ench pnn:cl 1nust be plainly tlirt<cl.t•d, such direct.ions ~ettin:.: ior~h the nnmc nnd full
At!cln·Rs uf the pr.r~nu for whum the pa:·<,cl is int.cndetl. A )>w·cr.l must notl•r. 11n.•trd in a
J,c/lr.r JJ,:r, but must lw taken into a I'o.~t Office 011d prc.scutcd at the cou11lcr to the /'ost-
ma.•tr.r fir pnr.~on i 11 chargr..
A Ct:rtilic:nlc of posti~:::; n·ill be t;i\•Cn to th~ (l~r~oo post.ing n parcel out no lia-
bility ntL'Ichcs to the- Post O!licE' in respect thereof.
CnsLollls duties will be collected bcfor<' ddi,·cry.
A pnrr.cl luny •wt conl..!lin rhngr.rous :t~ticlc~;, pP.rishnl>lc nrtHf's. nrticlt•s likely to
injnn• uLhr.r parr.ds. or t!tt• u!li•·~rs nf thr l'u•t Offic··. liqui•ls uulf'l'!' l'('Cnrr·l.v packed
in prupt·r cas~s nml surroundctl with alol'urhr·"~ matf!ri:tl, nr :my r·u!ltraltnntln.rticlt:l' or
euh~tnnct·s A parcel must not contnin nnothcr parcel or other postnl packet intended
fur tldivery to n rersnt• other than the addressee of t.h~ first-namr.d parcel.
If on r:x:tlni~tat.ion of ~nv p:m•d t.lu:r~ l'hall he fou11tl in nr with the ~amr. "'"'f,.ff,•r or
cm""""'i•:<~liou nf thr. !oolt:r~· ,;J n l··llcrsuch papt·r or communicstion will be wit.lulrn.\\'U
thcrdrcnn, nnd will be forwnnlml tn t.hc udtlrrssee ther.,of; or, if it be n t nddrc~s<!d, to
lh•: nol•lr··~scr of t.hr. pnrc::l in nr with whir.h t.lu: same was f (ouud cnel(lsc•l. and the ~nid
~~~l••r will I,.. sumloar::<•d ftor o] .. Jivnry nt lhc unpaid rnt.e. nf pu~t:I!!C .
An umlt·lil'cr<·d parco:! mny be rc-dirccll:d to the sr.ndcr iu Lhl! country of ol'i::in on
pnyrnc:nt ul n rnl.c r.qunl t.o l.h.'lt ori~dnnll~· paid on it . such nc!Jition:tl po~t.nv.c mny either
Le paiol in the cuu11Lry from which the p:lTct:l is rcturuetl, or uccullectctl frum the scHtlcr
on th•lil·cry.
Pnrcds r~-tlir<!Ct~d or returned from C>nc cotuttr~· to nnothcr will be chnrgctl n fresh
po~lnl:~ nt the mtc rnynblc to the couutry o( defitin:ltion.
H 11 p:m:r•l CILILIH>t be cldin,r~·cl as :llldres~d. or is rcfn.•ed, the ~ender, \\'ill lor. cum-
municutJ:cl wit.h by the Post Ollicc as to the mnnucr in which the pnrcd shall be
di~JlllRt!d of.
l'urct·IA to nu•l fr••m tl:c n.~. :\., hm·:evcr, ... ·hic,h cannot be ddiv~r,.,d to the p~rsons to
whcntl l)ll'y nrc adtlrcsscd, will uc returned for disposal as uutlclivcrctl, or "dcnd"
111nlter .
.. Pnrccla which cnnnot be delivered will l>c kept for n re:~sonable t ime before being finnlly
•diapoactl of.
.·, l'nr~t:l~ sluouhl. l1c <r.curriy nml .•ul,staulially ]J!Icl.:r,] a nd cl<1scd hy t.he sender n~d
'111 110mo cMt!S se:tlft may be found necessary. If wnx is used it sho!!ld be of the specJnl
.qllllllty which will withstnud n hot climate. Pnn;nl!< I.(J U.<.;.A. m :ty not be scnlcd .
... .Y.areeb conl.'\inin~: coin, nn.,·thin~: made of ::old ur silver or other precious nrticl~s ·
,~not lon fur\\'1\rtlctl Lo n country pnrticip:~tin:; in Lite insurnnce scheme cxc.cpL the pnr-
eel ·l. huurou.