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34 POST OFFICE HANDBOOK.

11. Canada, United States of America and the Ca na l Zone.
ThtfoUowing arc the Sprcial Rcgulation.s which QOvcrn the E%changc nf11arccls:-
A declnr11tio~. of cont.cnts nnd their value with the sender's &iJ:nnturc nnd address;
the do.tc of lllll.lhng, o.od the plnce of address must be made on the nuthorieed !orm and
fixed to the parcel.
An nckno11·ledgmcnt thnt a po.rcel to a stated oddrcss hnd been posted ~Till be given
to the poster, but no liability o.ttnchcs to the Post Office in rcspe<:t thereof.
· Letters, postcnrds nud 'lnitten matter of the unturc of personal correspondence mu81
not be enclosed io a parcel.
If such be found the lctt.cr ~Till be pl:lced in the mails, if scpnmble; nnd. if tbe letter
be iuseparnbly nttached, the whole package will be rejecl.!d. Jr, however, nny aucb
ebould inadvertently be for~Tnrded the country of destination will collect double rate of
postogc according to the l'ostal Union ConYentioo.
A parcel may not contain nny other pnrcel intended for delivery nt an nddress other
thno that borne b~· the parcel itself. lf such enclosed parcel be uctected it must be sent
ror~Tnrd singly, charged '1\'ith ne~T nnu distinct Parcel Post rntes.
Puulicntions which ,·iolntc the Copyri:;bt Lnws of the country of destinntion; poisons
and explosive or inflammnble subst:~nces; fntty substances; cou!ectioos nod pastes;
live or deo.d aoim:~ls, rrccpt de:~d insects nnu reptiles, when t horoughly dried, o.nd live
bees put up in '1\'0oden boxes closed with a "·ire screen prot.cctcd by n moveable '1\'ooden
lid; fruits nnd vcget.'\l>lc.~. and subst.'\nces which exhnlc n bnu odour; lottery tickets, lot-
tery nl.lverlis•!rnr.nt.~ or lt~tl.cry circulo.rs; nil uh~ccnc cor immoml articles; nrtir.lc~ whicb
m11y, in llD)' wny. cbm:~gc or destroy the mnils or injure the J•crsous hnnulio~; thern.
Cignrs in less qu:~ntities tha.n 3.000. in n single pack1\gc must not he tlncloscd in a
p:~orc:el for t.he United :;lntcs, but. mny be sent tu C:uuLC!a.
Each p:.rcel must be so wrapped or E'nclosed ns to permit its contents tu be ea.sily c~­
amincd br nny Postrnnsteror Customs Officer whose duty it J03.Y he to do eo; nuu encb
pnrcel "'ill be subject in thc country of destination to all Customs duties nnu o.ll Customs
regulations in force in that country for the pro!.ection of its Customs revenue.
A p:~rcel fnr Vuited State~ aud C:nl:l! Zone mny be rcQislncd on like conditions to
tbose tho.t ~overn the registr:~tioo or otber corresponuence; or, on payment of the sum
of twopence additional to tl1e first charl!e, the sender can obtain 11 receipt !or such
parcel from the addressee, but pnrcels fnr the Uuitcd Stnt.e•, C:mnun :~uc.l the Cnn:~l
Zone mny llfll l>r. i11.~11rrrl .
Parcels must. be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the mnils or either
country, ho~h in going to the Post Office of exchnngc of the country of origin, us well ns
to the office of address of the countr.1· of dcstiuntion; nnd they must NOT u& &&AL&D
on CLOSI:D AGAINST JNsrECTJO~>, that is, they must not l>c secured by menns of w:.x, screws
or onils. or in an~· mnnner which '1\'0Uid not ac.lmit of their ensy cxnminntion by tbe Customs
Authorities in tlw Uuitc!<l St.nt.cs.
The cuuutr~· of uestinntiuu, rn:~y , at its option, le1ry nod collect from the nddressee,
for inbod sen•ice and delivery, n char~e not exceeding twopence half-peuuy (or five cents
on ench single parcel of '1\'hat.cvcr wei~ht; nnd, if the weight exceed one pound, n charge
equnl to oue half-penny (or one cent) for each rc:.ur ounces or fraction thereof.
If 1\ p:~orccl cannot be delivered ns nuuresseu, within 28 dnysof its receipt, or is refused,
it will !orthwit.h be returneu to the scnuers.
Aor request. that. n parcel m:~y be re-addressed or rcturneu must be nccompnaied by
the amount of post:~:;c ut the original rnte for its further pre-pn.yment.
The Post. Office Dep3rtmcnt of either oi the eontrncting countries will not be respon-
sible I or the loss or da.m.'lge o! noy packoge: nod no indemnity can coDsequeotly be claimed
by the !ender or nddressee in either country.
CONDITIONS AND PROHIBIT IO N S IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES .
1.- Lt:TTERS.
The transmission of any letter '1\'hatsoever, no mnttcr to whom addressed, in parcels
lor tbe Continent of Europe, Austrian and French Post Offices in Turldsh Ports, the
Cntocroooe, the C:~pe of Good Hope, Republic of Columbia, Congo Free State, Costa
Ricn, Danish West Indies, Dutch Enst Indies, Egypt, French ColoDics nod Possessions,
Natal, the Australian Colonies, Smyrna, Trinidad and Tunis, West Const or A!rica, is
ttrictlv furbid<kn. ·