The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-26
Convention Between the Post
office Department Of Canada
and the PcstofTce Department
of the Hawaiian Islands Con-
corning the Exchange of Closed
Parcels by Mail.

For the purpose of further extend
ing the postal relations between the
Dominion of Canada and the Hawaiian
Islands, the Undersigned, Sir Adolphe
p. Caron, Postmaster General of Canada
and Joseph NJ. Dat, Unconstitutional
of the Republic of Hawaii, by virtue Of
authority vested in them by law, have
agreed upon the following articles.
|. There shall be regular exchange
of closed parcels by mail between
| Canada and the Hawaiian Islands.
9. Such parcels shall oe forwarded
/ by the steamers of the Canadian Aus
tralian Steamship Line, plying between
/ Vancouver, Canada. and some port
or ports in Australia, touching at Homo
lulu.
3. The maximum weight of single
parcel shall be five (5) pounds and the
maximum dimensions shall be two(2) feet
in length and one foot in width or
depth.
4. The rate of postage shall be TWEEN
ty (2W cents per pound or fraction
thereof.
5. This postage rate shall be divided
as follows: To credit of the Hawaiian
Islands, four az cents per pound for
land transit, and to credit of Canada,
eight ~ cents per pound for sea
transit and eight (S) cents for land
transit.
8. The Postoffice of Canada shall
provide for the sea conveyance of the
parcels passing both ways between the
two countries.
7. The parcels exchanged shall not
contain any article the transmission of
which is prohibited under the regula-
tions relating to other classes OF matter
passing by mail between the two
countries.
s. Every parcel shall be accompa-
MED by Customs declaration, which
shall be affixed to the parcel, showing
the value of the contents, and all par
subject to the Customs laws and regu-
lations thereof.
8. The Postoffice of Honolulu shall
be the exchange Office for the Hawaiian
Islands, and the Postoffice of Vancou-
yer the exchange Office for Canada.
10. Each parcel mail shall be accom-
panied by parcel bill in which shall
be entered by the dispatching office,
the number of the parcel, the place OF
posting, the name of the addressee, the
! declared value of the contents, and the
number of rates prepaid, and also at the
foot of the bill the number of parcels
dispatched, and the gross and net weight
of the mail.
r substantially packed and shall be dis
patched from one country to another IN
. strong wicker baskets which the Post
Office of Canada shall supply, but hall
, the cost of which shall be paid by che
Postoffce Department of the Hawaiian
Islands.
70. Undelivered raacels may be re-
directed to the senders in the country OF
origin. subject to the same postage rate
, to which they were severaliy originally
/, liable, which may either be prepaid in
: the country from which the parcel it
returned, or charged upon the bill for
collection on delivery. Should such u
parcel, returned without prepayment,
fail of delivery to the sender, the coun
try of origin shall notify the country
! from which the parcel was returned %,
! the fact and claim credit for he uoull
l of postage charged against it Oh sucl
parcel.
10. Parcels which cannot be de-
livered to the persons addressed, ano
! the senders of which canno. be found
shall, unless otherwise determined il
special cases, after correspondence BE-
tween the two administrations, be re
turned to the administration Of tn,
! country of origin for disposal as undt'
livered dead matter.
IA. The accounts relating TO the
: charges made upon parcels shall be pre-
pared quarterly by the Postofiice Of
Canada, and shall be transmit ID il
duplicate to the Post jffice Department
J of the Hawaiian Islands for yerihcatiol
. and settlement.
10. This convention shall take effec
on the first day of March, 1895, anC
shall remain in force un,il the expira'
ton of a period of six months after thu
date upon which one Of the TWO con
rracting administrations shall have
notified the ptIer of its intention 10 ter
inmate it.
Dore in dup late and signed al
Ottawa, Canada, ON the the 24th day OF