The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-26

| ing the postal relations between the
Dominion of Canada and the Hawaii
an Islands, the undersigned, Sir
Adolphe P. Caron, Postmaster General
of Canada, and Joseph M. Oat, Post
master General Of the Republic of
Hawaii, by virtue of authority vested
in them by law, have agreed upon the
following articles:
/. There shall be a regular ex-
change of closed parcels by mail be-
tween Canada and the Hawaiian ISL
ands.
2. Such parcels shall be forwarded
| by the steamers of the Canadian-Aus-
tralian Steamship Line, plying be-
tween Vancouver, Canada, and some
port or ports in Australia, touching at
Honolulu.
8. The maximum weight of a par
eel shall be five (5) pounds and the
maximum dimensions shall be two ~
feet in length and one foot in width or
depth.
4. The rate of postage shall be
twenty COY cents per pound or frac-
ton 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 (S) cents per pound for sea
transit and eight (S) cents for land
transit.
6. The Postoff1ce of Canada shall
provide for the sea conveyance of the
parcels passing both ways between
the two countries.
z. The parcels exchanged shall not
contain any articles the transmission
OF which is prohibited under the regu-
lations relating to other classes of
matter passing by mail between the
two countries.
6. Every parcel shall be accompa-
MED by a Custom declaration, which
shall be affixed to the parcel, showing
the value of the contents, and all par
GELS received in either country shall be
subject to the Customs laws and regu-
lations thereof.
8. The Postoffice of Honolulu shall
he the exchange Office for the Hawaii
an Islands, and the Postoffice of Van
coCver the exchange office for Canada.
10. Each parcel mail shall be &C.
companied 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 ad-
dressee, the declared value of the con-
tents, and the number of rates pre-
paid, and also at the foot Of the bill
the number of parcels dispatched, and
the gross and net weight of the mail.
IL. Parcels must be securely and
substantially packed and shall be dis
patched from one country to another
in strong wicker baskets which the
Postoftice Of Canada shall supply, but
half the cost Of which shall be paid by
the POstoffice Department of the Ha-
waiian Islands.
II. Undelivered parcels 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 Re
prepaid in the country from which the
parcel IL returned, or charged upon
the bill for collection on delivery.
Should such a parcel, returned with
out prepayment, fail of delivery to
the sender, the country of origin shall
notify the country from which the
parcel was returned of the fact and
claim credit for the amount of most
age charged agains. it on such parcel.
Is. Parcels which cannot be de-
livered to the persons addressed, and
the senders of which cannot be found,
shall, unless otherwise determined in
special cases, after correspondence be-
tween the two administrations, be
returned To the administration of the
country of origin for disposal rs unde-
livered (dead) matter.
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