1750 CONVENTION—TRlNIDAD. ocmmm 29, 1898. b{§:gg1?3L°f P°¤¤hj 2. When the contents of a parcel which can not be delivered are ° °` liable to deterioration or corruption, they may be destroyed at once if necessary, or, if expedient, sold, without previous notice or judicial formality, for the benefit of the right person, the particulars of each sale being noticed by one post-office to the other. _ a£¤}¤¤·g°¤¤fl•hi:*· 3. An order for redirection or re-forwarding must be accompanied by °"°°" g' the amount due for postage necessary for the return of the article to the oiilce of origin, at__the ordinary parcel rates. Anrronn XII. N¤¤r·¤¤1>¤¤¤i\»i1i•=y The Post-Oilice pepartment of either of the contracting countries will f°'l°°°‘ °°”' · not be responsible for the loss or damage of any parcel, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in either country. Anrrcnn XIII. F¤r¤¤¤rr¤z¤i¤¢i<>¤¤- The Postmaster General of the United States of America and the Postmaster General of Trinidad shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail as may be found necessary tocarry 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 l1 of this Convention. — , Anrrcnn XIV. ‘ D°¤“°¤·•*°· This Convention shall take effect and operations thereunder shall . begin on the ilrst day of November 1898, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either Department, upon six mouths’ previous notice given to the other. _ Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the twenty-ninth da of October, 1898. ’ y
[SEAL.] CHARLES Emonv SMITH,
Postmaster General of the United States of America. [sen.,] · Junun Psunonrorn, ` H. B. M. Ambassador. Awww- The foregoing Parcels-Post Convention between the United States of America and the British Colony of Trinidad 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 atllxed. .[sn.u..] Wu.1.um McKn·:1.nY. By the President: Joan HAY, Secretary of State. Wssnmeron, October 29th, 18.98.
