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Such information as is available will be found under the country headings.

Enquiries regarding disposal or delay to a parcel for abroad should be made by means of form P64, which is obtainable at any Post Office. A 40 cent postage stamp must be affixed to the form.

INCOMING PARCELS

DELIVERY

Parcels from other countries are not delivered to the addressee at his residence or business premises. Notice of arrival of a parcel is sent to the addressee, who must then claim it at the post office at which it is held.

Any parcel remaining unclaimed after a period of 10 days of the posting of a notifica- tion of arrival shall be liable to a demurrage charge of $2.00. If not collected after 20 days it may be removed to the Returned Parcel Office and if after that time it has not been returned to sender or otherwise disposed of, it may be recalled on payment of a further charge of $2.00. An unclaimed parcel bearing an alternative address provided by the sender will after the expiry of 20 days be offered for delivery to the alternative address, demurrage charges raised against the first-addressee will be cancelled and the parcel treated as a new arrival. A receipt will be given for charges collected.

Demurrage charges imposed on undelivered parcels cannot be evaded by local redirec- tion to another address or to another delivery office.

A parcel received in the Colony addressed care of Post Office or Poste Restante will be retained for a period of two months before being treated as undeliverable or abandoned. Such a parcel will be liable to demurrage charges as indicated above. If, however, during this period or during the period of retention at a post office the contents of a parcel become or are likely to become worthless through natural decay, or are found to be offensive or injurious, they are liable to be disposed of forthwith.

Customs duty on goods imported by post is calculated in accordance with the customs tariff for the time being in force and any enquiry regarding the customs charges raised should be addressed to the Department of Commerce and Industry and should be accompanied by that portion of the cover which bears the address and customs declaration label.

Import licences, etc. Certain goods require the production of an import licence before delivery can be effected, all enquiries in this matter should be directed to the Import Licensing Officer, Department of Commerce and Industry.

Dangerous drugs will not be delivered until such a time as the addressee produces a form "C" (Import authorization issued by the Medical Department),

RETURNED PARCELS

A parcel which cannot be delivered abroad is usually returned to the sender at his expense, without previous notification, unless he has requested at the time of posting that it be treated as abandoned if undeliverable.

The cost of returning a parcel includes postage (not necessarily equivalent to the outward charge) and in many cases charges levied abroad for wharehousing and so on. Customs duty raised on a parcel abroad is generally cancelled if the parcel is returned, but on parcels sent back from the Republic of Colombia, Dominican, Republic, Spain, certain French colonies and other countries, the customs charges are not cancelled and must be paid on delivery in addition to the other charges due.

The sender of a returned parcel is legally bound to accept the parcel and pay the charges on its return, unless he has requested that the parcel be abandoned in the event of non delivery.

COMPENSATION for loss or damage see Section I of this Guide.