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POSTAL CONVENTION NVITH GREAT BRITAIN. JDM-: 18, 1867. 547 British Post-Oflice may exchange, in either direction with the post-offices of British Possessions, or of foreign countries. The country which sends or receives closed mails through the other Accounttobo shall render an account of the letters, newspapers, book-packets, and {::;°’°d °* °°"‘ patterns contained in such closed mails. ° ARTICLE X. The rates of postage to be mutually paid for the terri- Rates ofposttorial transit (including the passage of the English Channel) of all letters $u;";:;‘;.'fé;?c';:l sent from one country to the other for transmission to places beyond, in · ° closed mails, shall be one halt' the ordinary inland rates now cliargeti in the two countries respectively, viz. for transit through the United States, one half of three cents per single letter, and for transit through the United Kingdom one halfof a penny per single letter. The transit rates of postage to be mutually paid for newspapers, book ofnewspaners. packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise sent in closed mails, shall &°· befourpence per kilogramme for transit through the United Kingdom, and six cents per pound for transit through the United States. Amxctn XI. When, in any British or United States port, a closed Certain transmail is transferred from one ship to another, without any expense dc- f:El§fngl°;“lm volving on the office of the country owning such port, such transler shall deemed territonot be deemed a territorial transit, and shall not give rise to any charge Ml “"“Sl”· for territorial transit. ARTICLE XII. The rates of postage to be paid by the British Post- Rates of post· Ollice to the United States Post-Office for the sea conveyance. other than °°”' across the Atlantic, of correspondence sent from the United Kingdom to e15s8d mus, the United States, in closed mails, for transmission to places beyond, or brought to the United States from places beyond, in closed mails, for transmission to the United Kingdom, shall be the same that are paid by the inhabitants of the United States; reciprocally, the rates of postage to be paid by the United States Post—OfHce to the British Post-Olliee for the sea conveyance, other than across the Atlantic, of correspondence sent from the United States to the United Kingdom. in closed mails, for transmission to places beyond, or brought to the United Kingdom from places beyond, in closed mails, for transmission to the United States, shall be the same that are paid by the inhabitants of the United Kingdom. ARTICLE XIII. The combined territorial and sca rates upon transit _Combinsd teh correspondence sent in ordinary mails, to be accounted for by one office to ;£;‘;“] ““d *°“ the other, shall be the same that are paid by the inhabitants of the c011n· ` try through which the correspondence is forwarded. ARTICLE XIV. The amount of postage chargeable by the United U¤i¤¤d Sfftfév States Post-Ollice, on its own account, upon every single letter sent °“ mg" through the United Kingdom, in ordinary mails, addressed to the United ° States, shall be three cents; and the amount of postage chargeable by the British post- British Post-Oiiicc, on its own account, upon every single letter sent “g°‘ through the United States, in ordinary mails, addressed to the United Kingdom, shall be one penny. Au·rrcLm XV. There shall be an exchange of correspondence between Exctutngs or the United States of America and Bermuda, and between those States ;";:?*!f°";;°"°° and the British Post-Ofhce Agencies, established in the Danish Colony of t;$,g;(iin5u;£,s St. Thomas, in Panama, in Colon, and in San Juan (Porto Rico). The ¤j¤<l,ll¤¤‘¤¤¤¤d¤- postage to be accounted for on such correspondence shall be fixed from l}::Kf”·""d time to time by the mutual consent of the two offices. ARTICLE XVI. The British Post—Office shall prepare, at the expire- B=‘i¥i~‘¤ Waltion of ever t s te accounts xhibitincr the results of the ex~ Om}` °° p"°p"r° ' y qua? Gl`, cpara , 6 ;,_ _ _ qnai·u·rlysepu.- change of correspondence. whether in ordinary mails, or in closed mails, rate tteeout;r=. between the respective offices. Such accounts shall be founded upon the acknowledgments of l`{*‘(`(*ll>l. of the respective uflices during the quarter. The separate accounts shall be incorporated in general accounts, which Avcpurzts shall be compared and settled by the two offices, and the balance shall t° b° '"°°"p°'