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CONVENTION WITH THE KINGDOM OF ITALY. Nov. 8, 1867. 603 nevertheless, That any duty which may be due to the customs upon any article, under the laws of the country of destination, may be collected. ARTICLE XI. The two administrations shall establish by common Open mails. accord, and in conformity with the arrangements in force at the time, the conditions upon which the two offices may respectively exchange in open mails the correspondence originating in or destined to foreign countries to which they may reciprocally serve as intermediaries. It is always understood, however, that such correspondence shall only be charged with the international postage established by this convention, augmented by the postage due to foreign countries, or for other exterior service. ARTICLE XII. The post departments of the United States and of Italy Transit in I-eciprocally engage to transport gratuitously across their respective ter- °l°S°d ¤>°i]¤· ritories all correspondence which shall be exchanged in closed mails with any countries to which they may respectively serve as intermediaries: Provided always, That such conveyance shall be eifected by the ordinary means of mail conveyance in use; and that the countries taking the benefits of such gratuitous service shall reciprocally accord the like privilege of free transit across their respective territories. For the transport of closed mails by either administration for the other Rates. by sea, the following rates are fixed to be charged and received by the administration rendering the service, viz. (a) For transport across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, 8 cents per single letter rate ; and 12 cents per kilogram net of other correspondence. (6) For transport across the waters of the Paciiic Ocean, 10 cents per single letter rate, and 20 cents per kilogram net of other correspondence. (c) For transport across the Mediterranean Sea, 50 ceutesimi per 30 grams of letters net, and 60 centesimi per kilogram net of other correspondence. (d) For immediate territorial transport each administration shall charge and receive the amount which it shall have actually paid for the account of the other. ARTICLE XIII. The accounts between the two administrations shall Accounts to be stated quarterly, and transmitted and verified as speedily as practica· ;’;rf;"“d q“”' ble ; and the debtor office shall pay the balance found due to the creditor ` office, either by exchange on London or at the debtor office, as the creditor oliice may desire. The rate for the conversion of the money of the two countries shall be fixed by common agreement between the two offices. ARTICLE XIV. When in any port of either country a closed mail is Transfer of transferred from one vessel to another, without any expense to the office °1°*°d musof the country where the transport is made, such transfer shall not be subject to any postal charge by one office against the other. ARTICLE XV. Correspondence exclusively relating to the postal ser- Corresppnd. vice shall be transmitted on -both sides free of all charge. °‘ggfaf°;2m§°°‘:0 ART1CI.E XVI. Letters wrongly sent, or wrongly addressed, or not gs ass, deliverable for whatever cause, and all registered correspondence not de- &Mi$S°¤*l<¤W°¤» liverable for any cause, shall be returned as promptly as practicable to °` the originating office, at its cost, if any cost is incurred. Any postages on returned correspondence which may have been charged against the returning office shall be discharged from the account. All other correspondence which cannot be delivered shall remain at the disposition of the receiving administration. ARTICLE XVII. Small sums of money may be mutually transmitted Postal money from one country to the other by means of postal money orders ; and the °*d°"‘ rates and conditions may be arranged by agreement between the two departments, so soon as such arrangement may be found convenient. ARTICLE XVIII. The two administrations shall in concert establish B¤g¤l¤¤i¤¤¤· detailed regulations for the execution of these articles ; and both the