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POSTAL CONVENTION WITH ITALY. JAN. 16 & FEB. 8, 1870. 1029 Additional Goiwmliwl to the Gonvention agreed upon between the Post Jn¤·16, 1870. Department of the United States of America and the Postal Adminis- Ami P· 101*% tration of the Kingdom of Daly, signed at Florence the eighth dag of Mvember, A. D. eighteen hundred and seatg-seven. An additional Gonvention between the General Posbgfice of the Zhzited States of America and the General Post.Q#iee of the nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland having established a reduced charge if sim cents Ame, p. 869. per ounce, or per thirty grammes, for the sea conveyance across the Atlantic of letters sent in closed mails through the United Kingdom, the undersigned, duly authorized by their respective governments, have agreed upon the following articles : -— Amxcnu I. The single rate of letter postage on the direct correspond- Rates ofletmence exchanged between the two administrations, by closed mail, via P°‘"’“g°• England, shall be as follows : For letters from the United States, ten cents. For letters from Italy, fifty-five `centesimi. And for the sea conveyance of letters, in closed mails, across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the United States office shall receive six cents per ounce, or per thirty grammes. Anrronu II. The conditions of Articles V. and XII. of the convention nspmor rm-. agreed upon between the post department of the United States of America mf ’=¤‘d°l°*· and the postal administration of the Kingdom of Italy, signed at Florence the eighth day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, s0_ far as they are contrary to the preceding article, are repealed. Anrromn III. The present convention, which shall be considered as V Thi¤§°¤%°d¤; additional to the convention of the eighth day of November, one thousand tlggx ° °‘ eight hundred and sixty-seven, shall come into operation on the Efteenth ` day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy. Done in duplicate, and signed in Florence the sixteenth day of Jannary, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and in Washington the eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy. [smart] JNO. A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster-General of the Mtited .S7ates. BARBAVARA, Director- General. I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be alilxed. [s1·:AL.] U. S. GRANT. By the President: Hniuuxron Frsu, Secretary of State. Wssumcrou, February 8, 1870.