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POSTAL CONVENTION ‘W'ITH GREAT BRITAIN. DEG. 3 & 27, 1852. 807 Postal Arrangement between the United States and the West Ladies, etc. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES To the Articles agreed upon ·between the Post-Ojtce q"the United King- D°°·8&27»1852· dom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Post-Office of the United S°°I’°·’*»P·8*1· States of America for carrying into Execution the Convention of Decernoerjijteen, one thousand eight hundred and fortgeight. IN pursuance of the power granted, by Article XXI. of the convention Ante, p. 787. of December fifteen, one thousand eight "hundred and forty-eight, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of America, to the two Post-Oiiices, to settle the matters of detail,_ which are to be arranged by mutual consent, for insuring the execution of the stipulations contained in the said convention, the undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose by their respective offices, have agreed upon the following articles : — ARTICLE I. An exchange of mails shall hereafter take place between Exchaugoof the following offices, so long as the British and United States govern- mails. ments respectively shall deem it expedient to maintain a communication by packet between the several ports enumerated:- 1. Between the post-ofrice of New York and the British packet office at St. Thomas, -— by means of British mail packets. 2. Between the post·otiice of New York and the post—office of Kingston, (Jamaica;) 3. Between the post-office of Charleston and the post-office of Kingston; 4. Between the post-ohice of Savannah and the post—oi1'ice of Kingston; 5. Between the post-office of New Orleans and the postoffice of Kingston; 6. Between the post-otiice of San Francisco and the p0st·0Hice of Kingston,— by means of United States mail packets. ARTICLE II. In the event of the United States mail packets ceasing Mails toand to call at Kingston, (Jamaica,) the mails to and from Kingston shall be fmm K*¤8“°¤? landed and embarked at Havana, and, if permitted, shall be delivered over unopened by the United States consul to the British consul, or vice versa, and shall be conveyed between Havana and Kingston by British ackets. P ARTICLE III. The mails forwarded from New York, Charleston, Sa- to St. Thomas vannah, New Orleans, and San Francisco to St. Thomas and Jamaica md J“m”l°“i shall comprise the correspondence, not only for those islands, but also for all the British and foreign ports at which the British mail packets in the West Indies touch. . ARTICLE IV. Reciprocally, the mails forwarded from Jamaica and St. from St. Thomas to New York, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, and San·;g?;Q?;§gwJ* Francisco shall comprise the correspondence, not only from those islands, Y0.-k, gw, but also from all the British and foreign ports at which the British mail packets in the West Indies touch. ‘ ARTICLE V. Upon every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight Rates of postdespatched from New York, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, or San *8** "°*` 1°“°”· Francisco to St. Thomas or Kingston, and addressed to one of the foreign ports at which the British mail packets in the West Indies touch, the United States Post-Office shall account to the British Post·Oflice for the