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2228 POSTAL coNvnNr1oN-cA;Nxox.~· · Amrcm: 4. ` E"‘°i““’°°°°"°‘ In case any correspondence is tendered for mailing in either country obviously with the intention to evade the lug er postage rates applicable to it in the other country, it shall be refused, unless payment be made of such higher rates. Am·rcm·: 5. E¤*=*·=*¤¤°°· (a) Exchan es of mails under this Convention, whether by sea or over land, shall be effected through the post offices of both countries already designated as exchan e post offices, or through such others as may be hereafter agreeg upon, under such regulations relative to the details of the exchanges as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the customs revenues. · u§;P°”S° °‘ °°°"°Y‘ (b) Each country shall provide for and bear the expense of the conveyance of its mails to the other; or if by agreement the conveyance in both directions in overland exchanges, other than by railway, is provided by one of them, the expense of transportation shall be shared between them in proportion to the distance travelled over the territory of each. ' Airrrcmz 6. ' m$°F“"“"*°'°'°“d The United States of America and the Dominion of Canada each grants to the other, free of any charges, detention or examination whatsoever, the transit across its territory, by all trains that it uses for its own mails, of the closed mails made up by any authorized exchange office of either country addressed to any other exchange oflice of the same country, or to any exchange office of the other country. _ Aimcm 7. Registry- (a) Any packet of mailable correspondence, with the exception of parcels repaid at parcel post rates, may be registered upon pa - ment of tffe rate of postage and the registration fee applicable thereto in the country of origin. (b)An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall be returned to the sender when requested; but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding ten cents. Airrrcui 8. ,,,{;§§h_"' ”‘*“'*"°" (a) Overland exchanges of ordinary international mail may be effected without the use of letter bills, but registered articles must be accompanied by a descriptive list thereof by means of which the registered articles may be identified for the purpose of acknowl- , _ ed ent by the receiving offices. M“S“‘*“‘"‘°l“‘ 513 If a registered article advised shall not be found in the mails by the receiving office, its absence shall be immediately reported by the receiving to the sending office. Armcm·: 9. M°“’“°“‘ Ordinary and registered exchanges shall be effected in properly closed sacks, under such regulations relative to the details of the exchanges as may be mutually determined to be essential; except that articles which it is impracticable to enclose in mail sacks may be handled outside of mail sacks under such regulations as may be mutually agreed upon from time to time.