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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. JUNE 18, 1867. 545 Convention between the General Post-Office of the United S/ales of America and the General Post- Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Tm: General Post·Oflice of the United States of America and the June 18, 1807. General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 4;,,,,;,,,,,,,;,,,, being desirous of regulating, by meaI1s of a new convention, the commu- p¤f¤i¤¤· nication by post between the two countries, the undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose by their respective governments, have agreed upon the following articles : ARTICLP) I. There shall be an exchange of correspondence between Exchanss vt the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain °°"°Sp°"‘°"°°° and Ireland, as well for letters. newspapers, book-packets, and patterns or to include samples of merchandise, originating in the United States or in the United what- Kingdom, as for articles of the same nature originating in oI· destined fhr the countries or colonies, the correspondence of which is forwarded through the United States or through the United Kingdom. ARTICLE II. Each office shall make its own arrangement.s for the de- amen omceto spatchofmailsto the other office by well-appointed ships, sailing on stated °’P'**°h ‘“““’· days, and shall at its own cost remunerate the owners of such ships for the conveyance of the mails. ARTICLE III. The postage on a single international letter shall not Rates of postexceed twelve cents in the United States, or sixpencc in the United King- **8*- dom, and the authorized weight of a single letter shall be fifteen grammes Weight of sin- (by the metrical scale) in the United States and half an ounce in the €l°l°*""`· United Kingdom. . For other than single letters the same charge shall be made for every additional fifteen grammes, or half an ouncc,·or fraction thereofi ARTICLE IV. Every international letter insufficiently paid, or wholly Letters insufunpaid, received in the United States from the United Kingdom shall, in gilgaglyugggigr addition to the deficient postage, be subject to a fine of five cents, such subject to nm, fine to be retained by the United States Post—Office; and every international letter insufficiently paid, or wholly unpaid, received in the United _Fi¤¢¤. how Kingdom from the United States shall, in addition to the deficient postage, d'sp°S°d °£ be subject to a fine, the amount of which shall be fixed and retained by the British Post—Oflice. ARTICLE V. International newspapers, book-packets (including printed Postage on papers of all kinds, maps, plans, prints, engravings, drawings, photographs, "°""’¥’“Pm·&°‘* lithographs, sheets of music, and so forth), and patterns and samples of merchandise (including seeds and grain), shall be transmissible by either office at such charges (not less than three pence in the United Kingdom or six cents in the United_States per four ounces on book packets and patterns or samples of merchandise), and under such regulations as the despatching office may from time to time lay down. These regulations, however, shall include the following: 1st. The postage shall be fully prepaid. to be prepaid; 2d. No book packet may contain anything which is sealed or otherwise book packets; closed against inspection, nor must there be any letter, nor any communication of the nature of a letter, whether separate or otherwise, unless the whole of such letter or communication be printed. But entries merely stating from whom, or to whom, the packet is sent, shall not be regarded as a letter. 3d. No book packet must exceed two feet in length, or one foot in width or depth. von. xv, '1`nnA·r. — 35