Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 15.djvu/578

 546 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. JUNE 18, 1867. Prohibitedpe- 4th. Neither office shall be bound to deliver printed papers the impor- P°*¤· tation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country to which they are transmitted. _ Customs duty 5th. So long as any customs duty is chargeable in the United States on g‘¤3‘;U““°d the importation from the United Kingdom of any of the articles enume;-· ` ated above, such customs duty shall be leviable in the United States, and the proceeds shall accrue to the United States Trea<-l· unpaid or insufficiently paid letters), shall be equally divided between the two offices. l`¤§**g° 0*1 That portion of the postage of transit letters, transit newspapers, bookz;imi°1m°r°’ packets, and patterns or samples of merelmndise which represents the Cl13.1‘g€ for the seat conveyance between the United Kingdom and the United States shall belong wholly to the despatching office. Charge for sen For the purposes of this article the charge for the sea conveyance of f&‘;g’l;YQ:§;:;s_ letters across the Atlantic shall be computed on the basis of four pence, papers. or eight cents, per single letter rate, and the charge For the sea convey- ance across the Atlantic of newspapers, book packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise shall be computed at three pence per pound or twelve cents per kilogrammo. Registered1m- ARTICLE VII. The United States Post-Oflicc may deliver to the ms °" p“k°"‘ British Post-Otiiee letters or other postal packets which have been registered, addressed to the United Kingdom. Reeiprocally, the British Post- Otliee may deliver to the United States Post-Office registered letters or other postal packets which have been registered, addressed to the United States. is; adgfxheygostage of registered letters and so forth shall always be paid in ltegistvntiou In addition to this postage, there shall also be charged a registration "°°‘ fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by the despatching office. Same subject- Awrrcre VIII. The United States Post»Oilice may further deliver r to the British Post-Otliee registered letters and so forth, addressed to those countries or colonies to which registered letters can be sent from the United Kingdom. P¤¤t¤g¤¤ f<> The United States I’ost—OIl‘ice shall account to the British Post-Otliee °°"°°°“"°°d fm" (in addition to the postage due to the British Post-Ofhee) for such sum as shall be chargeable to the inhabitants of the United Kingdom for the registration from the United Kingdom of every registered letter and so forth addressed to the countries or colonies above mentioned. On its side the British Post-Otliee may deliver to the United States Post-Office registered letters and so forth addressed to those countries to which registered letters c-an be sent froni the United States. The British Post-Otlice shall account to the United States Post—Otiice (in addition to the postage due to the United States Post-Otliee) for such sum as shall be <-hnrgenhle to the inhabitants of the United States for the registration frorn the United States of every registered letter and so forth addressed to the countries above mentioned. Imnsitpf Atrricnic IX. The British Post-Otlice engages to grant the transit through the United Kingdom, as well as the conveyance by British mail emnniy. packets, of the closed mails whirh the United States Post-Otlice may exchange, in either direction, with the posboffices of the United States 1’osse<sions,or of foreign countries, and the United States Post-Oliiee engages to grant the transit tlnrough the United States, as well as the conveyance by United States mail packets, of the closed mails which the