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 CONVENTION W'ITH THE SWISS CONFEDERATION. 001*. 11, 1867. 575 conditions upon which the two offices may respectively exchange, in open mails, the correspondence originating in, or destined to, the other foreign countries to which they may reciprocally serve as intermediaries. It is always understood, however, that such correspondence shall only be charged with the rate applicable to direct international correspondence, augmented by the postage due to foreign countries, and by any other tux for exterior service. Al{TICLE XIII. Each office accords to the other the privilege of 'l`ransit of trnnsit of closed mails exchanged, in either direction, between the latter f1l°*°d Q°”'3f and any country to which the other may serve as an intermediary, by its ¤olnll€y.0 er usual means of mail transportation, whether on sea or land. Such transit across its own territory shall be reciprocally free of expense. For such transit by sea. the United States office ehall receive as folows : -—- 1. For transit across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean : K¤·*°¤- a. For letters, 8 cents per single letter rate. b. For other correspondence, 12 cents per kilogramme, net. 2. For transit across the waters of the Pacific Ocean: a. For letters, 10 cents per single letter rate. b.' For other correspondence, 20 cents per kilogramme, net. For such transit by sea the Swiss office shall receive as follows : For transit across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean: a. For letters, 8 cents per single letter rate. b. For other correspondence, 12 cents per kilogrumme, net. For intermediate territorial transit each office shall receive the amount it actually disburses for such transit. ARTICLE XIV. The postal accounts between the two 0{Hces shall be Postal ncstated quarterly, and transmitted and verified as speedily as practicable, gg‘;;bB'h£:” and the balance found due shall be paid to the creditor office either by' exchange on London or Paris, or at the debtor office, as the creditor office may desire. The rate for the conversion of the money of the two countries shall be fixed by common agreement between the two offices. ARTICLE XV. When, in any port of either country, a closed mai] is lT*g¤S*`¤$l°Y traneferred from one vessel to another without any expense to the office Qasfougzgpzna of' the country where the transfer is made, such transfer shull not be subject to any postal charge by one office against the other. Amucnm XVI. Official communications between the two offices shall Officlql Gomnot be the occasion of any accounts on either side. mum°m°"°' AI{T1CLE XVII. Letters wrongly sent or wrongly addressed, Or not Mi$S°¤U°'¤°°*’¤· deliverable for whatever cause, shall be returned to the originating office, G"' at its expense, if any expense is incurred. Registered correspondence of all kinds, not deliverable for any cause, shall also be returned in like manner. All other correspondence which cannot be delivered shall remain at the disposition of the receiving office. Any postagcs, upon correspondence returned, which shall have been charged against the office of destination, shall be discharged from the account. _ Axcrxcms XVIII. The two offices shall, by mutual consent, establish m3g;*l°d '°8'** detailed regulations for carrying those articles into execution, and they may modify such regulations, in like manner, from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may require. _ Amucnm XIX. This convention shall take effect at a time to be £t:‘§;‘%‘:n‘i::' fixed by common accord of the two administrations, and shall oontinue in 8mm_ force until terminated by mutual agreement or otherwise, until one year from the date when one oiice shall have notified the other of its desire to terminate it.