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 602 CONVENTION WITH THE KINGDOM OF ITALY. Nov. 8, 1867. Rates of post· the first article, it shall be that which the despatching administration shall administration shall inform the other of the rate it adopts, and of any change of it. The postage upon any correspondence, however, may be, by common accord, modified whenever the sender shall avail himself of any route which requires a higher rate than that established by this article, and the envelope shall indicate the route preferred either in writing or by the amount of postage prepaid. ?f°P¤>’¤¤°¤* Anrxcnn VI. The prepayment of postage on ordinary letters between °f pomp the United States and Italy shall be optional. The prepayment of postage on all other correspondence, including registered letters shall be obligatory. {The correspondence of all kinds which shall not be prepaid shall be charged by the receiving administration with a fine not exceeding 5 cents in the United States, and not exceeding 30 centesimi in Italy. The correspondence of any kind, insufficiently prepaid, shall be despatched, but shall be charged by the receiving administration with the deficient postage, as well as the fine aforesaid. Fractions of one cent in the United States and of 5 centesimi in Italy, shall be counted for the full amount. Registsredcor- Anrxcnn VII.. Any correspondence may be registered,as well that ’°*’P°¤d°¤°°i directly exchanged between- the two countries, as that originating in either of them and destined to other foreign countries to which they may respectively serve as intermediaries for registered correspondence, and vice versa. bthth t dth P': f gl y PP o e pos age an e regis er ee. fee. The fee shall be, not exceeding 10 cents in the United States, and 50 centesimi in Italy. uumizrey set- ARTICLE VIII. Accounts between the two administrations shall be °'”°“ ° “°’ regulated as follows: comm From the total amount of tho postage collected upon letters, added to the amount of register fees, and of prepaid postages upon other articles than letters as collected by each administration, it shall deduct the cost at `the established rates of the intermediate transit of the mails it despatches to the other, and the balance shall be equally divided between the two administrations. There shall be excluded from the account all fines upon unpaid or insufficiently paid correspondence, and the dedcient postages upon articles mentioned in the second paragraph of article nrst, all of which shall be retained to the use of the administration which collects them. I R3s¤l¤m;=;f Anrronn IX. The correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph &;":°,£:,d,¤°,_ of article first shall be despatched in conformity with the interior system of] the despatching administration, but always including the following ru es: (a.) The correspondence must be under bands, so that the contentscan be readily examined. (6.) There must be no written- communication except the date, the name of the sender, the address, and the price, and manufacturers marks upon samples of merchandise. (c.) No pattern or packet may exceed sixty centimeters in length and thirt centimeters in any other dimension. There shall he admitted no liquid nor other article which might injure the other correspondence, nor any article the importation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country of destination. Customs dues Awncnm X. It is expressly agreed that all international correspond- EY b° °°“°°'·‘ ence exchanged shall be exempt in the country of destination from any charge whatever not expressly provided by this convention: Provided,
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