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 CONVENTION WITH ENGLAND AND IRELAND. JULY 28, 1868. 691 Omwention between the General Post- Ojicc of the United States of America Jmy gs, 1868, and the General P0st·O []ice of the United IGngd0m of Great Bridain —-;_*"` and Deland. Im; general post-office of the United States of America and the gen- Y1‘¤¤¤>bl°· eral post-0fHcc of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous of establishing and maintaining an exchange of mails between the United States OH the one side and the Straits Settlements and the B_ritish.East Indies on the other, by means coujoimly of the line of United States mail packets plying between San Francisco and Hong Kong and of the line of British mail packets plying between Hong Kong and Singapore, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Aden, the undersigned duly authorized For that purpose have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I. There shall be a direct exchange of mails between the of- Exchange of Iiccs of New York and San Francisco on the one part, and the ofhccs of mms? Singapore, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Aden, on the other, compris- to include ing letters, newspapers, prices current, book packets, and packets of pan ‘”h“°* tems or samples originating in the United States and addressed respectively to the Straits Settlements, or to the British East Indies, or originating in the British East Indies or the Straits Settlements, respectively, and addressed to the United States. These mails shall be conveyed by United States mail packets between MW ¤<>¤· San Francisco and Hong Kong via. Yokohama, and by British mail pack— v°y°d’ cts between Hong Kong and Singapore or the Indian ports. Arzmcmz II. The postage to be collected in the United States, upon Ratesofppstpaid correspondence addressed to the Straits Settlements or the British g§‘ié;g;w“‘gm East Indies, shall be ten cents pcr single letter not exceeding half' an ` ounce in weight, heavier letters being charged in proportion, two cents, each on newspapers or prices current, and eight cents pcr four ounces ou book packets, or packets of patterns or samples; and the postage to be collected in the Straits Settlements or the British East Indies, upon paid correspondence addressed to the United States, shall be ten pence per single lcttcr not exceeding half an ounce in weight, heavier letters being charged in proportion, and {bur pence per four ounces for newspapers, prices current, book packets or packets of patterns or samples. The correspondence thus paid shall be delivered at the place of dcsti- Dfliverg °* nation, whether in the United States or in the British Posscssicms, fice ;;;I;iSp°n ` from all charge whatsoever. Letters posted in either country unpaid or insufficiently paid shall, ucv- wg"P‘“d ""‘ crthelcss, be forwarded and shall be charged at the place of destination ' with an rata 0I` postage of the same amount that would be chargeable on sa. letter of like weight, posted for despatch in the opposite direction, togcthev with a finc of six pence in the Straits Settlements or the British Eau Indies, 01* of twelve cents in the United States. ARTICLPZ III. The exchange of the correspondence referred to in Ar- k£“°l;;€§°§’ °° ticlc H., preceding, shall not give risc to any accounts between the British P P g ` and the United States posvofhccs. Each office shall keep the posmgc which it collects. ARTICLIE IV. Evcry letter, newspaper, price current, book packet or Letters, &<=~ packet of patterns or samples, despatched hom one officc to the other, Mw p°‘d‘ shall be plainly stamped in rcd ink with 2. stamp bearing the Words "puid all" on the x-ight-hand upper corner of the address, and shall also bear the dated stamp of the office at which it was posted.