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 966 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH PRUSSIA. JULY 17 & AUG. 26, 1852. ori inall char ed b the sendin office, which shall be allowed m dnschgrge tif thegaccotiut of the gifice to which they were sent. Thee? returns of postage are to be claimed in a bill made up agreeably to forms P°"’l°' W" annexed, marked E and F, which is to accompany such dead letters. Bsfwd ¤¤W¤- Newspapers which are refused, or which become dead m the post-0Hices PW""' of either country, are not to be returned. _ _ M*¤¤°¤*» &°· Aarxcnn XV. Letters misdirectcd or missent, or which may require 1°"'°"' the prepayment of postage, shall be returned without delay and credit taken in the letter bill for the amount of postage originally charged upon Redirected1st- them. Redirected letters shall be mutually returned by the hrst post, °°“‘ charged with the additional postage for such return, and credits shall be taken in the letter bill for such postage as the receiving office has been charged with, with its share of the additional charge. M¤¤·k¤ and Anricnn XVI. On all prepaid letters the payment of the postage Qgzhps “P°“ m' shall be distinctly marked by stamping the word “Paid," and the amount of postage in red ink on the upper right-hand corner of the letter, and the stamp of the exchange office sending the letter shall, in every m- stance, be impressed on the face of the letter; and the stamp of the exchange office receiving the letter shall, in every instance, be impressed on the back of the same. The name of the ship by which the letters are received or sent, or the words “Am. Packet " or “Br. Packet," as they are carried by the one or the other, shall also be stamped on the back tf each letter, so that the amount of credit to be allowed in the British Post- Ollice for dead letters returned can be shown. Wvizht ¤f M- Aarrcm XVII. The United States exchange office shall, upon each 3;;g§‘,‘;:i?;°§2 despatch of a closed mail to Prussia, insert in the letter bill to the Loninserted in letter don Post-Oliice by the same ship, under the tenth article of the postal Wl- convention hetweemthe United States and Great Britain of 15th December, 1848, the weight of letters and number of newspapers so sent; and "€”'°• PP· 78% on receipt of each closed mail from Prussia, shall insert in the acknowl- ' edgmeut of the receipt of the British mails the weight of letters and number of newspapers so received in the closed mails from Prussia. A9<>0¤¤¤¤ wd Anrrcnm XVIII. 'I`he United States Post-Oilice is to take credit °'°d‘°°' from the British Post·OlIice for all British transit and sea postage charged on such letters transmitted in the United States and Prussian closed mails as have become dead, or were missent or misdirected, as well as for the Belgian transit postage on such letters sent in said closed mails jrom Prussia; and the Prussian office is to take credit of the Belgian office for the Belgian transit postage on such letters sent in said closed mails from the United States. C<>¤v¤¤l=i¤¤ Anricnn XIX. In case any change or amendment in the provisions approved by both parties, this convention shall be considered as changed or amended accordingly. And it is agreed that measures shall be taken to make such arrangements with Great Britain and Belgium, and such change in the provisions of this convention, as shall authorize the sending in the closed mails before mentioned, at a fixed rate per ounce, of periodicals and other printed matter, (other than newspapers,) the weight of the packages of such printed matter to be limited to sixteen ounces. ’K'l¤i• ¤¤¤*•¤- Aarrcnm XX. This agreement is to go into effect in each count at mtgggf the expiration of a mouth from the time that notice is received olly its being concluded: Bnvided, The British transit postage or charge on the closed mails sent under its provision, shall have been reduced to 17} cents per ounce by agreement between Great Britain and Prussia; and it is to be continued in force until annulled by mutual consent, or by either Post Department after the expiration of one year’s previous notice to the other.
 * ",:Z¤g;d_ of this convention shall be desired by either party, the same may be proposed by such party; and when the details thereof shall be agreed to and