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 POSTAL OONVENTION WITH ITALY. JULY 8, 1863. 1005 Postal Oonvamtion between the United Siam of America and Baly. ARTICLES Agreed upon between Jblm A. Kwon, Es ., invested with ecial Powers Jul 0 1868. to this End, and Signor Oommcmder Din Giovanni Bagavara, Direc- --1-4-* lor- General of Posts of llaly, by Wrtuc of his full Powers, in order to establish ez regular Exchange of Oorretpondencc between the United States of America and Daly. Amrcmc I. There shall be a regular exchange of correspondence in Exebmgof dosed mails, between the Post Department 0£ the United States and °°“'°“P°" “°°· Post Department of Italy, upon the conditions set forth in the following articles:-— Amrcnm II. The exchange of mails shall be effected by means of the Iqxchemge of transatlantic stcamcrs and of the intermediate routes of transit upon E‘1;g:_h°"°°b° which the two postal administrations shall hereafter agree; or, in the absence of such an agreement, cachlpostal administration shall designate the steamers and the route of transit by which the mails which it despatchcs shall be conveyed. Amxcm III. The officcs for the exchange of mails 011 the part of the 0¤i¤¤¤ for ex- United States, are — °h*“€° °f m“u“' lst. New Xork. 2d. Boston. On the part of Italy, are -- 1st. The travcllingoihcc from Turin to Susa, when the transit is by the way of France and England. 2d. The travelling officc from Milan to Camerlata, or the travelling 0iHce from Arona to Magadino, when the transit is by way of Germany and Switzerland. The Post Departments of the United States and of Italy, whenever A they shall find it necessary, may agree upon other offices of exchange. ARTICLE IV. The following articles shall be admitted into the mails WIN ¤¤¤|¤¤ exchanged between the two countries, to wit: (1) Ordinary 1ettcrs;Q‘QQ'tm’,?]':i}:€°° (2) Registered letters ; (3) Documents of business and other written documents which have not the character of a direct personal con·cspond~ ence, corrected proofs, samples of merchandise, including grains and seeds, and not having a mercantile value in themselves; (4) Newspapers and prints of all kinds, in sheets, in pamphlets, and in books; sheets of music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, maps, and plans. Amxcmu V. The weight of each packet of samples of merchandise Wéisbwf shall not. exceed 500 grammes. The weight of any other packet of mail- Eggs? °° able articles shall not exceed 2,000 grammcs; and the form of the packet shall be regulated by the practice of the dcspatching department. Amrxcnm VI. All mailable articles, except letters, shall `be sent under Mniinbie M- baud, or so enclosed that postal agents in both countries may readily veri- {51:; 'gggpgn fy the contents of the packet. be seq};. Auucuz VIL The standard weight and progression for the single mx°§b*¤¤b*' rate of postage upon all articles enumerated in Article IV. of this con- P° "g°‘ vcntion are established as follows: (1) For letters, 15 gmmmcs; (2) For documentary manuscripts not having the character of a direct personal correspondence, for corrected proofs, and for samples of merchandise, 40