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 1006 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH ITALY. JULY 8, 1863. grammes; (3) For newspapers and prints of all kinds, embracing all mailable articles not otherwise assigned, the standard shall not be less than 40 grnmmes in Italy, or one ounce and a half m the United States; but each post department may establish a higher standard weight of progression adapted to its interior requirements for articles of this class which it despatches. I §’!‘°P¤Y¤¢¤f ¤f ARTICLE VIII. The prepayment of postage upon ordinary letters ex- ° ms °pu°°°l‘ changed between the United States and Italy shall be optional ; but letters not prepaid, or insufficiently prepaid, shall be charged in the country Extra me on of destination with an extra rate of 5 cents in the United States and of 30 ¥=‘¤?é‘»%* s:.:a21;*a;;i:.;:::;’;...“¥;:..s*:t:im;,;.:;,sS;:;°sr::;;sztzrstséslzz 1 B 3 in no part prepaid they shall not be despatched; but in such case they _ shall be, if practicable, restored to the sender. _ A’*¤°l°¤ ¤¤·l¤¤‘ Aarrcns IX. The articles under band, which shall be in part prepaid, ’,Y,°;:l¥·0l;f°` shall be forwarded to their destination ; but they shall be charged there warded. with twice the amount of the difference between the rate due and the sum actua ly prepaid. Rates ofpost- Anrrcnn X. The international rate of postage upon the correspond- °g°' ence exchanged between the two countries is based upon the following elements, to wit: (l) The interior rate of the United States; (2) The interim gte of;1 Italy; (3) The maritime rate; (4) The intermediate rsnsi ra ; an any re notion which either country may obtain from the existing maritime and transit charges shall inure to the benefit of the £i‘f.‘Zi°.‘Li.ZhSF`}Z.TZ“3“ZZ$Ztl¥§.t“d°‘?"?£"°}‘°}i”g-"’d“°‘Z%3‘ °f “‘° “’“"“E’ g e in e oownwariesosoon t two departments shall have adjusted the amount. O as e Sams subject. Aarrouc XI. The international rates, combined of the elements above mentioned, andnpplicable to each standard of progression for the several glasses of maigzgle articles, are established as follows, to wit: (1) For orinary etters cents in the United St t d 1 fI l · registered letters, in addition tlc the 2l>i?dirsiiiry piizpdid rifle); ’ari2?:15i?; charge of 10 cents in the United States and of 50 centimes in Italy- (8) For documentary manuscripts, corrected proofs, and samples of mer; chandise, 20 cents in the United States and 1 franc in Italy; (4) For pzpipnaiscaptdnplll ptherlprinttsé elpxprsacinig agticles not otherwise enumer-, ar in e ra s b l ‘ e . ment, limited, nevertheless, by athe emadiimum txigtedblpidtcdidhtg (ihpzlhtb _ _ United States and of 15 centimes in Italy. mlpstsncr single bBA1§)*r1;:;;b3(I]I.d  the cotmbined rate of international letter postage _ is e, ree cen s represents the intes' l UnneddStat<;s, lpnd nflipen centimes the interior singlbrralzgof xiii; Ofillig remain er o the com ined ratei d ' sea conveyance and of intermediftdsdghldt th) dwelntidalvldldnt Oi. mh cost if may be conveyed. ’ Y mu 9 t 8 mms `s la • ., tcgsfgdfitrgdfacp Aarrcuc XIII., Articles under band described m the third and fourth paiagraphs of Article IV. of this convention may be registered in either country for despatch to the other, upon payment of the registration fee of ten cents in the United States and of fifty centimes in Ital in additi to the prepayment of the regular postage. `Y, on Accounts. Amicnn XIV. In order to simplify postal accounts betwee th A partments as much as possible, and to prepare the way for their? ult? laabolition, each Post Department shall retain to its own use all the udbstal. rates and charges which it shall collect, whether by virtue of re apment or post payment ; and each department shall pay the cost of idonp y of the mails which it despatchcs as far as the frontier of th veyamtg destination. It is also especially provided that the cost fg mlmtrx 0 phcpan and {land conveyance of the closed mails shall be firlit ilndilirlalygdulcig t one o the two departments which shall have obtained from the in-