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 1010 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH ITALY. Nov. 8, 1867. Rats; of pon.- the first article, it shall be that which the daepatching adminnstratgm shag ’K°· adopt for the mails it despatches, adaptedto its own eonvemence, ut eac administration shall inform the other of the rate It adopts, and of any change of it. l The postage upon any correspondence, however, rnay be, by common accord, modified whenever the sender shall avail himeelf of any route which requires a. higher rate than that established by; this nrucle, and the envelope shall indicate the route preferred either m wmting or by the amount of postage prepaid. °!P'°P°Y'”°”* Amrcnm VI. The prepayment of postage on ordinary letters between p°°t°g°' the United States and Italy shall be optional. The prepayment of postage on all other correspondence, mcludmg registered letters, shall be obligatory. The correspondence of all kinds which shall not be prepnul shall be charged by the receiving administration with a fine not exceeding 5 cents in the United States, and.n0t exceeding 30 centesimi in Italy. The correspondence of any kind, insufficiently pnenaid, shall  be despatched, but shall be charged by the receiving admmstrauon 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 {br the full amount. Regnmed cm- Anmcnn 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 ns intermediaries for registered correspondence, and vice versa. both the postage and the register fee. ree. The fee shall be, not exceeding 10 cents in the United States, and 50 centesimi in Italy. Basis for ser.- Armcu: VIII. Accounts between the two administrations shall be 2*;::;** °f “°‘ regulated as follows: ' From the total amount of the postage collected upon letters, added to the amount of register fees, and of prepaid postages upon other articles than letters ns collected by each administration, it shall deduct the cost at the established rates of the intermediate transit of the mails it dcspntches 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 deficient postages upon articles mentioned in the second paragraph of article first, all of which shall be retained to the use of the administration which collects them. Regnluiivm ARTICLE IX. The correspondence mentioned in the second pararrraph for despatch of f- -. _ . . . . . ¤ ccmspondenm o article hret shnll be despatched in conformity with the xnterior system of the dcspatching administration, but always including the following rules: (a.) The correspondence must be under bands, so that the contents can be readily examined. (b.) There must. be no written communication except the date, the name of the sender, the address, and the price, and mnnufactureri marks upon samples of merchandise. (a.) No pattern or packet may exceed sixty centimeters in length and thirty centimeters in any other dimension. (d.) There shall be 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. (kxstoms dues ARTICLE X. It isexpressly agreed that all international correspond-
 * °b° P"°P**di The international correspondence registered must always be prepaid,
 * 5*1** °°u°°*·· ence exchanged shall be exempt in the country of destination from any

charge whatever not expressly provided by this convention: Provided,