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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITII ITALY. NOV. 8, 1867. 1011 nevertheless, That any duty which may be due to the customs upon any article, under the laws of the country of destination, may be collected. ARTICLE XI. The two administrations shall establish by common Open mails. accord, and in conformity with the arrangements in force at the time, the conditions upon which the two offices may respectively exchange in open mails the correspondence originating in or destined to foreign countries to which they may reciprocully serve as intermediaries. It is always understood, however, that such correspondence shall only be charged with the international postage established by this convention, augmented by the postage due to foreign countries, or for other exterior service. AI€TICLE XII. The post departments of the United States and of Italy Transit iu reciprocally engage to transport grntuitously across their respective ter- °l°S°d mmsritories all correspondence which shall be exchanged in closed mails with any countries to which they may respectively serve as intermediaries: Provided always, That such conveyance shall be effected by the ordinary means of mail conveyance in use; and that the countries taking the benefits of such gratuitous service shall reciprocally accord the like privilege of free transit across their respective territories. For the transport of closed mails by either administration for the other Rams. by sea, the following rates are Gxed to be charged and received by the administration rendering the service, viz. (a) For transport across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, 8 cents per single letter rate ; and 12 cents per kilogram net of other correspondence. (b) For transport across the waters of the Pacific Ocean, IO cents per single letter rate, and 20 cents per kilogram net of other correspondence. (0) For transport across the Mediterranean Son, 50 centcsimi per 30 grams of letters net, and GO centesimi per kilogram net of other correspondence. (d) For intermediate territorial tmnsporteach administration shall charge and receive the amount which it shall have actually paid for the account 0f the other. · ARTICI.E XIII. The accounts between the two administrations shall Accounts to he stated quarterly, and transmitted and verified as speedily as prnctica- :’;f'“‘°d *1**** ble; and the debtor office shall pay the balance found due to the creditor y` oflice, either by exchange on London or at the debtor office, as the creditor oifice may desire. The rate for the conversion of the money of the two countries shall be fixed by common agreement between the two offices. ARTICLE XIV. When in any port of either country a closed mail is Transfer of transferred from one vessel to another, without any expense to the office °l°S°d mah 0f the country where the transport is made, such transfer shall not be subject to any postal charge by one office against the other. ARTMJLE XV. Correspondence exclusively relating to the postal ser· Correspondvice shall he transmitted on both sides tree of all charge. ;'g;€af°;;;$§Bt?° Artricmc XVI. Letters wrongly sent, or wrongly addressed, or not be ri-00, deliverable for whatever cause, and all registered correspondence not dc- &Mi$$¤¤*l¤U·°¤» Iiverahle for any cause, shall be returned as promptly as practicable to °' the originating office, at its cost, if':my cost is incurred. Any postages on returned correspondence which may have been charged against the returning office shall be discharged from the account. All other correspondence which cannot be delivered shall remain at the disposition of the receiving administration. Anricra XVII. Small sums of money muy be mutually transmitted Postal money from one country to the other by means of postal money orders ; and the °"d"S‘ rates and conditions may be arranged by agreement between the two departments, so soon as such arrangement may be found convenient. Anrtcca XVIII. The two administrations shall in concert establish R¤g¤L¤·¤i¤¤B· detailed regulations for the execution of these articles, and both the