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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITII SVVITZERLAND. OCT. 11, 1867. 1033 conditions upon which the two offices may respectively exchange, in open mails, the corrisplondlence originating in, or destined to, the other foreign countries to w ic they may reciprocall serve as intermediaries. It is always understood, however, that such coriiespondeuce shall only be charged with the rate applicable to direct international correspondence, augmented by the postage due to foreign countries, and by any other tax for exterior service. AR’ricLE XIII. Each office accords to the other the privilege of T¤¤¤Sil>_¤f trapsit of closed mails exchanged, in either direction, between the latter fgzgéfglfu an any country to w iich the other ma serve as an intermediar, b its county. usual means of mail transportation, lwhether on sea or lam; guch y transit across its own territory shall be reciprocally free of expense. I For such transit by sea the United States office shall receive as folows: — 1. For transit across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean: B°°°“· a. For letters, 8 cents per single letter rate. b. For other correspondence, 12 cents per kilogramme, net. 2. For transit across the waters of the Pacilslc Ocean: a. For letters, 10 cents per single letter rate. b. For other correspondence, 20 cents per kilogramme, net. For such transit by sea the Swiss office shall receive as follows : For transit across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean: a. For letters, 8 cents per single letter rate. b. For other correspondence, 12 cents per kilogramrne, net. For intermediate territorial transit each office shall receive the amount it actually disburses for such transit. Anrtchn XIV. The postal accounts between the two offices shall be Postal gwstated quarterly, and transmitted and verified as speedily as practicable, f)‘;“S'l;i£h8‘;'3_°° and the balance found due shall be paid to the creditor office either by ’ exchange on London or Paris, or at the debtor office, as the creditor office ma desire. The rate for the conversion of the money of the two countries shall be fixed by common agreement between the two offices. Anricr.1: XV. When, in any port of either country, a closedlmagi is clg;g¤g:;l§Y transferred from one vessel to another without any expense to the office Wiéhoutexpgnw of the countr where the transfer is made, such transfer shall not be subject to anyypostal charge by one office against the other. Anrxchm XVI. Official communications between the two offices shall Official ¢<>¤¤· not be the occasion of any accounts on either side. mmlI°m°°°' Artricre XVII. Letters wrongly sent or wrongly addressed, or not &£i¤¤S¢¤¤l°W·>¤'¤· deliverable for whatever cause, shall begetupnecl to he originatinig officet, ‘ tits ex ense, if an ex ense is incurre. evistere correspon enceo
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manner. All other correspondence w ic cannot e e were s a remain at the disposition of the receiving office. _ Any postages, upon correspondence. returned, which shall have been charged against the office of destination, shall be discharged from the unt. . ac(§.RTlCI.E XVIII. The two offices shall, by mutual consent, establish la£:3ll€d *8* detailed regulations for carrying fliiiese articlesf into execptiop, and thply may modify such regulations, in i ie manner, rom time 0 1me, as e in ncies of the service ma re uire. _ exghricrn XIX. This cohvedlion shall take effect at a time to be ve:lg*:;€;‘Qa‘;’§' fixed by common accord of the two administrations, and shall continue in 866% force until terminated by mutual agreement or otherwise, until one year from the date when one office shall have notified the other of 1tS desire to terminate it.