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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH THE NETHERLANDS. Snrr. 26, 1867. 1067 DETAILED REGULATIONS Arranged between the General Post- Ojlce of the United States of America N¤V¢¤¤b¤r 26. andthe General Post- Ojicc of the Netherlands, for the Execution of b the Convention of the 26th Day of September, 1867. Amicus I. The exchange office of Moerdyk shall make up a closed F><¤¤¤¤z¤ mail for the exchange office of New York. The exchange of New York °m°°“‘ shall on its part make up a closed mail for Moerdyk. Until further notice the only exchange office on the part of the United States shall be New York. Anrtcm II. Each mail exchanged between the two offices shall be L¤¢t¤rbi11¤· accompanied by a letter bill, showing the postages, the charges of transit, the fees, etc., accruing to each office upon the different kinds of correspondence. The form of this letter bill shall follow the models A and B hereto Pm. PP-?". annexed, and they shall consecutively be numbered hy the despatching 281 office during each calendar year. The receiving ofliee shall immediately acknowledge the receipt. Anrionrz III. The exchange offices shall divide the correspondence S¢P*¤‘¤l¤¤ P¤°k· which they despatch into a suitable number of separate packages, accord- “g°“‘ ing to the letter bill. Each of these packages shall bear the proper etiquette, and number corresponding to the letter bill. Aurrrcnn IV. When more than a single rate is chargeable upon any §`l“{"*b€‘Z Qf. letter or other article, the number of rates to which it is subject shall be ;;,;l,_`§°,Y,,;2,Q` indicated by the despatching office by a figure in the upper left corner ot" than onethe address. Aarrcns V. Registered correspondence shall be described in a regis- R¤zlSf¢¤‘ll¤l¤· ter list, following the model O, hereto annexed. P"? p' 1°78· All registered letters shall be enveloped together in a strong paper, te£°fl;g‘;’;?c}2;t securely fastened, and the packet inscribed with the word Aangetee/tend or Registered, and placed in the mail. The blank in the letter bill for expressing the number of registered articles shall be filled by letters expressing the number. In case no registered articles are sent, the proper blank of the letter bill shall be filled with the word ZW/til or Nil. _ ARTICLE VI. The registered letters despatched shall be acknowledged S‘“““ s“l’J°°*· immediately by the receiving office by the first mail following the receipt. If' the verification by the receiving office shall disclose an error of any kind in the register list, it shall be also, by the first mail, notified to the despatching office. _ AR’r1cLr1 VII. The two administrations mutually engage to take need- S°m° '*ubJ°°*· ful measures for the careful transmission of registered correspondence, and for pursuing it when lost; but it is understood that neither assumes to the other any pecuniary responsibility in case of loss. ARTICLE VIII. All letters exchanged between the two offices shall t£‘*"k“°’i t_, _ _ _ . . I PB OD 0 mdicate by stamp or writing thereon the office of origm. _ ms, Correspondence fully paid to destination shall be stamped Franco m the Netherlands, and Paid All in the United States. Registered articles shall be stamped Aangeteekend in the Netherlands, and in the United States, Registered.