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 1068 POSTAL CONVENTION WITII THE NETHERLANDS. SEPT. 26, 1867. Correspondence insufficiently prepaid shall be stamped in the Netherlands Ontoereof/cmd, and in the United States, Insuficmztly Pam', and the amount of deticient postage expressed in figures on the face. Whenever different lines of communication shall be employed between the two offices, the letters unpaid and insufficiently paid shall be stamped to indicate the route by which they are sent. _ b _ _Li¤f of ¢¤¤¤ Anricnm IX. The countries with which, and the conditions on which mu letters, ordinary and registered, and also other correspondences, may be exchanged in the open mails from the Netherlands to the United States, Pm, P- 1080· are indicated in the table marked D, hereto annexed. O • • _ P<>St¤2¤ due. Anricna X. The respective exchange offices shall mark m red mh, in mw m"k°d‘ the upper right corner of the address of prepaid letters sent for transit in the open mail, the amount of the postage due to the foreign office of destination; and in the same manner. but in black ink, shall mark the amount of the postage due to the foreign office of origin upon the unpaid letters so sent in transit. Certain cor- Anrxcma Xl. Correspondence under band which does not conform to ‘;;p°sg;;€;ll8l the conditions mentioned in Article XII. of the conventipn, or which are y in no part prepaid, shall be retained by the administration of origin, or, if sent, shall not be subject to account. letters i¤¤g¤Hi- Anrxcns XII. Letters originating in or destined for foreign countries, fg°§;l{J;l°§;‘d sent in the open mail through the United States, or through the Netherwholly unpaid. lands, and which are insufficiently prepaid, shall be transmitted as wholly unpaid, and no account taken of the amount prepaid between the two administrations. nopgzcppzrxg Aivricrm Xlll. Letters and all registered- articles not deliverable wm mummy 2:31; fbt;Vr:;)p¢;;2yplly returned to the despatching administration at the The postage on unpaid letters so returned shall be deducted from the account against the office originally charged therewith. The postage on prepaid letters so, returned shall remain in the accounts as originally entered. The expense of transit of unpaid correspondence ,which has been transmitted by either administration in closed mails, and which shall be returned to the despatching office as not deliverable, shall be deducted from the original amount charged for transit upon a declaration of the amount by the office claiming the reduction. No charge will be made by either administration for the transit of correspondence returned as not deliverable. Missent, &¤. Anrrchn XIV. All correspondence wrongly addressed or missent l¤¢¤*¤.&¤· shall be returned without delay by the receiving office to the exchange otiice which despatched it. The receiving office shall also correct accordingly, in the column of verification, the original entries of the letter bill relating to such correspondence. The articles of a like nature addressed to persons who have changed their residence shall be mutually forwarded or returned, charged with the rate that would have been paid at the first destination. Letter sui for Anricuc XV. The despatching exchange office shall state on the let- °1°S°d m“*‘”· ter bill to the intermediate exchange offices the exact number of single rates of letters (or weight, if required) and the total weight of the other correspondence which shall be despatched in closed mails. tw,;;:,,?;:;?;,:- Arvricnu XVI. Itlis understood that the accounts between the two umm. offices shall be established on the respective letter bills, m the proper money of the despatching office. For the international charges the reduction of thesemoneys shall be effected in the general accounts, at the rate of 2,5*,, guilders for one dollar of the United States. In entering the foreign charges on lthe letter hill, in the money of the despatching office, the cent of the United States and two and a half cent. of the Netherlands shall be taken as equivalents.