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 1108 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH HONG KONG. AUGUST 10, 1867. !>¤f¤¤¤f¤¤<l their regulations will allow, all letters, newspapem, &c·, without claim. m°mmy' which cannot for any cause be delivered. I Illxchangc of Awrrcnn V. An exchange of mails shall also take place léetweelrg t ie "“‘“l“ b°°‘”°°“ United States postal agency at Yokohama, Japan, and the long ong and Hong Post Office, by means of United States mail packets, comprising correspondence originating in Japan and addressed to Hong kong andthe Chinese ports above designated, and vice versa, correspondence or1gmating in Hong Kong and dependent Chinese ports and addressed to Japan, subject to the same terms and conditions as those established by Article Ill. of this convention, with respect to the correspondence exchanged between the United States and Hong Kong and dependent Chinese ports. Letters tl-om An·r1cL¤ VI. All letters, newspapers,_and prices current. intended to H""? K°“§*° be forwarded from Hong Kong to the United States by the- direct lme of
 * 1:: g32m;?,-agizlgl United States mail packets running between San Francisco and Hong

tw- Kong must be specially addressed to be forwarded by that route. Regulations, Aivrtenn VII. The two postal departments may by mutual consent md Mw *°'ml· make such detailed regulations as shall be found necessary to carry out °°'m°‘ the objects of this arrangement, such rtggulatious to be terminable at any ti reasonable notice b either o ice. Wh¤¤ ¤¤¤v¤¤- mgifadnn VIII. This con)vention shall come into operation the first {-2Q_" °“l‘° °f' gay oi£1Nov§_mbeiB 1867, and shall be terminable at any time on a notice ext er o ice o six mont is. _ y In witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand and the seal of [1.. s.] the Post Office Department this twelfth day of November, 1867. ALEX. W. RANDALL Postmaster- General. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the colony of Hong Kong, at Victoria herein, this tenth day of August, 1867. [1.. s.] RICHARD GRAVES L151C DONNE[é[·»f Governor and ommander-in· ie . APl¤°'°d· I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony [L. s.] thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. By the President: ANDREW JOHNSON. YVILLIAM H. Smwnm, Secretary of State. Wasxuxmronr, November 12, 1867.