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 1110 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH BRAZIL. MARCH 14, 1870. Ram of Post. it dispatiches to the other, adapted to the convenience and habits of its inam. ierior ministration. _, mi But each office shall give notice to the other of the standard weight it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereon The weight stated by the dispatching oillce shall always be accepted, except in cases of manifest error. No accounts Anrrcmm IV. No accounts shall be kept hetween the Post-Oflice .De- Qgrzgukfblfggj partments of the two countries on the international correspondence, written pm-gm,,,;,, or printed, exchanged between them ; but each country shall levy, collect, and retain to its own use the following postage charges, viz, : —- Collection of lst. The postage to be charged and collected in the- United States on m“g€“1°’ each letter or manuscript subject to letter postage, mailed in the United ° “States, and addressed to any place in the Empire of Brasil, shall be lifteen (15) cents, United States currency, per each weight of fifteen grammcs or fraction of fifteen gramrnes ; and the postage to be charged and collected in Brazil on each letter ormanuscript subject to. letter postage, mailed in Brazil, and addressed to any place in the United States, shall be three hundred reis, Brazilian currency; the same to be in each casein full of all charges whatever to the place of destination in either countr. 2d. Jbn all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first article, there shall be charged and collected by the dispatching country such rates of inland postage as are now, or may hereafter be, established by its laws for domestic correspondence of the same class; and in addition thereto a sea rate of one cent, United States currency, (or its equivalent in the currency of Brazil,) on each newspaper, and for each weight of thirty grammes or fraction of thirty grummes of other printed matter, sheets of music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, maps, and plans, which inland and sea postage shall be combined into one rate, and the prepayment thereof certined by the stamp of the dispatching ofliee. &<;¤ ¤¤W¤P¤P¤¤» In` like manner, on newspapers, prints of all kinds, and other articles of ' mailable matter (except letters) received in either country from the other, there shall be charged and collected at the ofllce of delivery in the receiving country such rates of inland postage as are now, or may hereafter be, established for domestic correspondence of the same class by the laws of each country respectively. Except as above, no charge whatever shall be levied in the country in which international letters, newspapers, &c. are delivered. h°§¤;¤§:I>:*:L Newspapers and other correspondence mentioned in the second para- ° graph of the first article shall be sent in narrow bands or covers, open at the sides or ends, so that they may be easily examined, and shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the dispatching country in regard to their liability to be rated with letter postage when containing written matter, or for any other cause specified in said laws and regulations. Csnninmtm ARTICLE V. Letters and other communications in manuscript, which {:1:;x:’:°d;· from any cause cannot be delivered to their address, after the expiration not. P W of a proper period to efect their delivery, shall be reciprocally returned every month, unopened and without charge, to the Post-Orliue Department of the dispatching country; but newspapers and all other articles of printed matter shall not be returned, but remain at the disposal of the receiving office. Letters erroneously transmitted, or wrongly addressed, shall be promptly returned to the dispatching office. Free transfer Arrrxcm VL The governments of the United States and of Brazil ¤f<>l°•=d ¤¤¤¤•· reeiproeally grant to each other the privilege of a free transfer of closed mails in the ports and harbors of the respective countries, from one ves. sel to another, in continuance of their conveyance to destination. Aumcnm VIL The Post Departments of the United States and of