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 784 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Dm. 15, 1848. I M from the United States and delivered- in the United Kingdom, whether mud mm g°’ such letters shall be conveyed by British or by Umtod States packets, an inland postage rate of one penny half penny. _ . There shall be charged by the Post-Oilice of the United States, upon all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted m the United States and forwarded to the United Kingdom, or brought from the United Kingdom, and delivered in the United States, whether such letters shall be conveyed by United States or by British packets, an inland postage rate of Eve cents. Boghmtucm. Aivricnn III. Upon all letters posted in one country and delivered in mma i¤ °¤° °¤ the other, these rates of postage, both 883 and inland, shall be combined Wpqggggmfg into one rate, of which payment in advance shall be optional in either optionni. country. It shall, however, not be permitted to pay less than the whole combined rate. Lamm som ARTICLE IV. With respect to letters above the weight of half nn i-lm might of ounce, each country shall be at liberty to employ, as regards the colmfm °°°°°‘ lection of the whole combined rate, the scale of progression in operation in its own territory for charging inland rates of postage. Transit in ABTIGLE V. The United States engage to grant to the United King- 3:¤°d£¤:;l¤ dom the transit in closed mails, through the territory of the United Ungg Stages, States, of the correspondence and newspapers from the United Kingdom to the British North American provinces, and from those provinces to the Pau, p. Yeo. United Kingdom, at the rate of inland postage to .be charged under this convention for letters and newspapers between the United Kingdom and the United States; A British officer shall be permitted to accompany the closed mails dui-in their transit. tlmliritislr Augrxcnn VI. On the other hand, her Britannic Majesty engages to £L;*:;$“°"““ grant to the United States the transit in closed mails, through the British ` North Americana provinces, of the correspondence and newspapers from one port of the territory of the United States to any other part of the territory of the United States, at rates not exceeding the rates of inland postage now charged, or to be hereafter charged, in the North American provinces, according to the distance such closed mails may be conveyed within the North American provinces. Anofficer of the United States shall be permitted to accompany the closed mails during their transit. Same subject. Awmcnn VII. The United States further engage to grant to the United Kingdom the transit in closed mails, through the United States, or through any country where the post communication may be under the control or management of the United States, of letters and newspapers forwarded from the United Kingdom, its colonies, or possessions, to any other British colony or possession, or to any foreign country, and from any foreign country or British colony or possession, to the United Kingdom, its colonies or possessions. ` Sams subject. ARTICLE VIII. Her Britannic Majesty engages, on her part, to grant to the United States the transit- in closed mails, through the United Kingdom, or through any country where the post communication may be under the control or management of the United Kingdom, of letters and newspapers forwarded from the United States, their colonies, or possessions, to any other colony or possession of the United States, or to any foreign country, and from 'any foreign country, or from any colony or possession of the United States, to the United States, their colonies or possessions. lcgswzgggd Amrcnn IX. When letters shall be forwarded in closed mails under mum how mmm the stipulations of Articles V., V1., VIL, orVIIL of the present convention, PM, P_ 82% the payment to be made to the Post-Onice of the United Kingdom or of the United States, as the case may be, shall be made by the ounce, according to the net weight of the letters, at two rates to the ounce, with the addi-