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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Duc. 15, 1848. 785 tion of twenty-tive per cent on the amount of postage, to compensate the loss that would otherwise be sustained by this mode of computation. ARTICLE X. The country which sends or receives closed mails through Account ofIet— the other is to render an account·of the letters and newspapers sent or tm and ¤¤W$>¤· received in such closed mails, and to account to such country for the ggisy °l°S° postage due thereon. Anrrcmn XI. Letters posted in the United States, addressed to for- Letters posted eign countries, and intended to pass in transit through the United King- i¤ °*°h°* °°¤¤**‘Y dem, shall be delivered to the British Post-Oflice free of all United States :;¥ii,Tg,:§,,§°r` postage, whether packet or inland; and letters from foreign countries sndtppassinl addressed to the United States, passing in transit through the United :;*““$1‘h”°“gh Kingdom, shall be delivered to the United States Post-Office free of all 60 eb British postage, whether packet or inland. In the case of those countries to which letters cannot be forwarded unless the British postage be paid in advance, such British postage shall be collected in the United States, (in addition to the United States rates of postage,) and accounted for to the British Post-Ofliee. In the case of those countries to which letters cannot be forwarded unless the United States postagebe paid in advance, such United States postage shall be collected in the United Kingdom, (in addition to the British postage,) and accounted for to the United States Post-Office. ART1cLE XII. The rate of postage to be taken by the British Post- Postageonlet- Otlice upon letters arriving in the United Kingdom from the United t°’*;)’°t9°l"°d Md States, either by British or by United States packets, and to be forwarded gg ° °lw”d°d’ through the United Kingdom to colonies or possessions of the United Pos, p_829_ Kingdom, or of the United States, or to foreign countries, and vice versa, i shall be the same as the rate which is now, or which may hereafter be, taken by the British Post-Oiiice upon letters to or from such colonies or possessions, or foreign countries respectively, when posted at the port of arrival or delivered at the port of departure of the packets conveying the mails between the United Kingdom and the United States. The above postage is irrespective of and beyond the inland rate to be taken in the United States upon such letters, if posted or delivered therein, according to the stipulations of Article II. of this convention, and also irrespective of and beyond the sea rate upon such letters payable according to the stipulations of Article I. The rate of postage to be taken by the United States Post—Ofiice upon letters arriving in the United States, either by British or by United States packets, from the United Kingdom, and to be forwarded through the United States to the colonies or possessions of the United States, or of the United Kingdom, or to those territories which, according to the law of the United States, are beyond the limit of their established post-routes, or to foreign countries, and vice versa, shall be the same as the rate which is now, or which may hereafter be, taken by the United States Post·Oii‘ice ipon letters conveyed, whether by sea or land, to or from such colonies, possessions, territories, or foreign countries, respectively, when posted at the port of arrival, or delivered at the port of departure of the packets conveying the mails between the United States and the United Kingdom. The above postage is irrespective of and beyond the inland rate •to be taken in the United Kingdom upon such letters, if posted or delivered therein, according to the stipulations of Article II. of this convention, and also irrespective of and beyond the sea rate upon such letters payable according to the stipulations of Article I. _ There shall be excepted from the above stipulations, letters and news- ungfgtxg {:*2;;* papers passing through the United Kingdom, to and from Itlrance, as to excepted_P P which certain rates are fixed by the postal convention existing between that country and the United Kingdom. But the two contracting parties agree to invite France to enter into communication with them, without von. xvr. TREAT. --50