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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. MAY 14, 1849. 739 The mails for Boston shall comprise all the correspondence for that city. Amzccn IV. Reciprocally, when the packets are despatched from Mails trom Boston, or from New York to Liverpool, the mails forwarded from the ¥,‘;’L°';0°f_?`l°' omoos of Boston and New York to the office of Liverpool shall comprise pod, wm the correspondence for all parts of the United Kingdom, with the ex~ ception of the city of London and its suburbs. The mails for London shall comprise all the correspondence for that city and its suburbs, and for countries in transit through the United Kingdom. Anrrcnn V. When the packets are despatched from Southampton to from south- New York, the mails forwarded from the offices of London and Southi ’,,““!]K“]“°°N°' gmpton shall comprise the correspondence for all parts of the United or ' States, and For countries in transit through the United States. ARTICLE VI. When the packets are despatched from New York to from New York Southampton, the mails forwarded from the office of New York to the *° S°“°h“”’P*°“· otilce of London shall comprise the correspondence for all parts of the United Kingdom (with the exception of Southampton), and for foreign countries (France and countries on the continent of Europe addressed via Southampton and Havre excepted), and for British colonies and possessions in transit through the United Kingdom. The mails for Southampton shall comprise all the correspondence for that town, and for France and for countries on the continent of Europe specially addressed via Southampton and Havre. Aivricnn VII. Ii} hereafter, it should be deemed necessary to make a Exchange bcdirect exchange of mails between other offices than those mentioned in mm °m°¤ Article I of the present articles, other offices of exchange may be estab- °°°° lished by mutual agreement between the two offices. Cuarrnn II.—Regulations re ecting the Exchange of Cbrrespondencc, Progressive gates Q)" Postage, qc. ARTICLE VIII. The respective offices shall mutually account to each Ptgdign (Lf other for the portion of the postage of the correspondence exchanged be- gang 3,,. E;"` tween them which is due to each, both for that of the letters not prepaid, the respective and also for that of the letters which are prepaid. °m°“· On all prepaid letters sent from one office of exchange to another there shall be distinctly marked, in red ink, in the upper right-hand corner of each letter, the amount due to the country to which sent; and, in like manner, on all unpaid letters there shall be marked in black ink the amount due to the country from which forwarded. When either country is entitled to the packet or sea rate of postage, in addition to its inland, the two rates shall be combined, and marked in one sum on each letter. Arrrtctn IX. With respect to letters above the weight of a single n;;°§tE°‘°;" 0 letter which is fixed at half an ounce in either country, the respective P° mg ` offices, in accounting to each other, shall employ the following scale of progression :—- For every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, one single rate. Above half an ounce, but not exceeding one ounce,_ two rates. Above one ounce, but not exceeding two ounces, four rates. Above two ounces, but not exceeding three ounces, six rates. Above three ounces, but not exceeding four ounces, eight rates. And so on, two rates being added for every ounce or fraction of an ounce. Anrxcnn X. The correspondence of every description which maybe h0¤¤·¤¤pp¤d3¤¤¤ forwarded from one office to another shall be enclosed in sealed or locked °w °°° °“° ' bags, and each class of correspondence shall be tied up separately, and distinguished by a label showing under what article in the letter bill such correspondence is comprised.