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 834 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. JUNE 18, 1867. Prohibited pa- 4th. Neither office shall be bound to deliver printed papers the impor- 9*****- tation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country to which they are transmitted. _ _ _ Customs duty 5th._ So long as any customs duty is chargeable in the United States on gmt; U‘“‘°‘i the importation from the United Kingdom of any of the articles enumer. ° ated above, such customs duty shall be leviable in the United States, and the proceeds shall accrue to the United States Treasury.- _ No other 6th. Except as above, no charge whatever shall be levied in the country °h*“€°S- in which international newspapers, book-packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise are delivered. Certain pest- Anriors VI. The postage collected in the two countries on interna- tional letters, newspapers, book packets, and patterns or samples of merto he equally dt- chandise, together with the fees for registration (but exclusive of fines for vi<i¢d· unpaid or insufficiently paid letters), shall be equally divided between the two oflioes. Yaémse °¤ That portion of the postage of transit letters, transit newspapers, bookg‘;f‘m1‘“‘"°”°* packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise which represents the charge for the sea conveyance between the United Kingdom and the United States shall belong wholly to the despatching office. Charge for €¤¤ For·the purposes of this article the charge for the sea conveyance of f(’t;’;Y;;‘§;:‘;s_ letters across the Atlantic shall be computed on the basis of four pence, papers. or eight cents, per single letter rate, and the charge for the sea convey- ance across the Atlantic of newspapers, book packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise shall be computed at three pence per pound or twelve cents per kilogramme. Registered leb· ARTICLE VII. The United States Post-Oiiice may deliver to the we °' P“°k°“‘ British Post-Oiiice letters or other postal packets which have been registered, addressed to the United Kingdom. Reciprocally, the British Post- Othee may deliver to the United States Post-Oilice registered letters or other postal packets which have been registered, addressed to the United States. is;:;g”i*;;*;;°g` adgmxpostage of registered letters and so forth shall always be paid in R¢gi¤t¤¤ti<>¤ In addition to this postage, there shall also be charged a registration f°°' fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by the despatching office. Same subject Anrronm VIII. The United States 1’ost»OIIice may further deliver to the British Post-Otilce registered letters and so forth, addressed to those countries or colonies to which registered letters can be sent from the United Kingdom. POSWGGS W The United States Post-Office shall account to the British Post-Oiiice °°°°°°"°°°df°r’ (in addition to the postage due to the British Post—Office) for such sum as shall be chargeable to the inhabitants of the United Kingdom for the registration from the United Kingdom of every registered letter and so forth addressed to the countries or colonies above mentioned. On its side the British Post-Oihce may deliver to the United States Post-Oiiice registered letters and so forth addressed to those countries to which registcred letters can be sent from the United States. The British Post-Otiice shall account to the United States Post-Ofnce (in addition to the postage due to the United States Post-Oflice) for such sum as shall be chargeable to the inhabitants of the United States for the registration from the United States of every registered letter and so forth addressed to the countries above mentioned. Tmnsltpf ARTICLE IX. The British Post-Oiiice engages to grant the transit fézgiéfggsh through the United Kingdom, as well as the conveyance by British mail www, packets, of the closed mails which the United States Post-Office may exchange, in either direction, with the post-offices of the United States Possessions, or of foreign countries, and the United States Post·OfHco engages to grant the transit through the United States, as well as the conveyance by United States mail packets, of the closed mails which the