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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. AUG. 9 82; Snrr. 5, 1867. 839 a blank list shall be sent enclosed as usual in the orange-colored canvas bag. The special lists shall be retained by the office to which they are sent, which shall simply acknowledge the receipt, numerically, of the registered letters received by it, by the next list which it shall have to send to the corresponding office. In case of any difference or error being discovered on the opening of the mails, the attention of the despatching office shall be called to the circumstance by the first post. Aariomc VII. The United States Post-Ofhce may deliver to the R€§l¤*¤¥`€d M- British P0st·Office registered letters, newspapers, book packets, and pat- g;;S’€é€;i,€gP"°* tems or samples of merchandise addressed to the undermentioned cciintrics crm countries or colonies, viz. ;- colonies. Cape of Good Hope. Ceylon. Constantinople. East Indies. Egypt, viz.: Alexandria, Suez, and Cairo. Falkland Islands. Gambia. Gibraltar. Gold Coast. Hong-Kong. Java. Lagos. Labuan. Liberia. iMalta. Mauritius. Natal. New South Wales. Queensland. St. Helena. Sierra Leone. South Australia. Tasmania. Victoria. Western Australia. On its side the British Post—OfHce may deliver to the United States Post—Of’fice registered letters addressed to the under-mentioned colonies : — Canada. New Brunswick. Nova Scotia. ARTIGLE VIII. The Following regulations shall be observed with re- to 5§§‘§g;;;‘:1“S M spect to the registered letters referred to in the preceding article :-—— imag The United States I’0st·Oftice shall account to the British Post-Ofiice for the sum of four pence, in addition to the postage due to the British Post·Office upon every registered letter, newspaper, book packet, and pattern or sample of merchandise originating in the United States and addressed to any of the countries or colonies enumerated in the preceding article. On its side, the British Post-Office shall account to the United States Post-Otlice for the sum of eight cents, in addition to the postage due to the United States Post-Oflice upon every registered letter originating in the United Kingdom and addressed to any of the colonies enumerated in the preceding article.