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 S40 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. AUG. 9 & SEPT. 5, 1867. Lctterbiile Anrionn IX. Every mail passing between the offices of exchange wd r°°°'pts‘ of the respective post-offices shall be accompanied by a letter bill specifying the amount of postage due to each office on each class of corres ondence. PThe office to which the mail is addressed shall acknowledge its receipt by the next post. The letter bills from the offices of London, Liverpool, Southampton, Dublin, Cork, Londonderry, and Glasgow, for the offices of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Sec p. 845, Francisco, shall be in conformity with the form D annexed to the present re ulations. $I`he letter bills from the office of Bermuda for the otlzices of Boston Sw p_ 8,.,_ and New Ycirkshall be in conformity with the form E annexed to the resent revu ations. P The fofms of letter bills which the offices of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco shall usc, in their communications with the foregoing British offices of exchange, shall agree with the patterns above described. The letter bill from the offices of New York and San Francisco for the British packet office at Panama shall be in conformity with the form See p. 847. F annexed to the present regulations. The letter bill from the office of New York for the British packet Seo p_ S48_ office at Colpnrhall be in conformity with the form G annexed to the present regu ations. The letter bill from the office of New York for the British packet Sec P_ M9_ ofice at St. Thomas shall be in conformity with the form H annexed to t e present regu ations. mgiglggée *;*1 ARTICLE X. The respective offices of exchange shall mark with red m " ink, in ordinary figures, on the upper right-hand corner of the address of paid letters passing in transit, the amount due to the office to which the letters are transmitted; and, in like manner, shall mark, with black ink, opi unpaid letters passing in transit, the amount due to the despatching o ce. Distinct pack. Al!TICLE XI. The respective offices of exchange shall divide the ¤°¤_f<{1‘ djiY`¢;f<=·>¤ correspondence which they shall mutually exchange into as many distinct °s m "’“°" packets as there are different articles in the letter bills. Labeltoeacn. To each packet shall be attached a label showing the number of the article in the account, as well as the amount of postage to be brought to account in respect to the matter covered by the label. The labels which the respective offices of exchange shall make use pfhin virtue of the provisions of the previous article, shall be printed as o ows:— _ Lnpels (printed 1. On pink paper for paid international correspondence. Q$h;‘Q_°" °“°“ 2. On yellow paper for paid transit correspondence. 3. On white paper for unpaid correspondence, whether international or transit. 4. And on blue paper for matter giving rise to no account. Dead letters, Anrictm XII. Dead letters, newspapers, &c. which cannot be deliv- “°“"‘P**P°"’» *°· ered, groin whateve; cause, shall be mutually returned after the expiration 0 every mont . Such of those letters, &c. as shall have been charged in the account, shall be returned for the same amount of postage which was originally charged by the sending office, and shall be allowed in the discharge of the account of the office to which they were transmitted. Dead letters, &c. which may have been received in closed mails, and which cannot be produced by the office which has to claim the amount, shall be admitted for the same weight and amount of postage which was originally charged upon such letters, &c. in the accounts of the respecgve ofliiceg, on a declaration, or on lists vouching for the amount of postage eman e.