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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. NOV. 7 & 24, 1868. 851 Convention between the General Post- Office of the United States of America and the General Post- Office of the United Mngdom of Great Pm' p' Sw Britain and Ireland. T/ze General Post- Office of the United States of America and the General November 1 Post-Ojiee of the (bzited Kingdom ay" Great Britain and Leland, ml 2*% 1868- being desirous of regulating, by means of a new Convention, the Oom- C9“"“°“”€ manications by Post between the two Oountries, the Undersigned, duly PWM" authorized for that Purpose by their respective Governments, have agreed upon the following Articles : —- ARTICLE I. There shall be an exchange of correspondence between the Exchange of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of f°‘Y"°jp‘5" *E°"i America, as well for letters, newspapers, book packets, and patterns or Omcu ew af samples of merchandise, originating in the United Kingdom or in the United States, as for articles of the same nature originating in or destined for the countries or colonies the correspondence of which is forwarded through the United Kingdom or through the United States. ARTICLE II. Each office shall make its own arrangements for the de- Each omce to spatch of mails to the other office by well-appointed ships, sailing on stated d°SP“*°h m*‘iI$· days, and shall, at its own cost, remunerate the owners of such ships for the conveyance of the mails. ARTICLE III. The postage on a single international letter shall be Rates of postsix pence in the United Kingdom, and shall be twelve cents in the United “g°‘ States; and the authorized weight of a single letter shall be half an wcgght cfm,- ounce in the United Kingdom or fifteen grammes (by the metrical scale) gl¤l¤¤¤¤f· in the United States. For other than single letters the same charge shall be made for every additional half-ounce or fifteen grammes, or fraction thereofl The question of the further reduction of the letter rates of postage _Further reducshall be considered at the expiration of twelve months from the com- tm"' mencement of this convention. ARTICLE IV. Every international letter insufficiently paid, or wholly _L*>¥*<¤’¤ 33m1m- unpaid, rcceived in the United States from the United Kingdom, shall, in  gg;,,,;; addition to the deficient postage, be subject to a fine of five cents, such subjectto (ine. fine to be retained by the United States Post-Oflice ; and every international letter insufficiently paid, or wholly unpaid, received-in the United Kingdom from the United States, shall, in addition to the deficient postage, be subject to a fine of two pence, to be retained by the British Post- p0€`;§¤;»fh°W dis- Olhce. ` ‘ARTICLE V. International newspapers, book packets, (including ne€<$;§§r§¤&°. prmted papers of all kinds, maps, plans, prints, engravings, drawings, ’ photographs, lithographs, sheets of music, and so forth,) and patterns and samples of merchandise (including seeds and grain) shall be transmissible by either office, under such regulations as the despatching olhce may from time to time lay down, and at the following charges, viz. : -- For every newspaper, not exceeding four ounces in weight, one penny in the United Kingdom, and two cents in the United States. For book packets and patterns. an§°;5£;g;°u When not exceeding an ounce in weight, one penny in the United Kingdom and two cents in the United States.