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 852 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Nov. 7 & 24, 1868. When exceeding one ounce and not exceeding. two ounces in weight, two pence in the United Kingdom and four cents in the United.Statcsi When exceeding two ounces and not exceeding four ounces in weight, three pence in the United Kingdom and six cents in the United States. For packets exceeding four ounces in weight, an additional rate of three pence, or six cents, for every four ounces or fraction of four ounces. These regulations, however, shall include the following : — P<>¤§¤s¤ f<> b¤ lst. The postage shall be fully prepaid. P'§£‘Wk°¤_ 2d. No book packet may contain anything which is sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, nor must there be any letter, nor any communication of the nature of a letter, whether separate or otherwise, unless the whole of such letter or communication be printed. But entries merely stating from whom or to whom the packet is sent shall not be regarded as a letter. 3d. .No book packet must exceed two feet in length, or one foot in width or depth. Prohibited 4th. Neither office shall be bound to deliver printed papers the impor- P“P°'s‘ tation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country to which they are transmitted. inqgitexfliégum 5th. So long as any customs duty is chargeable in the United States Sums_ on the importation from the United Kingdom of any of the articles enumerated above, such customs duty shall be leviable in the United States and the proceeds shall accrue to the United States Treasury. , ch£gg£*°' t 6th. Except as above, no charge whatever shall be levied in the counry in which international newspapers, book packets, and patterns or I samples of merchandise are delivered. cqi;’§§*{,‘;v;ge3° I ARTICLE VI. The postage collected in the two countries on international letters, newspapers, book packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise, together with the fees for registration, (but exclusive of fines for unpaid or insntliciently paid letters,) shall be equally divided between the two offices. And in making said division the two offices shall account to R¤·t¤¤· each other for the following rates per ounce or per pound, according to _ I the weight in bulk of each class of international correspondence. Ogfglsh P°S**· 1. The British Post-Otlice shall account to the United States Post— ` Oliing for tvgenty cents an ounce on all paid international letters sent to t e nited rates; for twenty cents an ounce on all unpaid international letters received from the United States; for seven and a quarter cents per pound on international newspapers sent to the United States; and for A sixteen cents per pound on international book packets and patterns sent to the United States. Oggghd S"“*°’ 2. The United States Post-Ollice shall account to the British Post- Ollice for twenty cents an ounce on all paid international letters sent to the United Kingdom; for twenty cents an opnce on all unpaid international letters received from the United Kingdom; for eight and three quarter cents per pound on international newspapers sent to the United fimlgdtgm;t fgrlptxtepn cents (per poundt on international bccé: packets sent o e me mg om; an or mne een cents per poun on patterns sent to the United Kingdom. P<>§¤8° °¤ ARTICLE VII. That portion of the postage of transit letters transit transit letters, · _ f &,,_ newspapers, book packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise which represents the charge for the sea conveyance between the United Kingf dom and the United States, shall belong wholly to the despatching office. c0E;‘Q;§;cQ‘;,§°“ For the purposes of thisarticle the charge for the sea conveyance of 3,,;;,,,,, mw,. letters in closed mails across the Atlantic shall be computed at twenty P”P""’» &°· ¢6¤¤S PGP 01m6G of pGr‘ thirty grammes, and the charge for the sea conveyance 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.