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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. NOV. 7 & 24, 1868. 853 AR·r1cLE VIH. The United States Post-Office may deliver to the Réglmfedlet- British Post—Ofhce letters or other postal packets, which have been t°"°’ p“°k““‘ registered, addressed to the United Kingdom. Reciprocally, the British P0st—OHicc may deliver to the United States Post-Office registered 1et— ters, or other postal packets which have been registered, addressed to the United States. The postage of registered letters and so forth shall always be paid in _P0S*¤z¢ of W- advancii gistered letters. In addition to this postage, there shall also be charged a registration Registration fee. fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by the dcspatching offica. Amrcm IX. The United States Post-Oillcc may further deliver to the Sam ¤“bJ°°*~ British Post-Office registered letters and so forth, addressed to those countries or colonies to which registered letters can be sent from the United Kingdom. 'fiie United States Post-Office shall account tb the British Post-Office P°S**‘S“ *° b° (in addition to the postage due to the British Post-Office) for such sum uccwmd f°r` as shall be chargeable to the inhabitants of the United Kingdom for the rcgistrz1ti0u fr0m the United Kingdom of every registered letter and so forth addressed to the countries or colonies above mentioned. On its side, the British P0st»OfHcc may deliver to the United States P0st—OfH<:a registered letters and so forth addressed to those countries to which registered letters can be sent from the United States. r The British Post-Otlice shall account to the United States Post-Oflicc (in addition to the postage due to the United States Post-Oilice) for such sum as shall be clmrgeablc to the inhabitants of tha·United States for the registration from the United States of every registered letter and so forth addresscdto the countries above mentioned. ARTICLE X. The British Post-Office engages to grant the transit !T··g¤¤i¤ Pf through the United Kingdom, as well as the conveyance by British mail }°h°;;°QgQ°;£h packets, of the closed mails which the United States Post—Offlce may ex- country. change, in either direction, with the post-offices of United States possessions or of foreign countries ; and the United States Post-Office 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 British Post-Olficc may exchange, in either direction, with the post-offices of British possessions or of foreign countries. The country which sends or receives closed mails through the other d Ag¤;>¤¤gJ¤ ¤'i_¤· shall render an account of the letters, newspapers, book packets, and pat- cgi2n:; ° ° tems contained in such closed mails. ARTICLQ XI. The rates of postage to be mutually paid for the tcrri- ugghgsiegfiggjfh tomal transit (mcluding the passage of the English Channel) of all letters transit of 1mm_ sent from one country to the other for transmission to places beyond, in closed mails, shall be as follows : —— The British Post-Office shall account to the Post·OfHcc of the United States for three and three quarter cents an ounce for the conveyance of such letters through the United States ; and the Pdst-Oilicc of the United States shall account to the British Post-Office for lgd. (one penny one farthing) per ounce for the conveyance of such letters through the United Kingdom. Of The transit rates of postage to be mutually paid for newspapers, book &c ”°wsP"p°"* packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise sent in closed mails shall bc four pence per kilogrammc for transit through the United Kingdom, and six cents par pound for transit through the United States. &  _  ARTICLE XII. Wlnen, in any British or United States port, a closed fm (t.’2§)S;`3““' mail is transferred from one ship to another, without any expense de- mai1SnOttO b6 Volving on the offica of the country pwning such port, such `trausfcr dFif;¤*=<;*§*'¤*°· shall not beldeemad a territorial transit, and shall not give risc to any "” "` S ‘ charge for territorial transit.