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 854 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Nov. 7 & 24, 1868. Rates of pm- Aaricrn XIII. The rates of postage to be paid by the British Post. §§;£;j‘f,‘}. °°”` Office to the United States Post-Othee for the sea conveyance, other than closed mails. across the Atlantic, of correspondence sent from the United Kingdom to the United States, in closed mails, for transmission to places beyond, or brought to the United States from places beyond, in closed mails, for transmission to the United Kingdom, shall be the same that are paid by the inhabitants of the United States; reciprocally, the rates of postage to be paid by the United States Post-Olhce to the British Post-Oliice for the sea conveyance, other than across the Atlantic, of correspondence sent from the United States to the United Kingdom, in closed mails, for transmission to places beyond, or brought to the United Kingdom from places beyond, in closed mails, for transmission to the United States, shall be the same that are paid by the inhabitants of the United Kingdom. _0q¤>l>i¤¤d M- Anrrcrn XIV. The combined territorial and sea rates upon transit to the other, shall be the same that are paid by the inhabitants of the country through which the correspondence is forwarded. A¢><¤>¤¤t¤ be- Anrrcns XV. The British Post-Otlice shall account to the United i,g§°,;_th° pw' States Post-Oliice for the sum of two cents upon every single paid letter sent through the United Kingdom in ordinary mails addressed to the United States, and the United States Post-Oliice shall account to the British Post-Office for the sum of one penny upon every single paid letter sent through the United States in ordinary mails addressed to the United Kingdom. Exchange of Airrxcrn XVI. There shall be an exchange of correspondence begg{:v°;§§'Qh;"°° tween the United States of America and the British Post~Oilice agencies United States established in the Danish colony of St. Thomas, in Panama, in Colon, and and S,,,’_]u,,,.,_’ cprplelsponderppe shall be fixed from time to time by the mutual consent o e two offices. British Post. Anricnn XVII. The British Post-Otiice shall prepare, at the expira- O;H$:_&:%P;:gg° tion of every quarter, separate accounts, exhibiting the results of the gm, accounts. exchange of correspondence, whether in ordinary mails or in closed mails, between the respective offices. Such accounts shall be founded upon the acknowledgments of receipt of the respective offices during the quarter. beégggpnfsatgd The separate accounts shall be incorporated in general accounts which ,,,gc,m§{’M_ shall be compared and settled by the two offices, and the balance shall counts. forthwith be paid, in the money of the country to which the payment is to be made, by that office which is found to be indebted to the other. E%¤iY¤l€¤*°f In converting United States currency into` sterling, or sterling into g:§,m.'?"°d Sims United States currency, four shillings and two pence shall be considered as the equivalent of a dollar. mlg]?§:¤¤ W ARTICLE XIX. The two offices shall, by mutual consent, make de- £;;"?€,;;‘,3,,cl tailed regulations in accordance with the foregoing articles, such regulations to be terminable on a. reasonable notice by either office. vcgggigiggo Aizcrrcnn XX. The convention for regulating the communication by when this mk,,, post between the two countries signed in London on the 18th June, 1867, eifect. shall cease to have effect on and irom the date on which the convention, Am. P- §88· now to be concluded, shall be put in operation. coglgggggigkes J ARTICLE XXI. This convention shall come into operation on the lst ,,6;,,,,, anuary, 1869. blyvhsn tsrnnns- Anricnn XXII. This convention shall be termmable at any time, on · a notice by either office of one year.
 * g;°l°°d sm correspondence sent in ordinary mails to be accounted for by one office
 * 'g;fY:aTgg;:;°» in San Juan, (Porto Rico.) The postage to be accounted for on such