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 858 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Nov. 7 & 24, 1868. New South Wales. Queensland. St. Helena. Sierra Leone. South Australia. Tasmania. Victoria. Western Australia. On its side, the British Post-Oilice may deliver to the United States Post-Ollice registered letters addressed to the under-mentioned colonies : —— Canada. New Brunswick. Nova Scotia. Rsgulstionsas Anrrcms IX. The following regulations shall be observed with re- {:,{:1£"t°'°d spect to the registered letters referred to in the preceding article : ·— ' The United States Post-Oifxce shall account to the British Post-Office for the sum of four pence, in addition to the postage due to the British Post-Oilice upon every registered letter, newspaper, book packet, and pattern or sample of merchandise originating in the United States and addressed to any of the countries or colonies enumerated in the precedin article. Ln its side, the British Post-Otiice shall account to the United States Post-Otlice for the sum of eight cents, in addition to the postage due to the United States Post-Oihce upon every registered letter originating in the United Kingdom and addressed to any of the colonies enumerated in the recedin article. Lsttsnbills Ainrxcrm  Every mail passing between the offices of exchange of mi ’°°°‘P“· the respective post-offices shall be accompanied by a letter bill specifying the amount of postage due to each office on each class of correspondence. The office to which the mail is addressed shall acknowledge the receipt b the next post. yThe 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 See p. 865· Francisco, shall be in conformity with the form D annexed to the present regulations. The forms of letter bills which the offices of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco shall use, 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. 867. F annexed to the present regulations. The letter bill from the office of New York, for the British packet Sm P_86.,_ office tt Colpntshall be in conformity with the form G annexed to the presen regu ations. The letter bill from the office of New York, for the British packet S°° P- 868- office at St. Thomas, shall be in conformity with the form H annexed to _ the present regulations. augltgggglxkffl _ Arrrrcnn XI. The respective offices of exchange shall mark with red mk, 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 slack tiplk, on émpaid letters passing in transit, the amount due to the espa c mg office.