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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. Maxon 2, 1857. 871 Postal Convention between the United States and France. ARTICLES Agreed upon between the General Post- Office of the United States of Mmm 2, ]857_ America, by James Oampbell, Postmaster- General, in Virtue of his con- _"`"`;` stitutional Powers, and the General P0st·O_#ice of France, by Count de Sartiges, Jmnister of his Imperial Mcyesty the Emperor of the French, and invested with special Powers to this Eject, to wit: -- A`R.TICLE I. There shall be an exchange of correspondence between Correspgudsncc the French Post-Othee and the United States Post-Oiiice by the means of ;‘Q;';]“;d_ "x‘ communication and of transportation hereinafter designated, to wit : -— g 1st. By packets and other steam-vessels performing regular service between the ports of France and the ports of the United States. 2d. By United States mail packets plying between the ports of the United States and the ports of Great Britain. 3d. And, finally, by British packets and other British steamwessels performing regular service between the ports of Great Britain and the ports of the United States. ARTICLE II. The French Post-Oflice shall pay the expenses resulting French Postfrom the transportation between the United States and France of all O,*?i°*° PW mails which shall be transported by packets and other steam-vessels de- W a °xp°m°°` parting from or bound for France, except those which shall be brought to France or sent from France by the United States mail packets. The French Post-Oiiice shall pay, besides, as follows :— 1st. ’I`he expenses resulting from the transportation between France and England of all mails which shall be exchanged between the French and United States Post-Offices by way of England. 2d. The transit charges due to the British PostiOffice for the said mails. 3d. And, 1'inally, the expenses of sea transportation due to the same office for mails exchanged between the French Post-Office and the United States Post—OiHce by means of British packets and other British vessels bound for or departing from the ports of Great Britain. On its side, the United States Post-Oflice shall pay as follows: -— The United 1st. The expenses resulting from the transportation between the siltés *0 PW United States and France of mails which shall be despatched from one W “°°xp°°”°”’ of the two countries to the other by United States mail packets plying between France and the United States. 2d. The expenses resulting from the transportation between the United States and Great Britain of mails which shall be exchanged between the French and United States Post—Otiices b means of United States mail packets plying between the ports of the United States and the ports of Great Britain. Anrrcrm IH. The exchange of correspondence between the French b EX°g“*;*E° Wh and United States Post-Office Departments shall take place through the ;,,r;ta0,%c6;?ug following post·oi·f1ces :-4 ON run sms: or FRANCE. 1. Havre. 2. The travelling office from Paris to Calais.