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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. MARCH 2, 1857. 873 fraction of seven grammes and a half for each letter transported between the Am eriean frontier and the French frontier direct, or when touching only at one intermediate English port without passing through England, at the expense of the United States. As to the rates of postage to be paid by the United States Post-Otlice to the French Post-Ollice, as well for prepaid letters sent from the United States for France and Algeria as for unpaid letters sent from France and Algeria for the United States, they are fixed as follows :— 1. At the sum of three cents per American quarter-ounce, or fraction of American quarter-ounce, for each letter transported between the American frontier and the French frontier direct, or when touching only at one intermediate English port without passing through England, at the expense of the United States. 2. At the sum of six cents per American quarter-ounce, or fraction of American quarter-ounce, for each letter transported between the American frontier and the British frontier, for or from France, at the expense of the United States Post-Office. 8. And at the sum of twelve cents per American quarter-ounce, or fraction of American quarter-ounce, for each letter transported between the French frontier and the American frontier at the expense or on account of the French Post·Oflice. Anrrcrm Vlll. Ordinary letters sent by way of France either from Letters from the United States and their territories for the countries mentioned in lgzglgzggm Table B, annexed to the present articles, or from these same countries tries, &c. by for the United States and their territories, shall be exchanged between ¥"*‘>’ at g”“°°» the French Post-Otlice and the United States Post-Oliice on the condi- Qg;l,,£d_° ex` tions stated in the said table. Pc?. P· 878· Ordinary letters sent by way of the United States, either from France Letters from and Algeria, for the countries mentioned in Table C, annexed to the fgsgggef ‘£l;°’ present articles, or from those same countries for France and Algeria, b w,, {ru,,, shall be exchanged between the Trench Post-Oilice and the United States Ulliwg SMS1- Post-Office on theconditions stated in said Table C. Post, p. 878 It is understood that, in case the conventions which regulate the relations of France with the foreign countries designated in Table B should be modified in such manner as to aifect the conditions of exchange stated in that table; and reciprocally, that, in case the conventions which regulate the relations of the United States with the foreign countries designated in Table C should in like manner be modified so as to affect the conditions of transmission stated in that table, these modifications shall be admitted on the one part and on the other, according to the information and evidence which the two post-oliices of France and the United States shall reciprocally furnish one to the other. Arrrronm IX. Letters badly addressed or badly directed shall without Letters badly delay be reciprocally returned by means of the respective exchange “dd"’“°d· &°* offices, fot· the sum which the office sending shall have allowed the other office on these letters. Letters which shall have been addressed to persons who have changed their residence shall be respectively delivered or returned, charged with the postage which should have been paid by the persons addressed. Anrrctm X. The rates which the two post-offices of France and the Ratestobc United States shall mutually have to carry to each other’s account, shall {"c;};kg‘;_°“ l°"‘ be marked on the letters at the exchange oiizice from which they are sent, ’ in ordinary figures, plainly and uniformly, on the right hand of the upper part of the address. The rates of letters unpaid to be carried to the debit of the corre- p&llg”F:g gziggh spending office by the sending office shall be marked in black ink; those 1mm_ of prepaid letters to be carried to the credit of the corresponding office shall be marked in red ink. Amxcnm XI. The United States Post-Otiice shall cause to be placed Prepaid letters.