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 902 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH BELGIUM. Dncmrniziz 21, 1859. tographed, which shall be sent either from Belgium to the United States and their ,Territories, or from the United States and their Territories to Belgium, must on each side be prepaid to their destination. Newspapers and articles of printed matter, which are not prepaid, cannot be forwarded. Postage on ARTICLE XIV. The price of prepayment of newspapers, gazettes, and ¤¤W¤P¤Pm»&°· periodical works, shall be levied at the rate of twenty-five centimes in Belgium, or of five cents in the United States, for each package the weight of which shall not exceed ninety grammes (three ounces). Packages weighing more than ninety grammes shall pay an additional rate for each ninety grammes or fraction of ninety grammes. The price of prepayment of stitched or bound books, of pamphlets, of papers of music, of catalogues, of prospectuses, of advertisements and of notices of various kinds, printed, engraved, lithographed, or autographed, shall be levied at the rate of twenty-five centimes in Belgium, or of five cents in the United States, per thirty grammes, (one ounce,) or fraction of thirty grammes. Howto be The proceeds of the above—mentioned rates shall be divided between divided. the offices of the two countries, in the proportion of three·fifths, or three cents, to the profit of the Post Office of Belgium, including two cents for expenses of transit through England and across the British channel, and of two—fifths, or two cents, to the profit of the United States Office, including one cent for expenses of transportation across the Atlantic ocean. Notwithstanding this latter clause, and until a contrary decision is taken by common agreement between the Post Offices of Belgium and of the United States, the division of the product of the postage on articles of printed matter other than newspapers and periodical works, shall take place in the proportions hereinafter indicated, for such of those articles as shall be contained in the mails transported by the British packets, viz : A. Four fifths, or tour cents, to the profit of the Belgian Post Office, including three cents for expenses of transportation over the British territory, in the British channel, and across the Atlantic ocean. B. One-fifth, or one cent, to the profit of the United States Post Office for the expenses of transportation over the territory of the United States. Newspapers and printed matter of every sort sent agreeably to the above mentioned conditions shall be subject to the respective laws and regulations of each country. Those which shall contain characters of any kind traced by the hand shall be subject to the postage of an ordinary letter of the same weight. They shall be sent under a wrapper open at the two sides, and in such a manner that each newspaper, or article of printed matter, may always be separated from its wrapper. Letter-billtc Anricnn XV. Each of the mails despatched between the exchange Form md in which these offices shall state, with the classification established by the c0,,,€“,s_ present convention, the number, the weight, or the postage of the articles which the despatch may contain; and the receiving exchange office shall return by next post an acknowledgment of the receipt thereoi The let- Post, pp. 906- ter bills and acknowledgments shall be according to the forms annexed °°9' marked A and B. When blank ARTICLE XVI. If there should be no letters or other mail matter to "**°°'°° l’° ““°· send at the usual period of making up said closed mails from either of the offices of exchange, a blank letter bill showing that fact shall never theless be sent to the corresponding office. L.,rm.i,;;iS gw, I Aarrcta XVII. The letter bills and acknowledgments shall serve 21ST3Q2s8S for vouchers in the quarterly settlement of the accounts; and in case ` of difference between these documents, the amount stated in the acgiipwledgment shall be received in preference to that stated in the letter 1 . wézgcgpggs, Anrrcnn XVIII.. The accounts between thetwo departments shall be 8mm_ closed at the expiration of each quarter of the calendar year by quarterly
 * f;5‘f‘P““Y "“°h officesl of the respective Post Offices shall be accompanied by a letter bill