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 918 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH BELGIUM. JULY 31, 1863. ARTICLES July 31, 1863. Additional to the Postal Convention between the Post Department of the Sggpsgmeteém] [batted States of America and of Belgium. sP· · John A. Kasson, Esq., invested with full powers to this eH`ect on the part of the Postmaster·General of the United States of America, and O. A. Fassiaux, &c., &c. The Director-General of the Administration of Railroads, Posts, and Telegraphs of Belgium, invested with full powers by the Minister of Public Works, who is charged with the postal ad— ministration, in consideration of the existing postal convention, Article A"‘°· P· 9°5· XXVII., between the two countries concluded the 21st of December, 1859, have agreed as follows : — Exchange of AR·r1cLm I. There shall be a regular exchange of correspondence in ' Post Department of Belgium upon the conditions set forth in the following articles : — by what OARTICLE II. The exchange of mails shall be effected by means of the m°‘“"‘ transatlantic steamers, and of the intermediate routes of transit upon which the two postal administrations shall hereafter agree: or in the absence of such agreement, each postal administration shall designate the steamers and the route of transit by which the mails, which it despatehes, shall be conve ed. Otnces for Anrronn 1I5I. The offices for the exchange of mails on the part of the g‘£§Q“g° °f UmtegTSta§s ihall be : — . ew or. 2. Boston. {gn the part of Belgium, when the mails are despatched by the way 0 ngland : ——- 1. Ostend (local office.) 2. Ostend (travelling office.) 3. Antwerp. The Post Departments of the United States and Belgium, whenever they shall find it necessary, may designate other offices of exchange. Mail matter. Akricm IV. The following articles shall be admitted into the mails exchanged between the two countries, to wit: -— 1. Ordinary letters. 2. Registered letters. 3. Documents of business and other written documents which have not the character of a. direct personal correspondence corrected proofs; samples of merchandise, including grains and seeds, and not having a mercantile value in themselves. 4. Newspapers and prints of all kinds, in sheets, in pamphlets, and in ppsés Lggnegltgutgf music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, Weight of ARTICLE V. The weight of each packet of samples of merchandisé gigsé? t° shall not exceed 500 grammes, and this limit may be at any time reduced to 300 grammes, if it shall be found necessary. The weight of any other packet of mailable articles, mentioned in the foregoing article (IV.) Form- shall not exceed 2000 grammes, and the form of the packet shall be regulated by the practice of· the despatching department. Packages of
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