Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 16.djvu/959

 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH BELGIUM AUGUST 21, 1867. 925' 2. No packet may exceed two feet in length, or one foot in any other dimension. 8. Neither office shall be bound to deliver any article the importation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country of destination. ` 4. So long as any customs duty is chargeable on any article sent to the United States it may be levied for the use of the customs. 5. Except as above, no charge whatever shall" be collected on the mails exchanged, otherwise than herein expressly provided. Aarxcmc XIII. The Post Departments of the United States and of Exclmi scf Belgium shall establish by agreement, and in conformity with the ar- ¤°¤¤¤P¤¤<i¤9¤¤ rangcments in force at the time, the conditions upon which the two by °P°” mm" ofiices may exchange in open mails the correspondence originating in or destined to other foreign countries to which they may respectively servo as intermediaries. It is, however, always understood that such correspondence shall only be charged `with the rate applicable to direct international correspondence, augmented by the postage due to foreign countries and any other tax for exterior service. Aarxcra XIV. Each office accords to the other the privilege of 4-,.,,,,;,,,; transit of the closed mails exchanged in either direction between the clewi mails latter and any country to which the former may serve as intermediary, ggrgég °‘°h°" by its usual means of mail transportation, whether on sea or land. ° For such transit on its part, the United States offics shall receive as follows: 1. For transit across its territory: for letters 1} cents per single letter rate ; for other articles 12 cents per kilogramme, net weight. 2. For transit across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean: for letters 8 cents per single letter rate; for other articles 12 cents per kilogramme, net weight. 3. For transit across the waters of the Pacific Ocean: for letters 10 cents per single letter rate; for other articles 20 cents per kilogramme, net weight. For such transit on its part the office of Belgium shall receive as follows: For transit across its territory and the English Channel: 1. for letters 5 centimes per single letter rate; 2. for other articles 40 centimes per kilogramme, net weight. Aarrcnn XV. The postal accounts between the two offices shall be Postal ac. stated quarterly, transmitted and verified as speedily as practicable; and g<>¤¤l·% TE: *4 the balance found due shall be paid to the creditor office either by ex- °°m° ’ ‘ change on London, or at the debtor office, as the creditor office may desire. p.,,,_ ,,_ g2g_ The rule for the conversion of the money of the two countries shall be established by common agreement between the two offices. Anrrcnn XVI. When in any United States or Belgian port a closed Tmmm, of mail is transferred from one vessel to another without any expense to the closed mails office of the country where the transfer is made, such transfer shall not be wm¤°¤°°*P°¤°°· subject to any postal charge by one office against the other. Amicus XVII. Official communications addressed from one office omcm com,. to the other shall not be the occasion of accounts between the two offices. ¤¤¤¤i<=¤l*l°¤¤· Aarrcnm XVIII. The two offices shall by mutual consent make de- l)etailed regutailed regulations for carrying these articles into execution; and modify m‘°“" such regulations in like manner from time to time as the exigencies of See p. 927. the service may require. Aarrcnm XIX. Letters wrongly sent, wrongly addressed, or not de- Missont letters liverable for any cause, shall be returned to the despatching office at its &°‘ expense for the return if any shall be incurred. Registered articles in the second paragraph of the first article mentioned shall also be returned: other articles shall be left to the disposition of the receiving office. Any postages not collected upon the correspondence returned, but which shall