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 POSTAL CONVENTIONS WITH BREMEN. NOV. 23, 1860, MAR. 28, 1864. 957 ADDITIONAL ARTICLE Agreed upon between the Post- Office Department of the United States and N°"°mb°’ 23» the Post- Office Department of the Hanseatic Republic of Bremen. §(2i——————- Tun Post·Office of New York, in charging postage due to the Post- VX°l8h*·" *° b° Oihce of Bremen, shall uniformly make use of weights, having the uS° ' American ounce for unit, with its divisions into half and quarter ounces ; and the Bremen Post-Oflice, in charging the postage due to the United States, shall uniformly make use of weights having the German loth for unit, (two loth being considered equal to one ounce American.) This additional article to the postal convention of August, 4, 1853, takes effect immediately. In witness whereof; we have hereto set our names and affixed the seals of our respective offices, this twenty-third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, at the city of Washington. [seat,.] J. HOLT, Postmaster- General. [sean.] R: SCHLEIDEN, Mnister Resident of Bremen. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE Agreed upon between the Post- Office Department of the United States and Merch 28, 1804- the Post- Office Department of the Hanseatic Republic of Bremen, providing for the Conveyance of the International Correspondence in Time of War or threatening War. Wnnnnvnn in consequence of war or threatening war the international cogflfcéngy b° correspondence between the United States and Bremen cannot be con- s,8,,mQ,8,,,lQm. veyed by United States or Bremen steamers, it may be conveyed by neutral dag. steamers under neutral flag, subject to all the stipulations, rules, and reg- “’h°"°"°"· &°* ulations contained in the several postal conventions heretofore concluded between both countries. In witness whereoi we have hereto set our names and aflixed the seals of our respective offices, this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, at the city of Washington. [seat.] M. BLAIR, Postmaster- General, U SC [sean.] R. SCHLEIDEN. Mnister Resident of the Hanseatic Republics.