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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH HAMBURG. JUNE 12 & 30, 1857. 959 burg and destined for the United States, may be sent by the United States and Hamburg steamers, when the whole postage of two cents is Rateofpostage, prepaid thereon at the mailing odlce; and newspapers of like weight, aglidw b° pm done up singly, may be sent to any part of the German Postal Union, P l via Hamburg, on prepayment of three cents each at the office of mailing in the United States, which shall be in full of the postage to destination; the German postage beyond Hamburg to be one cent eaeh in addition to the two cents chargeable to Hamburg. The postage on pamphlets and P°mPhl°*** md magazines per ounce, or a fraction of an ounce, shall be one cent, pre- magazines' payment of which shall likewise be required in both countries. Said newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines are to be subject to the laws and regulations of each country, respectively, in regard to their liability to be rated with letter postage when containing written matter, or for any other cause specified in said laws and regulations. They must be sent in narrow bands, open at the sides or ends. Anricuz VI. The postage for which the United States and Hamburg Accounts. Po<t-Oflices shall reciprocally account to each other upon letters which shall be exchanged between them shall be established, letter by letter, according to the scales of progression determined by the preceding second and third articles, as follows, viz. :·—— The Hamburg office shall pay to the United States office, for each unpaid letter, weighing half an ounce, or less, originating in the United States and destined for Hamburg, as well as for each letter of like weight prepaid in Hamburg and destined for the United States, when conveyed, under Article Il., by United States steamer 9 cents. And when by Hamburg steamer. 5 " When conveyed, under Article III., by United States steamer, 14 " And when by Hamburg steamer, .. 5 " The United States office shall pay to the Hamburg office, for each unpaid letter weighing half an ounce, or less, originating in Hamburg and destined for the United States, as well as for each letter of like weight: prepaid in the United States and destined for Hamburg, when conveyed under Article II., by United States steamer 1 cent. And when by Hamburg steamer . . 5 cents. WVhen conveyed, under Article III., by United States steamer 1 cent. And when by Hamburg steamer  . . 10 cents. Respecting the postage for newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines received in either country, the whole is to he paid to the United States oflice when the same are sent by United States steamers, and one half to the United States, and the other half to the Hamburg office, when sent by Hamburg steamers. Letter bills and acknowledgments, as well as forms of account, shall be made to conform to these articles. ARTICLE VII. The accounts between the two departments shall be S€$fe‘ii°“§;:éQlb° closed at the expiration of each quarter of the calendar year, by quar- q y` terly statements and accounts prepared by the General Post-Otlice in lVashington ; and, having been examined, compared, and settled by the P0st—Oflice of Hamburg, the balance shall be paid, without delay, by that department which shall be found indebted to the other. lf the balance P(i*l¤¤§°SJ° be is in Favor of Hamburg, it shall be paid over by the United States at pm M W m' Hamburg; and if in favor of the United States, it shall be paid over by Hamburg at Washington, or to the General Post-Oflice at London, to the credit of the United States, as the Postmaster-General of the United States shall direct. Neither office is to charge to the other any commissions upon any postage it may collect. AR·r1cr.E VIII. The steamers of either government plying between u¤g‘;‘;g2i;§*;fm_ New York and Hamburg shall be required to convey all dead and re- m.,,,;cat;O,,StO be free of charge.