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 964 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH PRUSSIA. JULY 17 & AUG. 26, 1852. having the Prussian Lot}: for unit, (two Loth being considered equal to one ounce American.) Foreign post- Anrrcrn IV. On all letters originating and posted in other countries ’·E° *° b? °dd°d beyond the United States and mailed to and deliverable in Prussia, or in
 * ,.§°mm1°°` any other of the states formingrthe German Postal Union; or originating

and posted in countries beyond the states forming said German Postal Union, and mailed to and deliverable in the United States or its Territories, the foreign postage (other than that of the states belonging to the German Austrian Postal Union, and other than that of the United States) is to be added to the postage stated in Article II. And the two Post-Otiice Departments are mutually to furnish each other with Lists- lists, stating the fbreign countries, or places in foreign countries, to which the foreign postage and the amount thereof must be absolutely prepaid, or must be left unpaid. And until such lists are duly furnished, neither country is to mail to the other, through the closed mails, any letter from foreign countries beyond it, or for foreign countries beyond the country to which the closed mail is sent. N¤W¤P¤p¢¤· Aaricnn V. Newspapers, not weighing more than two ounces each, may be sent in said closed mails, when the whole postage of six cents is prepaid thereon at the mailing office. The Prussian charge will be two cents, or the nearest practicable equivalent in Prussian coin, per newspaper, — the Prussian onice to account to Belgium for its transit postage thereon, when the newspaper is sent in closed mails from the United States; and the United States charge of postage will be four cents per newspaper, — the United States to account with the British Post—Oflice both for the British transit postage of two cents thereon, (whether the paper is sent from or received in the United States,) and for the Belgian transit postage of one cent each on all newspapers sent in said closed mails R**° °fP°¤l>· from Prussia. The Prussian newspaper charge of two cents, and the `;,§§i,:;£t°b° American charge of four cents, is to be in all cases collected of the sender; and no newspaper shall be admitted in such closed mails unless the whole postage thereon shall have been prepaid. Two thirds of such pomga how newspaper postage shall be credited to the United States, and one third diVid¤d- to Prussia, whether the same is collected in Prussia or the United States. Said newspapers 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. Accounts bs- ARTICLE VI. The Prussian Post-Office is to account to the United ` from the closed mails, as follows, viz. :— On mails sent from the United States, for each unpaid letter weighing half an ounce or less, twenty-three cents. And also on mails sent from Prussia, for each prepaid letter of half an ounce or under, twenty-tive cents. And, in addition thereto, the Prussian office is to account to Belgium for its transit rate on all letters received in said closed mails from the United States. _The United States Post-Ofiice, when it collects the postage on letters sent in said closed mails, is to account to the Prussian Post-Office as follows, viz. : - On mails sent from the United States, for each prepaid letter weighing half an ounce or less, seven cents. _And also on mails sent from Prussia, for each unpaid letter of half an ounce or under, five cents. And the United States Post-Office is to account to the British Post- Oiiiee for British transit postage at the rate of fifty-seven and one half cents per ounce when the mails are conveyed by the British packets
 * ';;‘;r;;° t“’° States Post-Office in respect to all letter postages collected by Prussia