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 904 POSTAL CONVENT1ON—DENl\IARK. Nov. 7 & Dec. 1, 1871. Letter postage. For every letter exceeding fifteen grammes there shall be paid a single rate of postage for-every additional fifteen grammes or fraction of fifteen grammes. The weight stated by the dispatching office shall always be accepted, except in cases of manifest error. The maximum weight of letters shall be two hundred and hfty (250) grammes. Anrrcnn V. Prepayment of The prepayment of postage on ordinary letters shall be optional. If P°{§;g;igP%;;‘“l‘ they shall be forwarded unpaid, or insumciently paid, they shall, in the mm-; ’ " first case, be charged, besides the usual postage, with an additional postage of respectively four ( 4) cents, or six ( 6) skilling rigsmont, and in the last case, besides the dehcient postage, with similar additional postage. ARTICLE VI. Rates for other On all other correspondence in the first article mentioned, the rates °°"°SP°”d°¤°°· shall be, for the mails dispatched, that which the dispatching office shall adopt, adapted to the convenience and habits of its interior administra- N¤¤ee· tion. But each office shall give notice to the other of the rate it adopts and of any subsequent change thereof These articles shall be forwarded Reg-umgcus for under regulations of the dispatching post-office, but always including the r'e¤v¤r<ii¤z; followin : P°SE¤§'<* te be 1. Tlés postage shall be prepaid. Ii; however, the postage on the corpr°p°”d’ respondence mentioned in this article should not be wholly prepaid, the said correspondence shall still be forwarded to the place of destination; but it shall, in that case, beside the deficient postage, be charged with an additional postage, not exceeding four (4) cents in the United States, and six (6) skilling rigsrnént in Denmark. packets not to 2. No packet shall contain any thing which shall be closed against in- °°““·m· &°i spection, nor any written communication whatever, except to state from whom and to whom the packet is sent, and the number and price placed upon each pattern or sample of merchandise. dimensions of 3. No packet may exceed two feet in length, or one foot in any other ¥’*°k“°i dimension. _ prohibited er- 4. Neither office shall be bound to deliver any article the importation “° °’i of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country of destination. customs duties. 5. The customs duties that may be chargeable in each of the two countries may be levied for the use of the customs. Anrrcnn VII. Registered Any correspondence mentioned in Article I. may be registered, and the °°‘§;f§§’;‘,l°;§§_ postage chargeable on such correspondence shall always be prepaid. age; Registered correspondence shall, in addition to the postage, be subject to an international registration fee not exceeding ten (10) cents in the whe prepaid. United States, and eight (8) skilling rigsmont in Denmark, and this fee shall always be prepaid. Each office is at liberty to reduce this fee for _Ijl'o responsi- the mails it dispatches. Each department shall use its best exertions for bmi? f°' °“· the safe delivery of registered correspondence, but is not responsible pecuniarily for the loss of any such correspondence. Anrrcrn VIII. No other It is further agreed that no charge of any kind, or on any account, °h”g°“*&°‘ otherwise than is herein expressly provided, shall be levied or collected in the country of destination on the letters or other correspondence exchanged.