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 CONVEN'1‘ION—SWEDEN AND NORWAY. _MA1tcH 15, 1873. 765 . ar , _ From the total amount t' the international postages and register fees im- correspondence hetwee.? Norway and the United States, collected in Norway, the Norwegian Postal Administration shall deduct the amount which, without exceeding the highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the frontier of the United States. From the total amount of international postages and register tees for correspondence between Norway and the United States collected in the United States, the Postal Administration of the United States shall, in like manner, deduct the amount which, without exceeding the highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the frontier of Norway, (or of Sweden, in case of conveyance by direct steamship communication, or through England.) ` Of the amount of the two net sums thus obtained, Norway shall receive one moiety, and the United States the other. ARTICLE 11. The correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first Rcguiati one of article shall be de patched under regulations to be established by the <=¤¤‘¤>¤1*<>¤d¤¤¤¤ ¤*l¤· despatching omoe ; but these shall embrace the following: °’ “‘““ l°"'*°'“· 1. No package shall contain anything which shall be closed against inspection, hor any written communication whatever except to state from whom and to whom the packet. is sent, and numbers and prices placed upon patterns or samples of merchandise. _ 2. No packet may exceed two feet in length, or one foot in any other dimension. l ' ` 3. Neither office shall be bound to deliver any article the importation of which may be prohibited by tho laws or regulations of the country of destination. · _ 4. The customs duties that may be chargeable in each of the two ~ . countries may be levied for the use of the customs. _ 5. Except as above no charge whatever shall be collected on the letters . Lé’°*g,°¤’f¤°’¤’é‘¤9¤ and other correspondence exchangedt — The small local carricrs’ fee now QQBB  NQ;;,;;' ”‘“‘ chargeable in Sweden may, however, be levied to the use of the Swedish office; and as long as afee of 2 skilling for the delivery of poste restante letters, and one of 4 skillingfor letters posted after the general time tor collecting the post, are chargeable in Norway, these fees may be levied to the use of the Norwegian office. _ Aurronn 12. The Postal Administrations of each of the United Kingdoms, and that _ Intermediary sewof the United States, shall establish by agreement, and in conformity ¤¤2·&9¤,1;3¤¤¤¤ bow with the arangements in force at the time, the conditions upon which °“ “ ‘“ · the offices may exchange in open mails the correspondence originating ,31 or destined for tbrengn countries to which they may serve as intermeiaries., »- It is, however, always understood that such corre pondence shall only m,,,,,,,,, ,,,,_ be charged with the rate applicable to international correspondence augmented by the postage and other taxes due to Foreign Postal Ad- 'ministrations, and any other tax for exterior service. 4 Amrronn 13. The postal accounts between the respectivebotllces which, according 1,08,,,, accounts to Article 10, are to be settled separately between Sweden and the mmm,,-;y_ United States, and between Norway and the United States, shall be stated quarterly, and transmitted and verided asspeedily as practice.- _ ble; and the balance iound due shall be paid `to the creditor cth0e,- Bglunlcgg, how either by exchange on London, or at the debtor olllce, as the creditor pam. . office may desire. . · ,