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 7 68 CONVENTION-SWEDEN AND NORWAY. MARCH 15, 1873: annexed, and shall be consecutively numbered by the dispatching office during each quarter of the calendar year. . _ Receipt fer. The receiving office shall acknowledge its receipt by the next dispatch. Antrromr 3. packages, new The exchange ouices shall divide the "correspondence which they dis- ¤¤¤<1¤ ¤1>· patch into a suitable number of separate packages according to the letterill. . Each of these packages shall bear the proper etiquette and numbers corresponding to the letter-bill. E Ancrronn 4. Number of mus, When more than a single rate is chargeable upon any letter or other hm" i¤9_¤<l¤¤¤¤. MW 66- ing the models U' and O“, hereto annexed. , gistered letters,. . . . how ,,,,,,,,],,,,,.,,1, &,,,_ in_ strong paper, and securely fastened, andthe packet plainly inscribed with the word ·‘Rcgzstcred," or “Rck0ononenderas," and placed in the mail. The blank in the registered-letter list for expressing the number of registered articles shall be filled in letters and figures expressing the number. In case no registered articles are sent, the proper blank of the letter-bill shall he iilled with the word “ .Nihil,” or “Nil! Anrrcrn 6.- - Receipt of regis- The registerlists dispatched shall be retained by the receiving office, k"°"’1°‘]€°d· tered articles numerically, from N 0. to No. Errors notified. If the veridcation by the exchange office disclose an error of any kind in the register-list, it shall be, also, by the first mail, notified to the dispatching office. _ _ Anrroru 7. — t 2. . 1,,,,,,,, of 1,, B b The two administrations mutually engageto take all needful measures registered matter. for the careful transmission of registered correspondence, and for pursuing it when lost; but it is understood that neither assumes towards the other any pecuniary responsibility in case of loss. · _ Aarrorn 8. - All letters exchanged between the several` offices shall indicate by stamp or writing thereon, the office of origin ;·~ and the unpaid letters so exchanged shall also be stamped with the name of, the dispatching ` office of exchange. , Stamps ei- marks Correspondence fully paid to destination shall be stamped in the tv be Pl¤¤<·>¤ <=¤¢- United States “Paid all," and in Sweden “Fra·nko.” ' '°“P°“°°“°°· Registered article; shall be stamped “Registe·rcd" in the United States, . and "Rckommende:ra.§" in Sweden. . . Correspondence insufficiently paid shall be stamped in the United States "Insujioicntlg paid," and in Sweden “Ojlullsmndig fran/cemd," and the amount of deticient postage expressed in ligures, (black) on the face. Correspondence dispatched by a direct line between ,the `respective countries shall be stamped “Divect service," or “Service dérect." When dispatched via England or via Germany and Denmark, it sliall be stampedto indicate British or German and Danisli transit.
 * °Q;°€1‘ All registered letters and the register-list shall be enveloped together,
 * ¤¤¤l<>¤ ¤· ¤· which ohice shall acknowledge by the ilrst mail the receipt of the regi -