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 GONVENTION—DOMIN10N OF CANADA. 837 Postal arrangcmont between tha. United States and the`])vmin6on of Canada. 1 {gg 27, and Feb. The P0sb~OfEcc Department of the United States of America, and the ;‘;"" ` Post:-Qfllco department of the Dominion of Canada., being desirous of etfcctmg, by moans of 0. new arrangement, the unification of tho postal systems of the United States and Canada, in respect to correspondence exchanged between them, tho undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose by thou- respective governments, have agreed upon tho following articles : . Am·1cL1a. I. Correspondence of ovary kind, written and printed, embracing letters, Prepayment na postal cards, newspapers, pamphlets magazines, books, maps, plans, P°¤*¤S° ****9*. °' ongmvings; drawings, photographs, lithogmphs, sheets of music, &c., °°““"Y °f °"g“" and patterns and samples of merchandise, including grains and scods, mailed in the United States and addressed to Canada, or, vice versa, mailed in Canada and addressed to the United States, shall be fully prepaid at the domestic postage rates of the country of origin, and the country of destination will rccoivc,.forward, and dulivcr the sumo frco of charge. Amxcxm II. Each country will transport the domestic mails of the other by ml D¤¤¤¢¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤ ordinary mail-routes, in closed pouches, through its territory, frco of ;’fuf_;·;’;rj;1“b‘;*t{‘{ chm`g°· other, &c. ARTICLE III. Patterns and samples of merchandise not exceeding the weight of P **1* *·°'}’“u':;f eight ounces may be exchanged in tho mails bctwccn the two mmutrics, z#:§’d‘f:°_ ° under such regulations in regard .1:0 the forwarding and delivery of the same ns citsbcr of the Poatz—b‘icc Departments shall prescribe, to prevent violations of tho revenue laws. They must; never be closed against inspection, but must always be so wrapped or iucloscd that they may be readily and thoroughly examined by postmastacrs. The postage 011 oaclr pattern or sample shall be ton cents, prepayment obligatory. Axunxcm 1V. No accounts shall be kept between the Post-Oilicc Departments_ of lostaic to be yo. tha two countries in regard to international correspondence of guy kmd :3;**;*:mé P°·'“°' exchanged between them, but each department w:1l reuun to IFS oxclu- P y` sive use all tho postage its collects on mail-matter of every kmd sont: to the other for delivery. Amxcnm V. Tho Post·OHica Departments of the United States and_ Canada shall Dead mlm. ·mch return to tho other all dead letters, unopened and without charge, monthly or oftenor, as may best suit the rogulatnons of each department. Ammrcm VI. The expense of transporting the mails between the-frontier exchange '1`¤*¤¤P°’*°**.°” offices, whom the conveyance; is by water, shall be borne equally by cho. BQ2K33e2Q6g?! two departments; buts when the Atmnsportatiou is by land, tho expanse