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 1-osrxn ooNvmNr1oN—Mnx1oo. APRIL 4, 1887. 1385 Postal Convention between the United States of America and the A1>ri14,1¤67. United .Me.r ica n States. . For the purpose of facilitating the intercourse s ringing from the P*'°°·mbl°- friendly re ations existing between the people of the two countries, their closer neighborhoo and increasing commercial and personal dealings, by better and more intimate postal arrangements, the United States of America by William F. ilas. the Postmaster-General, thereto duly authorized by law, and the United Mexican States by Matias Romero, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at lVashington, thereto duly empowered by the President of the United Mexican States, have agreed upon the following articles: °A1z·1*1cLE 1. (G) Articles of every kind or nature, which are admitted to the mArtic1es admirwdw domestic mails of either country, except as herein prohibited, shall °m°n°' be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Convention; subject however to such regulations as the Postal Administration of the country of destination may deem necessary to protect its custom revenues. But articles other than letters in their usual and ordinary form, must never be closed against inspection but must be so wrapped or enclosed that they ma be readily and thoroughly examine by postmasters or Customs Ctlicers. The following articles are prohibited admission to the mails ex- ' changed under this Convention: Publications which violate the copy-right laws of the country of Articles prohibited. destination; ackets, except sin le volumes of printed books, the weight of wllich exceeds two kihagrams; liquids, poisons, explosive or mfiammable substances, fatty substances, those which easily hquefy, live or dead animals, not dried, insects and reptiles, confections, pastes, fruits and vegetables which will easily decompose, and substances which exhale a bad odor, lottery tickets or circulars, all obscene and immoral articles, other articles which maly destroy or in any Way damage the mails, or injure the persons han ling them. (b) Except as required by the regulations of the country of destina- neuveey. tion for the collection of its customs duties, all admissible matter mailed in one country for the other, or received in one country from the other, whether by land or sea conve ance, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, and shall in the first case be forwarded by the most s edy means to its destination, and in the latter be prom tly delivered)0 to the respective persons to whom it is_ addressed, lleing subject in its transmission to the laws and regulations of each country respectively. _ (6) The classitication of, and the rates of postage and the registra- ¤1=¤¤¤¤¤¤- tion fee to be levied and collected u n mail-matter originating in either count and addressed to the omer, shall be in accordance with the doinestidl/aws and regulations of the country of oiéigin; provided that the rates of posta e and registration fees so levi sha not exceed in either country the minimum rates of postage and registration fees prescribed for articles of like nature by Articles 5 an 6 of the Universal Postal Union Convention of Paris of June 1878, as amended Aw xr- 8 by the Additional Act of Lisbon of March 21, 1885.