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 POSTAL CONVENTION—MEXICO. APRIL 4, 1887. 1387 the territory of the other, but his transportation and other expenses shall be paid by the country to which the closed mails belong. (b) But correspondence forwarded from either country to the other, Charges fer ¤’¤¤Si¢ in open mail for despatch to countries beyond, shall be liable for °f °p°° mam" Mexican or United States transit to the following rates, viz z For maritime transit, five francs per kilogram of letters and post cards, and fifty centimes per kilogram of other articles. For territorial transit, two francs er kilogram of letters and post _ cards, a11d twenty-five centimes per kilogram of other articles. And settlements therefor shall be made according to Articles 4 and 12 of the Universal Postal Union Convention, as amended by the Additional Act of Lisbon. ARTICLE 7. (a) Any packet of mailable correspondence may be registered Registry. upon payment of the rate of postage and the registration fee applicable thereto in the country of origin. (b) An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall be returned to·the sender when requested ; but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding five cents. _` _‘ ARTICLE 8. (a) Overland exchanges of ordinar international correspondence Way WLS- may be effected without the use of letter—bills, but registered cor-— respondenee must be accompanied by a descriptive list thereof, by means of which the registered articles may be identified for the purpose of acknowledgment by the receiving offices. . (b) If a registered article advised shall not be found in the mails by the receiving omce its absence shall be immediately reported by the receiving to the sending office. _ ARTICLE 9 Ordinary and registered exchanges, unless the latter be made in E*°**¤¤8°¤- through registered pouches, shall be effected in properly sealed sacks. · Anricnn 10. · (G) All registered articles, ordinary letters, postal cards,and other l_§§¢:·‘¤;t<>f ¤¤d=>¤v· mmlllscript matter. business or commercial papers. books (bound or ° m er' Stitched), proofs of rinting, engravings, photographs, drawings. maps, and other articles manifestl * of value to the sender, which are not delivered from any cause, shall be reciprocally returned monthly without charge, through the central administrations of the two Countries, in s eoial packets or sacks marked "Rebuts," after the expiration of tlheperiod for their retention required by the laws or regulations of the country of destination; the returned registered articles to be accom anied by a descri five list, and the special packets or sacks used for returning undielivered matter to be for- Xlarded under registration when registered articles are returned in em. (b) Fully prepaid letters which bear requests by the senders for their R¢¤¤’¤ Mme return in case of non-delivery by a certain date, or within a specified time, shall be reciprocal] returned, without charge, directly to the despatching exchange oflibe, at the expiration of the period for their retention indicated In the requests. _ (c) Fully prepaid letters bearing on the covers the business cards, the names and addresses of the senders. or designation of places to which they may be returned, as post·oif:ce box street and number, &c., without requests for their return in case of non-delivery within