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 2226 rosmn CONVENTION—CANADA. 1>¤¤¤=¤b¤r2°_·¤m·_. Postal Convention between the United States and Gznada. Signed at D°°“‘“”°‘22·m2‘ Ottawa, December 20, 1922, at Washington, December 22, 1.922; approved by the President, December 22, 1.922. POSTAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE DOMINION OF CANADA Pcml ¤¤¤*¤**¤¤ For the ur ose of makin better postal arrangements between the UnitedPSt£tes of Amerida and the Dominion of Canada, the undersigned, Hubert Work Postmaster General of the United States of America and Charles liiurphy, Postmaster General of the Dominion of Canada, by virtue of authority vested in them by law, have agreed upon the following articles: Aimom 1. » th°A{§i_|%¤•¤¤¤**•¤*° (a) Articles of every kind or nature which are admitted to the ' domestic mails of either country except as herein prohibited shall be admitmd 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 customs revenues. Pr¤¤¤*¤¤¤“•=‘¤· (b) The following articles are prohibited admission to the mails exchanged under this Convention: Publications which violate the copyright laws of the coimtry of destination; any article or matter that is inadmissible to the domestic mails of either country; packa s sent at parcel post rates and single volumes of prmted bmi; sent at printed matter rate, the weight of which exceeds five kilograms (eleven pounds). 1>¤¤¤•=¤¤¤ d•¤¤¤~ (c) The classiiieation of and the rates of posta and the 's- ¤°°°°°mt°i°g°v'°' tration or insurance fee to be levied and collected §°pon mail mraigtler originating in either country and addressed to the other shall be in accordance with the domestic laws and regulations of the country of origin; Krovided that the rates of postage and registration fee so levied s all not exceed in either count the rates of postage and registration fee prescribed for articles di, a like nature y the Universal Postal Convention in force for the time being, and that the parcel post rates shall not be less than the maximum domestic parcel post rates of the count of origin: provided further that the post- S¢¤¤¤d dm ¤¤**¤· age applicable to seconldrclass matter in each country addressed for delivery in the other shall be one cent for each four ounces or fraction of four ounces, calculated on the weight of each package and B““‘P°°*°g°$· prepaid by means of stamps affixed; provided further that when separately addressed copies intended for delivery at one post office