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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Dec. 15, 1848. 965 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. The United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the DM- I5, 1948- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to pro- mote the friendly_ relations existing between their respective citizens ¤°h¤¤8¤d ¤* and subjects, by placing the communications by post between the ter- {&I§t1°n' 'mL2G' ritories of the United States and those of her Britannic Majesty upon preamble_ a more liberal and advantageous footing, have resolved to conclude a convention for this purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States, by and with the advice and con- Negotiators. sent of the·Senate thereof, George Bancroft, a citizen of the United States, their envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryto her Britannic Majesty : And her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the right honorable Henry John Viscount Palmerston, Baron Temple, a peer of Ireland, a member of her Britannic Majesty’s most honorable Privy Council, a member of Parliament, Knight Grand Cross of the most honorable Order of the Bath, and her Britannic Majess ty’s principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs : Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: · ARTICLE. I.. There shall be charged upon all letters not exceeding half an ounce Rate otpostage in weight, conveyed either by United States or by British packets, be- $;’y£t§E,,f°§’,Z tween a port in the United States and a port in the United Kingdom, United States or an uniform sea rate of eight pence, or sixteen cents; and such postage Bnmh P°*°k°*’· shall belong to the country by which the packet conveying the letters is furnished. Am·rc1.n_II. ’ There shall be charged by the post-oliice of the United Kingdom, Inlandpostage upon all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in the :;:*§;*;f’°;gce°{ United Kingdom, and forwarded to the United States, or brought from Gmg, 3,.,,,,;,, the United States and delivered in the United Kingdom, whether such letters shall be conveyed by British or by United States packets, an inland postage rate of one penny halfpenny. There shall be charged by the post·olHce of the United States, upon d1¤l¤¤¤¤t¤$¤ ~· all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in the United ,h;',§‘?"g,:,,,,,_ "' · States, and forwarded to the United Kingdom, or brought from the United Kingdom and delivered in the United States, whet er such let- ' ters shall be conveyed by United States or by British packets, an inland postage rate of live cents. Aarrcm III. Upon all letters posted in one country and delivered in the other, ggawd these rates of postage, both sea and inland, shall be combined mto one E:,,,,,?,,,,,, ,,,,6 rate, of which payment in advance shall be optional in either country. r¤;e,h and oi; It shall, however, not be permitted to pay less than the whole com- gajfbe Ilfgtlgefn bln8d IMG. ldvance.