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 966 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Dmc. 15, 1848. Awmcnz IV. M Ié*>*§£f 2; With respect to letters above the weight of half an ounce, each mmccin nigh, country shali be at liberty to employ, as regards the collection of the whole combined rate, the scale of progression m operation in its own territory for charging inland rates of postage. Anmxcma V. Transit ofBrit- The United States engage to grant to the United Kingdom the 5££g§°Qh':°{}’ transit in closed mails, through the territory of the United States, of Smeg ,0 tké the oorresnondence and newspapers from the United Kingdom to the grifisll Nmb British North American provinces, and from those provinces to the iu';;':‘°;‘;' i5T;& United Kingdom, at the rate of inland postage to be charged under this mes esposzage, convention for letters and newspapers between the United Kingdom 8'°“*° · and the United States. A British officer shall be permitted to accompany the closed mails during their transit. Anrxcnm VI. ;;`;*:;i’ 5;:;; Qu the other hand, her Britannic Majesty engages to grant to the mix thou h United States the transit 111 closed mzuls, through the British North the British  American provinces, of the correspondence and newspapers from one iflgfé nar: of the territory of the United States to any other part of the ter- pomge, rxtcgy of the UDl£Ed Si8{§S, :11; zagés Jnotéxceexyng égeratgs R? ing · an postage now c arge or 0 ere er c arg ,1n the crt glmerican n;·ovi3;ocshac§ordi£g to ine distance such closed mails may c conveys wi in c or mexican provinces. An officer of the United States shall be permitted to accompany the closed mails during their transit. T'““‘“ ?f Arvrxcuz VII. closed mails m,m,y,;tS .,,,10. the transit m closed mails, through the United States, or through any nies cr p<>¤s¤s· country where the post. communication may be under the coutroior
 * §g;';8h£}*°J§; The United States further engage to grant to the United Kingdom
 * {;“‘;:fi::;i;'Q management of the United States, of letters and newspapers forwarded

onies, and }»os· fron] the United Kingdom, its colonies or possessions, to any other {mm my fnmgu foreign country or British colony or possession, to the United Kingdom, Amrcm VIII. Her Britarmic Majesty engages, on her part, to grant to the United States the transit in closed mails, through the United Kingdom, or through any country where the post communication may be under the control or management of the United Kingdom, of letters and newspapers forwarded from the United States, their colonies, or possessions, to any other colony or possession of the United States, or to any foreign country, and from any foreign country, or from any colony or possession of the United States, to the United States, their colonies or possessions. Amrcnm IX. HW ¤¤¤¤¤z¤¤ When letters shall be forwarded in closed mails under the stipulagllg Wgé;: tions of articles V. VI. VH. or VIII. of the present convention, the £¤rw•.rded in {Eayment to be made to the post-chica of the United Kingdom or the °i°°°d *****1*- nited Status, as the case may be, shall be made by the ounce, according to the net weight of the letters, ut two rates to the ounce, with the
 * §;;’:m°£   British colony or possession, or to any foreign country, and from any
 * r;u¤tryér;¤tua1- its colonies or possessions.