The national Republican., 1861-07-19

ing that fact shall nevertheless be sent to the
corresponding office.
Article XVII. The letter bills and acknowl.
edgments shall serve for vouchers in the quar-.
terly settlement Of the accounts aud in cnse
OF difference between these documents, the
amount stated in the acknowledgment shall be
received in preference to that stated in the let
terbill
Article XVIII. The accounts between the
two Departments shall be closed at the expira-
ton Of each quarter Of the calender year by
quarterly statements and accounts prepared by
the General Post Office in Washington, accord.
imp to forms annexed, marked c and D ; and
having been examined, compared, and settled
by the General Post Office in Belgium, the bal
ance shall be paid without delay by that De.
partment which shall be found indebted to the
other. If the the balance is in favor of Bel
GUM, it shall be paid in Belgium and if in
favor of the United States, it shall be paid over
Post Office at London to the credit Of the
United States, as the Postmaster General of
| the United States shall elect.
Article XIX. Letters which, from any cause
whatever, cannot be delivered, shall be recipro-
cally returned at the close Of each quarter alter
the expiration Of proper period to effect their
delivery to the person addressed, and for tire
same amount Of postage originally charged by
the sending Office, which shall be allowed in
discharge Of the account Of the Office to which
they we're sent. These returns of postage are
to be claimed in bill made up agreeaby to
forms annexed, marked E and F. which is to
accompany such dead letters.
| Newspapers which are refused, or which be-.
come dead in the Post Offices Of either country,
are not to be returned.
Article Xxx. Letters misdirected or missent,
or which may require the prepayment of post.
age, shall be reciprocally returned without de.
lay through the respective offices Of exchange,
and credit taken in the letter bill for the same,
at the weight and postage originally charged
upon them. In respect to letters addressed to
persons who have changed their residence,
whatever may be their origin, they shall be re-.
spectively returned charged with the postage
which was to have been paid by the person
addressed, less the inland postage Of the coun.
try from which sent
Article XXI. The evidence of the prepay.
ment of letters shall be in red ink, on the right
hand upper corner of the face Of the letter, and
all letters, without distinction, shall bear the
stamp Of the mailing Office on their face, and
that Of the receiving office on their back.
| The evidence of prepayment shall be repre-.
| sented thus: Letters originating i'll the United
States and paid to their destination in Belgium
shall be stamped with the word PAID"
| Letters originating in Belgium and paid to
their destination in the United States shall be
stained "P: D." (paid to destination.)
Letters Of every other origin, despatched from
either country by virtue Of the stipulations Of
Article x, and the prepayment Of which is rem
dered obligatory to a certain point within either
country, shall be stamped "P. F." (paid to the
frontier.
The manner in which letters, paid or unpaid,
are to be sent or received shall be designated
by the exchange Offices, ON each letter, by
means of a stamp bearing the words Gam.
Packet" or "Br. Packet" accordingly as they
are transported by one or the other, in such
manner as that the amount of credit to be al.
lowed to the British Post Office for dead letters
returned can be shown.
Article xxi. The exchange offices of the
Post Office OF Belgium shall state upon their
post bills for the London Office the number of
single rates for letters, as well as of the weight
of newspapers and articles of printed matter
contained in each of the mails intended for the
United States Office; and they shall, in like
manner, state, in the receipt bills addressed to
| the said London Office, the number of single
rates for letters, as well as the weight of news.
papers and articles of printed matter, found in
the mails from the United States office intended
for Belgium.
| TO BE CONTINUED.