The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-07

privilege of transit of the closed
mails exchanged, in either direction,
between the latter and any country
to viii n the other may serve as in
termedlary, by Its usual means of mail
transportation, whether on sea or
land, and the terms of transit shall
be agreed upon when the exercise of
the privilege is required.
ARTICLE XIV.
The postal accounts between the
two offices shall be stated quarterly,
and transmitted and verified as speed
lily as practicable; and the balance
found due shall be paid to the credi-
tor Office, either by exchange on
London or at the debtor Office, as the
creditor Office may desire.
The rate for the conversion Of the
money of the two countries shall be
fixed by common agreement between
the two Offices.
ARTICLE XIV.
When in any port Of either country
a closed mail is transferred from one
vessel to another without any expense
to the Office Of the country where the
transfer is made, such transfer shall
not be subject to any postal charge by
one ONCE against the other.
ARTICLE XVI.
Official communications addressed
from n Office to the other shall not
be the occasion Of any accounts be-
tween the two Offices.
ARTICLE XVII.
Letters wrongly sent, or wrongly ,
addressed, or not deliverable for
whatever cause, shall be returned to
the originating Office, at It's expense, if
any expense is incurred. Registered
correspondence of all kinds, not de-
liyerable for any cause, shall also be
returned in like name All other
correspondence which cannot be de-
llvered shall remain at the disposition
of the receiving Office. Any hostages
upon correspondence returned which
shall have been charged against the
office of destination. shall be dis
charged from the account.
ARTICLE XVII.
La view of the possible desire of
other German States to avail chem
selves OF the advantages Of postal
association with the States now
embraced in the North Ger
man Union il is further agreed
that the provisions of this convention
shall be extended to and shall COM
prise them. whenever such other
States shall declare their desire to
join for this purpose, and notice
thereof shall have been given TO the
United States Post4Department.
ARTICLE XIX.
The two Offices shall, by mutual
consent, establish detailed regula-
tons for carrying these articles into
execution and they may modify such
regulations, In ike manner, from
time to time, as the exigencies Of
the service may require roi t.4s
ARTICLE Xxx. ald
From the time this convention shall
take effect, all former conventions be-
tween the two Offices and between the
United States Office on the one part,
and, on the other part, Of Bremen
and also of Hamburg, shall cease to
be ln force, except for the settlement
of accounts which shall nave pre-
Viously accrued hereunder.
This convention. being first APP
proved, shall take effect not later than
the LIST day Of January next, and
shall continue in force until cancelled
by mutual agreement, or otherwise,
until q year. from the date when
one Office shall have given notice to
the other Of its desire to terminate il.
Executed in duplicate at Berlin
the twenty FIRST day Of October, one
thousand eight hundred aud sixty
seven.
lsEAL.l JOHN A. KAssON,
pecial Commissioner, DO, DC.
SEAL. RICHARD V. PHILIPsB0RN,
Director General of the Post Depart
ment.