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


snail abe1regulated on the following
basis From the total amount Of
pOstages aud register fees collected
BY each Office on letters, added to
the total amount Of prepaid post
ages and register-fees on other
correspondence which. it, dispatches,
the despatching officer shall deduct
the amount required as the agreed
rate for the cost Of intermediate
transit thereof between the two from
tiers, and the amount of the two net
sums shall Cbe divided between the
two Offices In the proportion of three
ifths g 81 to the United States Office
and two thirds (3) to the Swiss Office.
ARTICLE xI.
The correspondence mentioned 10
the second paragraph Of the 6rst arti-
Gle shall be despatched under regula-
tions to be established by the des-
patching office, but always including
the following: aa
First. No packet shall contain any
thing which shall be closed against
inspection; nor any written commune
cation whatever, except to state to
whom and from whom the packet is
sent; aud the Plumbers and prices
placed upon patterns or samples of
merchandise.
Second. No packet may exceed two
feet in length, or, one foot in any
other dimension, or the equivalent in
Swiss measurement.
Third Neither Office shall be bound
to deliver any article the importation
of which may be prohibited By the
laws or regulations Of the country Of
destination.
Fourth. So long as any customs
duty may be chargeable on any article
exchanged in the mails, such duty
may be levied for the use of the Gus
toms.
Fifth. Except as above, no charge
whatever, otherwise than is herein ex-
pressly provided, shall be levied or
collected on the correspondence ex-
changed.
ARTICLE XII.
The two post departments shall es-
tablish, by agreement, and in con-
fOrmity with the arrangements 10
force at the time, the conditions upon
which thetwo Offices may respective
ly exchange, In open mails, the cor
respondence originating in, or des-
tined 20, theaOther foreign countries
to which they may reciprocally serve
as Intermediates. It is always un-
derstOOd, however. that such cores
pondence shall only be charged with
the rate applicable to direct interna-
tiona1 correspondence, augmented by
the postage due to foreign countries,
and by any other tax for exterior SER
vice. n
II ggi ARTICLE KIN. lH3@
Each Office accords to the other the
gpf transit of closed mails
exchanged, In either direction, be-
tween the latter and any country to
which the other may serve as an in
termediary, by its usual means of
mail transportation, whether on sea
or land. -Sueh tFaasit across its own
territory shall be reciprocally free of
expense afse na. sv i aa Gul
For such transit by sea the United
States office shall receive as follows:
l. For transit across the waters of
the Atlantic Ocean ffr
a. For letters, 8 cents per single
letter rate. EIejel1
b. For other correspondence, u
cents per kilOgIamme, net. I
z. For transit across the waters Of
the Pacific Ocean;
a. For letters, 10 cents per single
letter rate. -.-.
B. For other correspondence, 20
cents per kilOgramme, net.
EOF such transit by sea the Swiss
Office shall receive as follows:1
For transit across the waters of the
a. For letters. 8 cents per single
letter rate.
B. For other correspondence, II
cents per kilogramme, net.
For intermediate territorial transit
each Office shall receive the amount il
actually disburses for such transit.
ARTICLE XIV.
g The postal accounts between the
two Offices shall be stated quarterly.
and transmitted and verified as speed
ily as practicable, and the balance
found due shall be paid to the cred
itor Office either by exchange on Lon
don or Paris, 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 Y.
When, in any port of either coun-
try, a closed mail Is transferred from
one vessel to another without any ex-
pense to the office of the country
where the transfer is made, such