Smyrna times., 1868-06-24

CONVENTION
reg RE H5 E%T1 lSEHH
I'll, post department Of the Untc States by its special com
nis.ioEyr John \ k.sop c amt th, federal council "f
Of t. ,ri coImci and the irldr" post
have agreed upon the following ARTICLES subject
10y the respective authorities of the two countries:
U ] @ M Hm Hf and the ESnTygm % mcas shs
Of cr respective post departments, and this correspondence
i. I.jtcr-. ordinary and registered.
y, book packets. prints of all kinds comprising
maps. pat, r-r i"-, drawings pot"graph and all otlrr
ami patterns samples oi merchandise, including grains and
such pqulencr l exchanged, whether originating
in 81 ihfr q" ~t i.,Ht,lrc a >1". m ' "ihIr or "rig
respectively s'r'r as intrm'rlia'riyH ,a,ii[[I
The Y, r el1'r Of mails shall b" on the part of the
o. m. part ol til, swi, Confelyration--
D. rn va ,hcn the Swiss Confederation shall find it rx-
T two offices by agreement may at any time establish adj
ditiotul o.icrs OF cAcliangc.
The principle agreed That each Office shall make its own
by regular lines OF conmtincltioll amd s,a a, i l, t
pay the NPn OF such intermediate transport ,tion. 1t is al
transit ot the closed maS hrtwren the OF the two
which Shall ha, obtained from the n,emcIi,r, thr
most m"rahl' prcunary terms for such convey and which
any amount 80 'ancc by one Tor account OF the other shall
The STANDARD weight for the sing rate Of international most
agc, and rule OF progression shall bc: ''
/.
Tor T 3 otngr @ mentioned in second pa'2
aIt ] t ' The iG, 'I a ic It '' y %lf t & " .m
Bat r~ Office a live notice to the "tR"r af th @
weight it adopt, and {" any subsequent chang thereof. Thr
~ -'' I'lc l"I
The "-ht stated 10y the d'satcng office shall always he
accepted except IN case of manifest mistake.
r,,.d..,.......,.... AHncIE v;
changed between the I'VE stations the reserve
/. On letters from the United states il cents
2 On letters from the swiss Comeration, rrutimcs
graph Of the hrSt article. the shall hc, mails de-
{" the conyicr and habits oi its interior I,il,trti'r
But each office shall give notice the other the
adopts, an! OF any SUBSEQUENT chase thereof
tiana 5 g S"iiiior in ArJc vii S'@onrd ' but "
registered letters and all other corrcspon ncr mention
ed in paragraph seeoAd Of the rs article it shall "bsory
& IL o"i tr, e P,'aS YAH "i any f"TreSP"ndrnc" shall be pre-
Upon the delivery OF unpaid, nsuiceuy paid letter
Or Or q any other sfiernlly raid corresponcnr trrc ,a
, i . III Sit ird - -H.tSs n"t tAceed ~ hvt cents
aii i ~ H. n" eActens p confines This hnr and
shall be retained to the Us Of The c4ii,ctng Office.
Registered correspondence shall ia addition the postage,
% ,G1 !" an 6 1eaS @ p@5 y fS t.9 Gsais m in
and tins fec shall be- dIWtN> prepaid;
ANY crcpondcncc be rre~trrDd as well international
co'r To- Will @ two IN n %T rei M ~ 'l "r %{fy
Of Such m ei@ f arye9m for h 'ransT,s~l3n ION
9thrroi The countries TO which may thus
Accounts ,ra.r tho ,A., AaTGLE ,ti \ ,,, J., -,
W. ''IIc'~ -Nttl ne Required on the
i","l- i>i> From ,hg tot amount of post and reg>
amount prepaid po-tagr~ reg >rr-, on other CORES,
duet the aT mi, r,1 m tb ,T ] &c, e. ", H., ,lA.t d.
erm"ar transit thereof between tie
t% olr- in he proorlon Of thr fts the United
AaficIf II.
y c"rr">ponirnfI mentioned in ti" seconi paragraph Of
al,!rd o., the de-, patching olcc, always Including the
FIR NJ packet shall contain anything which shall clos
ctf cH, to STATE, to %ha aTd from w & t %iai
sent; AMI tn numers and prices placed upon trrus
SG"ni No pacSrt may eycecd two feet in length
1n ~ any other dincNon or the equivalent in swiss
Third Neither Office shall be deliver any article
m f. % @ i" "'n may , i prohibited 10y the laws or reg
,urth - long ns any crI.tons,tv may he char,ooll ~,
any 1rtcr EXCHANGED IN the mails, such duty be levied
fh EHeyDt %7 ] a9@S no GhqFFe ThqSysr ofheEw than
correspondence oNchang,'i -,
The two post deparmtis ,hai Establish by agreement and
rn m I I %, tif t r % mn IN %rrr At Tie tm" the
in open mails the corrcsponirnce originating in, destined
srye a. in'.rmriar's It is always unfr, however
applicable direct ntcrnatIonal corrsIonipc augmrtr
by tn ragr due to foreign countries, and by other
ARTICLE XIII.
closed exchanged in either dirrcti"n wc"i the nt,rr
ary by its usual means OF mail tramspnrtaom wbr'r ON
or land: such transit its territory shall be
FOR such transit BY the nited States office shall receive
l. For transit the waters OF the Atlantic ocean:
a. Tor Tor @ Letter, cents per- single letter rltr
For transit the of the Pacific
a. t"r is[rrs, ~ cents per single letter rat'
For SUCH f2 ton. y 3 , & PER M
For transit :he waters Of the Atlantic ocean,
a. Tor letters cents per single letter rate
For b. Foroh@F c%rre3,oninec l2cent5 per 5ogammc not
the amount it actually di,hursG for such transit
The p2sta ala accounts E.ycs the tw9 os haI he stated
BIZ and The balance found due shall be pai to the creditor
oce ehTr by rXclange london Paris, the derr
,c. The :s rat 10 for & IL. m Of the Of the two
When, either country closed mail is trans
% ron @ one Vessel to another without any expense TO the
shall not be subject to any postal charge by against
Official communication between the two orios h,, No, /,
the occasion OF any accounts s49 on eiiR%F HyFi side '
Letters wrongly sent or wrongly addressed or no. ovor,
& hs Tor Taryrr ca'e shall be returned to the originating
c9rresponenc" Of all kinds not deliverable any cause a
a,o be- returned in like manner All other CORRESPONDENCE
which cannot be- delivered snail remain at the disposition
postage upon correspondence returned which shall hav,
been charged against the Office ofdesnaOn shall be dscharg
| ARTICLE XVIII.
tor farryg those articles INTO execution and thc
time as the eAigencies q" "a" service may require.
This convention shall take effect at time to be com
mon accord Of The two and shall continue il
II one from the date when office shall
Executed in duplicate Bcrnc, this October
IsEAL.l JOHN A. KAsSON.
IsEAL.I BI. j. DUES.
Posr OFFICE DrpAnrMExr,
Having examined consiere tie aio"yoing articles Of
convention the anclioration tic postal incrcoure
tween the United States America and the Swiss
ere the eleventh day @f ctober one thousand aa hun
oEer, &c. &c on behalf Impairment and by Dr. J"ac
er pest department on behalf of the council OF the Sws