The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-12-09


have Adjusted The amount
ARrIotE Xl The international rates
combined Of the clements above msn
lioaCd, and applicable to each standard
Of progression for the several classes oI
Of mailable articles, are established as
follows 10 wiz (l) For ordiosry letters
20 cents in the UniIed Sales and |
4 franc in I,ely; (2l For registered let
ters, in addition to the ordioa'y pre-
paid rate an extra charge Of 10 cents in
the United States ani OF so 'enline' ia
Italy; (S) For documentary manuscripts
corrected proofs and sample, Of merchSn
disc. 90 cents in the United States and
one rrouc 10 Italy; (4) for Journals aud
all OH prints embracing articles not
Otherwise annmeru,rd, the standard sin.
Clio rate shall be fixed by The dcspo'ch~
ing department, limited nevertheless. by
4 the maximum rate Of 4 cents in the Uni.
ted Sta'es and Of Is centimes 10 laly.
ARTICLE XII. Ga the combined rate
ofintsrnntioual letter postage hereby eS-
tabIishcd. three cent srepresan,s the in
terror single r,te Of the Unted States,
and fifteen ceulimes the interior single
rae OF Italy The remainder Of the com
bined ra's sassigncd to the payment Of
rho cost of sea conveyance and of inter
mediate transit, by whatever route the
mails may be conveyed
|. ARTICLE XIII, Acicleq under band
described 10 the third and fourth para,
graphs Of Article Nv, of this convention
may be regulated in either country for do.
spalch to the other, upon payment Of the
registration fee OF ten cents in the Uni ed
States and OF fifty ceniimes in Italy. 10
addition the prepayment o! the regu-
lar postage
ARTICLE XIV In order to simplify
postal accounts between the Departments
as much as possible, aud TO prepnre tho
way for their urimlto abolition, each
Post department shall retain to its owo
use ali the postal t''es and charges
which it shall collect, whether by virtue
Of prepayment or post payment and
each department. shall pay the cost Of
conveyance OF the mails whiah il des
patches as fr as the fronlier of tho fouu
try of destination. Il is also espetfally
provided that the cost OF intermediate
ocean and land conveyance Of the closed
mails shall be first betrayed by tLat one
Of the two departments which shall have
obtained from the intcrmediaries the
most Iusorshle ppcuniarg conditions cf
s,,r ~ ny ganeSs s.5i --r---- ~ ,,l'i--g
paid bY one dsbNimsnI Tor accounl on
the Other shall be reimbursed.
ARTroLG XIV. |, is distinctly agreed
tia, all maihble srii.les addressed from
ouereouutry toIbe otherShsl be exempt
in the'e6uutry Of destination from any
rate or Tee whatever beyond the char
ges established by this convention. :.
ARTICLE XVI. Correspondence eT.
cIusiveIy relating to the postal service
shall be transmitted on both sides with
out any postsl charge therefor.
ARTICLE XVII Correspondence of
all kinds crrooeously' Transmitted, or
wrongly addressed. shall b. promptly re-
turned to the espatching otIiae' Afic'
les which shall have been addressed TO
persons who have departed from the
place of destination, leavlng'heir address
shall be forwarded or returned as the
cgse may require. charged with 'hs
postage which the addressed would have
been required to pay on de'ISefy'
ARTICLE XVIII. Ls,ter', all register
ed articles. and all docamen'ary manu-
scripts, which shall not be delivered to
their address, shall be restored TO the
despatchne department. Any OF these
articles which may have been forward.
ed BY one department to the other on &C
count shall be restored, and credit taken
for the omoun, originally charged BY the
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