The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-11-20

feet until time upon which the two Post De, partments shall hereafter agres
 ALrlcLn VT, ThspaymeDt of postage on or. dlnary letters shall be optional, subject to the condition in Article VIII mentioned. but on registered letters, and on all other corresponds ence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first article il shall be compulsory
 ARTICLE VIII. If however, the postage on any article shall be prepaid insufieisntly, il shall nevertheless bs forwarded to it's dsstina- tion charged with tie deficient postage Upon i the delivery Of any unpaid or insuticianily paid letter, or of any ether inSuficiently paid cor. respondence, there shall be levied fine in the | United States of five cents, in Belgium of 30 centimes. This fine, as we'll as the deficient postage on other articles than letters, shall not enter into the accounts between the two oHic es, but shall be retained to the use of the office collecting the same.
 ARTICLE K Registered articles shall, in ad., dition to the postage, be subject to 9 register fee of ten cents in the United States, and of 50 centimes in Belgium, and this fee shall always be prepaid.
 Each office is at liberty to reduce this fee for the mails 1t dispatches.
 ARTIcL x, Any correspondence may be registered, not only for international cores pondence, but also for oreorrespondence orignat- 1 ing in or destined for other countries .o which 1 these two administrations may respectively serve as intermediates for tho transmission of such registered articles.
 1 Each Department shall notify the other of the countries 10 which it may thus serve as ia iaTmeciary.
 ] ARTICLE XT Accounts between the two of- 1 fees shnll be fixed upon Ihe following basis :: from the tota amount of international postagsi and register fees, collected i'll each country on
 letters, added to he total amount cf prepaid postages and register fees on oher articles sent the dispatchju office shall deduct the sr1 0uEt required at the agreed rate, fur the ln- Stsrmediot. transit hereof between the two 1 frontiers, ana the &u.99.s Of 1ha two net sums shaIi be equally QsiJe3 between the two o0iceg.
 ARTICLE XII. The correspondence mention ed in lhe second paragraph of tie first articl' hal b. disps choJ under re nls,ions 70 be ea- | !a1lish by the lis a;chin5 office; but these shall embrace the following ]. No packet shall contain anything which shall be closet against inspection nor any written communication whatever, except io whom or from whom the jacket is 5snt and the numbers placed upon the patterns CT sam pies of merchandise,
 2. No packet may exceed two feet in length, or one foot in ady other dimeusoo.
 3. Neither ol5ce shall ba bound ,o deliver any article the importation ofwhich mag be prohi~ biIod hy the laws CT regulations ot the country Of destiuaijon.
 i. So long If any customs duty is chargeable OH any article sent to the United States it may be levied for the use Of the customs,
 }, Except as above, no charge whatever shall llbe.colected on the mails exchanged, other wise than herein expressly provided.
 ARTICLE XIII The Post Department of the United States and of Belgium shall establish by agreement, anl ia conformity with the ar Engagements in force at thotine the eoudi tious upou which he two offices may exchange in open mails the correspondence originat ing in or destined to other foreign countries to which they may respectively serve as inter- nedlaries.
 It is, however, always understood that such correspondence shall only 5e charged with the rate applicable to direct International cores pondence augmented by the postage due to foreign countries andany other tax for exterior service;
 ARTICLE XIV. Each office accords to the other the privilege of transit of the closed mails exchanged in either directions between the latter and any country 10 which the former may serve as intermediary, by its usual means of mail transportation. whether oa sea or land.
 For such transit on its part, the United States office shall receive as follows:
 l. For transit across its territory: for letters ] cents per single letter rate; for other ar ticles F cents per kilogramme net weight.
 ?. For transit across the waters of the Atlar- tic Ocean: for letters cents ner single letter rate; for other articles F cents per kilogramme, net weight
 8. For transit across the waters ofthe Pacific Ocean: for letters 10 cents per single letter rate; for other articles 20 cents per kilogramme, net weight.