Evening star., 1869-10-04
OFFICIAL.
Postal Convention with Great Britain.
July 2s. 1865

Postal Convention with Great Britain.
July 2s, 1865
Concenti0n bettceen the General Post Office Of the
United States If America and the General Post.
ONCE Of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain
and Ireland.
The general post-office Of the United States
Of America and the general pOst-o:.ice Of the
United ngdom Of Great Britain and Ireland,
IN exchahge of mails between the United States
on the one size and the Straits Settle .nents and
the British East Indies on the other, by means
conformity Of the liae OF United States mail
packets ing between San Francisco and
Hong Kong and OF the line OF British mai
packets plying between Hong Kong and Singa.
pore, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Aden,
the undersigned duly authorized for that pur.
pose have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE 1. There shall be a direct exchange
of mails between the offices of New York and
OF Singapore. Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and
Aden, on the other, comprising letters, news
papers, prices current, book packets, and
pac kets Of patterns or samples originating in
the Uulted States aid addressed respectively
10 the Straits Settlements, or to the British
East Indies, or originating In the British East
Indies or the Straits Settlements, respectively,
and addres sed to the United States
These mails shall be conveyed by United
States mail packets between San Francisco
and Hong Kong via Yokohama, and by British
man packets between Hong Kong and Singa.
pore or the Indian ports.
ARTICLE II. The postage to be collected in
he United States, upon paid correspondence
addressed 10 the Straits Settlements OF the
British East Indies. shall be tea cents per
single letter not exceeding half an ounce in
weight, heavier letters being charged IN pro.
pcrton, two cents each on newspapers or
prices current, and eight cents per four ounces
on book packets, or packets of patterns or sam.
pies; and the postage to be collected in the
Straits Settlements or the British East Indies
upon paid correspondence addressed to the
United States, shall be ten pence per single
letter not exceeding half AL ounce IN weight,
heavier letters being charged in proportion,
ard four pence per four ounces for ne wspapers,
prices current, book packets or packets OF pat.
The correspondence thus paid shall be de.
hvered at the place Of destination, whether in
the United States or in the British Possessions
free from all charge whatsoever.
Letters posted in either country unpaid or
lnsufhciently pad shall, nevertheless, be for.
waIded and SHALL be charged at the place Of
destination with a rate of postage Of the same
amountthat would be chargeable on a letter of
like weight, posted for despatch in the oppo.
site direction, together with a fine of SIX pence
IN Inc Straits Settlements or the British East
Indies, or Of twelve cents in the United States
ARTICLE III. The exchange of the CORE.
spondence referred to in Article H., preceding,
snail not give rise to any accounts between the
British and the United States post.offices
lects.
price current, book packet or packet of patterns
or samples, despatched from one Off &c to the
other, shall be plainly stamped In red ink with
stamp bearing the words s.paid alp on the
right-hand upper corner ef the address, and
shah alse bear the dated stamp Of the office at
which ii was posted.
ARTICLE v. Dead letters, newspapers, &c.
which cannot be delivered from whatever
cause shall be mutually returned, without
charge, monthly, or "a frequently as the reg.
ulations OF the respective offices will permit.
ARTICLE vi. The two Off ces may, by IN utual
consent, make such detailed regulations a shall
De found necessary to carry out the objects of
this arrangement, such regulations to termi.
nate at any time on a reasonable notice by
either Office
ARTICLE VII. This convention shall come
into operation on the first day of N OVEN ber one
shall be terInfnaoIe at any time on sosios e1 ~
either Office OF six months.
Done in duplicate and signed in Washington
on the twenty eight day OF July, A. u. one
thousand eight hundred aud sixty y.eight, and in
London on the fourteenth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty -eight.
[sRAL.l ALEX. w. RANDALL,
Postmaster.9 General
TsBAL.1 MONrROsR,
Postmas General OF the United Kingdom.
i ntrj by approve the aforegoing convention,
and in testimony thereof nave caused the seal
Of lhe United States to be affixed.
[sEAL.l ANDREW JOHNSON.
By The President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Washington, July %, 1868.