The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-29

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the rates Of postage set forth In that table.
ARTICLE VII. The exchange Of registered
letters and other postal packets between the
poet-ofices Of the United Kingdom and the
post-ofilces Of the United States shall DO
egulated as follows, ....
The letters, &c., shall be entered, with all
the necessary details, on special lists accord
ing to the form annexed to tho present
regulations.
The registered letters, &C., and the noml-
nal list, shall be then tied together with q
cross. string and placed In canvas bag, Of
an orange color, which shall be securely
tied at the neck by string, tho ends OF
which shall be sealed with the seal OF tho
despatching Office.
The rcglstered letters, thus made up,
shall DO placed in tho mail Of which they
form part.
The number Of registered letters entered
on tho special lists must be specified at full
length, In words, In the place reserved for
the purpose at the foot Of tho letter bill.
If II should happen that there are no reg
istercd letters to be forwarded, blank list
shall be enclosed as usual In the orange-col-
ored canvas bag.
The special lists shall DO retained by the
Office to which they are sent, which shall
simply acknowledge the receipt, numerically,
Of the registered letters received by II, by
the next list which IL shall have to sond to
the corresponding office.
In case Of any difference or error being
| discovered on the opening OF the mails,
the attention of the despatching office shall
be called to the circumstances by the first
post.
ARTICLE VIII. The United States Post
Office may deliver to the British Post-O Once
registered letters, newspapers, book packets,
and patterns or samples OF merchandise ad-
dressed to the aforementioned countries or
colonies, viz:-Capc Of Good Hope; Ceylon;
Constantinoplej East Indies; Egypt, viz,
Alexandria, Suez, and Cairo; Falkland
Islands; Cambria; Gibraltar; Gold Coast;
Hong-Kong; Java; Lagos; Labuan; Liberia;
Malta; Maurtius; Natal; New South Wales;
Queensland; St. Helena; Sierra Leone;
South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; West
crn Australia.
On Its side, the British Post Office may
deliver to the United States Post-O1ice reg
istered letters addressed to the under-men-
toned olonles;-Canada; New Brunswick;
Nova Scotia.
ARTICLE TX. The following regulations
shall be observed with respect to the regis
tered letters referred to in the preceding ar
ticle;
The United States Post. Office shall nc
count TO the British Post Office for the sum
OF four pence, 10 addition to the postage due
to the British Post-O1lce upon every reg Is.
tered letter, newspaper, book packet, and
pattern or sample of merchandise originating
In the United States and addressed to any OF
the countries Or colonies enumerated In the
| preceding article.
On It's side, the British Post Office shall
account to the United States Post-ofiice for
the sum Of eight cents, In addition to the
postage due to the United States Post. o flee,
upon every registered letter originating In
the United Kingdom and addressed to any
Of the colonies enumerated In the preceding
article.
ARTICLE Y. Every mail passing between
| the offices of exchange ofthe respective post
| offices shall be accompanied by q letter bill
specifying the amount OF postage due to each
office on each class Of correspondence.
The office to which the mail is addressed
shall acknowledge the receipt by the next
post.
The letter bills from the Offices of London,
Liverpool, Southampton, Dublin, Cork, Lon
donderry and Glasgow, for the offices OF
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Portland, Detroit, Chicago and San Fran
cisco, shall be In conformity with the form
d annexed to the present regulations.
| The forms Of letter bills which the Offices
OF Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Balti.
more, Portland, Detroit, Chicago and San
| rThuClsCO SUM- use III their COMMUNICATIONS
| with the foregoing British Offices of exchange
shall agree with the patterns above described.
| The letter bill from the offices Of New
York and San Francisco, for the British
| packet office at Panama, shall be In con :
formity with the form + anne xed to the
present regulations.
| The letter bill from the office Of New York,
for the British packet office at Colon, shall
be In conformity with the for IN G annexed
to the present regulations.
The letter bill from the office of New
York, for the British packet office at st.
Thomas, shall be In conformity with the
form II annexed to the present regulatio MS
ARTICLE XI. Tho respective offices Of ex.
change shall mark with red ink, In ordina airy
figures, on the upper rlght-hand corner oil
the address OF paid letters passing In transit
the amount due to the Office TO which the
letters are transmitted; and, In like manner
shall mark, with black ink, on unpaid letters
passing In transit, the amount due to the
dspatching office.
ARTICLE XII. Tho respective Offices Of
exchange shall divide the correspondence
which they shall mutually exchange into as
many distinct packets as there arc different
articles In the letter bills.
To each packet shall be attached q labc
showing the number OF the article In the &C
count. as well as the amount of postag to
be brought to account In respect to the mat.
ter covered by the label.
The labels which the respective Offices OIL
exchange shall make use of, In virtue of the
provisions Of the present article, shall bC
printed as follows;
/. On pink paper for paid international
correspondence.
3. On yellow paper for paid transit corrc'
spondence.
8. On white paper for unpaid correspond
ence, whether International or transit.
4. And on blue paper for matter giving
rise to no account.
ARTICLE XIII. Dead letters, newspapers
&C., which cannot be delivered, from what
ever cause, shall be mutually returned after
the expiration Of every month.
Such OF those letters, &C., as shall have
been charged In the account, shall be re
turned for the same amount of postage
which was originally charged by the sending
office, and shall be allowed In the discharge
OF tho account of the office TO which the,
were transmitted.
Dead letters, &C., which may have been
received In closed malls, and which canuo
be produced by the office which has to claim
the amount, shall be admitted for the So me
weight and amount of postage which wal
originally charged upon such letters, &C., In
tho accounts of the respective offices, on a
declaration, or on lists vouchlng for the
amount OF postage demanded.
ARTICLE XIV. Letters forwarded for the
purpose Of annoying or injurlng the parties
to whom they arc addressed (the postage OF
which both Offices are authorized to return
to the public even after they have beer
opened) may be included and admitted with
the dead letters mutually returned.
ARTICLE XIV. Ordinary or registered let
tiers, book packets and patterns of merchan
disc, msdirectcd or mlsscnt, shall be recipro,
cally returned, without delay, through the
respective offices of exchange, for the same
weight and amount Of postage at which they
were charged by the despatchlng office to the
other office.
The articles of a like nature addressed tc
persons who have changed their residence
shall BIO mutually forwarded or returned
charged with the rate that would have been
paid by the receivers.
ARTICLE XVI, The detailed regulations
agreed upon between the post-otllces of the
United Kingdom and Of the United States,
In the convention signed at London on the
18th juno, 1867, shall cease to have effect OH
and from the day on which the present de-
tailed regulations shall be put In operation.
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