Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-20
OFFICIAL.
Postal Convention with Belgium.


Detailed Regulations arranged between the Post
Dt.ce 81 the United States and the Post-Otice of
Belgium, for the Ezecuti0a Of tie Conuention
nt trtn.y-tT" day Of August, one thousand
ARTICLE I. The American exchange ofices
OF New \ fork and Boston. shall each despatch a
mail for the Belgian exchange offices OF Ant
werp, OF Ostend (local), and Of Ostend travel
ing).
The Belgian exchange on ces OF Antwerp, O.
Ostend (loceD, and of Ostend (traveling), shall
eacn despatcn mail TO the American ex.
change offices Of New ork and Boston.
Table A, hereto annexed, indicates the cor
respondence TO be distrl0utsd 10 each exchange
office.
ARTICLE IL. Each mail exchanged between
the respective ofices shall be accompanied by
letter bill, showing the postages and the
charges Of transit, the fees, etc accrulng to
each office upon the different kinds of CORES :
pondeDce.
The form of this letter bill shall follow the
models IL and ., hereto annexed and
snail be coDsecutively numbered by the
despatching office during each calender wear
The receiving office shall acknowledge i,s
receipt by the next despatch.
ARTICLE III. The exchange offices shall
divide the correspondence which they despatch
into suitable number Of separate packages.
according 10 the letter bill.
Zach OF these packages shall bear the proper
etiqnette, and numbers corresponding to the
ARTICLE Nv. When more than a single rate
is cbargeable upon any letter OF other article
the number of rates TO which il Is subject shall
De Indicated ca. by the despatching office by a fig
ore IN the upper left corner Of the address
ARTICLE V. Registered correepon den ce shall
be described in register list, following the
models u L and T. =, hereto annexed.
All registered letters and the register list shall
oe enyeloped together in strong paper and se-
curely fastened, and the packet inscribed with
the woro REGISTERED, or OjetS Cldsgs, and
placed IN he mail.
The blank In the letter list tor expressing the
number OF registered articles shall be filled in
letters expressing the number. In case no
registered articles are sent, the proper blank of
the letter Dill shall be filled with the word
Mill OF Nj.
ART1CLRVI. The registered lists despatched
shall be retained by the receiving office, which
shall acknowledge, by the first mail, the re-
ceipt of the registered articles, numericalIy
from No. - 10 No. -.
II the yerIfication by the exchange office
disclose an error OF any kind in the register
list, II shall be also, by the first mail notified
TO The despatching office.
ARTICLE VII. The two administrations mn.
tually engage TO take needful measures for the
careful transmission OF registered correspond
encr, ana for pursuing il when lost; but IL Ia
understood that neither assumes towards the
other any pecuniary responsibility in case of
loss.
ARTICLE VIII. All letters exchanged be-
tween the two offices shall indicate by stamps
or writing thereon the office of origin.
Correspondence fully paid TO destination
shall be stamped in the United States Paid Az,
and in Belgium r. ID.
Registered articles shall be stamped Re9ts.
tered In the United States, and Charge in Bel
ginm.
Correspondence insufhciently prepaid shall
ne stamped In the United States Insu5f :ien0y
Paid, and In Belgium AGrdnchissemsnt tnsudf.
SAINT, and the amount Of deficient postage ex.
pressed in figures black on the face.
Correspondence despatched by a direct line
between the two countries shall be stamped
direct Serric', or Serrics Direct
IL despatched via England, 1t shall he
stamped 10 indicate British transit.
ARTICLE IL. The two postal administrations
may exchange in the open mails letters and
other correspondence with the foreign coun.
tres, and upon the conditions indicated IN the
tables ID l0 and - hereto annexed.
ARTICLE Y. Tne tables ID l. and ID y, hereto
annexed, also indicate the foreign countries
with which registered correspondence may be
exchanged in the open mails between the two
ofhces, ana the conditions hereof.
ARTICLE NJ. The respective exchange Offices
shall mark In red ink, in the upper corner of
the address, AT the right hand, Of prepaid let
ters sent for transit IN the open mail, the
amount OF the postage due 10 the foreign Office
OF destination: ana in the same manner, but in
bldct ink, shall mark the amour; OF the post
age due 10 the originating office upon the un.
paid letters sent in transit.
ARTICLE XII. Articles under band which do
not conform 10 the conditions mentioned IN
Art MI. OF the convention, or W hich are In no
part prepaid, shall be- retained by the admins
ration OF origin, and shall remain subject 10
us disposition.
ARTICLE XIII. Letters originating in or des-
tined tor foreign countries, sent IN the open
mail Tor transit through h the United States, or
through Belgium, and which are insuffi GENTLY
prepaid, shall be transmitted as wholly un-
paid, and no account taken between the two
admins strations OF the amount prepaid.
ARTICLE XIV. Letters and all registered
artIcles not deliverable shall be respectively
returned to the despa;ching administration at
the end Of every month. lSee exhibits q,
hereto annexed.)
The postage on unpaid letters so return ed
shall be deducted from the account against the
ONCE originally charged Herewith.
The postage on prepaid letters so returned
shall remain in the account as originally EN-.
tered.
The expense Of transit OF unpaid correspond
ministration in closed mails, and shall be re.
turned TO the despatching ONCE as not deliver.
able, shall he deducted from the original
amount charged for transit upon declaration
ton. No charge will be made by either adj
minIstration for the transit Of correspondence
returned as not deliverable.
ARTICLE XIV. All CORES pom dence wrongly
addressed or missent shall be returned without
delay by the receiving office 10 the exchange
office " hich despatched IT.
The receiving ofice snail also correct ac-
cOIdInRly, in the column of verIficatIon, the
original entries Of the letter bill relating TO
such correspondence. The articles OF like
nature addressed 10 persons VINO have changed
their residence shall be mutually forwarded
OF returned, charged with the rate that would
have been paid al the first destination.
ARTICLE XVI. The dispatchng exchange
offl shall slate ON the letter bill for Brit
ish office the exact number Of single rates OF
letters (or weight, If required) and the total
weight of the other correspondence which
shall be dispatched IN closed mails by the
British transit.
ARTICLE xvi. IL is understood that the ac-
counts between the two offices shall bs
tablIshed on the respective letter bills, IN the
proper money OF the despatching office. For
the International charges the reduction OF
these moneys shall be effected In the general
accounts, al the rate Of five francs and fifteen
cenrimes Of Belgium for one dollar Of the
United States.
In entering the foreign charges ON the letter
bill, in the money OF the sending off1ce, the
cent shall % considered as the eq uivalent OF
five centimes.
II Is also understood that the quarterly &C.
counts shall be paid respectively In gold, and
in the denominations Of the money Of the cred.
itor ONCE. --N
ARTICLE XVIII. The quarterly accounts
mentioned in Art. XIV. Of the convention shall
be prepared by ths respective despatching Of.
fices OF exchange. They shall oe based q pom
the acknowledgements Of recetpt, ana shall re-
spectiveIy be prepared according to the mod.
els hereto annexed, and marked IL ana L 20
A recapitulation Of these accounts, showing
the definite result, ahke for The debit and
tie credit, shall be prepared by the United
States Office, according to ms form hereto an.
nexed, and married z; and snail then be trans.
mitied with the quarterly accounts on which
IL 10 based, for the examtnaftou Of the other
once.