Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-23

ARTICLR XXI. Correspondence OF all kinds
winch either department shall desp 18th to the
o.ned ONE ,oi the purpose OF being thence for.
uesusaton, shall be subject to the rates estab.
lished By Article XII. Of this con vention, added
70 tne Interior rate IN force beyond the frontiers
interior rate shall be received by the forward
ing department.
Article XXI. Small sums of money may
oe mutually transmitted between the two
countries ~ means Of postal money orders,
and the rates and conditions may be arranged
by an agreement between the two departments
have been adopted BY the United States.
ARTICLE XXI11- Until the same scale OF
weights shall have been adopted by the two
departments, 1t ts agreed that, for the purposes
OF this convention, fifteen grammes shall be
taken as the equivalent Of q half-ounce, forty
grammes as the equivalent of one ounce and
a hali, and so with their respective multipies
in progression as applied by the respective
omces. 1t ~ also understood that rhe rates
upon correspondence shall be applied accord
ing to the weight stated by the despatching
department, except In case Of manifest error
ARTICLE XIV. The two departments shall
settle oy agreement between them all measures
OF detail and agreement required to carry into
ehect this convention, which n ~ be m modifi ed
from time to time by special arrangements to
6e agreed upon directly between the two Post
Departments.
ARTICLE XIV. This convention shall take
eject from day TO be fixed by the two Post
departments, and shall continue in force until
one year from notice given by enc Of the de-
partments to the other Of its Intention to re.
scind 1t.
ARTICLE XVI THIS con vention shall he
ratified, and the ratIfications exchanged as soon
In witness whereof the respective plen,po-
tentiaries have signed the present convention
and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done in duplicate at Turin the Ell ghth day of
July, in the year OF our Lord one thousand
eisht hundred and sixty-thre
Isl JOHN A. KAssoN.
u u
We, having seen and examined the above.
slgnea postal convention, and having appro ed
thereof In all and each Of its parts, have ac.
cepted, ratified, and confirmed the same, as by
these presents we accept, ratify, ana confirm
1t, promising to observe il, and to cause it to be
inyiolably observed.
hand the present letter Of ratification and have
caused eur royal seal to be anlxed thereto
Given at Turin the sixth of the menth of
sand eight hundred and sixty three, and the
hfteentn year OF our reign;
6n behalf of His M.jesty the K,Ss nsISe tSe Min.
lister OF State for Foreign Affairs.
VIscoNTI vBNosrA.
I hereby approve the afore going Convention,
and in testimony thereof have caused the seal
Of the United States to be aaixed.
Isl ANDREW JOHNSON.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
WASHINGTON, May !. 1866. " ''a''
The undersigned having met together for the
purpose Of exchanging the Publications by the
President Of the United States Of America and
His Majesty the King of Italy Of the postal
convention concluded and signed at Turn on
the sth Of July, 1863, and the said acts Of rati.
ncation having been produced, aud having,
after careful collation., been found in good and
due form, the exchange thereof took place this
day. In witness whereof, the undersigned
nave prepared the present certificate, which
they have signed in duplicate and sealed with
the seal of their arms
Done at Florence the 18th day of June. 1896.
fL-s.1 0BoRGE p. MARSH.
Us. A. LA MARMoRA.