Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-26
OFFICIAL.
Petal Convention with I,a,v.

Detohed NcgSSoaosts oyTonged o<ttceep the F0st.
O1lce Department Of the United Sta'es of Amer.
sea and ths Postal AdRinsstyation of itaiy, fo,
Ae Ezecufson cf the Postal CoWrentioa signed al
Florence hs ga dey cf Norem5er, A. %. 1857.
ARTICLE ]. The exchange Office of New York
seaIl MAKE up closed nails tor the exchange
once Of Italy, sass, Turin travelling once,
and this Italian exchange ONCE snail make o
closed mails for New York.
ARTICLB IL Each mail exchaug between
the two edminieuations shall be accom- panied
by letter sill showing the pos,ages, tn ,
cnarees OF transit, the fees. ETC, accruing to
each ohioe upon the different kinds OF CORES.
pondence. Che form Of this letter bill shal
follow the models A and 3 hereto annexed,
and EMAIL consscutvely be numbered by tne
qsspatcnine onace during each caleudar year.
The receiving once shall acknowledge is re.
celpt oy the next despatch.
ARTICLE III. The exchange Offices shall di :.
VIDE the correspondence which they despatch
according TO the letter bill Each Of these n ,sk
ages snail bear the proper euQ uette ard mum
oer corresponding to the letter bill.
ARTICLE ". When more than q single rate
rs cnargeabie upon any letter or other article,
the number OF rates to which it Is subject snail
oe indicated BY the despa ching once, by q fig.
ure IN the upper left corner Of the address.
ARTIcLE V. Registered correspon dence sh Ali
he described in a registered list, following the
model y, hereto annexed. All registerea iet-
ters shall be enveioped together ia a stro1g
paper securely fastened, and the packet in,
scribed with the words 50 Rsgisierer' or :. Rae
comdndato," and placed in the mail The bluur
in the letter bill for expressing the number of
registered articles shall be filled by letters ex.
pressing the number. In case no rexistarcd
articles are sent, the proper blank Of the later
bill shall be filled by the word Mast, or WI
ARTICLE VI. the registered letters des-
patched shall be ackno owledged INN ediately by
the receiving office. If the vsrifcation by the
receiving office shall disclose an error of auv
Eind IN the register l,st IL shall be also by the
hrst mail notified to the despatching offi ce
ARTICLE VII The two administrations mn.
tually engage 70 take needful measures for the
carefui transmission Of registered correspon.
denoe. and for pursuing 1t when lost; but it Is
UNDERSTOOD that neither assumes to the other
any ptcuniary respon slblity IN case Of loss.
ARTICLE VIII. All letters exchanged be.
tween he two Offices shall indicate. by stamp,
or writing thereon. the once Of origin. Cor.
respondeDce fully paid to destin ation shaII he
stamped Paid Al ia the United States. and P
%. in Italy. REGISTERED articles shall be
s,aHmpeo snH e "Registersd IN the United States,
insumcientIy prepaid shall be stamped "Fnsuf.
Recently Pdid" In the United States, aud "Fran.
.ocOtc Ins96icieate" In Italy. and the amount of
face. Whenever different lines OF commu MICA
ton snail be employed between the two ofices
me letters unpaid and insufiiciently paid shall
G ped 10 Indicate the route BY which they
ARTIcLs TX. The countries with which, and
the conditions on which letters, ordinary and
r-gisfered, and also other correspondence, may
De EXCHANGED In the open mails between ILaIy
ano the United states. are Indicated in the
tables marked ana E, hereto annexed.
ARTICLE \. The r. rsspective exchange offices
snaii marx, IN red ink, in the upper corner of
the ADDRESS OF prepaid letters sent for transit IN
tue open mail, the amount OF the postage due
to tne foreign office Of destination, and in the
same manner, but in black ink, shall mark the
amount OF tho postage due TO the foreign office
transit. "
ARTICLR XII. Correspondencs under h,rd
which does not conform to the Conditions nan
toned in Article X. of the con yeutto on or which
Is In no part prepaid, shall be retained by the
"a aom,nisLauon Oh origin, or, II sent, shall not
ARTICLE XII. Letters originating in or des
tined Tor foreign countries, sent in the open
Italy, and which are lnsufficiently prepaid,
shall be trasmitted a. wholly unpaid, and no
account taken between the two administrations
ARTIcLB XIII. Letters, and all registered
articles not deliverable, shall be reaPecuvely
returned to the despatchtng administration at
paid letters 30 returned shall bs deducted from
the account az ainst the Office originally charged
herewith. The postage on prepaid letters SO
returned shall remain in the account as origi-
naliy entered. The expense oftransit Of unpaid
correspondence which has been Transmitted by
either administration in closed mails, and which
shall be returned TO the despatching ONCE as
not deliverable, shall be deducted from the
original amount charged for transit upon q dec.
larauon ofthe amount by the office claim ng the
reduction. No charge will be made by either
administration for the transit OF correspon.
dence returned IS not deli verabl0.
ARTICLE XIV. All CORES poudence WRONGLY
addressed or misssnt shall be returned win.
out delay BY the receiving office to tue ex.
change once which despatched IL. The re.
oeiving ofiice shall also correct accordIusly, in
the column OF vertacauon. the original entries
OF the letter bill relating to such correspond.
ence. The articles Of a like nature addressed
to persons who have changed their residence
shall b. mutually forwarded or returned,
charged with the rate that would have been
paid at the first destination.
ARTICL8 XIV. The desratching exchange
once shall state on the letter bill TO the inter.
single rates Of letters (or weight, II reQuired)
and the total weight OF the other correspond.
tnce which shall be despatched in closed
mails.
ARTICLE XVI. 1t is understood that the &C.
counts between the TWO Offices shall be estab.
lIshed on the respective letter bills In the
proper money OF the despatching ONCE. For
these moneys shall be effected in the general
accounts at the rate of f1ve lire ten centesimi
for one dollar of the United States.
bill in the money Of the despatching office,
the cent Of the Inited States and five ceutesimI
OF Italy shall be taken as equivalents. 1t is
also understood that the quarterly accounts
shall be paid, respectively, In gold, and in the
ofice. ) -
ARrIcLsxvII The quarterly accounts shall
be prepared oy the respective despatching Of
ices OF exchange. They shall be based upon
the acknowledgements OF receipt, and shall.
respectively, be ARA nged according to the
models hereto annexed and marked + and &.
reeApitulation OF these accounts, showing
the definiuve results alike for the debit and
credit, shall Be prepared by the United States
once, and shaiI then pe transmitted, with the
accounts ON which u IL based, for the exami.
nation Of the Portfolios or Italy.
ARTICLE XVIII. These detailed regulations
shall be fanfied on the part Of United States
by the Postmaster-G General, and on the part of
I'aly by the Director General Of Posts.
Done AT Florence in duplicate original, this
l9tb OF March, ISIS, and a. w Washington this I'd
Of May, 1865. -.. 800.
TsBAL-l JOHN A. KAssoN.
SEAL '-.t q. B. TANTKsIO
Oh PosT-OPPiCB DEPARTMENT,
WAsHINGroN, May 2. 1eeS.
The fors going articles Of detailed regulations
for carrying into execution the postal conven-
ton of 6th November, 1857, between the United
States and Italy, ara hereby rauned and ap.
Witnes my hand and the seal of the Post.
Omce Department this ID day Of May, A. d.
lees. ..-- -. =.
fsYAL.I ALBx. W. RANDALL.
80 r-..a Pas Postnsster. General.
~TSe rage for plaid costumes continues
n0Ths amount Of MT Pesbody's bsasfac.
tons to different objects 10 now some ten mil
lions Of dollars. OF this above two millions
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