Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-28
OFFICIAL.
Postal Conven,ien with switzerland.


Department Of tAe United States of America
ond the Postal Administration of Switzerland for
the Esecutf0n Of the Convention for he Ez.
change # Postal Correspondence. signed Itth
Oefoter, 1867, and an Accordance soith the Pro-
usssons cf Article HVIiL Of said CoRuention.
ARTICLE I. The e-xchauge office OF New York
shall make up m tils for the Swiss exchange
office Of Basle. The latter snail make up mails
for the exchange ONCE Of New York.
ARTICLE IL Each mail exchanged between
the respective offices snail be accom- panied by
liter bill snowing the pos'ages and the
e ch office upon the different kinds of cores
poDdeDc-. The form Of this letter bill shall
follow the models A and b hereto annexed.
and theyshall consecutively be- umbered BY the
despatchng Office during each calendar ye ar
The RECEIVING ONCE shall acknowledge Its re-
ceipt by return despnich.
ARTICLh Ill The exchange offices shall di.
vide the correspondence which they desp xtch
INFO a suitable number Of separate packages,
according TO the letter bill. Each Of these y sck-
ages shall bear the proper etiquette ard mum.
Der corresponding to the letter BILL
ARTICLE Nv When more than a single rate
II chargeable upon any letter or other article,
the number Of rates to which it is subject shall
ure in the upper left corner OF the address.
ARTICLE v. Registered correspondence shall
be entered upon the register list This list
shall conf form to the model hereto annexed
marked y Registered ietters shall be enveI-
oped together In strong paper and well secured.
Inc package shall be inscribed with the words
.Re9istered" or "Oejets," and placed In the
mail. ...
ARTICLE vi. The receiving exchange otfice
shall acknowledge to the despatching Office the
receipt Of the registered ARTICLES numerically.
Whenever the verification OF the list shall dis
close an error or any differences the fact shall
be notified TO the despatcning office by the mex!
mail.
ARTICLE VII. The two administrations mu.
tually engage TO take needful measures for the
careful trans mission of registered correspon.
denoe. and for pursuing 1t when lost; out il -
other any pecuniary responsibility In case of
loss.
ARTICLE VIII. The letters exchanged bs.
tween he two offices shall indicate, by stamp
or writing thereon, the once Of origin. Cor-
respondepce fully paid to destiuatio shall be
stamped in the United States Paid AL, and in
Switzerland PD. REGISTERED articles shall os
stamped "Registered' In the United States,
and Charge" in Switzerland. Correspondence
insuhiciently prepaid shall be stamped in the
United States "InsgficieStly Paid" and 10
the amount of deficient postage ex pressed ia
figures on the face. Letters unpaid or in suffi.
GENTLY paid shall be also stamped to indicate
the route oy winch they are sent, il different
ARTICLI *. The two postal administr atoms
may exchange IN the open mails letters ana
and upon conditions as Indicated In the tables
ID ana e, hereto annexed.
Article X. The tables d and E hereto an
nexed also indicate the foreign countries vito
which registered correspondence may be ex.
changed IN the open mails between the two
sfices. and the conditions thereof.
ARTICLE XII. The respective exchange Offices
shall mark in red in in the upper light corner Of
the address Of prepaid letters sent for transit in
the open mail, the amount OF the postage due
to The foreign office OF destination; and in the
same manner, but in black ink, shall mark the
amount Of postage due to the foreign Office
of origin upon the unpaid letters SO sent in
transit
ARrIcLR XII. Articles under band which do
not conform to the conditions mentioned 10
Article XII. Of the convention. or which are
a. no q *. ss al =. the
II sent, shall not be subject to account.
ARTICLE XIII. Letters originating IN or des.
mas foG DOT rsnsi snrSuen .Ss United States
through Swit1erland, and which are lnsum-
unpaid, and no account taken between the two
administrations Of the amount prepaid.
ARTICLE XIV. Letters and all registered
articles not deliverable, shall De RESPECTIVELY
the end of every month. TIE postage on un.
paid letters so returned shall bs deducted from
the account against the office orisinaiiy CHARGED
returned shall remain in ihe account as origi'
nally entered. The expense of transit Of unpaid
correspondence which has been transported by
either administration in closed mails, and
shall be returned to the despatchng Office as
not deliverable, shall be deducted from the
original an cunt charged for transit upon dec
lara ION of the amount by the ofhce claim ng the
reduction. No charge will be made by eith-r
administration for tue transit OF correspon-
dence returned as not deliverable.
addressed or missent shall be returned win
out delay by the receiving Office which
despatched il. The receiving Office shall
yeSitcenon. the original entries of the
letter bill relating 10 such correspond
ence The articles Of q like nature addressed
shall ba mutually forwarded or returned,
charged with the rate that would nave been
paio at the first destination.
ARTioI1 XVI. The desrsssni1E y, ,Ss sSnsnange nan
mediate exchange Offices to which IT shall de.
liver closed mails. whether from the United
States to Switzerland or from Switserland TO
the United States, The exact number OF single
rates Of letters Tor weight IL requtred) and the
total weight Of the otAer correspondence
which shall be despatched In such mails.
ARTICLE XVIII. 1t is understood that the &C.
counts between the two Offices shall be esrab-
llshed on the respective letter bills in the
proper money Of the despatching omce. For
the international Charge, the reduction OF
these moneys shall be effected in the gener al
accounts at the rate of five francs and ten GEN.
times for one dollar Of the United States.
In entering the foreign charges on the letter
bill in the money Of the despatching Office,
the cent shall be considered as the equivalent
OF five centimes OF Switzerland. II Is asp
understood that the quarterly accounts
shall be paid. respect vely. in gold, and IN the
denomination OF the money of the creditor
office.
ARTICLE XVIII. The sccounts mentioned IN
Article XIV. OF the convention shall be pre-
pared by the respective despatching Offices q
exchange. They shall be based upon the
acknow Judgments OF reeeipi, and shall, re-
| spectiveiy, be prepared according TO the
models hereto annexed and marked and q
A recapitulation cor summary OF these ac-
| counts showing the defnitiye result, alike for
the debit and the credit, shall be prepared by
| the United States Office according to the form
hereto annexed and mar rked n, and shall then
be transmitted, with the accounts on which it
is based, for the examination of the Swiss
Office The latter ONCE shall ad wise the United
States office OF the result OF the yerif1cation.
and any differences ascertained after mutual
| dIsc ssion shall be embraced In the next
quarterly account. gr.., ~
ARTICLE XIX. The convention and these
| regulations shall take effect on the Ist day OF
Signed At Paris this 2sth day Of November,
ls6,. JOHN A. KAssON, ~.
Special Com.. ETC., etc.