The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-01
OFFICIAL.
LaloS Passed Jy the Second Session Of
the Fortieth Congress.

Convention between the General
Post Office of the United States
Of America and the General POST
Office of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and ireland.
The General Post-Ohice of the
United States of America and the
General Post Office OF the United
Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland,
being DESTROYS of regulating. by means
of a new Convention, the eommuni-
cation by post between the two eoun-
tries, the undersigned, duly author
lied for that purpose by their re
speetive governments, have agreed
upon the following articles:
ARTICLE 1.
There shall be an EXCHANGE of
correspondence between the United
States of America and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain aud
Ireland, as we'll for letters, newspa-
pers, book packets, and patterns or
samples OF merchandise, originating in
the United States or in the United
Kingdom, as for articles of the same
nature originating in or destined for
the countries or colonies, the cores
pondeDce Of which is forwarded
through the United States or through
the United Kingdom.
ARTICLE II.
Each Office shall make its
own arrangements for the despatch
of mails to the other Office by we'll
appointed ships. sailing on stated
days, AMI shall at its own cost remu
nerate the owners of such ships for
the conveyance OF the mails.
ARTICLE III.
The postage on a single interna-
-tional letter shall not exceed twelve
cents in the United States, or six
pence in the United Kingdom, and
the authorized weight of a single let
ter shall be fifteen grammes (by the
metrical scale) in the United States,
and half an ounce 10 the United
Kingdom.
For other thar single letters the
same charge shall be made for every
additional fifteen grammes, or half an
ounce, or fraction thereof.
ARTICLE ".
Every international letter INSULT
GENTLY paid, or wholly unpaid, re
,eeived in the United States from the
United Kingdom shall, IN addition to
the deficient postage, be subject to a
fine of five cents, such fine to
be retained by the United States
Possibilities; and every interna
ti0nal letter insufieiently paid, or
wholly unpaid. received in the United
Kingdom from the United States
shall, In addition to the deficient post
age, be subject to a fine, the amount of
which shall be fixed and retained by
the British P~ost-offioe.
ARTICLE v.
International newspapers, book
packets (including printed papers of
all kinds, maps, plans, prints, engrav-
ings, drawings, photographs, litho-
graphs, sheets of music, and so FORTH
aud patterns and samples of merchan-
disc Gncluding seeds and grain), shall
be transmissible by either office at
such charges mot less than three
n In the United Kingdom or six
cents in the United States per four
ounces on book packets and patterns
or samples of merchandise), and un-
der such regulations as the despatch
ing Office may from time TO time ley
down.
These regulations, however, shall
include the following:
@ LIST. The postage shall be fully pre-
paid.
I'd. No book packet may contain
anything which is sealed or otherwise
closed against inspection, nor mus
there be any letter, nor any communi
-m cation of the nature of a letter, wheth
aafer separate or otherwise, unless the
whole of such letter or communica
ton be printed. But entries merely
stating from whom, or TO whom. the
packet is sent, shall not be regarded
as a letter.
-4ih Sd. No book packet must exceed
two feet III length, or n foot III
width or depth.
18th. Neither office shall be bound
to deliver printed papers the impor
tatiOn of which may be prohibited b,
the laws or regulations of the countr
to which they are transmitted.
9th. So long as any custom duty i
chargeablc in the United States o.
the importation from the United King
dom of any of the articles enumer
lated above, such customs duty shal
be leviable In the United States, an
the proceeds shall accrue to tn
United States Treasury.
9th. Except as above, no charg
whatever shall be levied In the countr
IN which international newspaper
book-packets, and patterns or sample
of merchandise are delivered.
ARTICLE vi.
The postage collected in I'll
two countries on information
letters, newspapers, book-pacl
cts, aud patterns or samples OF mel
chandise, together with the fees fl
registration (but exclusive of fines Fl
unpaid or insuficiently paid letters
shall be equally divided between I'll
two offices. lass
That portion OF the postage of trar
sit letters, transit newspaperss bool
packets, and patterns or samples
merchandise which represents ii
charge for the sea conveyance b
tween the United Kingdom and Il
United States shall belong wholly
the despatching Office. ~
p For the purpose of this article Il
charge for the sea conveyance
letters across the Atlantic. shall
computed on the basis of four penC
or eight cents, per single letter RAJ
aud the charge for the sea conve
ance across the Atlantic of newsT
pers, book packets, and patterns
samples of merchandise shall
computed at three pence per poal
= twelve cents per kilogramme.
ARTICLE VII.
Uhe United States POST Office m
deliver to the British Post-Ofice Il
tiers or other postal packets viii
have been registered, addressed to t
United Kingdom. Reeiprecally, t