The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-30
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Postal Convention with Beisisr

Postal Couvention with Belgium.
D,faii,d R,o,.,ation, arrano,d b.ts,,,, "A, Pa,
ONE Of la United Statss and ~ Po,f Onie,
OF B,iSivr,. for ths Fksertiou Of ia Con.
y,ufion oT *, t,c,rf,,. Ard I'm Of S,.o,,.f an,
thousaud eioM hundrsd and sirfv ssysn.
ArticIe /. fbe american crchanye ofyice.
of New York and Boston shail cach Slsnatch
n mail for the BeIgIan eIebange OFFICES az
Antwern ~ O.tsn5 TiocaH ana If Ostsnd
f ,rsws,,pp,sN o''"u ''''1"p' "nu vi o'''"u
TIM pa1gia, oxoba,oo oc,o.. NJ A,,v..o
Of oMend 9iocal1. Ard Of Osteod ftrayslipxS \
sbaii each disnatch n mail 10 tbs Imcricsy =
s1ch. nse r nG,css az Nsw YorI sn nS Ro..nn
Table A. hereto annered' indIcstes the
corresnondence to bc distribpted In zach an.
c cSansp nt,cn W W o''''o'''u W eAsn OK
ArtIc,c TT Zach mai, .xcha,oed h.twssr
the resnective OFFICES shail he sccomn. Mad
hv n Latter hi,i ,howinr tbe nosta ves 4 nj The
cSaras Of transit the fses' ssc eccrri, = ~
each of,,ce mon Tho difTersnt Una. of sor'
rc.nondence p'" Wv '''''A' ~1' WI
In form of this letter hin shall follow the
mod.iu n ! 3 aaa n SOC. hvT.t., annexed.
and sbail be consecutiyely numbered by thu
dlspatchlpe Office during each calendar wear.
Inc receiving office shall acknowledse It's
rccelpt by the next dispatch, =.
Article III. The exchange Offices shall al.
vide the correspondence which they dispatch
into n suitable humber of separate packaoes.
according to the letter bill. = =
Each Of these packages shall bear the
proper etiquette, and numbers corresp ndipg
10 tbe letter biIl,
Article ". When more than n angle
rate ia charpeable upon any letter or other
article, the humber Of ratcs 70 which il Is
subiect sbali he Indicated by the dispatcblpg
ofiice by a apure in Inc upper ian CORNER of
Tho address. y" '~rr''s -
ARTICLE v. Registered correspondence
shall be described In a register list, follow
neyed' =.
An revistered letters and the repIster list
sball be enyoloped together in strong paper
and securely fastened, and the packet In
scrIbed with the word Rsqlstrsd or OBJECTS
tn bIsnL In Inc letter lat for expreasinp
tho nnmhsr Of registered articles shsIl BE-
aIIsd in Ietters e.pressing ne humber In
case no reeistered articles are sent, the proper
biank az the ietter hill shall be ilied with the
wora MAI or WI MI ''' '"'' ~ N WV" ''
haTIoIE VI. The Registered lists Unmatched
.hali he rstaIned nv INC receiying ofice.
uhSn, sbaIi ! cLnowiedoe' NV the arst mail
,ha racain, ns tSs resistsraa syticles' nm,
msr,ceiiv from No. " 10 Mo-
II Tho yeriaeation bv the Exchange Office
discloso an error OF auy Kind in the regis
ter IIst, IL ANAL be aiso. by the drst mail.
notlaed to the dispatching office. -"
ARTICLE VII, The two administration
nntn.i,x 'ars.aa ~ tats nssdfni nasssryss
for The arefsi transmission OF roeistored
eorrespondenee. and for pursuipg Ii when
iost. mi il ia npderstood that neIther assume
towards the other apy pocupIary rcspousI-
bIlity in case Of Ioss. ''TFT'''
ARTICLE VIII. All letters exchanged DO
tween the two ofices shall Indicate BY
stamps or writing thereon the Office OF
i
Correspondence fully paid TO destination
sbsli he stamped in the United States Paid
IN ma In Relvium p ID. III TT-I-l CttT
Rcgistered nrticles sball be stamped Rsois-
,,r,5 m INA IInitcd Statca. and Charne In Hal
g,nm. -.
Corros,ondenee insufiicleutly prepared
sbaii he stamped I'm Inc United states IN.
.',a,,. an saf and in Re,cinm A6ru,,e6a.,s.
-, /, nfsa,,1 and tbc anon nj AZ deiielsnt
nost,ge cgpressed in figures TblackI on Tho
Pe ace '~rN' ''','7'' - - -.
Sor,osno,ds,ce disnatehes nv n direot line
h., oaaU tbe t.o conntrIes sbaii he stampH
No. S..,,i.s. or Srrui,s Dir,sf. 49,
II aisnatches via England. IL shall be
s,amnad 10 Indicate Brltish transit, y ~
ARTIoLE TX, The two postal adminlstra-
lions NAV exchange in Inc oven malls let
. , na o,har observation-disclosures. With tbs
sors,on Countries ana pnon tbe eondltlons
iOdicsted in tho tables ID 10. and Dao, hereto
anneIsd' - : -. =
hur,c,vx Thu tab,ea II 10 and ID 90
,sna,a anns,sd ali indicate the foreign
nera,,,.s ,1i,h which raSistarsd coTresnops.
sUce moS nv srchsnes5 in The oman malls
Sstwsan the two nf,,ess and The conations
tSereof' A' WV '''' ''N
o1,c,vyI III. r..,.c,,vs a,cbangc oc.
80 ,h.n ,n.rL ~ ..b III IN ,ha nnnar
no.nar ~ ,ha sSdr.s. N, ,ha risht hsnf ~
.neis $500 sant a. ,san.,, in Tho nnsn