The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-11-04


collecting the same,
ARTICLE tx Registered articles shEll
in addition to the postage, DO subjscl TO
regialsr tea of ten ceuts in ,hO United
States, and Of 80 eenlimes iu Belgium,
and this fee shall always be prepaid
! Each office is at liberty 10 reduce this
fee for the mails it dispatches
AarICLE X. Any correspondence may
be registered, not Gully Tor International
correspondence but also for the cores
poudence originating in or destined for
other countries TO which thaso Two ad
ministrnlions may respectively serve as
Intermediates for the Transmission Of
such registered articles.
Each Department shall notify the 9TH
OF the countries 10 which it may thus
serve rs intermediay.
ARTICLE XI. Accounts between the
two Offices shall be fixed on The follow.
ing basis; from the total amount Of in,
tcrnOtional hostages aud registered fees,
collected in each country on letters, ad'
ded 10 the total amount Of prepaid post
ages and register fees on other articles
sent, the despolching Office shall deduct
the amount required at the agreed rate,
for the intermediate transit thereof be-
tween the two frontiers, and the amount
OF the two net sums shall bo equally
divided between the Two Offices.
ARTICLE XII, The correspondence
mentioned 10 the second paragraph Of
the first article shall be despatched un.
der regulations to be established by the
despatching Office; but these shall EN-.
brace the following;
/ No packet shall contain anything
which shall be closed against inspection;
nor rauy written communication whatever
except to state from who or 10 whom the
packe is sent, and the numbers placed
upon the patterns or samples Of mcrchnn-
disc. a
2 No packet may exceed two feet in
length, or one Iootin any other dimen-
sioo.
3 Neither office shall be bound 10
deliver ,ony article the importation Of
which may bo prohibited by the laws or
regulations Of tho country OF destination.
4.iSo long as any customs duty is
cbargeable on any article sent to the
Uniled States it may be levied for the
pse Of the. customs
'5, Except % above, 20 charge yhst
.eyeSihalf BSiColletlodNSH the mails sexa
| cd sd otherwise than herein express
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of he Uniled5states and Of Belgium
Shall establish by agreement, and 10 con-
formiiy with tho arrangements 10 force
al the time, the conditions upon which
the two Offices may exchange 10 open
mails the correspondence originating in
OF destined 10 other foreign countries TO
which they may respectively serya aS
Intermediates.
1t is, however always understood that
such correspondence shall only be char
ged with the rate applicable to direct
international correspondence, augmented
by the postage due to foreign countries
aud any other tax for exterior service,
ARTICLE XIV. Each Office Occords to
the other the privilege Of transit Of tie
closed mails exchanged in either direct-
ion between the latter and intermediary.
by it's usual means Of mail LranspOrta>
ton, whether on sec or land
For such transit on its part, the Uni.
ted States office shall receive as follows.
l. For transit across ito territory for
letters l.! cents PEI single letter rate for
other articles l2 cents per kilogrsmme,
net weight.
3 For transit across tho waters of
the Atlantic OceSn: for letters 8 cents
per single letter rate; for other articles
3 cents per kilogramme, net weight.
For such transit on its part tie Office
of Belgium shall receive as follows;
For transit across its territory aud the
English Chonnel;
l.. For letters centimes per eingle
letter rate.
2. For other srlicles 40 cenlimes per
kilogramme net weight.
ARTICLE XIV. The postal accounts be-
tween the two offices shall be stated
quarterly, transmitted as speedily Os
practicable; aud the balance found due
sholl be paid to the creditor Office either
by exchange on London, or at the debt
or office, as tho creditor office may de.
sire.
The rule Tor the conversion Of the mo-
ney Of the TWO counties shall be eslab.
lsbed by common agreement between
the two offices.
ARTICLE XVI. When in any United
States OF Belgium por, closed mail is
transferred from one vessel TO smother
without any expense to the office Of the
country where the transfer is made, such