The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-02-12


Postal Coapention Jeteeen the United States and
France.
ARTICLES-Agreed upon between the General
Post-ofico of the United States of America by
James Campbell, in Virtue of his constitutional
Powers and the General Post Office of France,
by Count de Sartiges, Minister of his Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of the French, and in
vested with special powers to this effect to-yyit:
Article l. There shall be an exchange of cor
respondencc between the French Post-Office and
the United States Post-ofice by means of com
munication and of transportation hereinafter des-
ignated. to-wit
forming reguarservice between the ports of France
and the ports of the United States.
I'd. BY United States mail packets plying be-
tween the ports of the United States and the ports
of Great Britain.
Sd. And, finally, by British packets and other
British stcam-vessels performing regular service
between the ports of Great Britain and the ports
Article II. The French Post-offiee shall pay
the expenses resulting from the transportation be-
tween the United States and France of all mails
which shall be transported by packets and other
steam vessels departing from and bound for
France, except those which shall be brought to
France or sent from France by the United States
mail packets.
The French Post-Ofice shall pay, besides,
follows
Ist The expenses resulting from the transpor-
tation between France and England of all mails
which shall be exchanged between the French and
I'd. The transit charges due to the British POST
Office for the said mails.
Sd. And, finally, the expenses Of sea transpor-
tation due to the same office for mails exchanged
between the French Post-Ofice and the United
States Post-Ofice by means of British packets and
other British vessels bound for departing from
the ports of Great Britain.
On its side, the United States Post-ohiee shall
pay as follows
1st. The expenses resulting from the transpor-
tation between the United States and France OF
-x-A,a eha1lA he'd frnlnn ne q
two countries to the other by United States
mail packets plying between France and the lni-
ted States.
I'd. The expenses resulting from the transporta-
ton between the United States and Great Britain
of mails which shall be exchanged between the
French and United States Post Offices by means
of United States mail packets plying between the
ports of the United States and the ports OF Great
Britain.
Article III. The exchange of correspondence
between the French and United States Post-Ofhce
Departments shall take place through the follow
ing post-ofhces:
ON THE SIDE OF FRANCE.
J.. Hayre.
9 The travelling office from Paris to- Calais.
THE SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
1. New York.
2. Boston.
5. Philadelphia.
4. San Francisco.
Independent of the above-designated offices of
exchange. others NAV be established by mutual
understanding between the respective Post-oiice
Departments at any other points in the terrific
res of the two countries at which direct relations
may hereafter be deemed necessary.
Article ". The relations between the French
and the United States exchange post offices desig-
nated in the preceding article shall se established
in the following manner:
Ist. The Havre office shall correspond with the
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco offices, well by the packets and other
steam-vessels plying between Southampton and
New York, between Liverpool and New York, and
between Liverpool and Boston.
I'd. The travelling Office from Paris to Calais
shall correspond with the New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and San Francisco offices by the
United States mail packets and the British packets
and other British steam-vessels plying between
Southampton and New York, between Liverpool
and Boston.
Article V. Correspondence of all kinds ex-
changed between the French Post-0fice and the
United States Post-Office shall be directed
formally TO Table A, annexed to the present arti-
cles.
Article VI. Persons who shall wish to send
ordinary letters, that is to say unregistered let
tiers, either from France and Algeria to the Uni
ted States and their territories from the United
States and their territories to France and Algeria,
may, at their choice, leave the postage to be paid
by the person addressed, or pay in advance the
postage to the place of destination.
The postage to be levied in France and Algeria
letters to the United States and their territories
paid to destination, well unpaid letters COM
ing from the United States and their territories,
shall be established according to the weight of
each letter, at the rate of eighty centimes per
seven grammes and half, or fraction of seven
grammes and a half.
Reciproeally, the postage to be levied in the
United States and in the territories of the United
States on letters for France and Algeria paid to
destination, well unpaid letters coming
from France and Algeria, shall be established ac-
cording to the weight of each letter, at the rate
of fifteen cents per American quarter-ounce, or
or fraction of American quarter-ounce.
Article VII. The rates of postage to be paid
by the French Post-0fice to the United States
Tlz-k i
France and Algeria on unpaid letters sent to
France and Algeria from the United States are
fixed as follows, viz
/. At the of three centsp per seven grammes
and half, or fraction of seven grammes and
half each letter transported between the French
frontier and the American frontier at the expense
or on account of the French Post-O Office
3. At the of nine cents per seven grammes
and half, fraction of seven grammes and a
half for each letter transported between the Amer
ican frontier and the British frontier for or from
France at the expense OF the United States Post
Office.
3. And at the of twelve cents per seven
grammes and half, or fraction of seven grammes
and half, for each letter transported between
the American frontier and the French frontier
direct, or when touching only at one intermediate
English port without passing through England,
at the expense of the United States.
As TO the rates of postage to be paid by the
United States Post Office to the French Postofice.
as well for prepaid letters sent from the United
States for France and Algeria for unpaid letters
sent from France anu Algeria tor the United States
they are fixed as follows
i. At the of three cents per American
quarter-ounce, or fraction of American quarter
ounce, for each letter transported between the
American frontier and the French frontier direct
or when touching only at one English port with
out passing through England. at the expense OF
the United States.
O. At the sum of six cents per American quar-.
ter-ounce, or fraction Of American quarter-ounce
for each letter transported between the American
frontier and the British frontier for from France
at the expense of the United States Post Office.
g. And at the sum of twelve cents per Ameri.
can quarter-ounce, or fraction of American quar-
ter-ounce for each letter transported between the
French frontier and the American frontier at the
expense or on account of the French Post-ofRce
Article VIII. Ordinary letters sent by way o.
France either from the United States and thei
territories for the countries mentioned in Table
b. annexed to the present articles, or from thes,
same countries for the United States and the
territories shall be exchanged between the French
Post-Ofice and the United States post-Ofice OF
The conditions stated in the said table.
Ordinary letters sent by way of the United
States, either from France nnd Algeria. for th
- -ox~kso,,od In, Tahla a.. aunexad IN th