The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-01-08

ART, VIII. The prepayll j.. of postage on ordinary letters exchanged setveen the United States and Italy shall be or 2onal; but letters not prepaid, CT insnficienty prepaid, shall be charged in the country of destination with an extra rate of5 cents in the United States and of 30 centimes in Italy. The prepayment of postage on all other articles, including regis- tered letters shall be cor pulsory; and when they shall be in no part prepaid they shall not be de.pntched but in su9k case they shall be, if practicable, restored to their sender.
 ART. K The articles under band, which shall be ia part prepaid, shall be forwarded to their destination; but they shsil be charged there with twice the amount of the difference between the rate due and the sum actually pre- paid
 ART. X. The international rate of postage upon the correspondence exchangnd between the two countries is based upon the following clements. to wit :: CD The interior rate of the United States (2) The interior rate of Italy; (3) The maritime rate (D The intermediates transit rate and any reduction which either country may obtain from the existing maritime and transit charges shall inure to she benefit of the people of the two countries bya COrres- bonding reduction of the international rates of postage establshed in the following article so soou ss the two departments shall have adjust sd the amount.
 ART XI The international rates, combined Of the clements above mentioned, and sppli- caols to each standard Ofprogresslon for the several classes of mailable articles, are estab- liShed &, follows to vii CD For ordinary letters 20 cfn5s iu the United States and franc in Italy; CD For registered letters. in addition 1 to the ordinary prepaid rate, an extra charge of 10 cents in the Uuiled States ard 50 cen times in Italy CD for documentary manu' scripts corrected proofs, and samples of mer" chandss, 20 cents in the United States and franc in italy; CD For journals and al ether prints smbraeing articles uot otherwise enum erated, the standard single rate shall be fixed by the despatching department, limited never iheless, 5y the maximum rate of four cents in the United States and Is confines in Italy.
 ART XII Of tho combined rate of inter- national letter postage hereby established, three cents represent the interior single rate of the United States, and fifteen csntimes the interior single rate of Itay. The remainder of the com bined rate is atsSgned to the payment of the cost of sea conveyance and of intermediate transit by whatever route the mails may be conveyed.
 ART. XIII Articles under band described in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ". of this convention may bs registered n either country for despatch to the other, upon payment of the registration fee of ten cents in the United States and of fifty cantimes in Italy, in addition to ths prepayment of the regular postage.
 ART. XIX Neither Post Department is re- quired to make distribution within it's juriSdc. ton ofany articles the circulation of which shall be prohibited by the laws in force in the coun try of destination
 ART, XX. The Post Departments of the Unit ed States and of Italy reciprOcaly engage to grant each to the other the gratultoas con- veyanee across their respective territories of all cores pondence which shall be exchanged in closed mails with any countries to which they may respectively serve as sintermediaries: pro- vided always, that such conveyance shall be effected by the ordinary means of mail sonveJ- aLcs in use; and that the countries taking the benefit of such gratuitous service shall recipror cally accord the like privilege of free transit across their respective territories. The privi- lege is also accorded to each administration of sending an agent, at its own expense, in charge of tue mails in transit The further privilege is accorded of free transfer of closed mails in the ports and harbors of the the respective countries from one vessel to another, in continuance os their covsyancs to final dss- inatien.
 AFT. XXI Correspondence of. all ;kinds