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


the British packet Office at St. Thomas, West
Indies
g. The British packet office at Panama
Omitted States of Colombia) and exchange mails
with the offices of New York and San Francisco.
10. The office of New York shall send mails
to the British packet Office at Colon.
IL. The Office of New York shall send mails
to tho Pritish packet office at San Juan, porto
Rico.)
Article w. The mails which are sent from the
office of New York to the British packet Office at
st. Thomas shall comprise correspondence pass
ing between the United States of America and
the British and Foreign West indies.
Upon the correspondence despatched from New
York to st. Thomas, addressed to any foreign
port in the West Indies, the United States Post
Office shall account to the British Post-Ofice at
the rate of four pence per half ounce for letters
and one penny each for newspapers.
The mails which exchanged between the
British packet office at Panama and the offices of
New York and San Francisco, shall comprise cor
respondence passing between the states on the
western coast of South America or the British
colonies of Australia and New Zealand and the
United States of America
Upon the correspondence despatched from New
York or San Francisco to Panama, addressed to
any of those states colonies, the United States
Pest-Ofiee shall account to the British Post Office
follows:
L. Upon correspondence addressed to the states
ON the western coast of South America.
Is. Cd. for each half ounce letter. I'd. for each
newspaper. 3d. per for book packets.
2. Upon correspondence addressed to the Brit
ish colonies in Australia or to New Zealand
cd. for each half-ounce letter. I'd. for each
newspaper. Sd. per oZ. for book packets.
The same rates shall be accounted for by the
United States Post Office upon unpaid letters and
newspapers originating in the States on the west
ern coast of South America, in Austalia or New
Zealand, despatched from Aar anna, addressed to
the United States.
The mails which are exchanged between the
British packet office at Colon andV the Office at
New York, shall comprise correspondence passing
between the United States of Colombia and the
United States of America.
Upon the correspondence despatched from New
York to Colon, addressed to the United States of
Colombia, the United States Post Office shall ae
count to the British PostOffce at the rate of four
pence per haf-ounce letter ands one penny each
for newspapers.
The mails which are sent from the post-ofice
of New York the British packet office at San
Juan porto Rico) shall comprise correspondence
passing between the United States of America
and the Island of Porto Rico.
Upon the correspondence despatched from New
York, addressed to Porto Rico, the United States
Post-0ffice shall account to the British Post Office
the rate of four pence per for letters
and one penny each for newspapers.
Article V. Upon ordinary correspondence des-
patched from the United States in ordinary mails,
by way of the United Kingdom, addressed to the
countries and colonies enumerated in Table A.
annexed to the present regulations, the United
States Post-Ofice shall account to the British
PoSt-Ofnce 1Or lne rates Oh postage set lortn III
that table.
Articla VI. Upon ordinary correspondence des-
patched from the United Kingdom in ordinary
mails, by way of the United States, addressed to
the countries and colonies enumerated in Table b,
annexed to the present regulations, the British
Post-Office shall account to the United States
Post-Offlce at the rates of postage set forth in
that table.
Article VII. The exchange of registered let
ters and other postal packets between the post
offices of the United Kingdom and the post-offices
of the United States shall be regulated as follows:
The letters, &C., shall be entered, with all the
necessary details, special lists according to
form annexed to the present regulations.
The registered letters, &c, and the nominal
list, shall be then tied together with cross
string and placed in a canvas bag, of an orange
color which shall be securely tied ut the neck by
a string, the ends of which shall be sealed with
the seal of the despatching office.
The registered letters, thus made up, shall be
placed in the mail of which they form part.
The number of registered letters entered on the
special list must be specified at full length, in
words, in the place reserved for the purpose at
the foot of the letter bill.
If it should happen that there are no registered
letters to be forwarded, blank list shall be
closed as usual in the orange colored canvas bag.
The special lists shall be retained by the office
to which they sent, which shall simply ac-
knowledge the receipt, numerically, of the regis
tered letters received by it, by the next list which
it shall have to send to the corresponding Office.
In case of any difference error being discov-
cred the opening OF the mails, the attention OF
the dispatching office shall be called to the cir
cumstance by the first post.
Article VIII. The United States Post-Ofice
NAV deliver to the British Post-ofice registered
letters newspapers, book packets, and patterns or
samples of merchandise addressed to the under
mentioned countries or colonies, viz:
Cape of Good Hope; Ceylon Constantinople /;
East Indies Egypt, viz Alexandria, Suez, and
Cairo Falkland Islands Gambia Gibraltar
Gold Coast; Hong Kong; Java; Lagos; La
7 a1f tal exy
South Wales Queenland; st. Helena; Sierra
Leone; South Australia; Tasmania Victoria j;
Western Australia.
On its side, the British Post-ofice may deliver
to the United States Post-Ofce registered letters
addressed to the under mentioned colonies:
Canada New Brunswick; Nova Scotia.
Article TX. The following regulations shall be
observed with respect to the registered letters re-
ferred to in the preceding article:
The United States Post-0fficc shall account to
the British Post Office for the sum of four pence,
in addition to the postage due to the British Post
office upon every registered letter, newspaper,
disc originating in the United States and ad-
dressed to any of the countries colonies enume-
rated in the preceding article.
On its side, the British Post Office shall account
to the United States Post-Ofice for the sum of
eight cents, in addition to the postage due to the
United States Post Office upon every registered
letter originating in the United Kingdom and ad-
dressed to any of the colonies enumerated in the
pftctuiHS dEtiCic.
Article x. Every mail passing between the Of
fees of exchange of the respective post-offices
shall be accompanied by letter bill specifying 6
the amount of postage due to each Office on each
class of correspondence.
The office to which the mail is addressed shall
acknowledge the receipt by the next post.
The letter bills from the offices of London,
Liverpool Southampton, Dublin, Cork, London
derry, and Glasgow, for the offices of Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland,
Detroit Chicago, and San Francisco, shall be in
conformity with the form annexed to the pres
ent regulations.
| The forms of letter bills which the offices of
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
! Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco
shall use, in their communications with the fore
/ going British offices of exchange, shall agree
| with the patterns above described. ~
| The letter bill from the offices of New York,
and San Francisco for the British packet office
| at Panama, shall be in conformity with the form
annexed to the present regulations.
The letter bill from the office of New York, for
/ the British Packet office at Colon, shall be in
/ conformity with the form G annexed to the pres
ent regulations.
/ The letter bill from the office of New York, for
the British packet office ut st. Thomas, shall be
| in conformity with the form annexed to the
present regulations.
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