Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-05

ARTIcIE 1.-THE prescott convention shall be
fees shall sgrse and shall continue ia force until
81 tne I've oiier within ps ssus Of eaiendar
year, its inisnii1n TO teIminste It
fed, and the ,Iatifcs,iors to be exchanged Is
| soon as possible.
IN day q November. ISL, and at Washington this
isr1L.i JNo. Al. CREswELL,
| lsrALI DANsEsKJOLD ssMsOE
4 hereby approve the afOregoing cow entiun. and
in testimony thereof have caused the seal Of the
| lsEAL.l US. GRANT.
| HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State
| WASHINGTON, December I, ISL.
| TRANsLATIoS.
We, Christian the Ninth, by the grace Of God King
oiR, Holstein, Stormsrn Ditmsrsh Lsuenborg and
part to Iats tSe fors going by o %n
nature.
DGIe at our capital and residence, Copenhagen.
Under our hand and royal seal, in his Majesty s
| nhme.
lsEALl FREDERIK. Prince Royal.
Countersigned: o. u. RossENoRS-LEHN
| Detailed Regulations
Arranged between The PoSt-OHes Department of
De United States Of America and the Posi-
ONce Department IF Denmark, for the E1ecu-
ton Of he Postal Contention signed at Wash
iNgton the LIST day Of December, 49, 4, and al Co.
PenhG9en the 1h deg Of NOrember, 1871.
81 Ss s1 S Of The The Gs.ss Of
New York; (2) Chicago On the part of Denmark
3rsSsS AHA ~ the travelling office between
The exchange Offices of New York and Chicago
Of % Copenhagen, 90 the travelling Office between
koTsoer and kiei; ard these Danish exchange offices
shall make up closed ma Is for New York and Cal
esgo.
two administrations shall be accompanied with a
letter bill, showing the postage, &c., sccruing to
Gence. The form Of this letter Bill shall feloW
the models and b hereto annexed and shall, con-
seeGtivelv be numbered by the dsPstching Office
The res ewing Office shall acknowledge its receipt
ARTICLE 3-The exchange offices shall divide the
correspondence which they dispatch into suitable
ter bill. zach of these packages shall bear the
proper etiquette and number corresponding to the
,AETIcLE 4-whsn more than single rate is
Gnmr IS sh Be na
Gated By the dispatchiDg office, by figure in the
RSTIcir s."ReSistered correspondeucs shall he
deseI ed In registered list, following the models
Ali registered letters shall be enveloped together
In sSBs RsPsb securely and the packet
nGnd.Tsf,' and placed In the mail.
The blank in the letter bin for expressing the
teIs and figures expressing the number
blank Of the letter bill shall be filled with the word
shall be know sed Immediately BY the receiving
office IL the verifcstics by the receiving Office
list it shall be also by the first mail notied 10 the
disPatohine office.
two offices shall indicate, BY stamp or writing
thereon, the ONCE Of origin, and the unpaid letters
so exchanged .hali also be stamped with the name
of the dispatchlns Office Of exchange.
Cores poId ence fully paid to destination shall bs
''FT5Hko' in Denmark.
Registered articles shall be stamped" Rsgisfsrsdn
DeImaIk. Correspondence nsu iii GENTLY paid shall
be stamped TI,insSfc,sri.y rad y in the United
and the amount II the deficient postage expressed in
Correspondence dispatched by the direct line be-
tween the respective Countries shall be stamped
When dis patched ria Germany, 1t shall be stamped
to indicate German transit.
ARTICLES. -The two Post Departments are mutu
ally to furnish each other with lists stating the
foreign Dntrfes to which the foreign postage, and
the amounts thereof, must be absolutely prepaid,
can be left uu paid; and until such lists fur
nished neither country is to mail TO tho other any
ro e County nHI WHICH the ms is m
Such lists shall also indicate the foreign coun-
exchanged in the open mails between the respective
Offices ard the conditions thereof,
ARTICLE 9.-lhe res pt Ctiye exchange OFF ces shall
mark, in T.d 'Hk IN The upper Jeff corner OF the
address q pre- paid letters sent for transit in the
terror service to the country through which the
same are forwarded and in the same manner, but
in GldcA ana, shall BaIk the amount due for postage
TO the forwarding Office upon the unpaid letters SO
Article IO-Letters originating in or destined
Tor foreign countries sent II the open mails through
X.
are insufficienty paid shall transmitted as Who'll
ly unpaid. aud no account taken hetwe On the two
administrations Of the amount prepaid; but letters
and other correspondence originating In foreign
countries and addressed to the United states or TO
International postage charges are fully prepaid,
shall, when forwarded through the mails OF either
country to the other be delivered in the country Of
ARTICLE 1.-THE letters and all registered ar
accompanied ty u statement exhibiting the number
Of ordinary letters, and the number aud addresses
reeisi@ed thereon from na t ie ds
pHten,png Sse, Which statement shs be verified
The expense OF transit Of unpaid eorresp?ndsnce
ton in closed mails, and which shall be returned 70
the dispatching office as not deliverable, shall be
tran.it, upon q declaration Of the amount by the
ONCE claiming the reduction.
No charge will be msde by either administration
fer the transit of correspondence returned not de-
ARTICLE I2-An orresrondence wrongly ad.
dressed mi. sent shall be returned without delay
b the receiving office to the exchange office which
rect aocCrdnsly 10 the column of verifc ation the
.g al entries OF the letter bill relating to such
dressed TO persons who have changed their resi-
deIce shall he nu ualy forwarded, charged with
the rate that Won have been paid at the first dest
nation, returned for the amount if any original.
ly charged against the receiy ing Office.
shall state the letter bills the intermediate ex-
e Hset ard ~ ib sf a,e rates Of
Of the oih,r CORE spordsnce, which shall be dis
patched IA closed mails.
Article IA 1t Is Understood that the accounts
betv cen the two Offices shall be established the
Ie-reCttve tier bills III the proper money of .he
cfspStCLiI Office; but the International hostages on
the unje.d III. Efficiently paid letters shall be
computed in the money Of the receiving country In
entering the foreign charges the letter bill ia the
money Of the dispatSbiHg office, the cent of the
United states and as shilling Of Denmark shall be
tai Ell az equivalents
ARTICLE Is The quarterly accounts shall be pre-
pared by tile peCtiye % stall and
shall be based upon he Judgments Of recent
A recs piiU,afiCn of these accounts, showing the
dehtive results alike for the debit and credit shall
be prepared by the United States Office, and shall
the Ge transmitted, with the accounts ON which ID
is based. for the examination Of the pJst Office OF
denmark.
Article l6-It is understood That 81 long as no
accounts are kept between the POst-Office Depart
meLts Of the two countries OF the international post
ages on the correspondence exchanged between
them, much Of the ding articles relates to
The preparation aid adjustment If the postal
counts stall not lie taken TO include comprise the
iIteTI atiOnal hostages in such adjustment.
The TOMS FOR accounting such pD>t9ges shall be
aTrsI ged by mutual agreement whenever either
CCe shall claim accounts az the ternatonal post
10 be kept and settled provided in Articei9
OF the convention. hut the amounts of postage, or
Otker tax for exterior service accruing to, or
claimed by, eth " department, well any
SUI adv snced by one country for and account
Of the other. hal, nevertheless, bs stated aud
tied quarterly in the manner hereinbefore pre-