The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-09-26
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country.
The unpaid hostages on the letters so returned
shall be deducted from the account against the
Office originally charged Herewith.
The prepaid hostages on the letters so returned
shall remain in the account as originally en-
tered.
The expense of transit Of unpaid correspond.
snce, which has been transported by either ad.
ministration in closed mails, and shall be rc-
turned to the dispatching Office rs not deliver
able, shall be deti1icted from the original amount
charged for transit, upon n declaration of the
| amount by the office claiming the deduction.
No charge shall be maze by either akministra.
ton for the transit of correspondence returned
| ARTIcLg IL
| All correspondence wrongly addressed or mis-
| sent, shall be returned without delay by the re-
ceiving office to the exchange office which dis
| patched it.
The receiving office shall also correct, accord
ingy, in tie column of yerific alton, the original
enntres of the letter-bill relating TO such CORES
/ pondence. The articles of a like nature, adj
| dence, shall be mutually forwarded er returned
| charged with the rate lat would have been
paid at the first destination. A
ARTICLE IA.
The dispatehing Office shall state on the let
lerbills flor the convenience of the transit ac-
|
| weight of letters and the total weight Of the
other correspondence which shall be dispatched
| in closed mails by the British or by the German
| and Danish transit.
ARTICLE 10. NF
II is understood that the accounts between the
two offices shall be established on the respective
letterbills in the proper money of the dispatch
ing Offices but the International hostages on the
unpaid letters or insuffcienty paid letters shall
be computed in the money of the receiving
office, at
The reduction of these moneys shall be effected
in the general accounts, at the rate of rxdaler,
or 400 ore of Sweden for one dollar of the United
States. f.. $50 e.rs
In entering on the letter-bills the International
hostages on the partly paid letters in the money
OF the receiving office, and the foreign charges in
the money of the despatching office, the cent Of
the United States shall be considered the equiv.
atent OF 4 ore of Sweden. y - .E'ttt
1t is also understood that the quarterly &C.
counts shall be paid respectively in gold, and in
the denominations of the money of the creditor
Office.
ARTICLE IL.
The Quarterly accounts mentioned in article
Is of the Convention, shall be prepared by the
respective Postal Administrations. They shall
be based upon the acknowledgment of receipt,
aud shall be respectively prepared according to
the models Ell and E2, hereto annexed.
recapitulation of these accounts, showing
the defnitive result alike for the debit and the
credit, shall be prepared by the United States
according to form hereto annexed and marked
terly accounts on which it is based for the ex-
animation of the other office.
Done in duplicate and signed at Stockholm
this 3Dth day of May, 1878, and at Washington
this 18th day of June, 1873.
J Misn 4. !. o Rfsi tsnal |
DETAILED REGULATIONS AGREED
UPON BETWEEN THE POST-OFFICE OF |
THE UNITED STATES AND THE POSTAL |
A 4R oP PE h HoESMAAxx G G2E
VENTION OF THE 18TH OF MARCH, 1875 |
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF
AN EBEN AM mp N ThE KINGDOMS OF
ARTICLE l.
The American exchange offices of New York |
and Chicago shall make up the mails for the |
Norwegian exchange offices of Christianssand |
Chris tiana Bergen, and the post-ofiice the
steamboat line between Hammerfest and Ham |
bnrg.
The latter shall make up mails for the ex-
change Offices of New York and Chicago.
ARTICLE
Each mail exchanged between the two eoun- |
trles shall be accompanied by letter.bilI. show
ing the hostages on each class of correspondence
the number of register fees, total weight of cor
respondence, &c.
The form of this letter-bill shall follow the
models AL and Az hereto annexed, and shall be
consecutively numbered by the dispatching of.
flee during each quarter of the calendar year.
The receiving Office shall acknowledge its re-
ceipt by the next dispatch.
ARTICLE g. aa. @
The exchange Offices shall divide the.corres-
pondence which they dispatch into a suitable
number of separate packages according to the
letter-bill.
ARTICLE 4. asa.t
When more than a single rate is chargeable |
upon any letter or other article, the number OF
rates to which it is subject shall be indicated by
the dispatching eklice by figure in the upper
left corner of the address,
ARTICLE 8. .a4E
Registered correspondence shall be described
in register list, following the models Bl and
B2 hereto annexed.
All registered letters and the register list shall
be enveloped together in strong paper, and Sc |
curely fastened and the packet plainly inscribed
with the word "RegiStered," or "RegiSteret,' and
placed in the mail.
The blank in the Registered Letter List for |
expressing the number of registered articles, |
shall be filled in letters and figures expressing |
the number. In case no registered articles are |
sent, the proper blank of the letter bill shall be
filled with the word "Nihu,' or "WI."
ARTICLE 6.
The ocular lists dispatched shall be retained |
by the receiving office, which Office shall acknow
LEDGE by the first mall the receipt of the regis
If the veriflcation by the exchange Office dis |
close error of any kind in the register list, it
shall be also by the first mall, notified to the
Office. .4l
a ARTICLE 2.
The two Administrations mutually engage to |
take all needfn measures for the careful trans
mission of registered correspondence, and for |
pursuing it when lost but it is understood that |
neither assumes toward the other any pecuBiary |
in case of loss.
ARTICLE 8.
All letters exchanged between the two coun-
tries shall indicate by stamp or writing thereon |
the office o origin; and the unpaid letters so |
exchanged shall also be stamped with the name |
of the dispatching office of exchange. 1
Correspondence fully paid to destination shall |
be stamped in the United States "Paid dlr', and
Norway "Fraaco.' /
Registered articles shall be stamped "Regis- |
tered in the United States, and "Ambefalet" in
Norway. 1
Correspondence insufiiciently paid shall be
stamped in she United States " InSttpcie7ltly |
poid,'' and in Norway "UttstrakkeligtJr dnkeret'
and the amount of deficient postage expressed in |
figures tblaclx) on the face |
Correspondence dispatched by direct line be- |
tween the respective countries, shall be stamped
" Direct Ser1ice," or "SerUice direct" |
When dispatched via England or via Germa- |
NY it shall be stamped to indicate British or |
German transit. ~
ARTICLE 9. |
The respective Postal Administrations are mu- |
tually to furnish each other with lists stating |
the foreign countries to which the foreign post
prepaid or can be left unpaid; and until such |
lists furnished, neither couatry is to mail to |
the other any correspondence for foreign coun-
tries beyond the country to which the mail is |
sent.
Such lists shall also indicate the foreign conn |