The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-11-13
NO. 80.

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!. foreign countries beyond the country to which
the mail is sent.
Such lists shall also indicate the foreign
countries with which, registered correspon.
deuce may be exchanged ID the open mails
between the several Offices and the conditions
thereof.
ARTICLE 10.
The respective exchange Offices shall mark
in red ink in the upper corner Of the address.
at the right ha.d, if prepaid letters sent for;
transit in the opan mail, the amount Of the
extra national postage due to the country
through which the same are forwarded; and
in the same manner and place, bat in black
iMh, shall mark the amount Of che extra ma.
tionaf postage due to tie forwarding eouatry
upon the unpaid letters sent in transit.
| ARTIeAx II.
Articles under band, which do not conform
| to the conditions mentioned in Article ii Of
the convention, or which are in no part pre-
paid, shall be retained by the Admin istra1
ton Of origin, ard shah remain subject to
its disposal.
ARTICLE IL.
Letters originating in or destined for for
eign countries, sent in the open mail for
transit through the United States or through
Norway and which are insuficisntly paid,
shall be transmitted as wholly unpaid, aud
no account taken between the respective ADJ
illustrations of the amount prepaid. a's
ARTICLE 13. sh
Letters aud all registered articles not ds1
iyerable shall be respectively returned to the
dispatching Administration at the end of ev-
cry month (see exhibits CT and GU But
all the other articles Of correspondence not
registered, which, from any cause cannot be-
delivered, shall be- retained at the disposition
Of the receiving country.
The unpaid hostages Oh the letters SO re,
turned shall be deducted from the account
against the Office originally charged there's
with. .ei
Tho prepaid hostages on the letters 80 re-, !
turned, shall remain in the account as oriSi-
nally entered.
The expense of transit Of unpaid CORES
pondense which has been transported BY eith7
er Administration ia closed mails. and shall
bo returned to the dispatching office as NOS
deliverable, shall be deducted from the ori77
nal amount charged for transit, upon dec
aration Of the amount by the Office claiming
the deduction. No charge shall be made BY
either Administration for the transit of corr
returned as not deliverable.
ARTICLE Il,
All correspondence wrongly addressed or
misssnt, shall be returned without delay BY
the receiving Office to tao exchange of6es.
which dispatched it
The receiving Office shall also correct ac-
cordingly in the column Of verihcatiou the
original entries of the letter. bill relating to
such coz Q pondence. 3its
The articles Of like allure addressed to
persons who have changed their residence,
shall be mutually forwarded or returned,
charged with the rate that would have been
paid at the first Destination Z -
ARTICLE Is.
The dispatching e1change-oflcs shall state
on the letter-bils (for the convenience Of
the transit accounD the exact number Of
single rates aud weight Of aetters and total
eglt Of the other correspondence which
shall be dispatched ia closed mails by the
British or by ehe German transit.
AsTIcLE l6.
It is understood that the accounts between
the two Offices shall be established on the re-
spective letter-bills ia the proper money Of
the disp.tching office, but the international
hostages on She paid letters, or insufficient
ly paid letters, shall be computed in tho
money of the receiving office. st
The reduction of these moneys shall be
effected in the General Accounts at the rats
Of liz skillings of Norway fer one dollar Ok
the United States.
In entering the letter-hills the internation-
al hostages on the partly paid letters in the
money of the receiving Office, and the foreig'
charges in the ia oney Of the dispatchiDg Of
fee. the cent of the Uni ed States shall be
considered as the equivalent Of Is skililn2 Of
Norway.
ARTICLE ".
The Quarterly Accounts mentioned in AS
ticle 10 of the Convention shall be prepared
by the respective Postal Adnlinistrations.-
They shall be based upon the acknowlsdg,
ment of receipt, and shall respectively be
prepared according to the models Dl and Nv
hereto annexed.
A reorganization of these accounts, show,
ing the defnitiva result, alike for the debit
and the credit, shall be prepared by the Unit
ed States Office according to the form heret'
annexed, and marked e and shall then be
transmitted with the Quarterly Accounts os
which it is based for the examination OF tho
other Office.
Done in duplicate, and signed at Washing
ton, on the Goth Of June, 1873.
JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
Postnnster- General.