Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08


royal seal.
bone at Stockholm Castle, on the sixteenth day OF
the month OF May, in the year after the birth OF our
Lord and Saviour, one thousand eight hundred and
'''' OSCAR. lsEAI.l
o. NJ. BJoRNsTJERNA
The undersigned having met together for the pur-
pose OF exchanging the ratification OF the conven-
lion concluded at the city OF Washington on the M
teenth day OF March, In the year OF our LORD one
thousand eight hundred and seventy between
His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and
the United States of North America, concerning the
exchange of correspondence between tne united
States OF North America and the United Kingdoms
OF Sweden and Norway, and the respective ratin-
cations Of the said convention having been care
flly compa red and found to agree exactly one with
the other, and both with the original OF the said
convention the change has this day boen effected
:=In witness whereof the undersigned have sign d
The present certificate OF exchange, and nave affixed
thereto the seals of their arms.
Done at Stockholm the 26th day of May, 1878.
c. q. ANDREWS. tsEAI.l
o. NJ. BJORNSrJERNA. tsEALl
| Detailed regulations agreed upon between the Post
onice OF tne United States and the Postal Admin
istration OF sweden for the execution OF the con
vention OF the 18TH Of March, 1873, between the
| United States OF America and the Kingdoms OF
sweden and rway.
Article /.
| -rhe American exchange offices OF New York aud
| Chicago shall make up mails for the Swedish ex-
change oices of Goeborg, the travelling post-oice
| No. between Goteborg and Stockholm and the
| b'oe"cAh'e
The letter shall make up malls for the exchange
/ offices of New York and Chicago.
Table A, hereto annexed, Indicates to correspond
| ence to he distributed TO each exchange oil e.
Article 2.
lEach IN ll exchanged: between the respective oli-
ces shall be accompanied by aletter-bi, showing the
hostages and the charges OF rauslt the fees &C. ac
crung to each ONCE upon the dlfere1t KINDS OF cor
me form OF this letter bill shall follow the models
| Bt and b. hereto annexed and shall he consecu
lively numbered by the dispatching ONCE daring
each quarter of the calender year.
The receiving office shall acknowledge Its recep
| by the next dispatch.
Article 8.
The exchange offices shall divide the correspond
ence which they dispatch into suitable number O
| separate packages according to the letter-Dul.
Each OF these pac yages shall bear the proper etl
quette and numbers corresponding to tue letter-Dl
Il Article 4.
When more than a single rate is chargeable upol
any letter other article, the number OF rates y
which II Is subject shall ne lndicated by the dis
patching onice bya hydre in the upper LETT corne
. OF the address.
Registered correspondence shall be desert 'ed In
registered list following the models O and C2 mere
I to annexed. ,,,.
| enyeloped together, IN strong paper and securel
fastened aud the packet plainly inscribed WIN tn
: word Registered" on = Rekomnienderds, ana place
e Tne blank in the registered letter list for express
= Ing the number oi registered hrtlc,es snhll oe my
n In letters and figures expressing the number.
case no registered articles are sent the proper Dian
NJ of the letter-bill shal be filled with the word IN
> Ill.," Or ND"
e The reglster-lists dispatched shall be re aimed |
y the receiving otce, which office sllli acknowledl
y by the first mail the receipt OF the registered ar
IT, cles, mum really, from No. 10 NO.
" IIIf the verlhcatlon by the exchange once dlselo
IL an error of any kind In the regste .-llst, t-sha
-, also, by the Hrst mai notified 10 the spatchl
W Office.
The two administrations mutually engage to ta
It. all ne dful measures for the cHrefd TRANSMISSION
registered cor sespDn ence and for pursuing 1t wh
", lost hut II Is understood that neither assumes
ct wards the other auy peeunary responsibility In Gu
I Of loss.
es An letters exchanged between the several onicl
hu shal Indicate by sta Mp writing thereon tine on
N of origin; aud IN unpaid letters 50 excnangeu ~
~ also be stamped witas the name OF the dlspachi
'nt C5rrespondence fully paid to de stinatlon shall
,a en stamped in toe United states Paid -au," and
by Reglstered articles shall he stamped "Register
lg- in tae United States anA 'RekOmmonderas In ~
M den. -.
et Correspondence lnsufllclenty paid shall be star
le" ed in the United states fnsu6ctenty PAID, an'
Swetlenl OTtill, tdndiJ JTdnkerdd,n anu the amour
Il nclent postage expressed in figures, OH
iar h. Correspondence dispatched by direct line
mo- tween the res rective countries shall be stam
"s st Direef serpice" OF 'Serpice direct"
ou When dispatched via Englan or via Germ
Nm and Denmark, II shall be stamped to indicate bri
an, r German and Danish transit
nd Article Q.
III The respective Postal Administrations are m
ne ally TO furnish each other with lists stating the
" e in uutries 10 wntch ihe foreign POSTAGE
ar and the amount thereof must be aDsSqley s pref
'hs or can he lie unpaid, and until such lists are
~ nished neither country Is to mail TO the otner