Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08

exchanged. The small local carriers fee now char
geAble to sweden may, however be levied 10 the
use Of the swedish office; and as long as fee OF
SHILLING for the delivery Of poste restante letters,
aud one OF shilling for letters posted after the gem
efal time for collecting the post ara chargeable in
Norway, these fees may be levied TO the use Of the
Norwegian office.
Article 12.
The Postal Administrations OF each Of the United
klngd ms. and that Of the United States shall es-
tabllsh by agreement and In conformity with the
arrangements In force at the time, the conditions
upon which the oiilces may exchange In open mails
the correspondence originating In or de stined for
mediaries.
tls however. always understood that such cor.
respondence shall only be charged with the rate ap
plcdDle 10 International correspondence augmented
Dy the postage aud other tax due to Foreign Pos
tal Administrations and any other tax for exterior
service
The postal accounts between the respective OH
ces which, according 10 Article 10, to be settled
separately between sweden and the United States,
and between Norway and the United states shall be
stated quarterly, and transmitted and We ,iaed as
speedily as practicable and the balance found du.
sh ii b paid the creditor 0ffice, either by ex.
change on London, or at the debtor ofilce, as the
creditor 0f1ice may desire.
The rule for the conversion OF the moneys OF the
respective countries shall be established by common
agreement between the respective onices.
Article IA.
When IL p lrt, whether belonging to either of
the United kir IONS or to the United States, a
closed mai IL transferred from one vessel 10 hnOtn-
er without any expense to the office OF the country
where the ira ser IL mn le, su n r insfer shall not
be subject to any charge by one oiiice against the
other.
Article ib
onlnlal com nunlcatlons between the respective
Postal Administrations shall not oe the occasion OF
any accounts between them.
Article i6
The respective Post onices sh ", By mutu II con
sent, make detailed regulations for carrying the
tcles of this convention into ex xscution and in like
manner )dlfy such re tuatiOns, from time to time
as The exlgenfles Of the service may re lnlre.
Article II.
Letters wrongly sent, wrongly addressed. or not
deliverable for any caus , shall be re urned TO the
despatchng once, al its expense for the relurn II
any expense shall be Incurred. Registered articles
In the second paragraph OF the tirst article men
toned, shall asD be returned In like manner. Othe
articles sha lie left TO the disposition OF the receiy
Ing Oillce.
Any postages not collected upon the CORE Don
dence returned, but which shall have been IN fget
against the receiving once, shall be deducted from
the account.
This convention shall take effect from and on the
list day OF July, 1873. II shall be continued ln fore
| until one year from the time when any OF the Gov
ernments OF the respective countries shall hayt
given notice OF Its wish tD terminate the same. Il
Is 10 he ratified, and the ra l1catl0ns 10 he ex
changed as soon as possible.
| Done in duplicate original at the city OF Wasi
ington, this fifteenth day OF March, in the year Q
/ our Lord one thousand eight hundred aud seventy
| three
oLUF srENERseN. IsEALi
| 81 hereby approve the aforeg ding convention, an
| IN Testimony thereof have caused the seal OF th
''''|N '''' ~ - ''' u s. GRANT.
| BY the President:
HAMILTON Fish,
Secretary Of State
Gashngton, March ID, 1873.
| lssAL.