Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
UNITED STATES
TREATIES AND PROCLAMATI0NS.
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TREATIES AND PROCLAMATIOMS.
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Detailed regulations agreed upon between the Post
Office Of the United States and the Postal Adninistra-
ton of Norway for the execution of the postal cOnven
ton of the 2th of March, 1874 between the United
States Of Amersca and the Kingdoms of Sweden and ,
Norway.
ApTICLE |.
The American exchange Offices Of New York and
Chicago shall make up mails for the Norwegian eX-
change Offices of Christanssand, Chrstlana, Bergen,
and the sea postoice, on the steamboat line between
llAmmeriest and Hamburg.
Tho latter shall make up mails for the exchange
Offices Of New York and Chicago.
ARTICLE II.
Each mail exchanged between the respective Offices
shall be accompanied hy lcttcr-bill, showing the
hostages each class Of correspondence the number
of register fees total weight Of Correspondence &c
The form Of this etter-bill shall follow the models
Al and A. hereto annexed, and shall be consecutvely
numbered by tho despatching Office during each quar-
ter Of the calendar year.
The receiving office shall acknowledge its receipt by
the mex. dispatch.
ARTICLE III.
The exchange offices shall DIVIDE the correspondence
which they dispatch into suitable number of sepa-
rate packages according to the lettar-bill
Each OF these packages shall bear the proper eti-
quette ana numbers corresponding to the ctter-bill
ARTICLE ".
When more than single rate is chargenbe upon
any letter or ether article, tho number of rates to
which 1t subject shall he indicated by the Dispatch
dress.
ARTICLE V,
Registered correspondence shall he described in a
regster list, following the models Bl and BE-, hereto
annexed
All registered letters and tho registerlist shall he
envclopcd together, in strong paper, and securely
fastened, and the packet plainly inscribed with the
word Registered" or "Reyisfrsret," and placed
The blank in the rcgistcrodettcr list for expressing
the number of registered articles shall be filled in let
tiers and figures expressing the number. In case
registered articles are sent the proper blank of tho
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ARTICLE vi.
The regsterlists dispatched shall he retained by tho
relieving office, which Office shall acknowledge by the
first mail the receipt of tho registered articles, numer
ically, FROM No. =. to No,
If the yeriGcatiun by the exchange Office disclose
error of any kind IN tho regSterst it shall he, also,
by the first mail, notified to the dspatchns office.
ARTICLE VII.
The two administrations mutually engage to tako
all needful for the careful transmission of
lost hut il is understood that neither assumes tow
ards the other any pecuniary responsibility in case Of
loss.
ARTICLE VII.
All letters exchanged between tho two countries
shall Indicate by stamp or writing thereon, the office
Of origin; and the unpaid letters exchanged shall
also be stamped with the name Of the dspatchng Office
of exchange
Correspondence fully paid to destination shall 10
stamped in tho United States "Pdd aH" and in Nor
way "ETaHcO."
Registered articles shall he stamped "Reyi,tered, in
the United States, and "4Hbctdist," in Norway.
Correspondence insuliciemty paid shall DO stamped
in the United States "iHSqfci'HHy paid" and in Nor
way "Uf,Lsrakkeiigt GdnEsr,t and the amount of do
icicnt postage expressed in figures, (OaeR) on tho
! face.
| Correspondence dispatched 10y direct line between
| the respective countries shall be stamped "Dirsct
| seruios,h or "SeTUice dirGctn
When dispatched via England or via Germany
IL shall be stamped to indicate British or German
| transit.
ARTICLE IN.
! The respective Postal Administrations are mutually
| to furnish each other with lists stating the foreign
countries to which the iOre postage and the amount
thereof must he absolutely prepaid or can be let un
paid, and until such lists are furnished neither ooun
| try is to mail 70 the other any correspondence for
foreign countries beyond tho country to which tho
| mail is sent
| with which registered correspondence may be OK
changed in the open mails between the several offices,
and the conditions thereof.
| ARTICLE y.
The respective exchange offices shall mark in red
ink in the upper Of the address, at the right
hand of prepaid letters sent for transit in the open
mail the amount OF the eXtr-natonal postage due to
the country through which the same are forwarded
aud in tho same manner and place, but in black ink
shall mark tho ame unit Of the ex,ra,natonai postage
due 70 the forwarding country upon the unpaid letters
| sent In transit.
| Articles under hand which do not conform to the
conditions mentioned In Article II of the Convention,
OF which are In no part prepaid, shall lie retained by
the administration of origin, aud shall remain subject
to its disposal
ARTICLE XII.
Letters originating in, destined for, foreign
tres sent in the open mail, for transit through tho
United States, through Norway aud which arc in-
sufficiently paid, shall be transmitted us wholly un-
paid and no account taken between the respective
administrations OF the amount prepaid,
ARTICLE XIII.
Letters and all registered articles not deliverable
shall he respectively returned 10 the dispatghing adj
ministnton Mt the end of every month, sec exhibits
u and ca but all other articles Of correspondence,
not registered, which from any cause cannot he de-
y'red, shall bo retained at the disposition of the
The unpaid hostages on the letters so returned shall
he deducted from the account against the office origin
Tho prepaid hostages on tho letters so returned shall
remain In the account rs originally entered.
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which has been transported by either administration
In closed mails, and shall he returned ~ the despatch
ing Office not deliverable, shall he deducted from tho
original amount charged for Lnnst upon "A declaration
of the amount by the office claiming the deduction.
No charge shall bo made by either administration for
the transit OF correspondence returned as not deyeru
Bile.
ARTICLE XIV.
All correspondence wrongly addressed or missent
shall he ,eurned without delay by tho receiving office
TO the exchange Office which dispatched II,
Tho receiving office shall also correct, accordingly,
IN the column of yerilcatOn, the original entries VI
the loturbill relating 10 such correspondence. The
articles OF like nature addressed to persons who have
changed their residence shall be mutually forwarded
or returned charged with the rate that would have
been paid at tho irst destination
ARTICLE XIV.
The dispatching exchange Office shall state on the
letter-nls uor the convenience Of the transit accounD
and the total weight Of the ether corresponds nee
which shall be dispatched in closed mails by the Brit
lsh or by the German transit.
ARTICLE XVI.
IL Is understood that the accounts between the two
Offices shall hc established on the respective letter
hills In the proper money of the dispatching office
but tho international hostages the unpaid letters,
nsuieienty paid letters, shall be computed in the
money Of the receiving Office.
The reduction OF those moneys shall no effected In the
general accounts at tho ratio Of ll2 sklhngs Of
Norway, for one dollar Of tho United States.
In entering ON the letter-bils the internationai
posages the partly paid letters in the money Of the
receiving Office, and the foreign charges la the money
Ofthe dspatohing oce the cent q the United States
shall he considered AS the equivalent OF /! SHILLING
Norway,
IL Is also understood that tho quarterly accounts
shall he paid respectively In oOin, and In the denOm
, nations Of the moLey OF the creditor office.
ARTICLE XVII.
The quarterly accounts mentioned in article 3 o.
the Convention shall DO prepared by the respec.iy,
Postal Administrations. They shall DO basOd upou
the acknowledgements Of receipt, aud shall respeoi-
yely DO prepared according 10 the models ID and d.
hereto annexed.
+ A reeaptuatOn OF these accounts, showing the
definite result ake for tho debit and the credit shall
bo prepared by the United satos 0itoe according n
tho form hereto annexed and marked h , and shal
then be transmitted with the quarterly accounts on
which II Is based for tho examination Of the 9th Of
office.