Smyrna times., 1874-11-25

3D. At the rate Of Al centmes per thirty gram.
mes Ct letters, and one franc per kilOgramme Of
samples Of merchandise printed matter, for such
Of the said mails as shall be forwarded by the way
Of England and the packets used for the convey.
ance Of the correspondence between England and
the United States
On its side, the postal administration of France
shall assure, account of the postal
Of the United States, the intermediary tIanspora-
ton Of The mails which shall be forwarded from the
United States to France by means of the French
mail. packets.
The postal administration of the United States
shall pay for this transportation to the postal ad.
minisI alton of Franc the same rates, per thirty |
grammes OF letters and per kllOgramme Of samples |
of merchandise or printed matter, those at which
the intermediary transportation is hereinabove fixed
by Hamburg packets, Oi the mails from France for
the United States.
ARTICLE 4.
The correspondence exchanged between the pos.
tai administration of France and the postal admin.
straton of the United States shall be forwarded in
conformity with table A, annexed TO the present
regulations.
Correspondence sent in transit, in open mall con-
formally TO Article VII of the convention of the
2Sth April, 1874, shall be exchanged between the
postal administration of France and the postal ad.
minisiratlon Of the United States the conditions
respectively fixed by the said article and by tables
The postage-charges which the two administra-
tiOns shall have mutually to carry to account for
this correspondence shall be stated by the dpatch
ing exchange-otfces in ordinary figures, and uni
formly the upper left side of the address, as
follows
In red ink, on prepaid objects entered by the
dispatchng office to the credit of the corresponding
Office.
In black ink unpaid objects entered by the
dspatehIng Office to the debit of the corresponding
office.
ARTICLE 6.
Registered letters, which shall be recprocaly
forwarded by the postal administrations Of France
and the United States. shall be marked, the side
of the address, with sIpmp, bearing 10 red ink
the word Charge" the word Registered" as
| the case may be.
| ARTICLE 7.
Ordinary letters, registered letters, samples OF
merchandise, and printed mattcr, sent either from
the offices depending upon the postal adninistra-
ton oil France for the United States and the cOun-
tree to which the United States servee inerme.
diary, from the offices depending upon the postal
administration of the United States for France,
Algeria, and the countries TO which France serves
intermediary, shall be marked the side Of the
address with STAN, indicating the date OF mailing
and the place Of origin.
ARTICLE 8.
The postal administration of the United States
shalt cause TO be placed the address OF the pre-
paid objects which the American exchange 5
shall forwatd TO he French exchange-Offices th'
impression, in red ink, Of the stamp" Paid"
| On its side, the postal administration of France
shall cause TO be placed the impression, in red ink
OF the stamp" +. P" upon the objects prepaid By
compulslOn TO aay limit whatever Of their course
which shalt be forwarded by the French exchange
offices TO the American exchangeofices.
!, The stamp "AffranchIsement nsuffsant," or ain
, sufficiently prepaid" the case may be, shall b
} ina aaA Lott flf nd
ARTICLE 9.
Each Of the mails exchanged between the posta
administrations Of the two countries shall be accom-
panied by letter-bill, upon which the exchange
Offices shall state. with the class cations esablIshe
e by the convention of23th April 1874. as follows:
LIST. The nature and the number Of the object
9 which the mail shall contain.
: 2d. The number Of single rates relating TO tn
correspondence of the one Of the two countries IL
n the other
Sd. IT, weights sums 10 be carried to accouI
for each class Of correspondence
4 The Office TO which the mail shall be addresse
shall acknowledge The receipt thereof TO the d.
paching office by the first mail thereafter.
The letter bills and acknowledgements of reciI
Z Of the French exchange Offices shall conform
models d and E, annexed to the present regul
tions.
The forms Of the letIer.blll and acknowl, dgme
OF receip:. of which the American exchunge.offe'
exchange Offices, must accord with the models her
n n ina bove designated
- 80 ARTICLE 10.
, The correspondence described in the letter b
shall be divided into as many packets as this &C
q. respondence will admit of lines special article
~ Each packet shall be placed under a label, inc
eating the nature and the weight of the correspO
I'd dence. well the number Of objects and I
1d number Of sngle.raIes or the sums, the IN
=, be, inscribed upon the letter. r.bilI.
y" ARTICLE IL.
Registered letters shall be entered by names
the letter bill Of the disPatchDg office. with all
details which this bill allows.
These letters shall form a special packet. cover
with an eVeoPe Of white paper, sealed on all
folds by means Of the seal Of the disp4tchng off
and surrounded by string placed crOsswlse. !
ends Of this string shall be attached to the bott'
nd of the letteT-bIlI by means Of gum seal.
ar The leIler-bIll must bear the stamp "Cha.ge,"
AZ !" Registered" whenever tho mail shall contain
or more registered letters.
he ARTICLE IL.
ed Every mail, after having been tied up interior
n. muet be enveOped in gray paper, in sufficient qu
on tty TO resist the friction, then tied exterlurly
lie sealed with wax, with the impression Of the off
90 seal.
he The string which shall surround mail exteIo
e. must always be without knot.
~. ARTICLE l3.
lIv In case that, the day fixed for the dispatch
~ the mails exchange office should have obi
IRE TO address to the corresponding office this excha
ed Office must nevertheless send, in the ordinary fU
mail, which shall contain only negative let
bill.
lbo ARTICLE H.
Al. The postage OF charge upon letters that have
as come dead. from whstever cause. which the
administrations shall return to each other, by
Of tue Of Article XIII Of the convention oi 2Sth Az
1874 shall only be admitted in release Of the adm
Islrati0n 10 which these letters shall have been
ginally transmitted, FAR as the condition Of III
seals shall not give TO suppose that I
have been opened.
However, scurrilous letters and those eOmmo
called dec0y letters: may be comprised aud ads
the ted IN the dead matter reoiprocaliy returned,
though these letters may huve been opened.
ARTIcLE Is.
Letters not claimed, addressed Poste-restant
in furnished hotels, may, after three months s.
,g be returned on both sides, under the condit
ss fixed by Article XIII, before cited, and the pre-
ing article.
ph. The account Of The total of dead matter shall
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