Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08

to have proceeded to perform the exchange of rati
1catiohs of the postal convention which was con-
cluded between the United Stntes and the French
republic at Washington the 2Sth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
Done in duplicate and signed at Washing on ms
seventeenth day If Jny, thous ud eight hundred
SEAL Jw. MARSHALL,
Postmaster General
tsEAL A. BARTHOLDI.
Regulations of detail and order, concluded between
the postal administration Of the United States and
the postal administration of France, for the exc
cutOn OF the postal convention OF 2S April, 1874.
In view of the postal convention concluded tn
2sth OF April 1874, bew en- the United ates and
France stpulating Article XIV that the postal ad-
miuisrations of the countries shall designate,
by common accord, the onices through which the
exchange OF the respective correspondence shall
take place, and shall regulate the direction OF the
correspondence reciprocaLy transmitted, the form
OF accounts, well as every other measure OF detail
or order necessary TO assume the execution OF the
said convention the Postmaster General of the Uni
ted States of the part, and the Director General
of the Posts of France OF the other agreed
as follows:
Article /.
The exchange OF correspondence between the
postal administration Of France and the postal ad-
mnistratlou Of the United States shall he effected as
follows:
on the side Of the postal administration Of France e,
lst, BY the office OF Paris.
I'd. BY the office of Havre.
Sd. BY the office OF Cherbourg
4th. BY the office of Brest.
5th. BY the travelling office of Paris TO Calais,
h By the travelling office OF Lille TO Calais.
On the side OF the postal administration TO the
United States
LIST. BY the ONCE of Boston.
2d. BY the office Of New York.
Articie2.
The relations between the French exchange offices
and the American exchange offices shall be estab-
| lished In the following manner, viz:
BY the way of the French mail packets.-The otfl-
ces of Paris Havre, and Brest shall correspond with
the once Of New York.
BY the way of the packets of the Hamburg line
The offices OF Paris and Havre shall make up mails
| for the oifice OF New York, and the ofce OF New
| York shall make up mails for the offices of Paris,
BY the way OF England.-The oriices OF Paris and
Havre and the travelling of Paris to Calais and Lille
to Calais shall correspond with the offices OF Boston
| Article g.
| In coformity with Article OF the Convention of
2sth April, 1874, the postal administration of the
United States shall pay, on account oil the postal
administration of France the expenses OF the inter
| mediary transportation of the malls which shall be
sent from France to the United States, as well by
means of the Hamburg packets navigating between
| France and the United States as by the way OF
| England and the packets used for the conveyance
of the correspondence OF the British Kingdom to
the United States.
These expenses shall be reimbursed by the postal
administration OF France to the the postal rdminis-
| lratioh of the United States, follows
1st. AT the rate of thirty centimes per thirty
grammes of letters, and 81 centimes per kiogramme
of samples of merchandise or printed matter, fol
means of the hamburg packet.
Cd AT the rate of A centimes per thirty grainmes
OF letters, and franc per kilogramme of samples
of merchandise or printed matter, for such of the
said mails as shall be forwarded by the way Of
England and the packets used for the conveyance
OF the correspondence between England and the
United States
On Its side, the postal administration of Franc,
shall assure, on account of the postal administration
OF the United States, the Intermediary tralsporta
tlon Of the mails which shall be forwarded froiu tn,
United states to France by means OF the Frencl
mail-packets
The postal administrations OF the United State
shall pay for this transportation TO the postal ad
mnstratlon OF France tne same rates, per thrt,
gramnes of letter. and per kog ANNE OF samples
Of merchandise or printed matter, as those al whcl
the Intermediary tel TRANSPORTATION e herena6oy boy
France Tor the United States
Article 4.
The correspondence between the postal admins
tration of France and the postal administration o
the United States shall be forwarded in conformt
with table A, annexed TO the present regulations.
j Article s.
Correspondence sent In transit, In open mail, con
formally to Article VII of the convention Of est
April, 1874, shall be exchanged between the posti
administration OF France and the postal adminlsrf
tion of the United States ndl Ions respectivel
r fixed by the said article and by tables and B, al
e nexed to the present regulations.
e The postage cha -ges which the two admlnistri
h tlons snail have mutually to carry on account 70
this correspondence shall be stated by the dispatch
ing exchange offices In ordinary figures, and un
formly on the upper left side of the address, as fo
| lows
y In red ink, on prepaid objects entered by the dill
: patching office to the credit OF the correspondn
J. oiiice.
t. In black ink, on unpaid objects entered by til
dispatching office to the debit of the correspondent
a Otllce.
e Article g.
~ Registered letters, which shall be reciprOcaly 10
y warded by the postal administrations of France al
A. the United States, shall be marked, on the side
the address, with stamp, bearing In red ink Il
word Charge, or the word Registered" as Il
A case may be.
Is fC0ncltsded on Fourth Pagel