Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-10

! Iesial convention concluded the 18Th OF April
| l>1iy between the Crited States and France
4 stpulaung (Article NIN) that the pastsl adj
mlnisi1 atoms Of the two countries Shsi. deSig-
pate, by common accord, the Offices through
which the exchange OF the respective CORE
| slondence shall take place, and shall regulate
the direction OF the correspondence recip rOcall =
usnskitted, the form OF aScounts, A. well a.
every other measure OF detail or order necessary
| TO assure the execution of the sSid convention
have agreed ss follows
ARTICLE
| The exchange OF CORE spondence between the
| postal standardization OF France and the postal
administration OF the United States shall be ef-
fected g. follows:
On the side OF the POSTAL administration OF
France
let. BY the Office of Paris
"a. BY the Office OF BAvre.
Sd. By tie eff &c OF Chsrbourg.
4'h. by tie office OF Brest
5h. b. the travelling Off &c OF Paris 20 Calais.
6'h. by the travelling Office Of Lille 20 CalSis.
ON the eide of the postal administration 70 the
Isl, Bythe Office Of Boston.
I'll. BY the Cflice Of New York.
ARTICIK2
The relations between the French exchange
ftcCs and the American exchange oiiice shall
b. established in the following manner, viz:
~ tse ar9y IF tae FreHeh wall . rct -'s-The Of
fee of Paris, Hayre. and Brestshall correspond
win the office OF New York.
~ he tcdy Of he packets ef fss Hrmbsr9 Iins.-
The ,fiices OF Pans and havre shall make up
mplis Tor the Cffice OF New York, and the Oh ee
az New York shall make up mails for the on ces
q Paris, Havre. and CherhOurg.
Ey he trGg Of ErqldEd-The Offices Of Paris
aud Il vre and the travelling offices OF paris -
Calais and Lille to Calais shall correspond with
the ofiees of Boston aud New York.
ARTICLES.
In conformity with Article l. Of the conven-
ton OF 18th April, 1874, the postal aimiuistra
ton OF the United States shall paw, ON account
of the postal administration of France the ex-
penses Of the Intermediary transportation of
The mails which shall be sent from France to
The United States, as well by means OF the
Hamburg packets navigating bet Feen France
and the United States as by the way of Eng
land 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 the United States, as
follows
ist. At the rate of so centImes per thirty
grammes Of letters, and 30 confines per kilO-
gramme OF samples Of merchandise or printed
matter, for such or the said mails as shall be
forN arded by means of the Hamburg packets.
| ID. At the rate Of a confines per thirty
grammes of letters, and one franc per kilo-
| gramme OF samples of merchandise or printed
| matter, for such of the said mails a. shall be
| forwarded by the way OF England aud the pack
| cts used for the conveyance of the correspond
| ence between England and the United States.
1 . On its side, the postal administration OF
| france shall assure, on account OF the postal
| administration OF Ithe United States. the Inter
| medisry transportation 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 TOR this transportation TO the postal
| administration of France the same rates, per
| thirty grsmmes of letters and per kilOgramme
| OF samples Of merchandise or printed matter,
| as those at which the intermediary transpOrtA-
| ton is hereinabove fixed, by Hamburg y ackets
OF the mails from France for the United States.
ARTICLE 4.
The correspondence exchanged between the
| postal administration OF France aud the postal
6ministrstion of the United States shall be
forwarded in conformity with table A, annexed
| 10 the present regulations.
ARTICLE 3.
Correspondence sent in transit. in open mail
| coDtoTmsbly to Article VII. OF the convention
! ~ 18th April. 1874, shall be exchanged betgeen
| the postal administration OF France and the
| Postal administration of the United States on
he conditions respectively fixed by the said ar
| uele and by tables Il and =, annexed TO the pre-
| sent regulations.
The postage charges which the two admins
| Tatlons shall have mutually 60 carry 10 account
fer this correspondences shall be stated BY tue IS
patching GXchange-Offices in ordinary figures.
\ ana uniformly on the upper left side OF the ad-
| In red ink, on prepaid objects entered by the
IOudIDg Cthce.
| IN black ink, on unpaid objects entered by
the GisPstching otdce TO the debt OF the cores
Iondlng Office.
ARTICLE G.
heCiFtered letters, W hich shall he recipr0caIlv
| invaded by the administrations q Francs
and tie United States, shAU be marked, on "a
| side OF the address, With stamp, ne ring n
4 ElTfs
| '.Te0, - as the case msy be.
ARTICLE Z.
OldiTsry letters, registered letters, samples
| - DeTchandise. and printed matter, sent
| EITHER from the 'fces depending upOn the pJs-
/ iai administI atiCn of France Tor the United
/ States and the countries 70 which the Unite 1
states serves aSintermediary or from the Office.
| Degrading upon the postal administration OF
| he United States for France, A 'gera, and ia
| countries 10 which frSUcs series A. uterine
| disry, shall be- marked on the side Of tue al
Il EFn ind
| ing and tie place OfOrigiR.
ARTICLE 6.
The postal administration ofthe Untsd States
| shah cause to be placed on the address of the
| prepaid object which the American exch ange
4 Offices shall forward 10 the French exchange
otiices the impression, in red ink, OF the stamp
| on its side, the postal administration of
France shall caused to be placed the impression,
| in red ink, OF the stamp ''P. D." upon the OBJ
| jects prepaid TO destination; and of the stamp
"P. PS upon the objects prepaid by compul-
| sion to any limit whatever TO their course,
| which shall be forwarded by the French ex-
1 Offices.
/ The stamp "AFranchissemsnt insutfsant,D on
" lnsy6ctsntly prepGid," as the case may be,
shall be placed upon letters insufhciently paid.
ARTICLE 9.
Each or the mails exchanged between the
postal administrations of tue two countries sh an
the exchange offices shah state, with the cIassi-
| hcstiOns established by the convention of 2Sth
| April, 1874, as follows:
LIST. The nature and the number Of the objects
1 which the mail shall contain.
I'd. The number OF single rates relating TO the
| correspondence Of the one Of the two countries
4 for the other.
Sd. The weights or sums to be carried to ac-
count for each class of correspondence.
| The office to which the mail shall be ad-
| dressed shall acknowledge the receipt thereof
to the dispatching Office by the first mail there
/ after.
| The letter bills and Acknowledgements of re-
| ceipt of the French exchange Offices shall con-
| form TO models ID ard Z, annexed to the present
| regulations.
Tie forms of the letter-bill and acknowIedg-
| melt of receipt, of which the American eS-
| chauge-OIices shaIl make use in their relations
| with the French exchange-ofices, must accord
| with the models heTeinsbove designated.
ARTICLE 10.
The correspondence described in the letter
bill shall be divided into az many packets as this
correspondence win admit Of lines or special
1 articles.
Each packet shall be placed under label,
| Indicating the nature aud the weight OF the
| correspondence, as well as the number of OBJ
jects and the number Of SINGLE rates or the
sums, as the case may be, inscribed upon the
| letter.bIll.
/ ARTICLE IL.
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