National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-04

the country Of destination, shall not be al
mttted under any form to be dispatched throuS 90
the post-ofice.
No package of more than 60 centimetres or
feet, American, in length, and OF more than ~
centimetres or foot, American, In the otEeI
dimensions, can be sent from enc OF the two
countries to the other through the post-oitce.
ARTICLE X.
The French government agrees to cause to
be transported, in closed mails, either across
France or by means of the French maritime
postal service, the correspondence which the
postal administration Of the United States may
desire to exchange with other countries by the
intermediary of the french post-ofice; and re-
ciprocally the government Of the United States
agrees to cause to be transported, in closed
mails, either across the United States or By
means Of American maritime postal services,
the correspondence which the postal admins
tration Of France may desire to exchange with
other countries by the intermediary of the
United States post-oflce.
The postal administration Of France should
pay to the postal administration of the United
States, viz;
list. The sum of 8 francs per kIlogramme on
letters, and franc per hlogramme on samples
and prints, for the transportation across the
territory Of the United States of the closed
mails which shall be exchanged between
I'd. The sum Of 10 francs per kilogramme on
letters, and franc per kilogramme on samples
and printed matter, for the transportation
across the territory of the United States of the
closed mails which shall be exchanged by any
other route than that of San Francisco be-
tween France and its colonies, or all other
places where it shall have postal establish
ments, or the countries with which it is at
present bound by postal conventions.
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United States shall pay to the postal admins
tration Of France, viz:
LIST. The sum of S12O per kilogramme on
letters, and 20 cents per kilogramme on pat
terms and printed matter, for the transpOrta-
ton across French territory Of the closed mails
which shall be exchanged between the United
States and other States by the Franco-Belgian
or Franco-German frontier.
ID. The sum Of 81 per kilogTamme on let
tiers, and 20 cents per kilogramme on samples
and prints, for the transportation across French
territory of the closed mails which shall be eX-
changed by all other points Of the French from
tier than those contiguous to Germany or to
Belgium between the United States and the
countries with which the Government of the
United States is at present bound by postal co.,
ventions.
When the closed mails coming from or ad-
dressed to France shall be transported between
the French frontier and the American frontier
by the packets of the Hamburg line, the postal
administration of France shall pay TO the postal
administration of the United States, in addi-
ton to the American territorial transit rates
above mentioned, the sum Of 10 francs per XII
ogranme on letters, and the sum of so Gen.
times per kilogramme on samples and printed
matter, which may be contained in these mails
Reciprocally, when the closed mails coming
from or addressed to the United States shall be
transported between the American frontier and
the French frontier by the French mall-pack-
cts, the United States postal administration
shall pay to the postal administration Of France,
in addition to the French territorial transit rate
above mentioned, the sum Of $2 per kilo-
gramme on letters, and 10 cents per kilogramme
on samples and printed matter, which may be
contained in these mails.
The maritime postage for which the two pos
tai administrations of France and Of the United
States will have to reciprocally account upon
the correspondence of all kinds transported in
closed mails, by packets other than those navi-
eating between France and the United States,
will be the same as those applicable to CORE
spondence of the same nature coming from or
addressed to the countries which assure the
maritime transportation of the said closed
mails.
1t is understood that the weight of the cor
respondence of all kinds which is found unde-
HVerable, as also that of the letter-bills and
other documents of account arising from the
exchange OF the correspondence transported in
closed mails by either Of the two administra-
lions for the account Of the other, shall not be
included in the weight of the letters, samples,
or printed matter, upon which should be levied
the territorial and maritime transit-rate re-
quired in virtue Of the present article.
ARTICLE XI.
There shall be prepared every three months,
by the postal administration Of France, partiC-
uiar accounts, recapitulating the proceedings of
the transmission of the correspondence between
the respective exchange offices.
These accounts, which shall have for basis
and vouchers the Acknowledgements of receipt
for the mails during the quarterly period, shall
be summed up in general account, designed
to present the defnitiVe results of the trans
mission of the correspondence exchanged be-
tween the two administrations.
after having been reClprocally examined and
approved, the general account above mentioned
shall be paid, by the administration recognized
as debtor towards the other, in the course of
the second quarter following that to which the
account refers.
The balances Of the accounts shall be paid Gs
follows, viz:
LIST. In drafts upon Washington, and in Amer
lean money, when the balance is in favor of tie
United States office.
ID. drafts upon Paris, and in French money,
when the balance is in favor Of the French o.
fee.
In the establishment of the accounts, and In
convention, the dollar shall be considerld
the equivalent Of francs 20 confines.
Ito be continued.)