Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-23

shall be betrayed by that Of the two postal
administrations of France or Of the United
! States by which, or on the side of which,
the hostage shall be collected.
ARTICLE VIII.
Samples of merchandise shall not be adj
| mitted to the benefits of a reduced rate, un-
less they are in themselves of no com cr-
| cial value, unless they are placed under
band, or In gu III manner aS to cave no
| doubt of their nature, and unless they bear
no other writing by the hand than the ad-
! dress, a mark of fabric or Of the merchant,
| numbers of order, and price.
In order TO benefit by a reduced rate, the
| photographs and printed matter mention-
| ed in Articles V and VII should also be
| placed under band, and bear no writing,
| figure, or sign whatever, made by hand,
except the address, the signature Of the
| sender, or date.
The samples surmerchandiSc, photographs,
| and printed matter which do not fulfill the
conditions mentioned above, or which have
| not been prepaid to the tiXel limit, shall
be considered IA letters, and charged ac-
| cordingly.
II is understood that the provisions con-
| tanned in the present article, and in Arti-
| cles and VII preceding, do not impair
| in any manner the right Of the postal
| administrations of the two countries not
to permit upon their respective territories
| the transportation and distribution Of pho
| tographs, Autographs, engravings, and
| printed matter, which are not in accord
ance with the laws, ordinances, or dccrees
which regulate the conditions oftheir pub
| lication aud circulation both in France and
in the United States.
ARTICLE TX.
The postal administrations Of France and
| the United States shall not admit to destin-
| alton in either of the two countries. or in
| the countries using their Intermediary, any
| package or letter containing gold or silver
| money, jewels, or articles of intrinsic val
| us, or any object subject to sioms- duty.
| Liquids aud articles which may iniure
| the correspondence, and which are prOnib-
| tied in the country Of dest nation shall not
he admitted under any form 10 be dispatch
ed through the post-ofIice.
No package Of more than GO centimetres
| or feet, American, in length, and of more
| than 80 centimetres or foot, American, in
| the other Dimensions, can be sent from one
of the two countries to the other through
| the pUst-Oiice.
ARTICLE Y.
| The French government agrees to cause
| to be transported, in closed mails, either
| across France or by means of the French
| maritime poSta! service, the correspond
| ence which the postal administration of the
| United States may desire to exchange with
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| French post-oflice; and reciprocally the
| Government of the United STATES agrees to
| cause to be transported, in closed mails, Ell
ther 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 pust-otlice.
The postal administration of France
should pay to the postal administration of
the United States, viz:
lst. The sum of francs per kilogramme
| on letters, and franc per kiogramme on
samples and prints, for the transportation
| across the territory of the United States OF
| the closed mails which shall be exchanged
| between France and other countries via
| San Francisco.
%. The sum oflO francs per kiIogramme
or letters, and franc per kilogramme on
samples and printed matter, for the trans
| porlation across he territory Of the United
of the closed mails which shall be eXchang-
ed by any o her route than that OF san
| Francisco between France and its colonies,
| or all other places where it shall have post
| al establishments, or the countries with
which it is at present bound by postal con
| ventions.
Reciprocally the postal administration O
the United States shall pay to the pOSta
| I'D min istration of France, viz
lst. The sum OF sl.20 per klogrammC
on letters, and 20 cents per kilogramme on
patterns and printed matter, for the trans
portation across French territory of the
closed mails which ahall be exchanged be-
tween the United States aud other State'
by the Franco Belgian or Franco-Germar
frontier.
%. The sum of 50 per kilogramme OF
letters, and 20 cents per kilogramme on
samples and prints, for the transportation
across French territory Of the closed mail!
which shall be exchanged by all Other
| n EranRh 1uA
contiguous to Germany or To Belgium he
tween the United States and the countre
with which the Government of the Unite
States is at present bound by postal con
| Ventions.
When the closed mails coming from o.
addressed to France shall he Transported
between the French frontier and the Amer
lean frontier by the packets of the Ham
burg line, the postal administration a
France shall pay to the postal administra
ton OF the United States, in addition to th
| American territorial transit-rates above
mentioned, the sum of 10 francs per kilu
gramme on letters, and the sum Of 50 cen
times per kilogranme on samples an,
printed matter, which may be contained il
} these mails.
Reciprocally, when the closed mails com
ing from or addressed TO the United State
shall be transported between the American
frontier and the French frontier by tn
French maIl-packets, the United State
postal administration shall pay TO the post
al administration of France, in addition t
the French territorial transt-rate abov
mentioned, the sum of 81 per kilogramn
> on letters, and 10 cents per kilogramme q
samples and printed matter, which may h
contained in these mails.
The maritime postage for which the "
: postal administrations of France aud of I'll
, United States will have TO reciprocally aC
count upon the correspendence of all Kind
| in nlnsaI malls hty, Iyo
other than those navigating between Franc
and the United States, Will be the same a
= those applicable to correspondence of I'll
s same nature coming from or addressed I
z the countries which assure the martin
b transportation of the said closed mails.
; 1t is understood that the weight of IL
r correspondence of all kinds which is foun
d unbelievable, as also that of the lette
n bills and other documents of account ari,
ing from the exchange of the correspond
2 ence transported in closed mails by eitht
of the two administrations for the acc0uI
n of the other, shall not he included in II
o weight of the letters, samples, or printC
: matter, upon which should be levied Il
= territorial and maritime transt-rates n
quired in virture of the present article.
j. ARTICLEXI
N There shall be prepared every thr
"a months, by the postal administration
Z France, particular accounts, recapitulatiI
A. the proceedings of the transmission of Il
10 correspondence between the respective e.
change offices.
n These accounts, which shall have for b
4 sis and vouchers the Acknowledgements
n receipt for the mails during the quarter
IS period, shall be summed up in a geneI
IN account, designed to present the defiti
G. results of the transmission of the corr
Of spondence exchanged between the two a
10 ministrations.
/ After having been reciprocally exami
A. ed and approved, the general accouut abo
mentioned shall be paid, by the admin
IN tration recognized as debtor towards Il
n other, in the course of the second quart
ne following that to which the account refe
III The balances of the accounts shall
e. paid as follows, viz: