Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08

claiming the deduction. No charge shall be made
pondence returned as not deliverable.
Article l2.
All correspondence wrongly addressed or mssent
shall be returned without delay by the receiving Of
flee to the exchange oilce which dispatched It,
The receiving office shall also correct accordingly
In the column Of vcrlncation the original entries OF
The Letter Bill relating to such correspondence.
The articles OF like nature addressed 10 persons
who have changed their residence shall he mutually
forwarded or returned charged with the rate that
would have been paid at the first des lnaton.
Article IS
The spatchlng exchange-onlces shall state on the
Letter Bills for the convenience Of the transit ac
80 unit the exact numb OF single rates and weight |
OF letters and the total weight OF the other cores
pJndence which shall be dispatched In closed malls
by The British or by the German transit.
Article iG.
It is understood that the accounts between the |
two ofiices shall be established on sthe respective
Letter Bills in the proper money of the dlspaohlng
p1ce but the international pOs'ages on tue unpaid
letter or nsuiciently paid letters shall lie computed
In the MONEY of the receiving Ofice.
The reduction OF these moneys shall be Effected IN
Tue General Accounts at the rate OF l2 skl inss OF
Norway for one dollar OF the United States
In entering on the Letter Bills the internaiiOnl.
posiages the partly paid letters In the money OF
ihe receiving ofic and the foreign charges IN the
money OF the dspatching oiice, the cent OF the
United states shall be considered as the equiya ent
OF "a skilling of Norway.
II Is also understood that the Quarterly Accounts
shall be paid respectively in coin and in the denon-
nations OF the money OF the creditor ofiice'
Article II.
The Quarterly Accounts mentioned in Article 13
Of the Convention shall be prepared by the respect
| i've Postal Administrations. They shall he based
upon the acknowledgements OF receipt, and shall
| respectively be prepared according TO the models
| D1 and D2 hereto annexed.
| A recapituation Of these accounts, showing the
definite result alike for the debit aud credit shall
| he prepared By the United States Office according
to the form hereto annexed and mark E; and
| shall then be transmitted with the Quarterly Ac-
counts on which 1t is based for the examination OF
| the other office.
Done in duplicate, and signed at Wa hineton the
10th June. 1873 and at Christaua, the Siat May,
JNo. A. j, cREsswELL,
P0stndster- Genffdi
POSTAL coNvsN rIoN BErw ZEN TIE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC
| OF FRANCE.
The undersigned John A. j. Creswell, Postmaster
der eral of the United States Of America, In virtue
| OF the powers vested in him by law, and NJ. Amedee
,rthodI, ofcer OF the national order of the Legion
OF Honor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen-
ipotentiary from France at washington, &c in the
name of his government and by virtuetOf the pow
ers which he mas formally presented to this eifect
have agreed upon the following articles, viz;
Article l.
There shall be between the postal adm 'nstratlon
OF France and the postal administration OF the Uni
edls tates an exchange, in closed mails, OF letters,
samples of merchandise, photographs. and printed
matter of ali kinds, by the following means OF COM
munication and transportation viz
1st BY the French mail packets
I'd, BY the packets OF the Hamburg me.
Sd. BY the way OF England and the packets EN-
pOyed In TRANSPORTING the malls between Great Bril-
tain and the Uuited States.
| The expenses arising from the transportation OF
the mails by any one OF the above mentioned routes
shall be betrayed by the dspatchlng olce but II
is understood that these expenses shall he defrayed
In both directions by that of the two amnistIa ations
which Is able to secure the transportation upon the
most favorable terms, the other administration 10
reimburse TO II Its share OF the said expenses.
, | The United States postal administration, how
ever, shall pay to the postal administration Of
France for the conveyance of the malls sent from
the United States TO France by means OF the French
packets, the rates as those which the sald
United States postal administration would pay. ac
cording to American legislation, for the maritime
conveyance of the same mails by steamers OF com
merce. II is also understood that these rates are
not to be lower than those which the postal admin
straton of France shall have to pay for the convey
ance by the Hamburg packets OF the mails which L
shall send by these packets to the United States.
= Article H.
e Persons who desire to send ordinary, that Is 4
say not regl-tered, letters, either from France anh
Algeria for the United tates and Its territories, o.
from the United states aud its territories for Franc
and Algeria, may, at their option, leave the postage
on said letters he paid by the addresses or they
!, can prepay said postage to destination.
: Article III.
Z The charge to be levied Ia France upon letter
| originating in or addressed to the United State
shall be 80 centimes per 10 grammes or fraction 0
10 grammes, under the reservation for the Frenc
| government of the power OF hereafter applying tn
n progress ion of 15 grammes. The charge to be leve
I 10 the United States upon letters originating In
addressed to France snail he cents per ID glaie
or fraction of Is grammes. Independently OF IT,
charges mentioned above, fixed fee Of 25 cen
. tines or cents as the case may he, shall be leyie
r upon the unpaid letters.
In regard to the letters insuncientiy paid /
4 means OF postage stamps, they shall he treated
unpaid letters, saving deduction Of the amount
the pOstage-staIDps; but when the charge resultif
rom this deduction shall give fraction OF half IL
l. cine French, or of cent American, an entire ha
Of decline or cent as the case may he, shall he eVlt
for the traction.
ar Article ".
T. The public of the two countries may send letter
registered, from one country to the other.
The postage on such registered letteis must
N wa 5 be prepaid to destination.
to Every registered letter sent from France ana
f. gerla to the United states and its territories sha
er bear departu e, in addition to the postage app
cable to the ordinary paid letter OF the same weig
a fixed fee OF 80 centimes and, recprOcally, eve
registered letter sent from the United States al
"a its territories to France and algeria shall bear
w departure, in idltlOn TO postage applicable 70
- p4ld letter OF the same weight, fixed fee OF
~ cents.
NJ Samples OF merchandise or of grains, photograph
engravings. and Autographs, periodicals, sewed
H. bound books, pamph. cts, sheets OF smu ic, cat
ri logues, prospectnses, announcements, and vario
m circulars prin ed, engraved, Autographed or aut
nk graphed, which shall be sent either from Fran
rd and geria to the United States and rs terrific 1t
France and Algeria, must be prepaid, on both sid
by The rats OF prepayment shall be fixed by I
x X governm Mt OF the country OF origin.
81" Article VI.
)se Each administration shall retain the whole am
be of the sums which II shall have collected by autho
ng ty of articles III ~, and preceding.
IL Is formally agreed, between he Two contra
ing parties that oh ects as are desig lated
,la the sal article, which shall have been prepaid
nf destination, cannn under any pretext or title VIII
,en ever be subjected In the ountry OF destin tion
nes any po tage to tse charge OF the address
in Article VII.
The two administrations may feciprOcalY dell
In open mails or mary letters and printed matter
ias all kinds coming from or addressed to the countI
nee to which they respectfully Us Intermediate
liz ed to such of those countries to which the pa m
of ordinary letters can b. effected to destination
he Tnis delivery shall take place according to the
i'm | lowing arrangements;
The correspondence exchanged between Fra
NV | or Algeria and the countries to which the Uni
" States serve Intermediates shall be made q
be ject TO the following settlements;
a. LIST. To the payment by the French iminis
ana tion, to the American administrat on when the
lip tage shall be collected in France or algeria,
20 rate OF postage equal to that which Ia paid by
be- inhabitants OF tne united states tor te corresp
ned dence which they exchange with the same 90
lis tries.
he I'd. To the payment by the American adminls
ton TO the French administration when the p
age shall be collected In the countries to which
United States serve as Intermediates, of Il rate
mu- French postage Of certs per 10 Rrammes or 4
the tlon of 10 grammes for ordinary letters, of CT
and per 10 grammes or fraction of 10 grammes for
or lstered letters, and cent per ~ grammes (
fur ton OF 40 grammes for printed matter of all Xii
any . Recipr Jcaly the correspondence exchange d
the tween the United States and the countries 10 wi
France serves as intermediary, shall be made
rieS ieCt to the following Settlemente