Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
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The undersigned having met together for the pur-
pose oil e1ehanging the Iaticatons Of the convention
concluded at the city Of Washington on tho fifteenth
day Of March, in .he year of our Lord thousand
eight hundred and seyenty;three between His Males
States of North America concerning the exchange Of
correspondence between the United States Of North
America and the United Kingdoms Of Sweden and
Norway, and the respective Publications of tho said
convention having been carefully compared and
found to agree exactly one with the other and both
with the original Of the said convention the exchange
has this day been efeoted in the usual form.
In witness whereof the undersigned have signed tho
present certificate Of exchange, and have affixed
thereto the seals Of their arms.
Done at Stockholm the 10Th day of May, 1873
q. T.. ANDREWS sEALI
o. NJ. BJORNsTJERNA. SEAL
Detailed regulations agreed upon between tho Post.
Office Of the United States and the Postal Administa.
tOn oil Sweden for the execution of the convention Of
Of Amersca and the United Kingdoms of Sweden and
Norway.
ARTICLE l.
The American exchange Offices Of New York and
Chicago shall make up mails for the Swedish exchanp,
offices Of Gdteborg the travelling post-oIice Mol
between GItebors and Stockholm, and the travelling
post-ofce No. between Mamj and Falk6png.
Ihe lettor shall make up mails for the exchange
Table A, hereto annexed Indicates tho correspond.
ence to be distributed to each exchange Office
ARTICLE II.
Each mail exchanged between the respective Offices
hostages and the charges Of transit the fees &C. ac
cruing to each office upon the different kinds
The form Of this lOtter-bill shall follow tho models
81 and ~ hereto annexed, and shall be consecuvely
numbered by the despatchng Office during each quar-
ter OF the calendar year.
The receiving Office shall acknowledge its receipt by
the mex: dispatch.
ARTICLE Ill.,
me exchange offices shall divide the correspondence
which they dispatch into suitable number Of sepa
packages q
Each Of these packages shall bear the proper Ell.
quette ano numbers corresponding TO the letter-bl
ARTICLE w.
When moro than a single rate is chargeabe upon
any letter or other article the number of rates TO
which II Is subject shall be indicated by the dispatch
dress.
ARTICLE V.
Registered correspondence shall be described in n
annexed.
All registered letters and the registerlist shall be
enyeloPed together. in strong paper, and securely
fastened, and tho packet plainly inscribed with the
word Registered" or "RskOmmeHderas," and placed
The blank in the list for expressing
the number Of registered articles shall be Allied in let
tiers and figures expressing the number. In case no
registered articles sent the proper blank OF the
etter.bill shall be filed with the word "Nhi," or
ARTICLE VI
The regstersts dispatched shall DO retained by the
rebeivng office, which office shall acknowledge by tho
FIRST mail the receipt Of the registered articles
ically FROM No.. TO No..
Ii tne NefuCat0n by the exchange once disclose
error any Kind IN the regsterst, II shall be, ass
by the first mail notified to the dispatching Office.
ARTICLE VII.
The two administrations mutually engage 10 take
all neednl for tho careful transmission Of
registered eorresPSndsdce and for pursuing it when
ards the other any pecunary responsibility in of
loss.
ARTICLE VIII.
All letters exchanged between the several offices
shall indicate by stamp writing thereon, the office
of origin and the unpaid letters exchanged shall
also 10 stamped with the name OF the dispaching Office
Correspondence fully paid to destination shall be
den "Frdnko."
Registered articles shall be stamped "Rsgistered" in
the United States and "RskOmHsRd In Sweden.
Correspondence insulicently paid shall be stamped
in the United states "Ins6ieisHHy paid" and in Swe
6cent postage expressed in figures, (black) on the
face.
Correspondence dispatched by a direct line between
the respective countries shall be stamped "Dheet
service, or Service direct"
When dispatched via England or via Germany and
Denmark il shall DO stamped to indicate British or
German and Danish transit.
ARTICLE TX.
The respective Postal Administrations are mutually
TO furnish each other with lists stating the foreign
countries to which the foreign postage and amount
thereof must be ptely prepaid or can be Iet nm
paid aud until such lists are furnished neither coun
try Is 10 mail 10 the other any correspondence for
foreign countries beyond the country to which tho
Such lists shall also indicate the foreign countries
with which registered correspondence may be
changed In the open mails between the several Offices
and the conditions thereof.
ARTICLE X.
Tho respective exchange offices shall mark in red
ink in the upper corner of the address, the right
hand OF prepaid letters sent for transit the open
mail the amount Of the extranationsl postage due
the country through which tho same iorw arded;
and in the same manner and place, but In black ink
shall mark the amount of the extra national postage
due TO the forwarding country upon the unpaid letters
sent in tronslt.
ARTICLE NJ.
Articles under band which do no conform to the
conditions mentioned in Articla 1 Ioft ha
or which are In no part prepaid shall be retained by
the administration Of origin, and shall remain subject
to its disposal
Letters originating in or destined for, foreign
tno PSg SWEDEN SnS the
sufficiently paid, shall be transmitted as wholly un-
paid, and no eceopnt taken between the respective
administrations Of the amount prepaid.
ARTICLE XIII.
Letters and all registered articles not deliverable
shall he respectively returned 10 the dspat ching Ad-
ministr9ton at the end of every month"; (seo exhibits
ID and D2) but all other articles Of correspondence
ivsred shall be retained at tho disposition of the re-
The unpaid hostages on the letters so returned shall
be deducted from the account against the office origin
ally charged herewith.
The prepaid hostages the letters returned shall
remain In the accOuht as originally entered.
The expense Of transit Of unpaid correspondence
which has been transported by either administration
ing ooe not deliverable shall DO deducted from the
original amount charged for tanpt upon declaration
No charge shall be made by either administration for
the transit Of correspondence returned as not deyera
BILE.
ARTICLE XIV.
All correspondence wrongly addressed or missent
shall no returned without delay by the receiving Office
" the exchange office which dispatched il.
The receiving office shall also correct accordingly,
n the column Of Verlhcation, the original entries Of
articles OF like nature addressed TO persons who have
changed their residence shall be mutually forwarded
or returned charged with tho rate that would have
been paid at the nTet destination.
ARTICLE XIV.
The dispatching exchange office shall state tho
the exact number OF single and weight OF letters
and the total weight q the other e9rresPondsnoo
ish or by the German and Danish transit.
ARTICLE XVI.
II is understood that tho accounts between the two
bills In the proper money Of the dispatching Office
but tho International postages on the unpaid letters,
or insueieny paid letters shall DO computed III tho
money Of the receiving eihce,
The reduction OF those shall be effected In the
general accounts at tho rate Of rKdaler 400 ore
Of sweden for one dollar OF the United states.
In entering on tho letter.bills the international
EeeeyInr once and ihe foreign charges ia the money
OF tho dspatohng oce the cent OF the United states
shall DO considered as tho equivalent of orc OF sWe
il is also understood that the quarterly accounts
shall be paid Te,PsSy1.y IN E9a and IN the dsnomi
ARTICLE XVII.
Tho quarterly accounts mentioned in article Of
Postal Administrations, They shall be based spon
the acknowledgements Of receipt, and shall respect
lively be prepared according to tb models III aud ",
hereto annexed.
reeapitulation Of these accounts, showing the
definite result Ake for the debit and the credit shall
DO prepared by the United Statos ofce according u
the form hereto annexed and marked and shall
then DO transmitted with the quarterly accounts On
which 1t Is based, for the examination of the other
ONCE.
Done In duplicate and signed at Stockholm this 3Oth
day OF May 1873, and a. Washington this 2ith day Of
June, 1879.
WILHELM ROOs. lsEALl
JhO. A. J. CRESWELL sEAL.
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