The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-10-22
ARTICLE 2.

1 Liz TCIbtlOlS UctMCcu tIlt L Ec1lCu CACiidiUC-
| Offices and the American exchange-offices shall
| be established in the following manner, viz :.
| By the a0ay IF the French nnailpackets.-T
offices of Paris, Havre, and Best shall cor
respond with the Office of New York. 9ia
By the nag of the packets Of the Hamburg
| la.e.-The offices OF Paris and Hayre shall
make ND mails for the office of New York. and
( the office Of New York shall make mp mails
for the offices of Paris, Havre, and Cherbourg.
By the acay Of England. The offices of Par
is and Havre and the travelling offices Of Paris
to Calais and lille to Calais shall correspond
| with the offices OF Boston and New York.
ARTICLE 3.
In conformity with Article Of the conven-
ton of 2Sth April, 1874, the postal alministra-
ton Of tile United States shall pay, on account
OF the postal administration OF France, the ex-
penses of the intermediary TRANSPORTATION of
the mails wllicl, shall be sent from France to
the United States, as well by means OF the
Hamburg packets navigating between 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. s. .e
These expenses shall be reimbursed by the
| postal administration Of France to the postal
administration OF the United States, As follows
! 1st At the rate OF 80 centlmes per thirty
grammes of letters. and so confines per kilo-
! eramme of samples Of merchandise or printed
| matter. for such of the said mails as shall be
| forwarded by means OF the Hamburg packets.
| 3D. At the rate of A confines per thirty
grammes of letters and ono franc per kilo-
/ gIamme Of samples OF merchandise OF prlnted
| matter, for such OF the said mails as shall be
| forwarded by the way of England and the
packets used for the conveyance OF the CORES
| pondence between England and the United
States. VIZ st.,g..
| On its side, the postal administration OF
| France shall assure. on account OF the postal
administration OF the Unitc, States the inter
meliary transportation of 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 for this transportation to the
| postal administration OF France the same rates
| per thirty gllnlnlas Of letters and per, klo-
granme Of samples OF merchandise or printed
matter. as those at which the intermediary
| transportation is herelnabove fixed. by f1aln-
burg packets, of the mails from France Tor tlle
! United States. .et var glea 81
ARTICLE T. '' ea.i. -
The correspondence exchanged between -the
postal administration OF France AND the postal
administration Of the United States shall be
| forwarded in conformity with able A, annex
ed to the present. regulations. 49,, s, 8.
Afif5 f-tif fA yes
~ ~ ARTICLE 5.,!eaesa alsesa
CORRESPONDENTS sent in transit III open mail,
COZ formally to Article VII of the convention
| OF 18th April. 1871 shall be exchanged between
| the postal administration OF France anu the
postal administration OF the United States on
| the conditions respectfully fixed by the said
| article and BY tables 3 and G, annexed to TIVE
| present regulations. +. ,ki..s~
The postage charges which the two aniniss
| tratiol,S shall have mutually to carry to az
| count for this correspondence shall be stasef
by the tlispatcAns axcAen gs-oficeS in ortinl-
| nv figures and uniformly OH the upper left side
/ OF the address as, follows:
| In red ink, Oh prepaid objects entered BY
the dispatchng Office to the credit OF the cor
responding office. at- - -
In black ink on unpaid objects entered by
the dispatciliny office to the debit OF the cor
| responding Office. ff
ARTICLE 6. --,, .e..4t 4, =.
Registered letters. which shall be reciprocal
" forwarded by the postal administrations OF
| France and the United States. shall be marked,
on the side of the address, with stamp, bear
ing in red ink the word 'sCharge,, ''orlth, word
.'Registered," as the case MAJ be. "a
ia ARTICLE Z. 'l@sai at sss5si,i9
| Ordinary letters req isteradl letters, samples
Of mhrchlndisn, and printed matter, sent eth
| f.r from the offices depending upon the postal
administration of France for the Unitel States
and the countries to which the United States
us intermediary, from the offices de-
| pending upon the postal administration OF tae
OF the United States for France, Algeria, an 7
the countries to which France serves as inter
meeliary, shall BE- marked OIL the side OF the
address with stamp, indicating the date OF
mailing and the place OF origin.
| l.
ARTICLE s.
The postal administration OF the United
States shall canseto be placed on the address OF
the prepaid objects which the American ex-
eil;,.lgs.-otiicas shall be forwarded to the French
excaansr-oftlces the impression. iii red ink, OF
the stamp Paid" ,s,tsss. .stsai
On its side, the postal ADMINISTRATION Of
France shall cause to be placed the impression.
la red ink the stamp"P. ID upon the OBJ
jects prepaid to ,lest nation; and of the stamp
''P. r." upon objects prepaid by the complh-
sion to any limit whatever OF their course,
which shall be forwarded by the French eX-
chnnge-offices to the American exchange Off
ces A-. aati: 5eBsG.z 10 z.+ =.
The stamp Acknowledgement i,asn6Ssaat,' .
or ..Insa1icie lii pY.epuid,'' as the case may
BE-. shall be placed upon letters insuflicentlE
paid + :
Each of the mails exchanged between the
postal administrations OF the two countries
shah be accompanied by II letter bill, III OIL
wiicsl the exchange-offices shall state with the
classifications established by the convention Of
18th April, 1874. as follows; 4 ea4s4.lal
LIST. The natr" and number OF the objects
which the mail shall contain.
2l. The number of single rates relating to
the co respontence OF the one OF the two couIl-
tries for the other
| 3l. The Weights or sums to be carried to ac-
count for each class of correspondence. ,ss. d.
II . oaica to wl,ic,, the mail shall be address
> snail acknowledge the receipt thereof to the
d. catching Office BY the first mail tliereafter
sie Ytter-bils and acknowledgements af re-
seipt IF the French eNcliange-otfices shall con
form 10 ttatnlais . a;sd e, annexed to the
ptossn' regulations. 81.
/ ih inFj.ls II t!t. lctt+i'-bill and acknowledge
mt Of receipt. of which the Aineiicat eN-
e!i4liwt.-oHics sail make. i$t ~ ii' relations
with the Ers.ucli rNela i;s--osiicH:, n'st accord
With the models h~r.ilabava dHsiSnatetl.. - "a
ARTICLE 10. sd] -T Isl
The cfrresno.ltl;.ilea described in the letter
bin shall ne divided Into as ma Y packets as
this correspondence will admit of lines or
special articles.
Ea,.. packet shall be placed under Il label. in
catir the nature and the weish OF the cor
raspondYnee as well Us the number OF objects
land the number OF sin.lerttrs or the sllS, as
NOD, II, ta Inf