New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-20

| administration OF the CnlteO OtaGoS' "
intermediary transportation OF the mail
which shall be forwarded from the Unite
States to France by means OF the trenc
mail packets.
The postal administration Of the Unite
| States shall pay for this transportation
the postal administration of France tn
: same rates, per thirty grammes of letter
and per kiiogramme Of samples of me-
chandise or printed matter. as those
. which the Intermediary transportation
hereinabove fixed. by Hamburg packets. Q
the mails from France for the United States
ARTICLE ".
Tbs correspondence exchanged between
:he postal administration of France and tn
! oostal administration OF the United State
Shall be forwarded in conformity with tabl
A. annexed to the present regulations.
ARTICLE V.
Correspondence sent in transit. II ope;
mail. conformabiy to article seven OF IN.
convention Of twenty eighth OF April. Is. J
shall be exchanged between tho posta
administration of the United States on thu
conditions respectively fixed by the said
article and By tables Is and c, annexed t
the present regulations.
The postage charges which the two ad
ministrations shall have mutually to carry
to account for this correspondence shall be
stated by the dispatching exchange offices
in ordinary figures. and uniformly on the
upper left side Of the address. as follows:
In red ink. GA prepaid objects entered by
| the dispatching office 70 The credit OF the
| corresponding Office.
In black ink. en- unpaid objects entered
BY the dispatching office to the debit Of the
corresponding office.
ARTICLE VI.
| Registered letters. which shall be rec;p.
rocaliy forwarded by the postal administra.
! tions Of France and the United States. shall
be marked, on the side OF the address. with
a stamp. bearing in red ink the word
"Choryc," or the word "Re2isterei." ss the
| case may be.
Ordinary letters. registered letters, sam.
| pies of merchandise and printed matter
| sent either from the offices depending upon
| the postal administration OF France for the
I United States and the countries to which
the United States serves as intermediary.
! or from the offices depending upon tho
postal administration Of the United States
for France, Algeria. and the countries to
be marked on the side of the address with
a stamp, indicating the date OF mailing and
the place Of origin.
ARTICLE WI.
The postal administration of the United
States shall cause to be placed on the ad.
dress Of the prepaid objects which the
American exchange offices shall forward to
the French exchange offices the impression,
in red ink. Of the stamp "Paid."
On its side, the postal administration of
France shall cause to be placed the impress.
sion. in red ink. OF the stamp 'P. d." upon
the objects prepaid to destination; and OF
the stamp "P. Pr upon the objects pre-
paid by cOmpulsion - any limi, whatever
of their course. which shall be forwarded
by the French exchange offices to the
American exchange offices.
The stamp"I Acknowledgement nso3isoa,."
or "Insu6!cie"tly prepaid." as the case may
be. shall DO placed upon letters insult.
GENTLY paid.
Each Of the mails exchan yed bet ween the !
postal administers IONS of the two countries
shall be accompanied by letter bill, upon
which the exchange offices shall state. with !
the classifications established by the con. |
vention Of April %, 1874, as follows:
First-The nature and the number OF the |
objects which the mai. shall contain.
Second-The number of single rates re.
lating to the correspondence OF the one of |
the two countries for the other.
Third-The weights or sums to be carried |
to account for each class of correspondence.
The Office to which the mail shall be ad. |
dressed shall acknowledge the receipt there.
OF to the dispatctins Office by the first mail
thereafter.
The letter bills and acknowled smsnt. of
receipt of the French exchange c:ices shall!
conform to models ID and f. annexed 70 the
present regulations.
The forms Of the letter bill and acknowl.
edgment of receipt, of which the American
exchange offices shall make use in their
relations with the French exchange offices,
must accord witL the models hereinabove
ARTICLE K.
The correspondence described in the !e:-
ter bill shall be divided into as many pack.
cts as this correspondence will admit of
lines or special articles.
Each packet shall be placed under label,
the nature aud the weight of the |
az well as the number of |
objects and the humble. of single rates or
the sums, as the case may be. inscribed up.
On the letter bill.
ARTICLE xi.
Registered letters shall bs entered by
names on the letter bill Of the dispatching
office, with all the details which this bill
allows.
These letters shall form special packet,
covered with an envelope of white paper,
sealed or all the folds by means of the sea!
II the dispatching Office, and surrounded !
~ string placed crOsswise. The ends Of
his string shall be attached to the bottom
IT the letter bill by means Of a gum seal.
The letter bill must bear the stamp
'Charge.' or ''Reyistered." whenever the
nail shall contain one or more registered
etters.
ARTICLE XII.
Every mail, after having been tied up in.
erlOrly, must be envelOped in gray paper
n suihclent quantity to resist the friction,
hen tied exteriOrly and sealed with wax. |
With the impression Of the office seal.
The string which shall surround a mail
xterioriy must always De without knot.
ARTICLE XIII.
In case that. on the day fixed for the dis. |
atch OK the mails. an exchange Office
hould have no object to address to the cor.
office. this exchange office must
evertAeless send. IN the ordinary form. a
lall. which shall contain only u negative
,tter bill.
ARTICLE XIV.
The postage or charge upon letters that
ave become dead, from whatever cause.
Inch the two administrations shall return |
each other. by virtue of article thirteen
My be admitted in release Ut the admins.
'atlon to which these letters shall have
cen originally transmitted, so far as the |
'ndition Of their seals shall not give rea.
IN to suppose that they have been opened.
However, scurrilous letters and those
called decoy letters. may be
'mprised and admitted in the dead matter
'ciprOcally returned, even though these
tiers may have been opened.
ARTICLE XIV.
Letters not claimed, addressed pos,e.
in hot