Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 16.djvu/871

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POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. AUG. 9 80 SEPT. 5, 1867. 837 DETAILED REGULATIONS Arranged between the General P0st—O_jice of the United Kingdom of Aug- 9 & Sept. Great Britain and Irdand and the General Post-Office of tfze United gaping laggtprzca for the Execution of the Convention of the 18th day Shep;,,? Siam] Anrrcnn I. The following shall be the regulations for the exchange Exchange of of mails between the British and the United States Post-Oihces ; -- m“u’· 1. The office of London shall exchange mails with the offices of Bos- London. ton, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco. 2. The office of Liverpool shall exchange mails with the offices of Bos- Liverpool. ton, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco. 3. The office of Southampton shall exchange mails with the offices of Southampton. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. 4. The office of Dublin shall exchange mails with the offices of Boston, Dublin. New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco. 5. The office of Cork shall exchange mails with the offices of New Cork. York and San Francisco. 6. The office of Londonderry shall exchange mails with the offices of Londonderry. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco. 7. The office of Glasgow shall exchange mails with the offices of GMS0W- Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Dctroit, Chicago, and San Francisco. 8. The office of Bermuda shall exchange mails with the offices of Bos- Bermuda. ton and New York, via Halifax (Nova Scotia). 9. The office of New York shall send mails to the British packet office New York. at St. Thomas (West Indies). 10. The British packet ofhoc at Panama (United States of Colombia) Panama. shall exchange mails with the offices of New York and San Francisco. 11. The office of New York shall send mails to the British packet New York. office at Colon. 12. The office of New York shall send mails to the British packet office at San Juan (Porto Rico). Anricuz II. The correspondence forwarded in the mails from the of- traiés to ago fice of Bermuda to the offices of Boston and New York, and vice versa, *"°‘“· °""°“ “` shall not give rise to any account between the British and the United States Post-Oflices. Each office shall levy its own rates of postage. _ ARTICLE III. '1`he mails which are sent from the office of New York Ncl:€**$zg°£ Sbto the British packet office at St. Thomas shall comprise correspondence Thomas, passing between the United States of America and the British and Foreign West Indies. Upon the correspondence despatched from New York to St. Thomas, addressed to any foreign port in the West Indies, the United States Post- Oiiice shall account to the British Post·Ofiice at the rate of four pence per halfiounce for letters, and one penny each for newspapers. P The mails which are exchanged between the British packet officelat m_;’;’*‘,‘f,;Q;‘ Y:;?,; Panama and the offices of New York and San Francisco shall comprise my gm Fm,. ’ correspondence passing between the states on the western const of South cisco. America or the British colonies of Australia and New Zealand and the United States of America.