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890 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. FEB. 22 & lldmzcu 8, 1861. Additional Articles to the Postal Oonvention of March. 2, 1857, between the General Post-Office of the United States of America and the General Post- Oyfce of lthance. F€b¤‘¤¤*‘Y 22 Md Anrrcnn I. Independently of the correspondence which shall be exiillgl-2-ggé changed between the post-offices of the two countries by the roun-s be y;,:,:Jd6§`b; pointed out in Article I. of the convention of March two, one thousand g tb¤_C¤nadi¤n eight hundred and fifty-seven, those offices shall mutually forward from mm l’“'°k°"‘ one to the other letters, newspapers, and printed papers of all kinds, by A,,,,,p_8·,1_ pho Campdian mail pplclgets pliyirig between Liverpool and Portland, or etween iverpoo an nver u oup. _9¤rf¤i¤ fpm- ARTICLE II. The provisions of Articles II., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X,, Zf;$Q:,‘{;n°,‘,;,m€” XI., XII., XIV., XV., and XVI., of the convention of March two, one apply, &c. thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, concerning letters exchanged between the French Post.-Othee and the United States Post-Oflice by British Ame, pp. 871- packets and other British steam-vessels performing regular service be- 875- tween the ports of Great Britain and the ports of the United States, shall apply to letters which shall be exchanged between the two post-offices by the route pointed out in the precedinv article. b E;¤h¤¤E¤*£ Amrorn III. The exchange of dorrespondence between the French ,,§m,'°j°°g W M and United States Post-Otlice Departments shall take place through the following post-officesz -- ON THE SIDE OF FRANCE. 1. Havre. 3. The travelling office from Paris 2. Paris. ·to Calais. ON THE SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. 1. New York. 4. Portland. 2. Boston. 5. Detroit. 3. Philadelphia. 6. Chicago. Relations be- ARTICLE IV. The relations between the French and the United States

',l',‘;‘;';,°,l‘g`f?;°g° exchange post-otiices, designated in the preceding article, shall be estabestablished. lished in the following manner : —

lst. The Havre office shall correspond with the New York, Boston, and Philadelphia offices as well by the packets and other steam-vessels plying between Havre and New York, as by the United States mail packets, the British packets, and other British steam-vessels, and the gopadian gapfltets ppsrfoprpflnglaéegulgtrsservice btigweendthelports of (Crea; ri am an e por o e United States or iver u .0up; an wit the Portland, Detroit, and Chicago offices,, by the Canadian packets ply- ing between Great Britain and Portland, or River du Loup. 2d. The Paris office and the travelling office from Paris to Calais shall cprrespond with the New York, Boston, and Philadelphia offices by tho United States mail packets, the British packets and other British steam vessels, and the Canadian packets performingregular service between the ports ot Great Britain and the ports of the United States, or Rrver du Loup; and with the Portland, Detroit, and Chicago offices by the