POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Duc. 15, 1848. 967 addition of twenty-five per cent. on the amount of postage, to compensate the loss that would otherwise be sustained by this mode of computation. Aivrrcnn X. The country which sends or receives closed mails through the other, Accounts of is to render an account of the letters and newspapers sent or received in such closed mails, and to account to such country for the postage to be kept and due thereon. ¥°¤d€F¢d· Arvrrcnn XI. Letters posted in the United States, addressed to foreign countries, Transit letters and intended to pass in transit through the United Kingdom, shall be Qg EE0 ddlgffgg delivered to the British post-office free of all United States postage, Hoes of peitner whether packet or inland; and letters from foreign countries addressed °°'m"Y frss °f to the United States, passing in transit through the United Kingdom, P°wg°' shall be delivered to the United States post-ofxice free of all British postage, whether packet or inland. In the case of those countries to which letters cannot be forwarded Transit letters unless the British postage be paid in advance, such British postage °“ "'hi°hb P°S'>· shall be collected in the United States, (in addition to the United ;¥fmst 8pm` States rates of postage,) and accounted for to the British post-office. In the cae of those countries to which letters cannot be forwarded unless the United States postage be paid in advance, such United States postage shall be collected in the United Kingdom, (in addition to the British postage,) and accounted for to the United States post-office. Anmronn XII. The rate of postage to be taken by the British post-oliice upon let- rms of gm. ters arriving in the United Kingdom from the United State , either by Qi? M tl; fit- British or by United States packets, and to be forwarded through the };,_,£°f5f° gig; United Kingdom to colonies or possessions of the United Kingdom, or from the United of the United States, or to foreign countries-—and vice versa-- shall S°“°‘· &°· be the same as the rate which is now, or which may hereafter be, taken by the British post-office upon letters to or from such colonies or possessions, or foreign countries respectively, when posted at the port of arrival or delivered at the port of departure of the packets gonveying the mails between the United Kingdom and the United tates. The above postage is irrespective of and beyond the inland rate to be taken in the United States upon such letters, if posted or delivered therein, according to the stipulations of Article II. of this convention, 6 and also irrespective of and beyond the sea rate upon such letters 'pay· able according to the stipulations of Article I. The rate of postage to be taken by the United States post-oflicc R gggihgibgaifi upon letters arriving in the United States, either by British or by United gates p,,,,;.,,;;,,,, States packets, from the United Kingdom, and to be forwarded through ¤¤trs3si¢1¢¢tqrs the United States, to the colonies or possessions of the United States, z‘;,‘:°‘&;°’°‘t Bm` or of the United Kingdom, or to those territories which, according to the law of the United States, are beyond the limit of their established post routes, or to foreign countries- and vice versa-shall be the same as the rate which is now, or which may hereafter be, taken by the United States post-office upon letters conveyed, whether by sea or land, to or from such colonies, possessions, territories, or foreign countries respectively, when posted at the port of arrival or delivered at the port of departure of the packets conveying the mails between the United States and the United Kingdom. Von. IX. Tran. - 20
