For every single unpaid letter originating in such countries or colonies, and addressed to the United Kingdom, the sum of 3 silver groschen.

The British Post Office shall further pay to the Prussian Post Office upon this class of letters, the rate paid by the inhabitants of the States of the German Postal Union for letters having the same origin or destination, from which rate, however, the portion representing the German postage shall be first deducted.

The conditions under which letters sent in transit through the German Postal Union, to or from the United Kingdom, shall be exchanged between the British Post Office and the Prussian Post Office, in conformity with the foregoing stipulations, are shown in Table A annexed to this Convention.

XI. The Prussian Post Office shall pay to the British Post Office for the territorial conveyance, through the United Kingdom, of letters forwarded in open mails, in transit through the United Kingdom, to or from countries or colonies beyond sea, viz.:

For every single paid letter originating in the German Postal Union, and addressed to such countries or colonies, the sum of 3d. For every single unpaid letter originating in such countries or colonies, and addressed to the German Postal Union, 4d.

The Prussian Post Office shall further pay to the British Post Office upon this class of letters, the rate paid by the inhabitants of the United Kingdom for letters having the same origin or destination, from which rate, however, the sum of 1d. shall be first deducted, in all cases where such rate includes the British inland rate.

The conditions under which letters sent in transit through the United Kingdom, to or from the German Postal Union shall be exchanged between the Prussian Post Office and the British Post Office, in conformity with the foregoing stipulations, are shown in Table B annexed to this Convention.

XII. The British Post Office may deliver to the Prussian Post Office registered letters addressed to any of the States of the Gerinan Postal Union.

Reciprocally, the Prussian Post Office may deliver to the British Post Office registered letters addressed to the United Kingdom.

The postage of registered letters shall always be paid in advance. A fee, or additional charge, the amount of which the despatching office shall fix, may be levied over and above the postage to which such letters are liable, but no postage, duty, or tax, other than that for delivery, referred to in Article IX preceding, shall be levied on the delivery of registered letters forwarded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the German Postal Union, or vice versa.

The British Office shall account to the Prussian Office for onehalf the registration fee levied upon registered letters posted in the United Kingdom, and a like sum upon registered letters passing in transit through the United Kingdom, addressed to the German Postal Union; and the Prussian Office shall account to the British Office for one-half the registration fee levied upon registered letters posted in the German Postal Union, and a like sum upon registered letters passing in transit through the German Postal Union addressed to the United Kingdom.

XIII. The British Post Office may further deliver to the Prussian Post Office registered letters addressed to Russia and Russian Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy (the Papal States excepted). All places in Turkey in which Austria maintains Post Offices (Alexandretta, Latakia, Mersina, and Tripoli excepted).

And the Prussian Post Office may further deliver to the British Post Office registered letters addressed to the United States of America (including California and Oregon) to Liberia, or to the British Colonies of India, Malta, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, the British West Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, Natal, Ceylon, Mauritius, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Bermuda, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Sierra Leone, Gambia, the Gold Coast and the Falkland Islands.

In addition to the postage due to the Prussian Post Office, and to half the fee levied for the registration between the United Kingdom and the German Postal Union, the British Post Office shall account to the Prussian Post Office for the sum of 4d. per half ounce upon every registered letter addressed to Russia, Russian Poland, or Italy.

Upon registered letters addressed to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, or any of the places in Turkey in which Austria maintains Post Offices, the British Post Office shall account to the Prussian Post Office for the same amount of fee as upon registered letters addressed to the German Postal Union.

On its side, the Prussian Post Office shall account to the British Post Office, in addition to the postage due to the British Post Office, and to half the fee levied for the registration between the German Postal Union and the United Kingdom, for the sum of 5 silver groschen upon every registered letter addressed to any of the countries or colonies above enumerated.

XIV. Subject to the following conditions, book packets, including under that designation newspapers and printed papers of every kind, may be sent from the States of the German Postal Union to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at such [1861-62. LII.] 4 E

rates of postage as may be fixed from time to time by the German Post Offices, and from the United Kingdom to the States of the German Postal Union at such rates of postage as may be fixed from time to time by the British Post Office :

1. The postage must be prepaid.

2. Book packets, insufficiently prepaid by means of postage stamps, shall be charged with double the amount of the deficiency. The produce of this charge shall be retained by the office which collects it.

3. Every packet must be sent either without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides, so as to admit of the examination of its contents.

4. A book packet may contain any number of separate books or other publications, prints, or maps, whether printed, engraved, or lithographed, and whether on paper, parchment, or vellum, as also photographs on paper, parchment, or vellum; further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, publication, &c., or of a portion thereof, shall be allowed, whether such -binding, &c., be loose or attached; as also rollers in the case of prints or maps, markers (whether of paper or otherwise), in the case of books, and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of literary or artistic matter or usually appertains thereto; but no patterns or books of patterns (unless these consist merely of paper), shall be allowed.

5. No book packet may contain any writing, figures, or manual marks whatsoever.

6. No book packet must exceed 2 feet British in length, width, or depth, or 3 pounds Prussian in weight.

XV. In exception to the stipulations of Article XIV preceding, it is agreed that ordinary corrections in writing shall be allowed in the case of book packets containing unbound proof sheets only.

XVI. The British Post Office shall pay to the Post Office of Prussia, on such of the book packets mentioned in Article XIV preceding as shall originate in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as on prepaid book packets passing in transit through the United Kingdom, the sum of 5d. per Prussian pound net weight.

The Post Office of Prussia on its side shall pay to the British Post Office, on such of the book packets mentioned in Article XIV preceding as shall originate in the German Postal Union, as well as on prepaid book packets passing in transit through the German Postal Union, the sum of 4 silver groschen per Prussian pound net weight for the entire service to be rendered by the British Post Office, and 4d. per Prussian pound in repayment of the transit rate to be paid to Belgium.

It is understood, however, that payment of the transit rate due to Belgium on the book packets in question may be made directly by the Prussian Post Office to the Post Office of Belgium, and, in such case, the sum to be paid to the British Post Office will be 4 silver groschen only per Prussian pound.

XVII. No postage whatever shall be charged by the German Post Offices upon the delivery of book packets originating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or upon prepaid book packets passing in transit throughout the United Kingdom, and addressed to the States of the German Postal Union : and, in like manner, no postage whatever shall be charged by the British Post Office upon the delivery of book packets originating in the States of the German Postal Union, or upon prepaid book packets passing in transit through the German Postal Union, and addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

It is nevertheless understood that this provision does not in any way invalidate the right either of the British Office or of the German Offices to refuse to deliver newspapers or other printed papers, the importation of which may be prohibited by the laws and regulations of the country to which they are forwarded.

So long as any stamp duty, fee for delivery, or other charge is levied in any State of the German Postal Union upon newspapers or other printed papers forwarded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, addressed to such State and prepaid to destination, the whole amount of such stamp duty, fee for delivery, or other charge shall be paid over by the Prussian Post Office to the British Post Office.

XVIII. The Post Office of Prussia shall pay to the British Post Office for the conveyance across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of book packets in transit which the British Post Office shall convey through its territory on account of the Post Office of Prussia, the sum of 5d. per Prussian pound, net weight.

The Post Office of Prussia shall further pay to the British Post Office for the sea conveyance of book packets which shall be conveyed, on acccount of the Post Office of Prussia, by British mail packets or by private ships leaving or arriving at the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the sum of 5d. per Prussian pound, net weight.

In consideration of the expense incurred by the British Post Office for the conveyance of mails across the Isthmus of Suez or the Isthmus of Darien, the Post Office of Prussia shall further pay to the British Post Office for book packets which the Post Office of Prussia shall forward or receive by British mail packets and by way of either Isthmus, viz:

For the conveyance of book packets across the Isthmus of Suez, a transit rate of 4d. per Prussian pound net weight.

For the conveyance of book packets across the Isthmus of Darien, a transit rate of 1s. per Prussian pound, net weight.

Reciprocally the British Post Office shall pay to the Post Office of Prussia for the conveyance across the territory of the German Postal Union of book packets in transit which the Post Office of Prussia shall convey through the territory of the Union, on account of the British Post Office, the sum of 5d. per Prussian pound, net weight.

The British Post Office shall further pay to the Post Office of Prussia for the sea conveyance of book packets by German packets other than those plying between Prussian ports and other ports in the Baltic, the sum of 2d. per Prussian pound, net weight.

XIX. The Post Office of Prussia engages to grant the transit through the territory of the German Postal Union, from the frontier of Belgium to any part of the German frontier, or vice versâ, as well as the conveyance by German mail packets or private ships departing from or arriving at ports of the German Postal Union, of the closed mails which the British Post Office may exchange in either direction, by way of Germany, with India, or Australia, Russia or Russian Poland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Constantinople, Smyrna, or the Ionian Islands.

The Prussian Post Office further engages to grant the transit of British closed mails through the territory of Turkey, whether by land or water, or partly one and partly the other, so long as German closed mails can be sent through the Turkish territory.

The British Post Office on its side engages to grant the transit through the British territory, as well as the conveyance by British mail packets or private ships departing from or arriving at ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the closed mails which the Prussian office may exchange in either direction, by way of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with the United States of North America.

XX. The British Post Office shall pay to the Prussian Post Office for transit through the territory of the German Postal Union of letters and book packets comprised in the closed mails which the British office may send or receive, by way of Germany, in accordance with Article XIX preceding, the sum of 4d. per ounce, British, of letters, net weight, and the sum of 5d. per pound, Prussian, of book packets, also net weight.

XXI. The British Post Office shall pay to the Prussian Post Office for the conveyance through Turkey, whether by land or by water, or partly one and partly the other, as well as for the sea conveyance by German mail packets or private ships (other than those plying between Prussian ports and other ports in the Baltic),