812 POSTAL CON VENTION-FRANCE. APRIL 28, 1874. istered letters, and of 1 cent per 40 grammera or fraction of 40 gramnies for rinted matter of all kinds. ~ Rieciprocally the correspondence exchanged between the United States and the countriesto which France serves as intermediary, shall be made sub'ect to the following settlements: . _ lst. To the payment by the American administration to the French administration, when the postage shall be collected in the United States, of a rate of postage equal to that which is paid by the inhabitants of France and Algeria for correspondence which they exchange with the same countries. 2d. To the payment by the French administration to the American administration, when the postage shall be collected in the countries to which France serves as intermediary, of an American rate of postage of 20 centimes per 15 grammes or fraction of 15 grammes for ordinary letters; and of 40 centimes per 15 grammes or traction of 15 grammes for registered letters, and of 5 cgnliimes (per 40 grammes or fraction of 40 grammes or printed matter o a 1 kin s. ‘ The correspondence exchan ged between the countries to which France serves as intermediary and the countries to which__the United States serve as intermediaries, shall be made subject to the following settlements: lst. To the payment by the French administration to the American administration, if the postage on the correspondence is collected in the countries to which France serves as intermediary, of a rate of `_ postage equal to the postage paid by the inhabitants of the United States for the eggrrespogdence which they exchange with the countries to which the nite `tates serve as intermediaries. 2d. To the payment by the American administration to the French administration, if the postage on the correspondence is collected in the countries to which the United States serve as intermediaries, of a rate of postage equal to that paid by the inhabitants of France and Algeria for the correspondence whlich they exchange with the countries to which France serves as interme iary. The expenses of intermediate transportation between France and the United States of the correspondence to which apply the provisions of the present article shall be defrayed by that of the two postal administrations of France or of the United States by which, or on the side of which, the postage shall be collected. S=»¤¤rl¢¤ ¤f mer- Anrrorn VIII. chandiso, conditions M w- Samples of merchandise shall not be admitted to the benefits of a reduced rate, unless they are in themselves of no commercial value, unless they are placed under band, Br in such a manner as to leave no doubt of their nature, and unless they ear no other writing by the hand than the phOt(.,,,,,,,],S and address, a mark of fabric or of the merchant, numbers of order, and printed matter. price. In order to benefit by a reduced rate, the photographs and printed matter mentioned in Articles V and VII should also be placed under band, and bear no writing, figure, on sign whatever, made by hand, except the address, the signature of thesender, or a date. The samples of merchandise, photographs, and printed matter which do not fulfill the conditions mentioned above, or which have not been prepagd tp the fixed limit, shall be considered as letters, and charged accor ing y. It is understood that the provisions contained in_the._ present article, and in Articles V and VII preceding; do not impairiin any manner the right of the postal administrations of the two countries not to permit upon their respective territories the transportation and distribution of photographs, lithographs, engravings, and printed matter, which are not in accordance with the laws, ordinances, or decrees which regulate the conditiogs of their publication and circulation both in France and in the United tates.
