tions upon which shall be transmitted, by means of the British mail-packets, and by way of the Isthmus of Suez, the correspondence forwarded from France and Algeria, and from the countries the correspondence of which is transmitted through France, for the British possessions, and vice versa.
It is understood that the arrangements which may be made in virtue of the present Article, as well as those fixed by the preceding Articles XV, XVI, XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXV, and XXVIII, may be modified by the two Offices whenever those two Offices mutually see the necessity for such modification.
ARTICLE XXXII.
The Government of Her Britannic Majesty promises to do all in its power to enable the French Post Office to procure for the French public the option of receiving and sending, unpaid, or paid to destination, letters coming from the East Indies, or addressed to the East Indies; taking, as the basis of such arrangements, the combined rates of the British and East Indian offices applicable to the correspondence of the inhabitants of Great Britain.
ARTICLE XXXIII.
Ordinary or registered letters, newspapers, gazettes, periodical works, and printed papers of every kind misdirected or mis-sent, shall be reciprocally returned without delay, through the respective Offices of exchange, for the same weight and amount of postage at which they were charged by the dispatching Office to the other Office.
The articles of a like nature addressed to persons who have changed their residence shall be mutually forwarded or returned, charged with the rate that would have been paid by the receivers.
ARTICLE XXXIV.
Ordinary or registered letters, newspapers, gazettes, periodical works, and printed papers of every kind, exchanged in ordinary mails between the two Offices of Great Britain and France, which cannot be delivered, from whatever cause, shall be mutually returned at the expiration of every month, and oftener if possible. Such of these articles as shall have been charged in the accounts shall be returned for the amount of postage which was originally charged by the sending Office. Those which were sent paid to destination or to the frontier of the corresponding Office, shall be returned without postage or charge.
With regard to unpaid dead letters which have been conveyed in closed mails by one of the two Offices on account of the other, they shall be admitted for the same weight and amount of postage which was charged in the transit accounts of the respective Offices, on a simple declaration or on nominal lists vouching for the amount of postage demanded, when the letters themselves cannot be produced by the Office which has to claim the amount of their postage from the corresponding Office.
ARTICLE XXXV.
In order, reciprocally, to secure the postage on the whole correspondence exchanged between the two countries, the British and French Governments engage to prevent, by all the means in their power, the transmission of the said correspondence through any other channel than their respective Post Offices.
Nevertheless, it is understood that couriers sent by commercial firms or by other persons to convey, occasionally, a single letter, or one or more newspapers, may pass unmolested through the respective territories of both Powers, provided the said couriers exhibit on the French territory the letter or newspapers which they convey to the first Post Office on their route, which Office shall tax the said letter or newspapers with the rate prescribed by the laws and regulations of the country.
The said letter or newspapers shall be marked with the date and charge stamps of the Office at which the postage shall have been paid, and a certificate thereof shall be delivered to the courier and annexed to his passport.
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tions upon which shall be transmitted, by means of the British mail-packets, and by way of the Isthmus of Suez, the correspondence forwarded from France and Algeria, and from the countries the correspondence of which is transmitted through France, for the British possessions, and vice versi.
It is understood that the arrange- ments which may be made in virtue of the present Article, as well as those fixed by the preceding Articles XV, XVI, XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXV, and XXVIII, may be modified by the two Offices whenever those two Offices mutually see the necessity for such modification.
ARTICLE XXXII.
The Government of Her Britannic Majesty promises to do all in its power to enable the French Post Office to procure for the French public the option of receiving and sending, unpaid, or paid to destination, letters coming from the East Indies, or addressed to the East Indies; taking, as the basis of such arrangements, the combined rates of the British and East Indian offices applicable to the correspondence of the inhabitants of Great Britain.
ARTICLE XXXIII.
Ordinary or registered letters, news- papers, gazettes, periodical works, and printed papers of every kind misdi. rected or mis-sent, shall be reciprocally returned without delay, through the respective Offices of exchange, for the same weight and amount of postage at which they were charged by the des- patching Office to the other Office.
The articles of a like nature ad- dressed to persons who have changed their residence shall be mutually for- warded or returned, charged with the rate that would have been paid by the receivers.
ARTICLE XXXIV.
Ordinary or registered letters, news- papers, gazettes, periodical works, and printed papers of every kind, exchanged in ordinary nails between the two Offices of Great Britain and France, which cannot be delivered, from what-
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accord, les conditions auxquelles pour- ront être transmises, par la voie des paquebots-poste Britanniques et de 'isthume de Suez, les correspondances expédiées de la France, de l'Algérie, et des pays auxquels la France sert d'intermédiaire, pour les possessions Britanniques, et vice versa.
Il est entendu que les dispositions qui seront arrêtées en vertu du présent Article, ainsi que celles fixées par les Articles XV, XVI, XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXV, et XXVIII précédents, pourront être modifiées par les deux Administra- tions toutes les fois que, d'un commun accord, ces deux Administrations en reconnaîtront la nécessité.
ARTICLE XXXII.
Le Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique promet de faire ce qui sera en son pouvoir pour mettre l'Adminis- tration des Postes de France à portée de procurer au public Français la faculté de recevoir et d'envoyer, non-affranchies, ou affranchies jusqu'à destination, les lettres venant des Indes Orientales ou destinées aux Indes Orientales, en prenant pour base de ces arrangements les tarifs combinés de l'office "Britan- nique et de l'office des Indes Orientales applicables à la correspondance des regnicoles Anglais.
ARTICLE XXXIII.
Les lettres ordinaires ou chargées, les journaux, gazettes, ouvrages pério- diques, et imprimés de toute nature, mal-adressés ou mal-dirigés, seront, sans aucun délai, réciproquement renvoyés par l'intermédiaire des Bu- reaux d'échange respectifs, pour les poids et prix auxquels l'Office envoyeur aura livré ces objets en compte à l'autre Office.
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Les objets de même nature qui auront été adressés à des destinataires ayant changé de résidence respectivement livrés ou rendus, chargés du port qui aurait dû être payé par les destinataires.
ARTICLE XXXIV.
Les lettres ordinaires ou chargées, les journaux, gazettes, ouvrages pério- diques, et imprimés de toute nature, échangés à découvert entre les deux Administrations des Postes de la Grande Bretagne et de France, qui seront
ever cause, shall be mutually returned at the expiration of every month, and oftener if possible. Such of these articles as shall have been charged in the accounts shall be returned for the amount of postage which was originally charged by the sending Office. Those which were sent paid to destination or to the frontier of the corresponding Office, shall be returned without postage or charge.
With regard to unpaid dead letters which have been conveyed in closed mails by one of the two Offices on account of the other, they shall be admitted for the same weight and amount of postage which was charged in the transit accounts of the respective Offices, on a simple declaration or on nominal lists vouching for the amount of postage demanded, when the letters themselves cannot be produced by the Office which has to claim the amount of their postage from the corresponding Office.
ARTICLE XXXV.
In order, reciprocally, to secure the postage on the whole correspondence exchanged between the two countries, the British and French Governments engage to prevent, by all the means in their power, the transmission of the said correspondence through any other channel than their respective Post Offices.
Nevertheless, it is understood that couriers sent by commercial firms or by other persons to convey, occasionally, a single letter, or one or more news- papers, may pass unmolested through the respective territories of both Powers, provided the said couriers exhibit on the French territory the letter or newspapers which they convey to the first Post Office on their route, which Office shall tax the said letter or newspapers with the rate prescribed by the laws and regulations of the country.
The said letter or newspapers shall be marked with the date and charge stamps of the Office at which the postage shall have been paid, and a certificate thereof shall be delivered to the courier and annexed to his pass- port.
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tombés en rebut pour quelque cause que ce soit, devront être renvoyés, de part et d'autre, à la fin de chaque mois, et plus souvent si faire se peut. Ceux de ces objets qui auront été livrés en compte seront rendus pour le prix pour lequel ils auront été originaireinent comptés par l'Office envoyeur. Ceux qui auront été livrés affranchis jusqu'à destination ou jusqu'à la frontière de l'Office correspondant, seront renvoyés sans taxe ni décompte.
Quant aux correspondances non- affranchies tombées en rebut, qui auront été transportées en dépêches closes par laue des deux Administrations pour le compte de l'autre, elles seront admises pour les poids et prix pour lesquels elles auront été comprises dans les comptes des Administrations re- spectives, sur de simples déclarations ou listes nominatives mises à l'appui des décomptes, lorsque les correspondances elles-mêmes ne pourront pas être pro- duites par l'Office qui aura à se prévaloir du montant de leur port vis- à-vis de l'Office correspondant."
ARTICLE XXXV.
Afin de s'assurer réciproquement l'intégralité du produit des correspond- ances échangées entre les deux pays, les Gouvernements Britanniqué et Français s'engagent à empêcher, par tous les moyens qui sont en leur pouvoir, que ces correspondances ne passent par d'autres voies que par leurs postes respectives.
Toutefois, il est entendu que les courriers envoyés par des maisons de commerce ou autres, pour porter acci- dentellement une seule lettre, ou une ou plusieurs gazettes, pourront tra- verser librement les territoires respec- tifs des deux Etats, pourvu que sur le territoire Français ces courriers pré- sentent la lettre ou les gazettes dont ils seront porteurs au premier Bureau de Poste, qui leur appliquera les taxes voulues par les lois et règlements du pays.
Ces objets seront frappés des timbres d'origine ct d'affranchissement des Bureaux de Poste par lesquels les taxes auront été perçues, et il en sera délivré au courrier un certificat qui sera joint à son passeport.
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