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Article IV.
Postage and Delivery.
1. Each Administration will use its own postage stamps to frank any mail matter, whatever its destination, originating in its own Offices and will deliver to the addressees free of additional charge in all the localities where it has a Post Office any mail matter, whatever its origin, which arrives duly and sufficiently prepaid by means of postage stamps of the other Administration.
2. Each Administration fixes its tariffs. It is understood that the Hongkong Administration will not apply to mail matter exchanged between its own Offices in China taxes lower than those adopted by the Chinese Administration. On the other hand, the Chinese Administration will comply, in respect of any mail matter it may exchange with the Union Countries through the British Offices, with the stipulations of Article 5 of the Convention of Washington. The two Administrations will communicate to each other their tariffs.
3. Mail matter destined for places inland where no Post Office, Chinese or British is yet opened will be sent to destination through private agencies at the risk and expense of the addressees.
4. Should it happen that, on Chinese Territory and in the same town, both a Chinese and a British Postal Agency exist, each Office will undertake the delivery of any mail matter arriving to its address. But the Hongkong Administration may, by payment of an adequate tax, avail itself of the services of the Chinese Offices to ensure the distribution of mail matter received at the British Postal Agencies.
Article V.
Transit Charges.
1. Closed mails and correspondence à découvert despatched on account
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465
1.
Article IV.
Postage and Delivery.
1. Each Administration will use its own postage stamps to frank
any mail matter, whatever its destination, originating in its own Offices and will deliver to the addressees free of addition-
al charge in all the localities where it has a Post Office any
mail matter, whatever its origin, which arrives duly and suf- ficiently prepaid by means of postage stamps of the other
Administration.
2. Each Administration fixes its tariffs. It is understood that
the Hongkong Administration will not apply to mail matter ex-
changed between its own Offices in China taxes lower than those
adopted by the Chinese Administration. On the other hand, the
Chinese Administration will comply, in respect of any mail
matter it may exchange with the Union Countries through the
British Offices, with the stipulations of Article 5 of the Con-
vention of Washington. The two Administrations will communicate
to each other their tariffs.
8. Mail matter destined for places inland where no Fost Office,
Chinese or British is yet opened will be sent to destination
through private agencies at the risk and expense of the addres-
sees.
4. Should it happen that, on Chinese Territory and in the same
town, both a Chinese and a British Fostal Agency exist, each
Cffice will undertake the delivery of any mail matter arriving
to its address. But the Hongkong Administration may, by payment
of an adequate tax, avail itself of the services of the Chinese
Offices to ensure the distribution of mail matter received at
the British Postal Agencies.
Article V.
Transit Charges.
1. Closed mails and correspondence à découvert despatched on account
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