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DROIT

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 41.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1876.

VOL. XXII.

No. 171.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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The following Copy of the International Postal Union Treaty, duly ratified on the 3rd May, 1875, together with the Detailed Regulations for its execution, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th September, 1876.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, for the Colonial Secretary.

TREATY CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF A GENERAL POSTAL UNION. Signed at Berne, October 9, 1874.

TRAITÉ concernant la création d'une Union générale des Postes, conclu entre l'Allemagne, l'Autriche-Hongrie, la Belgique, le Danemark, l'Egypte, l'Espagne, les Etats-Unis d'Amérique, la France, la Grande-Bretagne, la Grèce, l'Italie, le Luxembourg, la Norvège, les Pays-Bas, le Portugal, la Roumanie, la Russie, la Serbie, la Suède, la Suisse et la Turquie.

Les soussignés, plénipotentiaires des Gouverne- ments des pays ci-dessus énumérés, ont d'un com- mun accord, et sous réserve de ratification, arrêté la Convention suivante:

ARTICLE I.

Les pays entre lesquels est conclu le présent traité formeront, sous la désignation de "Union générale des Postes," un seul territoire postal pour l'échange réciproque des correspondances entre leurs bureaux de poste.

ARTICLE II.

Les dispositions de ce traité s'étendront aux lettres, aux cartes-correspondance, aux livres, aux journaux, et autres imprimés, aux échantillons de marchandises et aux papiers d'affaires originaires de l'un des pays de l'Union et à destination d'un autre de ces pays. Elles s'appliqueront également à l'échange postal des objets ci-dessus entre les pays de l'Union et les pays étrangers à l'Union toutes les fois que cet échange emprunte le territoire de deux des parties contractantes au moins.

ARTICLE III.

La taxe générale de l'Union est fixée à 25 cen- times pour la lettre simple affranchie.

TREATY concerning the formation of a General Postal Union, concluded between Germany, Aus- tro-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, the United States of America, France, Great Bri- tain, Greece, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, the Netherland, Portugals, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.

The undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of the Go- vernments of the countries above enumerated, have by common consent, and subject to ratification, agreed upon the following Convention:

ARTICLE I.

The countries between which the present Treaty is concluded shall form, under the title of "General Postal Union," a single postal territory for the re- ciprocal exchange of correspondence between their Post Offices.

ARTICLE II.

The stipulations of this Treaty shall extend to letters, post cards, books, newspapers, and other printed papers, patterns of merchandize, and legal and commercial documents originating in one of the countries of the Union and intended for another of those countries. They shall also apply to the exchange by post of the articles above mentioned between the countries of the Union and countries foreign to the Union whenever such exchange takes place over the territory of two at least of the contracting parties.

ARTICLE III.

The general Union rate of postage is fixed at 25 centimes for the single prepaid letter.