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balance shall be paid at the end of every quarter by that office which shall be found to be indebted to the other.

XL. The present Convention shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1862, and shall continue in force until one of the two Contracting Parties shall have announced to the other, one year in advance, its intention to terminate it. During this last year the Convention shall continue to be fully and entirely carried into effect without prejudice to the settlement of the accounts between the British and Prussian offices after the expiration of the said term.

It is, however, reciprocally agreed that none of the provisions. contained in the last paragraph of Article XVIII, or in Articles XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, or XXX, of this Convention shall take effect until each of the Contracting Parties has announced to the other that satisfactory arrangements arising out of this Convention, on the side of the British office with the Post Offices of Austria, Hamburgh, Bremen, and The United States, and on the side of the Prussian office with the Post Offices of Austria and The United States, have been concluded.

All the agreements which now regulate the exchange of correspondence between The United Kingdom and Prussia, or any of the States of the German Postal Union, shall cease to have effect from the date of the day when the present agreement shall be put into execution.

Done in duplicate at London, the 13th day of October, 1862.
(L.S.) ROWLAND HILL.
(L.S.) A. METZNER.

WHEREAS, by Article XL of the Convention, concluded in London on the 13th October instant, between the General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the General Post Office of Prussia, it was stipulated that the said Convention should come into operation on the 1st November, 1862, and

Whereas, since the signature of the said Convention, it has been found expedient to defer the date of its coming into operation; now We, the Undersigned Commissioners who signed the said Convention, being duly authorized, have agreed, and do hereby agree and declare, that the Convention aforesaid shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1863.

In witness whereof we have signed these presents.

Done in duplicate, in London the 22nd day of October, and in Berlin the 25th day of October, 1862.

ROWLAND HILL.
A. METZNER,

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The rates marked thus increase according to two different principles. The sum of Threepence out of each rate is chargeable by the Zoll-loth and the remainder by the quarter ounce. The rates marked thus † also increase according to two principles, twopence being chargeable by the Zoll-loth and the remainder by the quarter ounce.

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The ra es marked thus increase according to two different principles. The sum of Threepence out of each rate is chargeable by the Zoll-loth and the remainder by the quarter ounce. The rates marked thus t also increase according to two principles, twopence being chargeable by the Zoll-loth and the reinainder by the quarter ounce.

DETAILED REGULATIONS arranged between Great Britain and Sardinia, for the execution of the Postal Convention of 12th December, 1857.*-Signed at London, December 24, and at Turin, December 29, 1857.

(Translation.)

THE Postmaster-General of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on the one part,

And the Director-General of the Post Office of Sardinia on the other part,

With reference to Articles XXII and XXIII of the Postal Convention concluded between Great Britain and Sardinia, the 12th December, 1857,

Have agreed as follows:

ART. I. The exchange of correspondence between the British and the Sardinian Offices shall be effected through the following Post Offices, viz.:

On the side of Great Britain: 1. London; 2. Dover; 3. Malta.
On the side of Sardinia: 1. Turin; 2. Nice; 3. Travelling

Post Office on the Victor Emmanuel Railway; 4. Genoa.

II. The following shall be the regulations for the exchange of mails between the respective offices:

1. The office of London shall exchange mails with the offices of Turin, Genoa, and Nice, and with the Travelling Post Office on the Victor Emmanuel Railway.

2. The office of Dover shall exchange mails with the office of Nice and with the Travelling Post Office on the Victor Emmanuel Railway.

3. The office of Malta shall exchange mails with the office of Genoa.

III. The mails from the office of London for the office of Turin shall comprise the correspondence of every kind addressed to the city of Turin and to the Foreign countries enumerated in Table A, annexed to the present regulations.

The mails from the office of London for the office of Genoa shall comprise the correspondence of every kind addressed to the towns in Sardinia or the foreign countries enumerated in table B, annexed to the present regulations.

The mails from the offices of London and Dover for the office of Nice shall comprise the correspondence of every kind addressed to the towns in Sardinia enumerated in Table C, annexed to the present regulations.

The mails from the office of London for the Travelling Post Office on the Victor Emmanuel Railway shall comprise the corre* Vol. XLVII. Page 72.

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