The entire postage on unpaid letters belonging to this class, as well that which is due to the Netherland Office as that due to the British Office, shall be collected by the latter office, which shall reimburse to the Netherland Office its proportion of the postage on these letters, in conformity with the stipulations of Article VII of the present agreement respecting the manner in which the postage of the international correspondence is to be accounted for. XII. Letters originating in the Netherland Colonies, or other States beyond sea, brought into the ports of the Netherlands, and intended for the United Kingdom, shall be delivered to the British Office, by that of the Netherlands, at the rate of 60 cents per single letter, namely, 40 cents for sea postage, established by the laws of the Netherlands, and 20 cents for international postage due to the Netherlands. XIII. The Post Office of the Netherlands undertakes to defray out of its portion of the postage, as fixed by Article IV, the entire charge payable to the Post Office of Belgium, whether for the conveyance of the mails containing the correspondence between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, in either direction, by means of the mail packets established by the Government of Belgium between Ostend and Dover, or for the conveyance of those mails through the Belgian territory as far as the frontier of the Netherlands, and vice versa. XIV. The Office of the United Kingdom shall continue to permit the transit and to undertake the conveyance, either through the British possessions, or by the packets which the said Office employs for that purpose, of the closed mails which are dispatched by the Netherland Office to the possessions of the Netherlands in the East Indies, and vice versa, as well by way of Southampton as by that of Marseilles and Trieste respectively, in consideration of a transit rate, which shall be paid by the Office of the Netherlands to that of the United Kingdom, in the following proportion, viz.: For the despatches which are sent by way of Southampton or any other port of the United Kingdom on account of the whole distance as far as the port of disembarkation in the Indian Archipelago, at which these mails will be given up to the agents of the Netherland Office, and vice versâ, at the rate of 28. 8d. per ounce net weight for letters, and 1d. per sheet for newspapers or other printed papers. For the despatches by way of Marseilles or Trieste, on account of the distance between Alexandria and the port of disembarkation in the Indian Archipelago at which these mails will be given up to the Agent of the Netherland Office and vice versa, at the rate of 28. per ounce for letters, and 1d. per sheet for newspapers or other printed papers. The 2 offices shall come to an arrangement hereafter with respect to the cost of transit stipulated by this Article in the event of the conveyance of the mails across the Isthmus of Suez giving rise to any new charges for the correspondence forwarded by that route. XV. The Office of the United Kingdom likewise permits the transit and undertakes the conveyance either through the British Possessions, or by the packets which the said office employs for the purpose of the closed mails which shall be dispatched by the Netherland Office to colonies of the Netherlands in the West Indies, as far as the port at which those mails shall be given over to the Agent of the Netherland Office and vice versa, in consideration of a payment for transit which shall be made by the Office of the Netherlands to that of the United Kingdom at the rate of 2s. 8d. per ounce, net weight, for letters, and 1d. per sheet for newspapers or other printed papers. XVI. Lastly, should the Office of the Netherlands think fit to open a direct communication by means of closed mails with the several States of America or other foreign countries in transit through the United Kingdom, the British Office shall grant the transit of these closed mails, in either direction, to be conveyed by the packets or private ships which the office of the United Kingdom employs for that purpose. In such case, the Office of the Netherlands shall pay to that of the United Kingdom a transit rate, the amount of which shall be fixed in conformity with Table A, at 2 single rates of postage to the ounce, net weight, for letters, and at ld. per sheet for newspapers or other printed papers. XVII. The Netherland Office, on its part, undertakes to convey through its territory, and at the rate fixed by Article VII of the present Agreement, closed mails containing the correspondence between the United Kingdom, its colonies and possessions, on the one side, and all the States of the Continent with which the British Office may think proper to establish relations of this nature, on the other side. The privileges stipulated under this Article in favour of the British Office shall be considered as additional to those which the Office of the Netherlands granted to it by Article XXVII of the Convention of the 14th October, 1843. XVIII. It is understood that if at any future time the Office of the United Kingdom, or the Office of the Netherlands shall decide upon reducing the postage now chargeable upon the correspondence for their own or foreign countries or for any other foreign State, this reduction shall be equally enjoyed by the correspondence of the other office, transmitted through it, whether in open or closed mails, to the same destination and vice versa, and that, consequently, the transit rate established by the present Articles shall be reduced in the same proportion. XIX. Newspapers and publications allowed to pass through the post in the United Kingdom under the newspaper privilege originating in the United Kingdom and intended for the Netherlands, shall be chargeable only with a reduced postage of 1d. for the whole distance, which postage must be paid in advance by the senders. In like manner, newspapers, prices current, and courses of exchange, printed on stamped paper conformably to the laws of the Netherlands, originating in the Netherlands and intended for the United Kingdom, shall be chargeable only with a reduced postage of 5 cents for the whole distance, which postage shall also be paid in advance by the senders. The amount of the postage stipulated by this Article shall be equally divided between the 2 Offices. Accordingly the Office of the United Kingdom shall account to that of the Netherlands for the sum of 2 cents for each paper on which the postage shall have been paid in the United Kingdom, and the Office of the Netherlands shall account to that of the United Kingdom for the sum of ad. for each sheet of which the postage shall have been paid in the Netherlands. XX. As to periodical works, not of daily publication published in the United Kingdom or in the Netherlands, and which are sent from one country to the other, they shall be chargeable with postage as follows: Each office shall levy on its own behalf the postage due to it, from the point of departure to the point of exchange between the 2 offices, and reciprocally from the point of exchange to the place of destination. In Great Britain.-1st. For every work not exceeding 2 ounces in weight, 1d. 2nd. For every work exceeding 2 ounces, and not exceeding 3 ounces, 6d. 3rd. For every work exceeding 3 ounces, and not exceeding 4 ounces, Sd. 4th. For every ounce above 4 and up to 16 ounces (the limit imposed for the transmission of such articles by the Office of the United Kingdom), 2d. additional, every fraction of an ounce being reckoned as a full ounce. In the Netherlands.-At the rate of 24 cents per number, or per sheet, if the number contains more than 1 sheet. Each office shall retain on its own behalf the postage which it shall have collected, so that for this portion of the mails no accounts shall be required between the 2 offices. It is understood that all the provisions of Article XXX of the Convention of the 14th October, 1843, shall continue to be applied to the class of printed works referred to in the present Article. XXI. The Netherland Office shall continue to account to the British Office for the sum of 1d. upon every newspaper originating in the colonies, or in other countries beyond sea, and intended either for the Netherlands, or for other States in transit through the Netherlands, and vice versâ. In like manner, newspapers originating in the United Kingdom and intended for other States or colonies, in transit through the Netherlands and vice versa, shall continue to be forwarded from the British Office to the Netherland Office, and from the Netherland Office to the British Office, without charge, the Netherland Office being entitled, however, to claim the cost of transit from the other offices concerned at the rate of 5 cents per paper, or per printed sheet. XXII. The stipulations of Article XIII of the present arrangement are equally applicable to the payment of the transit rate to Belgium, for newspapers or other printed papers contained in the mails forwarded in either direction. XXIII. The forms of letter bills and acknowledgment of receipt for the use of the respective offices of exchange shall be made according to the Forms B and C annexed to the present Articles. XXIV. A list of the English towns the correspondence of which to and from the Netherlands, and to and from countries in transit through the Netherlands, should be forwarded by the Office of Breda to Dover, and vice versa, is given in the Table D annexed to the present Articles. XXV. Lists of the Netherland Post Offices and of the dependent districts the correspondence of which to and from the United Kingdom, and to and from countries in transit through the United Kingdom, should be forwarded by the Office of London to Maastricht or L'Ecluse and vice versa, are given in the Tables E and F annexed to the present Articles. These Articles shall be considered as additional to the Convention of the 14th October, 1843, the provisions of which are maintained in all cases where they are not contrary to the stipulations of the present arrangement. They shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged as soon as possible. Done in duplicate at London, the 29th day of September, and at the Hague, the 10th day of October, 1851. (L.S.) ROWLAND HILL. (L.S.) J. POLS, TABLE (A) showing the rate of Postage to be accounted for by the Post Office of the Netherlands to the Post Office of the United Kingdom, for a single letter sent from the Netherlands in transit through the United Kingdom to the under-mentioned British Colonies and Foreign Countries, and vice versâ, and specifying whether payment in advance is optional or compulsory. Ascension, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Australia, or New South Wales (except Sydney) by private ship California, Oregon, and Sandwich Islands, by West California, Oregon, and Cuba, via United States New Granada (Republic of) including Panama Venezuela Cuba .. Guadaloupe Hayti St. Croix.. St. Eustatius St. Martins 2 5 048 وار United States of America: By British packet By United States do... }010 1 0 0 Sierra Leone and other parts of West Coast of Africa. 1 Canada St. Helena New Brunswick.. Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island 0 10 0440 Optional. |