of which the office of Marseilles and the travelling office from Lyons to Marseilles shall make use in their communications with the offices of Aden, Madras, Calcutta, Point de Galle, Singapore, and Hong Kong, to verify the results of the transmission of the correspondence forwarded by means of the French mail packets, shall be according to the pattern B annexed to the present Articles.

The forms of letter bills and acknowledgments of receipt of which the Post Office agents on board the French mail packets on the Indo-China lines shall make use in their communications with the offices of Aden, Madras, Calcutta, Point de Galle, Singapore, and Hong Kong, shall be according to the pattern C in like manner annexed to the present Articles.

The forms of letter bills and acknowledgments of receipt of which the offices of Aden, Madras, Calcutta, Point de Galle, Singapore, and Hong Kong shall make use in their communications with the office of Marseilles with the travelling office from Marseilles to Lyons, and with the Post Office agents on board the French mail packets of the Indo-China lines, to verify the results of the transmission of the correspondence carried by the said packets, shall agree with the patterns above referred to.

XVI. All the regulations concerning ordinary or registered letters and printed papers comprised in the mails exchanged between the French Offices and the British Offices in Asia, by way of Suez and by means of British packets, which are not contrary to the present Articles, shall be applicable to articles of the saine nature comprised in the ails which the office of Marseilles, the travelling office from Lyons to Marseilles, and the Post Office agents on board the French mail packets of the Indo-China lines, shall exchange by means of those packets with the offices of Aden, Madras, Calcutta, Point de Galle, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

XVII. The present Articles shall be considered as additional to the detailed regulations arranged between the Post Office of France and the Post Office of Great Britain for the execution of the Convention of the 24th September, 1856, signed at Paris the 27th October, 1856, and at London on the 12th November, 1856, and shall be carried into effect on the 1st day of August, 1863.

Done in duplicate, and signed at London the 19th day of June, 1863, and at Paris the 23rd day of the same month.

(L.S.) STANLEY OF ALDERLEY. (L.S.) ED. VANDAL.

(A.)-TABLE showing the origin and destination of Letters, Printed Papers, and closed Mails exchanged between the Post Office Agents on board the French Mail Packets on the Indo-China Lines and the British Offices established in the Ports served by the said Packets.

2. MAILS FROM THE BRITISH OFFICES.

Correspondence from Hong Kong for
Shanghai.

Correspondence from Hong Kong for
Cochin China, Pondicherry, and places in
the Mediterranean, and closed Mails
from Hong Kong for Singapore, Point de
Galle, Madras, Calcutta, Aden, France,
and Great Britain.

Correspondence from Singapore for Cochin
China and Shanghai, and closed Mails
from Singapore for Hong Kong.
Correspondence from Singapore for Pondi-
cherry and places in the Mediterranean,
and closed Mails from Singapore for Point
de Galle, Madras, Calcutta, Aden, France,
and Great Britain.

Correspondence from the Island of Ceylon
for Cochin China and Shanghai, and
closed Mails from Point de Galle for
Singapore and Hong Kong.

Correspondence from the Island of Ceylon
for Pondicherry, and closed Mails from
Point de Galle for Madras and Calcutta,
Correspondence from the Island of Ceylon
for places in the Mediterranean, and
closed Mails from Point de Galle for
Aden, France, and Great Britain.

Point de Galle

(From Suez to
Hong Kong

Singapore

terranean and closed Mails from France, Hong Kong
Great Britain, and Aden, for the Island
of Ceylon.

Correspondence from places in the Medi-
terranean and from Pondicherry, and
closed Mails from France, Great Britain,
Aden, Point de Galle, Calcutta, and
Madras, for Singapore.

Correspondence from places in the Midi- Singapore

Cochin

Post Office
Agents on

board the

Hong Kong

Great Britain, Aden, Point de Galle, Cal

packets
proceed-

cutta, Madras, and Singapore for Hong
Kong.

ing

From Point de
Galle to Cal-

Correspondence from places in the Medi-
terranean, Shanghai, Cochin China, and
Pondicherry, closed Mails from France,
Great Britain, Aden, Point de Galle,

Post

Office

Agent on

Madras

cutta

Hong Kong, and Singapore, for the presi- Point de Galle dency of Madras and Bombay, and closed Mails from the French Offices or Agents

board the

for the French establishments of Mahé, Karikal, and Yanaou.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES to the Postal Convention between Great Britain and Hayti, of 9th September, 1858.*-Signed at Port-au-Prince, June 8, 1863.†

In pursuance of the power granted by Article VIII of the Convention of September 9, 1858, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hayti, to the two Post Offices, to modify from time to time, by mutual consent, the arrangements made in virtue of the said Convention:

The Undersigned, Spenser St. John, Esquire, Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of Hayti, and Boyer Bazelais, Chef d'Escadron and Aide-de-camp of His Excellency the President of Hayti, duly authorized for that purpose, have agreed upon the following Articles:

ART. I. The postage to be collected in the United Kingdom upon every letter not exceeding half an ounce British in weight, posted in the United Kingdom and addressed to Hayti, or posted in Hayti and addressed to the United Kingdom, when conveyed by British Government vessels, or by vessels freighted or maintained by order of the British Government, shall be 18.

And the postage to be collected in Hayti upon such letters shall bedollar (paper).

II. With respect to the charge upon letters above the weight of half an ounce British, the following scale of progression shall be applied in both countries, viz.:

For every letter above the weight of half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce, two rates of postage.

For every letter above one ounce and not exceeding one ounce and a-half, three rates of postage.

For every letter above one ounce and a-half and not exceeding two ounces, four rates of postage.

And so on, one rate being added for every additional half an ounce or fraction of half an ounce.

III. The postage to be paid to the British Post Office for letters, newspapers, and book packets conveyed by a British mail packet from a port in Hayti to any port in New Granada, and further conveyed also by a British mail packet from a port in New Granada to any port on the western coast of South America, without passing through the United Kingdom, shall be as follows:

For every letter not exceeding half an ounce British in weight, 18. 4d. sterling, and for letters of greater weight an increased charge according to the scale laid down in Article II preceding.

For every newspaper, 4d. sterling per four ounces British, or fraction of four ounces British.

* Vol. LII. Page 923.

+ Signed also in the French language.

For every book packet, the same amount of postage that is required by this Article to be paid upon letters.

The postage to be paid to the British Post Office for letters and book packets (including newspapers) conveyed by the British mail packets from a port in Hayti to any port other than one of those in this Article above referred to, without passing through the United Kingdom, shall be as follows:

For every letter not exceeding half an ounce British in weight, 4d. sterling; and for letters of greater weight, an increased charge according to the scale laid down in Article II preceding.

For every book packet not exceeding four ounces British in weight, 1d. sterling; and for book packets of greater weight, an increased charge, according to the scale laid down in Article V of the Convention of September 9, 1858.

IV. The present Articles shall be considered as additional to the Convention which was signed at Port-au-Prince on the 9th September, 1858, between the Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Government of Hayti, and shall have the same force, validity, and duration, as if they were inserted in that Convention; the stipulations of that Convention which are modified by these Articles remaining without effect.

They shall come into operation on the 1st of September, 1863. In witness whereof the Undersigned have, in virtue of their aforesaid full powers, sigued the foregoing Additional Articles to the Convention of the 9th September, 1858, in duplicate, and affixed thereto their seals.

Done at Port-au-Prince, this 8th day of June, 1863.

(L.S.) SPENSER ST. JOHN. (L.S.) BOYER BAZELAIS.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES to the Postal Convention between Great Britain and Sardinia, of 12th December, 1857.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES to those agreed upon between Great Britain and Sardinia, on the 4th December, 1857,* for carrying into execution the Convention of the 12th December, 1857.+-Signed at London, November 30, 1863.

Turin, December 4,

In pursuance of the power granted by Articles XXII and XXIII of the Convention of 12th December, 1857, between Great Britain and Sardinia, to the two Post Offices to settle the matters of detail which are to be arranged by mutual consent for ensuring the execution of the said Convention.

Vol. LII. Page 1165.

+ Vol. XLVII. Page 72. Signed also in the French language.