DENMARK.

BRITISH TREASURY WARRANT, fixing the rates of Postage on Books, &c., transmitted to the Danish West India Colonies, and between those Colonies and the British Colonies in the West Indies. August 22, 1860.

WHEREAS an Act of Parliament was passed in the 4th year of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled "An Act for the regulation of the duties of Postage.

And whereas another Act of Parliament was passed in the 11th year of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled "An Act for giving further facilities for the transmission of letters by post, and for the regulating the duties of postage thereon, and for other purposes relating to the Post Office."t

And whereas the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, in exercise of the powers reserved to them in and by the said 2 before-mentioned Acts, by a certain Warrant in writing duly made, and bearing date at Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 21st day of July, 1857, did order, direct, and declare (amongst other things) that all packets consisting of books, publications, or works of literature or art, whether British, Colonial, or Foreign, therein mentioned and described, and all packets consisting of printed votes and proceedings of the Imperial Parliament or the Colonial Legislatures, might be transmitted by the post between any part of the United Kingdom and any part of the several places mentioned and set forth in the Schedule A, to the said now reciting Warrant annexed, and all packets consisting of books, publications, or works of literature or art, whether British, Colonial, or Foreign, and all packets consisting of printed votes and proceedings of the Imperial Parliament or the Colonial Legislatures, might be transmitted by the post, between the several Colonies and places mentioned and set forth in the Schedule B, to the said now reciting Warrant annexed, and that all such respective packets should be so transmitted respectively, in conformity with and under, and subject to the several regulations, orders, directions, and conditions thereinafter respectively mentioned and contained, and that the single rate of postage for the transmission thereof respectively should be that which was mentioned and set forth against the said places respectively, in the said Schedules A and B, and that all such respective packets so transmitted should be subject to the several progressive and additional rates of postage thereinafter mentioned.

* See Vol. 5, Page 248.

† See Vol. 8, Page 247.

And whereas the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, in further exercise of the powers reserved to them in and by the said several before recited Acts of Parliament, by 2 other Warrants in writing duly made, and bearing date respectively at Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, one of the said 2 last-mentioned Warrants, the 19th day of June, 1858, and the other of the said 2 lastmentioned Warrants the 1st day of July, 1859, and respectively reciting (amongst other Warrants) the said hereinbefore recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857, did make and declare certain other regulations, orders, directions, and conditions therein mentioned, respecting certain of the said packets in and by the said hereinbefore recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857, authorized to be transmitted by the post as aforesaid.

And whereas it is expedient to authorize the transmission by the post of packets of a like kind between any part of the United Kingdom and the island of Saint Thomas and other Danish Colonies in the West Indies, and also between the said island of Saint Thomas and the other Danish Colonies in the West Indies, and the British colonies in the West Indies, and to fix certain rates of postage at which such packets may be so transmitted, in the manner hereinafter mentioned and contained.

Now we, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, in exercise of the powers reserved to us in and by the said 2 hereinbefore recited Acts of Parliament, or either of them, and of all other powers enabling us in this, do by this Warrant, under the hands of 2 of us, the said Commissioners (by the authority of the statute in that case made and provided), order, direct, and declare as follows:

1. All packets consisting of books, publications, or works of literature or art, whether British, Colonial, or Foreign, and all packets consisting of printed votes and proceedings of the Imperial Parliament, or the Colonial Legislatures, may be transmitted by the post between any part of the United Kingdom and the island of Saint Thomas and the other Danish Colonies in the West Indies, and also between the said island of Saint Thomas and the other Danish Colonies in the West Indies and the British Colonies in the West Indies (without passing through the United Kingdom), the sea conveyance being by British packet-boat, and on every such packet so transmitted under the provisions of this Warrant as aforesaid, if not exceeding 4 ounces in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid for such transmission thereof respectively as aforesaid an uniform single rate of postage of 3 pence; and on every such packet so transmitted under the provisions of this Warrant as aforesaid, if exceeding 4 ounces in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid for such transmission thereof respectively as aforesaid the progressive and additional rates of postage, and according to the scale of weight mentioned and conained in, and directed to be charged, taken, and paid on and in

respect of the several packets exceeding 4 ounces in weight, authorized to be transmitted by the post under the said recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857.

2. The terms "books, publications, or works of literature or art," in this Warrant used, shall, for the purposes of this Warrant, mean and comprise all such articles as are declared to be meant and comprised in and by the like terms used in the said hereinbefore recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857, and all letters, notices, and other communications (whether upon paper, parchment, or vellum), partly printed or partly lithographed, and partly written, which, if wholly written, would not be considered letters or communications in the nature of letters, shall and may be transmitted by the post, under the provisions of this Warrant, but any letter, notice, or other communication (whether upon paper, parchment, or vellum), partly printed or partly lithographed and partly written, which, if wholly written, would be considered a letter or communication in the nature of a letter, shall not be entitled to the privilege of being transmitted by the post, under the provisions of this Warrant; provided, nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend to authorize the sending by the post, under the provisions of this Warrant, of any patterns or books of patterns, or papers of patterns, or any article or thing what

soever.

3. Every letter, notice, or other communication (whether upon paper, parchment, or vellum), partly printed, or partly lithographed and partly written, which, if wholly written, would be considered a letter or a communication in the nature of a letter, sent by the post, shall be deemed and considered to be a letter or a communication in the nature of a letter, and shall be charged and chargeable with postage as a letter, and shall be transmitted by the post in conformity with, and under and subject to, the several regulattions, orders, directions, and conditions relating to letters posted and addressed in like manner.

4. If any questions shall arise whether any such letter, notice, or other communication as is last hereinbefore mentioned, is entitled to the privilege of a printed paper, so far as respects the transmission thereof by the post, or of being sent by the post under the provisions of this Warrant, or is chargeable as a letter, the same shall be referred to the determination of the PostmasterGeneral, whose decision thereupon shall be final.

5. All packets to be transmitted by the post under the provisions of this Warrant shall be so transmitted respectively, in conformity with, and under and subject to, the several regulations, orders, directions, and conditions hereinafter mentioned and contained that is to say: all such packets so to be transmitted between any part of the United Kingdom and the island of Suint Thomas and the other Danish Colonies in the West Indies, shall be subject as well to the several progressive and additional rates of

postage mentioned and contained in the said recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857, as also to the several regulations, orders, directions, and conditions respectively mentioned, expressed, and contained in and by the said herein before recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857, with respect to the several packets therein mentioned and authorised to be transmitted between any part of the United Kingdom and the several places mentioned in the said Schedule A to the said recited Warrant annexed (except such as relate exclusively to packets posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to the East Indies or New South Wales, or posted in the East Indies or New South Wales, addressed to the United Kingdom), and all such packets so to be transmitted between the island of Saint Thomas and the other Danish Colonies in the West Indies, and the British Colonies in the West Indies (without passing through the United Kingdom), shall be subject as well to the several progressive and additional rates of postage mentioned and contained in the said recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857, as also to the several regulations, orders, directions, and conditions (except as aforesaid) respectively mentioned, expressed, and contained in and by the said hereinbefore recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857, so far as the said several regulations, orders, directions, and conditions are consistent with, and are not repugnant to, the provisions of this Warrant, in like manner in all respects, and as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the said several progressive and additional rates of postage, and the said several regulations, orders, directions, and conditions respectively mentioned and contained in the said hereinbefore recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857 (except as aforesaid), and so far as the same are consistent with, and are not repugnant to, the provisions herein contained, were inserted, expressed, and repeated in this present Warrant.

6. Provided always that, in all cases where any packet may be transmitted by the post under the authority of this Warrant, and any such packet shall be so transmitted as not to be transmitted in conformity with the provisions thereof, and under and subject to the regulations, orders, directions, and conditions herein contained or referred to, and shall by reason thereof have become liable, under or by virtue of this Warrant, to be charged with the like rate or amount of postage to which it would have been liable as a letter if the postage had been paid when posted, or with any higher rate or amount of postage, the Postmaster-General shall, and he is hereby authorized and empowered at his discretion, either to charge any such packet with the rate or amount of postage to which it shall have become liable under or by virtue of this Warrant as aforesaid, or to charge any such packet with any other rate or amount of postage which he shall think proper, not exceeding the rate or amount of postage to which such packet

shall have become liable under or by virtue of this Warrant as aforesaid, nor less than the rate of postage which such packet. would have been chargeable with if transmitted in conformity with the provisions thereof, and under and subject to the regulations, orders, directions, and conditions herein contained or referred to.

7. The rates of postage chargeable on books, publications, or works of literature or art, and other printed papers transmitted by the post under the provisions of this Warrant, shall be in lieu of any rates of British postage now chargeable by law thereon.

8. The terms and expressions used in this Warrant shall be construed in like manner as the like terms and expressions used in the said recited Warrant of the 21st day of July, 1857, so far as they are applicable to and consistent with, and are not contrary or repugnant to the intent and meaning of this Warrant.

9. The Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty's Treasury may, by Warrant under their hands duly made at any time hereafter, alter, repeal, or revoke any of the rates of postage hereby fixed, or any of the regulations hereby made, and may make and establish any new or other rates or regulations in lieu thereof, and from time to time appoint at what time the rates that may be payable are to be paid.

10. This Warrant shall come into operation on the first day of October, 1860.

Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 22nd day of August, 1860. JOHN BAGWell. WM. DUNBAR.

CONVENTION between Great Britain and Denmark, for the Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals. Signed at London, April 15, 1862.*

HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdon of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of Denmark, having judged it expedient, with a view to the better administration of justice, and to the prevention of crime within their respective territories and jurisdictions, that persons charged with or convicted of the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up; their said Majesties have named as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Convention for this purpose, that is to say,

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable John Earl Russell, Viscount Amberley of Amberley and Ardsalla, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Her Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; * Ratifications exchanged at London May 27, 1862.