July 28, 1866. (Order approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, April 5, 1893.) FOREIGN POSTAL RATES BASED ON METRIC WEIGHTS The postmaster General shall furnish to the post offices exchanging mails with foreign countries, and to such other offices as... Journal of the Franklin Institute - Page 259by Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1866Full view - About this book
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1866 - 506 pages
...Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to furnish to...balances denominated in grams, of the metric system, aiid until otherwise provided by law, one-half ounce avoirdupois shall be deemed and taken for postal... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1867 - 832 pages
...the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to furnish to the Post-offices exchanging mails with foreign countries, and to such...metric system ; and, until otherwise provided by law, one half ounce avoirdupois shall be deemed and taken for postal purposes as the equivalent of fifteen... | |
| 1867 - 564 pages
...Postmaster General he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to furnis , , , ish to the Poet onioe* exchanging mails with foreign countries, and to such other offices as he shall think ovni'ilicnt. postal balances denominated in grams, of the metric system, and until otherwist' provided... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1868 - 468 pages
...the Postmaster General be, and he i5 hereby, authorized and directed to furnish to the post-offiees exchanging mails with foreign countries, and to such...shall think expedient, postal balances denominated in grammes of the metric system ; anil, until otherwise provided by law, o.ne-half ounce avoirdupois shall... | |
| 1868 - 988 pages
...Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, Postal balanauthorized and directed to furnish to the post-offices exchanging mails with foreign countries, and to such other offices as he shall think expedient, metric system postal balances denominated in grams of the metric system; and, until may be furnished... | |
| United States - 1868 - 1008 pages
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| United States. Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1867 - 1870 - 804 pages
...metric system for the use of the States respectively ; and further, the Postmaster General has been directed to furnish to the post offices exchanging...shall think expedient, postal balances denominated in grammes, of the metric system, and, until otherwise provided by law, on e half ounce avoirdupois is... | |
| United States. Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1867 - 1870 - 790 pages
...metric system for the use of the States respectively ; and further, the Postmaster General has been directed to furnish to the post offices exchanging...shall think expedient, postal balances denominated in grammes, of the metric system, and, until otherwise provided by law, on e half ounce avoirdupois is... | |
| United States. Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1867 - 1870 - 818 pages
...metric system for the use of the States respectively: and further, the Postmaster General lias been directed to furnish to the post offices exchanging...shall think expedient, postal balances denominated iu grammes, of the metric system, and, until otherwise provided bylaw, outhalf ounce avoirdupois is... | |
| United States commission to the Paris expos, 1867 - 1870 - 808 pages
...States respectively : aud further, the Postmaster General lias been directed to furnish to tinpost offices exchanging mails with foreign countries, and...shall think expedient, postal balances denominated in grammes, of the metric system, and, until otherwise provided by law, KIM half ounce avoirdupois is... | |
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