The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-09

POstmRsters.
l. A postal treaty has been entered into between
Great BRIAN and tbs United States placing the
rsspoDdencs between the two countries, the mai
packets Of each government and the postage ohArgs
upon An equal and reciprocal footing
ii. Letters posted CT charged in the United Stste
VII DO rated at ha ounce to the single letter over
half and not exceeding IN ounce ss double letter
over IN ounce and not exceeding and half
a. treble letter. and 30 on, each half ounce or frac
tionsl excers constituting rate In England th'
half limits the s Dge letter the full tn,
double letter but on letters exceeding the ounce
not exceeding two four rates charged also
on letters exceeding two ounces and not exceeding
three Elk rates cbaIged that s two rate
are imposed for each excess over nm ounce
III. The single rate to be charged on each Letter
Great Brits Ireland IL ~ nts the double rate Al
nts the triple rate ~ cents and according Il
the United states scale Of progression In weight
Nv Like single double triple &c rates will be COL
ced on each letter, according to its weight whicn II
posted In Great Britain r land without being pre-
paid and is received at any office in the United State
for delivery
Said postage letters going to any place In Great
Britain or Ireland may be prepaid If the whole smou
Is rendered at the office In the nisd States, where
mailed. at the option Of the sender.
United States to any place in the United Kingdom
the prepayment Of cents, and may, on recepe from
any Office 10 the United States on payment Of cent.
Note-Eaoh govern Ia to charge 2 cents on each
newspaper. These are to be sent in bands covers
whsieve
VII On each pamphlet to be sent to any place in the
Unite Kingdom and each psmphs, receive there
from there Is to be prepaid in the FIRST place, and
and collected In the second one cent for each
ounce in weight, or fractional excess OF an ounce.
These are to be sent In bands open at the
ends Sidt 70 as readily to be examined and to
tai NO man ufcrpt whatever.
Will On letters addressed to any place in British
North America, not to be conveyed by there shall
b. charged postage equal to the United States post
age and TIE province post age combined bnt IS this
DeI artn ent If not yet If the Br tsh province
rates he United stes postage to the lines will be
charged aud prepayment thereof required until the de-
tails stcer,sined and retl.d, ss required by tho
tweI ty fret article Of the treaty United States post
age on newspapers to Canada and Other British pro-
vircss !. to he prepaid
Brinh tO-ses.op and mailed for that purpose to any
port office in the island Of Great Britain there must
prepaid, sent by Brit'h packet, Ave cents the sim
gle rate, and if by an American packet, twenty
cents-to be doubled trpled &c according to weight
X. On letters received from foreign countries or
English posset sops through the London or any other
post tfce in Great Britain, to be delivered in the
United States the foreign and British postage to
prepaid; and what remsips TO be collected delivery
here In such cares simply the United States postage
five cents, tingle, If brought by British packet;
twenty one cents II brought by an American packet
cisco Astoria, or any other place in the territory Of
the United States, the Pacific when brought to
Atlantic port by British Steamship; and fifty six
cent? If brought by an American steamship.
Xl On British or foreign letters received in the
United States to BE- forwarded to the West Indies by
packets or any place on the Gulf Mexico,
to ChaYrss or Panama in the Unite States mails tho
single postage charge will be las the British postage
and the postage arising in its transit to Great Britain
must be prepad> twelve and half cents II to Havana,
twenty cents to any other place in the West Indies
the Gulf Of Mexioo or to Chsgres; thirty oe ats
If to Panama, with sixteen cents added II brought
the United States from Great Britain in an American
packet
XII Care Is to be taken to see that all America
postage on letters from havana from other places in
the Gulf Of Mexico. from our Pacific possessions aud
from the British North American provinces IL paid in
the United States before the same IL despatched by
mail to Great Britain.
XIII. Newspapers for countries beyond Great Bri.
tain may be sent on the Of cents
-also pamphlets stipulated under No = and news
papers and pamphlets received from countries be-
Great Britain are to be delivered payment Of the
two cents for each Newspaper and per ounce
In weight Of each pamphlet.
XIV. Postmasters aie cautioned to write on their
post bills, opposite each entry Of foreign letter
newspaper, or pamphlet, posted by them respectively
tho word "foreigno-the better to enable tho post.
masters Of New and Boston spd any others that
may be designated to mako separate quarterly re.
port Of the amount of foreign postage.
XIV. The postmasters of Boston and New York will
be specially instructed to the oossd mails contem.
plated by the treaty The mode Of keeping their
counts Of foreign posta and of ma ling ad acknow
Lodging receipt Of foreign ma ter.
JOHNSON, Postmaster General.
Posr OrTIcE DEPARTMENT,
Jan 8, lS49.