The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-07
Important Postal Arrangement between
the United States and the West Coast OF
south America
ADDITIONAL ARTICLHS

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
10 the articles agreed upon been the Poa Office Of the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and ireland and ne Poo one
elite United States Of America for carrying e1sc,or
the convention Of December Is, lS4S.
convention of December 10, ls4s between the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United
States of America to the two Post Offices settle the
matters Of detail which to be arranged by mutual
consent for insuring the execution OF the spuatons
contained in the said con 'enton the undersigned duly
authorized for that purpose BY their respective ocss
have agreed upon the follow ng articles
ARrCHI.
An exchange OF mails sha hereafter take place between
the following Offices viz. -
Between the post Office of New York and the British
Between the post Office of Charleston and the British
packet effice Panama.
Between the post office of Savannah and the British
Between the post office of New Orleans and the Bri.
fish packet Office at Panama.
g. Between the post office of San Franci and the Bri
fish packet Office az Panama
The transm ision Of these mails between the several
port above mentioned and Panama will be provided for
by the United States government.
The mails forwarded from New York Charleston, Sa-
vannah, New Orleans and San Francisco t, Panama,
shall comprise the correspondence for all the foreign
ports he western coast of South America at which the
British mail packets in the Pacific touch.
ARTICLE
Recprocaly the mails forwarded from Panama TO New
York Charles on Savannah New Orleans and San Fran
from all the foreign ports the western coast Of
South America at which the Br fish mail packets in tho
Pacific touch.
Upon every letter exceeding half in weight
despatched from New York. Charleston, Savannah New
Orleans, San Francisco to Panama. and addressed to
the several States the western coast of South America
the ports of which the British mail packets touch the
United States Post Office shall account to the British Post
Office for the following rates of postage; viz
l. Upon letter for Buenavenura, in New Granada 4d,
or cents, $50 long as the existing postal convention be-
tween Great Britain and New Granada shah continue in
force)
2 Upon letter for any port in the republic of Peru
3D. Il cents $50 long the existing postal
ticn between Great Britain and Peru shall continue in
force.)
Upon letter for any other port the western coast
Of South America excepting those above mentioned L.
"a cents.
And these rates Of postage shall increase in proportion
for heavier letters according to the scale of postage
established in the United Kingdom.
ARTICLE v.
For newspaper despatched from New York Charles
ton, Savannah New Orleans San Francisco TO Panama
and addressed of the States the western coast
of South America at the ports of which the British mail
packets touch, the United States Post Office shall
the British Post Office for the of two pence
or four cents.
ARTICLE VI.
Every mail despatched from New York Charleston Sa-
vannah New Orleans, San Francisco to Panama shall
be accompanied by letter bill
The Office to which the mail Is addressed shall return
by the next post acknowledgment Of receipt to the Of
fee from which il was transmitted
The letter bill and Acknowledgements of receipt shall bs
made out according to the forms "a and b agreed upon
and annexed to the present articles
ARTICLE
IL snoulu happen AT the usual perO0 Tor making up
the mails that there should not be any letter other
respondencs from either of the offices of exchange,
blank litter bill shall nevertheless be forwarded TO the
corresponding Office.
ARTICLE VII.
The letter bills and Acknowledgements Of receipt shall
vouchers to the quarterly account.
If in checking the mails transmitted to the packet Of
fee at Panama. the Amount of postage shall be found to
differ from that entered in the letter bill by the despatch
ing Office such amount shall be checked by two officers
and the corrected amount, which entered by them
the verihcaton side Of the letter BILL shall be accepted
the true amount
ARTICLE TX.
The amount due to the British Office for the correspon
dence transmitted under the regulations agreed up
on shall be placed to the credit of the United Kingdom
in the general between the Post 0ce Of the Uni
ted Kingdom and the Post Office Of the United States pre-
pared quarterly in the General Post Office, London.
ARTICLE K.
The present articles shall be considered additional to
those agreed upon between the offices for carrying
into execution the convention of 18th December S4S
signed at Washington the l4h May ls4e and shall come
into operation the first day of October Thousand
eight hundred and Fifty three.
Done in duplicate and signed at Washington the
tenth day Of August and at London the seventh day
of September thousand eight hundred and fifty three
H0RATIO KING.
J. TIIIEY.