The national Republican., 1867-11-02
NationaI gepnblitan.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Convention Between the General Post
oaice Of the UDitsd States OF America
and the General Post once Of the
Nethsrlends.
The undersigned, being thereunto duly au-
thoriued by their respective Governments, have
ngrecd upon the following Articles for the
amelioration Of tho postal service between the
United States Of America and the Kingdom Of
the Netherlands:
ARTICLE l.
There shall be an exchange Of correspondence
between the United States Of America and the
Kingdom Of the Netherlands by means Of their
respective Post Departments, and this CORE.
spondence shall embrace:
/. Letters, ordinary and registered.
. Newspapers, book packets, prints Of oil
drawings, photographs, Autographs, and all
other like productions Of mechanical processes,
sheets Of music, etc, and patterns or samples
Of merchandise, including grains and seeds
And such correspondence may be exchanged,
whether originating In either Of said countries
and destined for the other, or originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which these may
respectively serve aS intermediates
ARTICLE 2.
The Offices for the exchange Of mails shall be
on the part Of the United States:
|. New York.
z Boston,
On the part Of the Netherlands:
The travelling Office Moerdijk.
Each Post Department may at any time after
notice to the other, discontinue either Of the
Offices of exchange on Its side, always leaving
one Office; and the two Offices by agreement may
at any time establish additional ofhoe' Of eI.
change.
Each Office shall make its own arrangements
for the dispatch Of Its mails to the other ono,
by regular lines Of communications and shall a
its own cost pay the expense Of such interme
diate transportation. 1t Is also agreed that th'
cost of international ocean and territorial trans
of the closed mails between the respective from
tiers shall bo first betrayed by that one OF the
two Departments which shall have obtained
from tho Intermediates the most favorsbl,
pecuniary terms for such conveyance and any
amount so advanced by one for account Of the
other shall be promptly reimbursed.
ARTICLE 4.
The standard weight for the single rate Of
international postage and rule of progression
shsll be:
/. For letters, Is grammes:
2. For oil other correspondents mentioned Ii
the second paragraph OF the FIRST article, tha
which the dispatching office shall adopt for tn,
mails which 1t dispatches to the other adapted
to the convenience and habits Of Its interior ad
ministration. But each ONCE shall give nOtie
to the other of the standard weight II adopts
and Of any subsequent change thereof. The rul
of progression shall always be an additional sin
gle rate for each additional standard weight o
fraction thereof The weight stated by th
dispatching Office shall always be accepted, e,
cept in case Of manifest mistake.
ARTICLE 8.
The single rate Of postage on the direct col
respondence exchanged between the two admir-
istrations, subject to the reserve mentioned
article S, shall be rs follows:
/. On letters from the United States, Is cent
(U.S.l
2. On letter, from the NetnsrlHnd'. 40 cen,
(Datch)
3. On all other sorrespondenes mentioned
the second paragraph Of the hrst article, th
rate shall be, for the mails dispatched. thi
which the dispatching otiee shall adopt adapts
ministration. But each office shall give motto
TO tho other Of tho rate 1t adopts and Of an
subsequent change thereof
ARTICLE
Whenever regular line Of steam commune
tion, acceptable to tho two Offices, may be OF
ployed directly between any port Of the Unit
States and any port Of the North Of Europe
such rates that tho entire cost Of transportati
between the two frontiers shall not exceed
each single letter rate cents u. 81 and
each kiiogram of other correspondence 10 cen
u. ST. in that case 1t is agreed that the int
national single letter rate Of postage by SUI
limo shall be reduced to 10 cents u. g. from d
United States and 25 cents Dutch from Il
Netherlands. And the two Offices shall by col
mon accord fix the time when this roducti
shall take effect.
ARrIcLE7.
Tho prepayment Of postage on ordinary lett'
shall be optional, subject to the conditions
article mentionedi hut on registered lette
and on all other correspondence mentioned
paragraph the second Of tho first article 1t sh
be obligatory.
II, however, the postage on any corrtspeI
once shall be prepaid insufficiently 1t shall nj
ertheless be forwarded to its destination, charg
with the deficient postage, adding full amou
instead Of fractions Of l cent u. 81 or S eel
Dutch.) Upon the delivery Of any unpaid
insuticiently paid letter, or Of any other inSu
cieutly paid correspondence, there shall be lev
fne in the United States not exceeding CO
u. S. in the Netherlands not exceeding
cents lDutch) This fne and also the dehci
postage on all other correspondence than lett,
shall not enter into the accounts between
two Offices, but shall DO retained to the US
the collecting Office.
ARTICLE Q.
Registered correspondence shall, 10 addit
to the postage, be subject to a register fee,
exceeding 10 cents ". S) in the United Sta
and not exceeding 25 cents Dutch in
Netherlands and this fee shall be always |
paid.
ARTICLE 10.
Any correspondence may be registered, as 7
international correspondence as that original
in or destined for other countries to which II
two administrations may respectively serve
Intermediates In either direction for the ira
mission of such registered articles. Each
partmept shall notify the other of the count
TO which ii may thus serve as intermediary.
ARTICLE IL
Accounts between ths two Offices shall be re
lated on tho following basis: From the Il
amount Of PostRges aud register fees colleC
by each ciiice on letters, added to the +
amount OF prepaid postages and register fee
other correspondents which 1t dispatches,
dispatehing CiIice shall deduct the amount
quired, at the agreed rate, for the cost of
intermediate transit thereof between the
frontiers; and the amount Of the two net 8
shall be divided between the two Offices, in
proportion Of three ffths to the United St
Office and two ifths to the Office Of tho Net
lands
ARTICLE IL.