The national Republican., 1867-12-30

fOst departments OF tne Umlto0
states Of Amcrica and or the North
lion Of tse Postal service setwssn
the two Countries.
Arr. /.
There shall be an exchange Of correspondence
between the United States Of America and the
North German Union by means Of their respec.
tive Post Departments; and this correspondsnce
shall embrace:
LIST. Letters ordinary and registered.
Fad Newspapers, book packets, prints Of ali
kinds, Comprising maps, plans, engravings,
drawings, photographs, lithographs, and all
other like productions Of mechanical prooesses,
sheets Of music, etc., J. and patterns or samples
Of merchandise, including grains and leeds.
And such oorrespondsnos 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 those
may respectively serve As Intermediates.
Arr. 2.
Tho Offices for the exchange Of mails shall
be
(a) On the part of the United States:
lst. New York.
Ind. Boston.
3rd. Portland.
4th Detroit.
9th. Chicago.
(J) On the part Of the North German Union
lst. Aschsn (Aix.la- Chapelle.)
End. Bremen.
3rd. Hamburg
Tho two Post Depart ments may at any time
discontinue either Of said Offices Of exchsnge,
or establish others by mutual consent.
ARr.3.
Each ofice shall make its own arrangements
for tho despatch Of its mails to the other ofice
by regular lines Of communication and shall
at its own cost pay the expense Of such inter-
mediate transportation.
The two Offices, however, mutually agree,
that in making contracts for the despatch Of
mails from American ports, or from European
ports, those steamers and lines should always be
EN- ployed-so far as consistent with the rates Of
postage-by which tho mails dispatched shall
earliest arrive at their destination; and when
the speed is substantially the same, that the
most favorable pecuniary conditions should be
preferred. 1t 10 also agreed, that the cost Of
international ocean and territorial transit Of the
closed mails between the respective frontiers
shall be first betrayed by that one Of the two
departments which shall have obtained from the
Intermediates the most favorable pecuniary
terms for such oonveyancej and any amount so
ad.Nncsd by one for account Of the other shall
be promptly reimbursed.
Arr. 4
The standard weight for the single rate Of In.
ternatiOnal postage and rule Of progression
shall be:
1st For letters, Is grammes.
a. For all othor correspondence, mentioned
in paragraph 2 OF the hrst article, that which
the despatching ofice shall adopt for tho mails
which It despitohes to tho other, adapted to the
convenience and habits Of Its interior admins
tration. But each office shall give notice to the
other Of the standard weight II adopts, and Of
any subsequent change thereof
The rule OF progression shall always be IN
additional single rate for each additional stand.
ard weight or fraction thereof. Tho weight
stated by the desPatching ohice shall always be
accepted except 10 case OF manifest mistake.
1t Is, however, understood that so long az
the German office employs the 10th rs its stand
4rd for the single weight Of letters which II
dispatches, II shall also be accepted by the Uni.
ted States ofioe as the equivalent Of Is grammes
In respect to the mails which II receives from
the German Office.
Arr. 8.
The single rate Of postage on the direct cor
? resrondenco exchanged between the two ad'
ministrations shall be as follows:
lst. On letters from the United States via
direct line Of steamers 10 Hamburg and Bre'
mon, (conditionsd that the sea rate In such case
shall not exceed hye cents for single letter rate
and 10 cents per kilogramme for other CORE
spondence, 10 eents)
%. On iettefsfrom the North German Union
via said direct Pns (subjsct to same condition }
four silver groScben.
81. On letters from the United States via
England, l5 cents.
ith. On letters from the North German Union
ia England, Q silver groschan.
9th. or tho international letter postage via
England, tho ocean single letter rate shall mol
exceed cents, nor shall the English and Bel.
gian single letter transit rates exceed ono cent
zach
6th. II Is further agreed, that whenever any
I ,ther regular line Of steam communication, 40.
n Septable to the two Offices, may be employed
Idireotly between any port Of the United States
and any port Of the north Of Europe, at such