The national Republican., 1868-01-06

In that ease the intsrnatfonal single rats Of
letter postage By sssA line sAAli Be reduced 70
IN. On all other eorr..pond.ee. n.n.ies.d
shall be, for the malls dsapssohsd that which
the dsspstshing once shAll adopt adaptsd 70
the sonvsnisncs and habits Of its Interior cd
mini,tration. Bat each once shall give notice
TO the other Of ths rate II adepts, and Of any
subsequent change thereof HetE
Tbs prspsynsnt Of postage on ordinary let
ters shall be optional, subject TO the conditions
In Article mentioned but on registered let
tsrs, and on all other corrsspondsnes mentioned
in paragraph 2, Of he hrt srtieis, II shall Be
| obligatory. .a4f /. .ter-u ts... .H#
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r. however, the postage on any correspond
nevertheless, b forwarded TO, ia dsstlnstlon,
bat charged with The deficient postage.
Upon the delivery Of any unpaid or insufi-
esntly paid lsttsr, or Of any other lnsufhcisntly
paid corrsspondsnes, there shall Be- levied In the
Unitsd Ststss Ans not sxessding hys esnts
and N The North German Unioa an additional
charge not sxessdisg two silver grosehsa- This
postage on all other eosrsspssdsnes thsa letters
shall NOT sptsr Into The sesounts between the
two ofioss, but shafl be retained to The use Of
the collecting ofness 80 g. sttIsA
| Al ..s 40 Ia Arr, 8. al Il
The eo1sspondsnoe mentioned In paragraph
: Of the inst article shAll b despatched under
rssulatioas % BE- sstssiishsd by The despatch,
1,t. No packet shall contain anything which
shall BE- closed against inspection nor any writ
ten eommunicAtion whatever, except 10 state
from whom and to whom The paokst 10 sent,
and the number and price placed upon ssoh patI
tern Or sample Of merchandise. .rgrs. 80,
| 1nd. No packet may exceed two feet In
length, or one foot In any othsr dimsnsion.
srd. Esithsr ONES shall b bound to deliver
any Article the importation OF which may be
prohibited BY the laws or regulations Of the
i country Of destination. .. a-r.,t
4th. So long o. any customs duty may be
chargeabls on any srtielss sxehsnesd In the
maiiS, such duty may Be levied for The use o
It Is farther agreed, that except small local
carriers charge, (so long ~ u shall exist In the
rural districts Of North asrmany,) no charge
whatever otherwise than ID herein expressly pro.
vided shall be levied or collected on the letter.
and other correspondence unchanged.
Any correspondence may be registered, n
we'll International correspondence a. that origi
mating In or destined for other countries /,
which these two administrations may respect
lively ssrye A Intermediates for the transmits
lsion Of suoh registered articles. Each Depart
msnt shall notify the other Of the countries I,
which Il may thus serve Is intermediary.
Each Dspatmsnt shsli use its bssl s.srtion
for the safe delivery, or, when misearrisd, fo
the recovery Of any registered corrsspondsncs
bat ID NOT rsspon,ibis PseuniariIy for the loss o
any such correspondents. -. @
II ART. 10. .rs
Registered correspondence shah, In addition
TO the postage, be subject 10 . registration fee
not exceeding 10 cents In the United States, an,
German Union, and this fee shail be Away
prepaid.
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Aeooupts bstvssp The two Offices shall b
regulated on the following basis =
IRON the total amount Of postasss and rsgis
ter fees collected By each once on isttsrs, adds
, TO the total amount Of prepaid postagss an,
! register fees on other oorrsspondsnes which /
despatchss, the dsspatching once shail dsduo
the amount required, Al the agreed rate, for th
the two frontiers and the amount Of the two M
sums shall BE- equally divided between the "
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The two Post Departments shall establish
. ssreemens. and in Conformity with the arrane,
ments in force At the time, the conditions upo
which the two Offices may respectively sxchang
! In open mails the col rsspondsnoe originatin
|, in or destined TO other foreign countries /
u which thew NAV TooiprocAllY serve ns Intern,
|, diaries.
o It il always understood, however, that sue
correspondence shall only be charged with II
!, rate Applicable to direct international corr,
. spondsnos, augmented By the postage due
r foreign countries and By any other tax for ext,
But the North German Office reserves the rigt
to az time, II necessary, when this rule sha
u only apply TO correspondents despatched fro
the United States for such other countries, nj
less the latter shall have accepted the san
ruls in behalf Of the correspondents despatchs
through them BY the North German ONCE.
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Each Office grants TO the other the privilsI
Of transit Of the closed mails unchapged,
either direction, between the lattsr and al
country to which the other may serve as int
mediary, BY Its usual means Of mail transport
ltion, whether on sea or land, and the terms
10 transit shall be agreed upon, when the exsroi
,, Of tho privilege is required. ..,.
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The postal accounts between the two ofic
. shall be stated quarterly, and transmitted ar
. verified as speedily as prseticablei and the ba
u sncs found due shall BE- ps'd TO the creditor o
p hcs, either BY exchange on London, or at Il
debtor onice, - the creditor once may desire.
}, Tho rate for the conversion Of the money
u the two countries shall be fred by commc
n agreement between the two ofhces.
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