The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-13

Convention agreed upSn besWs zen ne
states 81 Americ. and u ths Merth
German Union, for she Amelisra.
the two Countries. - -
There shall DO an exchange Of correspondence
between the United States Of America and the
North German Union BY means Of their respeo.
tive Post Departmsntfi and this correspondence
thaH embrace .a.... ..
LIST. Letters ordinary and registered.
End. Newspapers, book. packets, prints Of all
kinds, (comprisins maps, plans. sngrayings,
drawings, photographs, Autographs, and all
other like productions Of mechanical processes,
sheets of music, etc., and patterns or samples
of merchandise, including grains and leeds.
And such correspondents may DO exchanged,
whether originating In either Of said countries
and destined for tho other, or originating In or
destined for foreign countries 10 which these
may respectively servs Is Intermediates.
Arr. 2.
The Offices for the exchange Of mails shall
(a) On the part Of the United States:
LIST. New York. ..-'.
2nd. Boston.
3rd. Portland. ~
4th. Detroit.
9th. Chicago.
(J) On the part Of tho North Germ Union :
LIST: Aschsn (AiI.is-chspslls.) To-.
End. Bremen. ....
3rd. Hamburg .-..
The two Post Depart nsnts may at any time
discontinue either Of said Offices Of exchange
or establish others BY mutual eonisnt.
ARr.3.
Each Office shall make Its own arrangements
for tho despatch Of Its mails to the other once
by regular linss Of communication and shall
at its own cost pay the expense Of such inter-
mediate transportation.
Tha twa odHrss hauavsr putu aiIv aorsa
that in making contracts for the despatch Of
mails from American ports, or from European
ports, those steamers and lines should always DO
en- ployed-Eo far as consistent with the rates Of
postags-by which the mails dispatched shall
earliest arrive at their dsstinationi and when
tho speed Is substantially the same, that the
most favorable peeuniary conditions should be
preferred. It Is also agreed, that the cost Of
international and territorial transit Of the
closed mails between the respective frontiers
shall be frat betrayed by that one Of the two
departments which shall have obtained from the
Intermediates the most favorable pscuniary
terms for such convsyanosi and any amount so
advanced by ono for aoooant Of the other shall
be promptly reimbursed. .....
The standard weight for the single rate Of In
ternational postage and rule Of progression
shall be:
LIST. For letters, 10 grammes. .... .
I'd. For all other corrospondsnee, mentioned
in paragraph . Of the hrst artiels, that which
the despatehing once shall adopt for the maiIs
which Il dsspatchss 10 the other, adapted to the
convenience and habits Of its interior admins
tration. But each once shall give notice to the
other of the standard weight u sdopts, and Of
any subsequent change thereof r.- -.r
Tho rule Of progression shall always bs an
additional single rate for each additional stand.
ard weight or fraction shsrsof. The weight
stated by tho despatchipg once shall always DO
accepted except in case Of manifest mistake.
1t Is, however, understood that 90 long As
the German office employs the 10th as Its stand
ard for the single weight Of letters which It
ted States ONCE rs the equivalent Of Is grammss
in respect to the mails which II receives from
the German Office. ".aa ."
The single rate OF postage on the direct cor
repOndence exchanged between the two ad.
mihistrations shall be a. follows: D..
LIST. On letters from the United States via
direct line OF steamers TO Hamburg and Bro.
men, Conditioned that the ssA rate 10 such case
shall not exceed i've cents for single letter rate
and 10 cents per kilograume for other GORE.
spondence, 10 eents 20
"a On letters from the North German Union
via said direct line, (subject to same condition
four silver groschep.
90. On letters from tho United State, via
England, Is cents.
fth. On letters from the North German Union
via England, 9 silver grosohsn.
bth. OF the international letter postage via
England, the ocean Aingie letter rate shall mol
exceed 8 cents, nor shsil the English and Bel
CLAN single letter transit rates exceed one csn'
each. -'.r.
9th. 1t Is further agreed, that whenever apy
IS other regular line Of steam Communication, 90
ceptable to tho two Offices, may he employed
directly between any port Of the United States