The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-11-18

The United Slsta Office shall puY 10
the Bremen ofico for ,sca unpsid letter,
weighing half an OUNCE, or ls'sorisiual.
ing 10 Bremen and destined for the
United Sat-s. as well as Tor each letter
Of like weight prepaid to tho United
States and dOuinsd Tor Bremen, when
conveyed under Article H.. by Unit'd
States steamer. ] cents
Aud when by Hamburg steamers .
When conveyed under Article Ill. by U.
s. steamer.
Aud when by Hamburg sleamers. 10
Respecting lhe postage for newspapers,
psmphlss, and marisin-s received in
either country, the whole IL TO be paid
to the Unied States Office when the
samc are sent 5y United States steamers
and one hall to the United States, and
the other half % the Hamburg Office,
when sent by H ,mburg sreamsrG
Letter bills ard acknowledgements, as
well as forms Of account, shall be made
to conform IN these articles,
ARTICLE. VII TIE accounts, between
the rWo departments shall be closed al
the expiration Of each quarter of tho
calendar year, by quarterly statements
aud accounts prepaid by tho General
Post. Office in Washington; and having
been cxaminel, compared. and settled
by the Post Office Of Hamburg, the bal
ance shall bo paid, without DELAY, bv
thst department which shall be found
indebted to the o,her. If the balance is
in favor CT Hamburg, it shall be paid
over BY the United States al Hamburg;
and il in favor of tho UOitrd States it
shall be paid over by Hamburg at
Warrington OF to the General Post.Of
Gee at L ndon, 10 the credit Of the Uni
I'D States, as the PoSlmaNtsr General Of
the United States OhEll direct. Neither
Office is to charge to the other any com.
mission. upon any postage j! may col
lcct
ARTICLE VIII. The steamers Of rithT
government plying between Nav York
and Hamburg shall be required to con
vcy all dand and returned letters, snh
the olicial Communications Of the re-
spccriv1 Post Departments Of the Uni
ted States and Hamburg, frss Of charge
ARTICLE TX The sailing dsyS oI the
steamers carrying the mail between
NsY Yorl.pnd Hanbnr& pnlsr. AHA ar
ranged as not to cobGieL with the 'ehe'
dule days OF sailing Of The DATED States
mail cleaners plying between New York
and Have. snd siao of the Bremen mail
steamships plving selWeen New York
and Bremen, and shall SS near as prlc-
iicablo alternate at regular intervals
wrh he days of sailing of the steamers
conveying the mail to aud from BrCmsR
and Hare.
ARTICLE X This arrangement is to
90 into IF CT on tho first day Of July,
1857, ard i' 10 bs continued 10 force
IN il annulled BY mutual consent or by
either Post Department. after tho eIpi'
rotinn Of three mon,hS previous notice
to tho other; aud it may ceass when
all the direct steamers between New
York and Hamburg cease running
Done in dupica'e and signsd at WOst-
ington on the twelfth day Of June aud
at New York on the lhirtielh day Of
June, one thousand eight hundred and
HORATT0 KING.
FERDINAND KARK,
Commissioner.
for the HanseIic Republic Of HOmburg.
Bpprovrh:
AARON V. BROWN P, NJ G u. s
This convention iS rltrfed with the
advice and consent Of The Senate oI
Hambufg,
c. H MERCK, LII D,
Member Of the Senate.
And President Of the Post Office De.
pRrment
HAMBURG, August 7lh 1857.