The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-05

Convention between the Generau
Post ONCE Of the United Kingdo m
ofGreat Britain aud Ireland, and
tho General Post once Of the United
States Of America.
The General Post Office of the United King.
dom OF Great Britain and ireland, and the
General Post Office Of the United States of
America, being DESTROYS Of establishing and
maintaining an exchange Of malls between
the United States on the one side and the COL
ony OF British Honduras on the other, by
means Of the British mail packet plying be-
tween New Orleans and Belize, the under
signed, duly authorized for that purpose,
have agreed upon the following articles;
ARTIcLEI.
There shall be direct exchange of mails
between the Cfllce of New Orleans on the one
part and the office of Belize on the other,
comprising letters, newspapers, book packets,
and packets OF patterns or samples origlna-
ting In the United States and addressed TO
British Honduras, or originating In British
Honduras and addressed to the United States.
These mails shall be conveyed by the
British mali packets established between
New Orleans and Belize, SO long as the
British government shall deem II expedient
to maintain such packets.
ARTICLE IL.
The postage to be collected In British Hon.
duras upon paid correspondence addressed to
the United States shall be sixpence per single
letter not exceeding half an ounce In weight,
heavier letters being charged In proportion;
one penny for each newspaper, and three
pence per four ounces for book packets, or
packets Of patterns or samples; and tho post
age to be collected In the United States upon
paid correspondence addressed to British
Honduras shall be twelve cents per single let
ter not exceeding half an ounce In weight,
heavier letters being charged In proportion;
two cents on each newspaper, and six cents
per four ounces on book packets, or packets
of patterns or samples.
The postage In either direction must In all
cases be wholly prepaid.
The correspondence thus paid shall be de-
llyered at the place Of destination, whether
In the United States or In British Honduras,
FREQ from all charge whatsoever.
ARTICLE III.
The exchange Of the correspondence re.
ferred to In Article II, preceding, shall not
give rise to any accounts between the British
and the United States post offices. Each
Office shall keep the postage which 1t collects
ARTICLE ".
Every letter, newspaper, book packet. OF
packet OF patterns or samples, dispatched
from one Office to another, shall DO plainly
stamped in red ink, with a stamp bearing the
word "Paid' on the right-hand corner OF the
address, and shall also bear the dated stamp
Of the office at which 1t was posted.
ARTICLE
Dead letters, newspapers, &C., which can
not be delivered, from whatever cause, shall
DO mutually returned without charge month
ly, or as frequently as the regulations Of the
respective offices will permit.
ARTICLE vi.
Tho two offices may, by mutual consent
make such detailed regulations as shall be
found necessary to carry out the objects Of
this agreement; such regulations to terminal,
at any time, on n reasonable notice by either
Office.
ARTICLE VII.
This convention shall come into operation
on the LIST day Of October, 1860, and shall
be termlnabe at any time on q notice, BY
either Office, Of six months.
Done In duplicate, and signed In Washing
ington on the 18th day Of August, 1869, ant
In London on the 4th day of September, 1869
[sEAL.l JNO. A. J. CRESWELL.
Postmaster General
[sEAL.1 HARRINGTON,
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
hereby approve the aforegoing conyen
ton, and In testimony thereof have causet
tho seal Of the United States to be affixed.
[sEAL.l U. s. GRANT.
By the President;
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
WAsUISGTON Aupust 4 1870.