Owyhee tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1869-1870, 1869-10-21
by authority.l
Convention,


Britain and Ireland, and the Gen
eral Post Office of the United
States OF America
The General Post Office Of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and ireland, and the General Post
Office of the United States of Amer
ica, being DESTROYS of establishing
and maintaining an exchange Of
mails between the United States on
the one side and the colony OF Brit
ish Honduras on the other, by means
Of the British mail packet plying
between New Orleans and Belize,
the undersigned, duly authorized Tor
that purpose, have agreed upon the
following articles &,
ARTICLE /.
There shall be a direct exchange
of mails between the Office 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,
originating 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 mail packets established
between New Orleans and Belize, so
long as the British government shall
deem it expedien: to maintain such
packets.
ARTICLE III.
The postage to be collected in
British Honduras upon paid cores
pondence 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 threepence
per four ounces for book packets, or
packets of patterns or samples and
the postage TO be collected in the
United States upon paid correspond
ence 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 be wholly prepaid.
The correspondence thus paid
shall be delivered to the place OF
destination, whether in the United
States or British Honduras, free from
all charge whatsoever.
ARTICLE III.
The exchange of the correspond
ence referred to in Article / !, pre-
ceding, shall not give rise to any
accounts between the British and
the United States post offices. Each
office shall keep the postage which
it collects.
ARTICLE Nv.
Every letter, newspaper, book
packet or packet of patterns or sam
pies, dispatched from one office to
another, shall be plainly stamped in
red ink. with 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 it was posted.
ARTICLE V.
Dead letters, newspapers, &c,
which cannot be delivered, from
whatever cause, shall be mutually
returned without charge monthly,
T or rs frequently rs the regulations
: OF the respective Offices will permit
= ARTICLE vi.
: The two Offices may, by mutua
4 consent, make such detailed .regula'
tons as shall be found necessary tC
carry out the objects of this agree
J. ment such regulations to terminate
# at any time. on reasonable notice
NJ by either Office.
ARTICLE VII.
This convention shall come int,
, operation the LIST day Of October
i 1863, and shall be terminable at an,
e time on notice. by either Office, o
q six months.
Done in duplicate, and signed il
3" Washington on the llth day OF An
l. gust, 1869, and in London on tn
e 4th day Of September, 1869.
Of [sEAL.l JSo. A. J. CREswEII.,
:. Postmaster Genera
y [sEAL.l HARRINGTON,
= Post'r Gen. Of The United Kingdom
~ hereby approve the aforegoin