The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-10-30

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND THR GENERAL POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATRS OF AMERICA.
 The General Post Office of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the General Post OfAce of the United States of America, being desrous of establishing and maintaining an exchange of mails between the United States on the one side and the colony of British Honduras on the other, by means of the British mail packet plying between New Orleans and Belize, the undersigned, duly au- thorized for that purpose, have agreed upon the following articles:
 ARTICLE l.
 There shall be 8 direct exchange of mails between the office of New Orleans on the one part aud the oflce ot Belize on the other, com prising letters, newspapers, book packets, and packets of patterns or samples, orig;natingin in the United States and addressed to the British Honduras, or originating in the British Hon. duras 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 1t expedent to maintain such pack cts.
 ARTICLE H.
 The postage to be collected in British Hon. duras apon 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 threepance Ter four ounces for book packets, or packets of patterns or samples and the postage to bs collected in the United States upon paid cor- respondence addressed to British Honduras shall be twelve cents per single le:.er not ex> eeeding half an ounce in weight. heavier let lers being charged in proportion; tvo 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 eases be wholly prepaid
 The cOrresp0Edsn co thus paid shall be Ge-- livered at the place of destination, whether in the United States 5r in British Honduras, free from all charge hatsoeYer
 ARTICLE III
 The exchange ot correspondence referred 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 it collects ARTICLE ". Every letter, newspaper book packet or packet of patterns or samples, dispatched from one office to another, shall De plainly stamped in red ink, with stamp bearing the word Paid" on the right hand corner of the address. and sh all also bear the dated stamp of the of fec at which 1t was posted
 ARTICLE V. Dead letters, newspapers, &c. which cannot be delivered, from whatever cause. shall be B1utually returned without charge monthly. or as frequently as the regulations of the respec- tive offices will permit.
 ARTICLE VT.
 The two offices may, by mutual consent, make such detailed regulations as shall be found necessary to cary out the objects of this agreement; such regulations to terminate at any time, on reasonable notice by either office
 ARTICLE VII. This convention shall come into operation on the lst day of October, 1869, and shall be terminabie at any time on notice by either office, of six months
 Done in duplicate, and signed in Washington on the lith day of August, l869 and in Lon don on the 4th day of September, 1869 ! SEAL JN0. 4. J. CRESWELL, | Postmaster General. SEAL HARTIHGT0N, Postmaster General the United Kingdom. ] hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony thereof have caused tue seal of the United States to be affixed,
 [sEAL U. & GRANT By the President: HAMILTON FISH,