Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-05

Vile, Prescott, st.Johns, stanstoad, Montreal,
Toronto, Dundoo.e "
ARTIoLn II. me N ais Exchanged between
tho oiaoes Of New York, Albany, Buffalo,
nna boston, on tho ono side, and Toronto,
kingston, and Montreal, on the ether, are TO
Psss escn way as through adili-not 10 be
opened At any intermediate frontier ofice.
l., AhTIGIa III. Tho postage to DO charged
IN tnt United States on q letter not exceed
Ing half Az ounce In weight, @ or from Can
eea, shall be I've cenA for any distance
Within the United States, not eIcocdInF
three thousand miles and exceeding three
Thousand miles, within the United State.
ten ccnte the single letter. Every additional
weight 81 half an ounce, or additional Weight
III :. ~ knan hall an ounce, TO be charged AZ
one ADDITIONAL rate the rates In thIa see.
ton mentioned, having been adopted aud
agreed upon By the Postmaster General OF
the U nited btatas, by aud with the advice
and consent Of the Presidsnt.f : y -
ARricLh ". The postage 70 DO CHARGED in
Canada on a letter not exceeding half an
ounce In weight, to or from tho United
states, shall be nVe cents for any distance Ia
Canada, Every additional weight OF half
an ounce, or additional weight OF lehs than
halfAn ounce, 10 be charged as an additional
rate, .. ....T %
ARTrcLrV V. Upon all letters posted In tho
United States 10 be delivered In Canada, or
potted In Canada 10 ba delivered In the
unlted States, theae rates shall DO combined
Into one rate, OF which payment In advance
shall b optional In either country, Less
than the whole combined ratio cannot be-
AnTIoLH vi. The Post. Office Department
1.-THE United States will collect and keep all
tue postages on the unpaid letters from Can.
adA, as well as the ppstaRes on letters to
canada, prepaid In the United States, and
the Post once Department OF Canada will,
collect and keep all the hostages on tho uns
paid letters from the United States, as well
- TIE Ros.Ages on letters prepaid IN Canada
ARTICLE VII. Each mall dispatched from
one country TO the other shall DO aecompa-
MED BY a letter or post bill, showing tho
number OF lettera so poated, ard distinguish
Ing the paid from the unpaid. with their
postage in separate columns. 100
ARTICLE VIII. The postage on pewspa.
pers, pamphlets, magazines, aud all other
printed matter, must DO prepaid, or sout FREQ
TO the line In the country where posted; aud
any postage Afterwards accruIng thereon be-
yond the hue, IL 10 DO collected and retained,
BY the Post-omce Department Of the country
10 which II Aecrues. I---'
ARTICLE TX. The officers designated for
The despatch aud receipt Of Canada. malls on
the side Of the United States, will stamp
~, States" upon all letters sent Into Gan.
ada for delivery and the other Offices deuiR-
mated for the despatch and receipt Of United
States malls, on the aide Of Canada, will
stamp Canada" upon all letters sent into
tho United States for delivery. mani
ARTICLE X. The Post Once Department
or the United States and Canada shall each
return to the other all dead letters, unopened
aud without charge, every three months, or
oftener, as may best suit the general rcgula-
lions of each department. ..'
ARrIoLE H. The expense OF Transporting
the mails between the frontier exchange
offices, where the conveyance Is by water,
shall DO borne equally by the two depart
ments; but whom the transportation Is by
land, the expense shall be borne BY each In
proportion 70 the distance travelled over the
territory Of each country. All contracts for
such transportation shall, before they 20 into
operation, be approved BY the Post oface
Department Of each country. 80
ARTICLE XII. This arrangement shall 20
Tito operation on tho sixth OF April next.
and Il may be modified from time to time, as
may be agreed upon by tho parties thereto;
and Il may be annullod at tho desire Of either
party, upon three months notice.
In witness whereof, the Postmaster Cen
eral OF the United States aud the Postmaster
General Of Canada hereuuto set their hands
aud afnxed their seals, respectively, this
tWcnty-nfth day Of March, In the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
alty-one.
L. q, N. *. HALL,
L. s. j. hoRRIs.
Additional AriieieI Of Agreement 6sI,sesn ne Post,
once Department Of he Unfied SLATE, and ne
Post. 0Nee Department Of cdnddG, propiding
.Ior ne EreAange Of Regisiersd LsiisrI bsiicesT
ARTICLE /. Letters, alleged to be valuable,
posted at any post.otiice In the United States
or Its Territories, and addressed to Canada,
or posted In Canada and addressed to the
United States, and deliverable at any Of the
respective offices Of exchange to DO thence
conveyed 70 their destination, shall be regis
tered at the Office Of mailing, on the appll-
cation Of the person posting the same; Pro-
vlded, That tho full postage chargaablo
thereon to destination, together with a regis
tration fee OF i've cents on each letter, be
prepaid at such mailing ofIicei And proplisd,
also, That such registration shall not be
compulsory, and shall not render the re-
sPectlyo PostOmee Departments OF the
United States or Canada, or their revenues,
liable for the loss Of such letters or packets,
or the contents thereof.
ARTICLE ii. All such letters or packets
mailed 10 tho Interior Of the United States
or Canada, respectively, shall be received,
rcgistercd and recelpted for, as directed In
the general regulations issued in each country
10 ragged t9the registration Of valuable let
tiers, aud shall be sent to the respective ex-
change offices for the purpose Of being for
warded thence by the frst mail.
ARTICLE Ill. The respective exchange
Offices shall make nSeparate letter bill for
each registered letter, or parcel OF registered
letter., originally mailed at said exchange
ofllces, or sent TO them to be forwarded, as
prescribed by the regulations referred to In
Article ii, and shRll enter therein the namo
OF the person addressed and the post office
TO which II Is 10 be mailed for delivery. The
postmaster OF said exchange ofice will then
mall each such letter, or parcel OF letters, In
the usual manner In a separate package
from tue unreglAterd letteTa. The letter bIliA
OF such registered letters shall not be en-
closed Ia the packages containing them, but
shall be enclosed In separate wrapper or
envelope, sealed, and addressed to the post
master OF the corresponding exchange Office.
ARTICLE ~. On receipt OF registered let
ters for delivery or distribution at either
OF the respective exchange offices, the
postmaster OF Aueh receiving Office will
compare the letters with the bill, and endorse
II "correct,"lf II Is found 90, or will note
the error, II there be one, in the manner pre-
scribed with regard TO registered letters re-
ceiVed from an Inland post office. He will
then hll up the corresponding return bill,
noting upon 1t whether correct or otherwise,
and will see that 1t is returned by the frat
mall thereafter TO the exchange ofiico OF
mailing. .r.s..rt'
ARTICLE V. Registered letters received at
either Of the exchange offices, and destined
for an Inland post-ofice, shall be forwarded
In the same manner as other registered let
ters originally mailed at such ofice.
ARTICLE vi. The registration fee Of Ave
cents shall accrue to the United States Post
Once Department upon all registered letter.
sent from the United States TO Canada, and
TO the Canadian Post-Oflee Department
upon Az registered letters sent from Canada
TO the United States.
ARTICLE VII The press taTtlelea shall DO
considered additional TO IN, agreed upon