The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-23

Approved:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WV. H. SEWARD.
Washington, July 16, 1862.
Approved
RAFAEL CABRERA.
P. DE AYcINENA.
Postal Convention between the United States
of America and the Colonial Government
of Hong Kong, China.
Articles of agreement between the Post Office
Department of the United States and the
General Post Office at Hong Kong.
For the purpose of establishing and regu-
lating the interchange of mails between the
United States and Hong Kong and dependent
Chinese ports, by means of the direct line of
United States mail packets plying between
San Francisco and Hong Kong. ria Yoko-
hama in Japan, it is agreed between the Post
Office Department of the United States and
the Post Office Department of Hong Kong.
ARTICLE l. The post offices of New York
and San Francisco shall be the United States
offices of exchange, and the General Post
Office at Hong Kong the Office of exchange Of
the colony Of Hong Kong for all mails trans
mitted under this arrangement.
ARTICLE H. There shall be an exchange
of correspondence between the United States
Of America and the colony of Hong Kong, by
means of United States mail packets, plying
between San Francisco and Hong Kong, COM
prising letters, newspapers, and prices current
originating and posted in the United States.
and addressed to and deliverable in Hong
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Hong Kong post Office has postal relations,
including the ports of Canton, Annoy, Swallow,
and Foochow, and, vice versa, of correspond
ence originating and posted in Hong Kong
and the Chinese ports above designated, and
addressed to and deliverable in the United
States.
ARTICLE III. The postage to be levied and
collected at the Office of mailing in the United
States, upon letters, newspapers, and prices
current, destined for Hong Kong and the
above designated Chinese ports, with which
Hong Kong has postal connections, shall be
ten cents per single rate of half an ounce or
under on letters, and two cents each on news
papers and prices current; and the postage to
be levied and collected at Hong Kong and
dependent Chinese ports, on correspondence
originating in those ports and destined to the
United States, shall be eight cents per single
rate of half an ounce or under on letters, and
two cents on each newspaper or price current.
No postal accounts shall be kept between the
postal departments upon the CORE
spondence exchanged between them under
this arrangement, but each department shall
deliver the correspondence which it receives
from the other free Of all postage charge, that
is to say, the Hong Kong post department
agrees to deliver without charge all letters,
and prices current, brought by
the United States mail packets, addressed to
Hong Kong, and also, to forward without
charge all such letters, newspapers, &c, as
are addressed to the Chinese ports above
named, south of Shanghai; and the United
States postal department, on its side, agrees
to deliver without charge all letters, newspa-
pers, &C., originating in Hong Kong, or the
ports mentioned, and forwarded by said pack
ted States. All letters, newspapers, &C., de-
spatched BY either Office to the other, under
this arrangement, shall be plainly stamped
with the words "paid ALL" in red ink, on the
right-hand upper corner of the face of the adj
dress, and shall also bear the stamp of the
mailing exchange Office on their face, and that
Of the receiving exchange Office on their back.
ARTICLE Nv. The postal departments of
the United States and Of Hong Kong shall
each return to the other, monthly, or as fire.
quently as their regulations will allow, all
IetteIS, newspapers, &C., WltHout CLAIM, WHICH
cannot for any cause be delivered.
ARTICLE V. An exchange of mails shall
also take place between the United States
postal agency at Yokohama, Japan, and the
Hong Kong Post Ofce, by means of United
States mail packets, comprising correspond
,nce originating in Japan and addressed to
Hong Kong and the Chinese ports above des-
grated, and vice versa, correspondence orig |
mating in Hong Kong and dependent Chinese
,orts and addressed to Japan, subject to the
,ame terms and conditions as those establish |
ID by Article III. of this convention, with !
espect to the correspondence exchanged be- |
ween the United States and Hong Kong and |
dependent Chinese porst.
ARTICLE vi. All letters, newspapers, and
,rices current intended to be forwarded from |
Hong Kong to the United States by the direct |
inc Of United States mail packets running |
,etween San Francisco and Hong Kong must |
,e especially addressed to be forwarded by
hat route.
ARTICLE VII. The two postal departments
nay by mutual consent make such detailed
equations as shall be found necessary to
AIRY out the objects of this arrangement,
uch regulations to be terminable at any time
n reasonable notice by either office.
ARTICLE VIII. This convention shall come
nto operation the frs: day Of November,
S67, and shall be te.minable at any time on
notice by either Office of six months.
In witness whereof, have hereto set my
land and the seal of the Post Office Depart
nent this twelfth day of November, 1867.
IL, ST. ALEX. W. RANDALL,
Postmaster General.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
and and the seal ofthe colony of Hong Kong,
{ Victoria herein, this tenth day of August,
867.