The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-19

ments Of the United states OF An ie1 sn0 VI
the North German Union for the Anticipation
Of the Postal Service between the two Coan-
tries.
r,,poodepce between the United States Of Amer
ica and the North GernAn Union, BY means Of
their respective post departmenfs; and this cor
respoodenee hall embrace
- Leefess ordinary and regigtered-
"a Ne.spavas, book-peekets, prints Of an
kind, (comprisrg maps. plans. sngravings,
drawings, photographs. hhegraphs, and all other
like prodsction, mechanical processes. sheets
ii music, &c } and patterns OF samples Of ner-
ehandise. including grains and eesds-
And such eorr--ponience may be exchanged:
whether originating in either OF said countries
and destined for the other, or originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which these may
respectively serve rs Intermediates
AKrErLE III The Offices tor the exchage OF
mails shall be-
(a) on the part of the United States:
ls.- New York.
ii Boston
81 Portland
4th. Detroit
5th- Chicago.
90 on me part of the North German Union:
Ist. Aschen, (Al1 Ia Chapeile-)
ii. Bremen.
I'd. Hamburg.
The two poss departments may 1t any time dis
t-lntinue either of said Offices Of exchange, or
establish others by mutual consent
ARTICLE ILL., Each Office shall make its own
Engagements for the despatch If its mails TO the
arher Office by regu ar Inns of communication !;
and should AZ its cwn cost pay the expense 81
such intermediate transportation
Tn. two Offices, however, mutually agree, that,
in making contracts for the despatch Of mails
tom American ports, or from European ports.
rh,s- steamers and lines should always be en-
loyed 81 far As consistent with the rates of post
age. by which the mails de patched shall e,rlies,
arrive ut their destinations and when the speed
= substantially the same, that the most favorable
l,.crniary conditions should be preferred. Ii Is
as, agreed that the cost Of International ocean
md ,errit vial transit f the closed mails between
he respective frOJier- III all be first betrayed by
that one IL the two departments which -hsI have
,beained from the intermediates the most favor
able pecunTsry terms fur such conveyance, and
any amour, 50 advanced by one for account Of the
..ther shall be promptly reimbursed
Ax-IcIxIv The -ttnt.,rd weight for the sin
gle rate Of International postage aud rule OF pro-
l;:essior. shall be-
i-t, For letters, Is grarnmes-
-. For all other correspondence mentioned in
r,-1,rrsph two Of the first srricI. that which the
.i--pa,rhiny of,ce shall adopt fr the mails whlch
is de-parCh-s - the other, adapted To The con-
veuience end habits 1t its interior adsninistra-
tiDn. But each ci1isr shall give notice 70 me
.ther ii the standard weight it adopts. and Of
any subsequent change thereof,
The rule If pro.rr--,On shall aIvays ne an al
.ii.lonai single rate rr each adti nal Standard
weight tractioa thereof The weight Stated
~ The tiezpatchin- office shall always be accepted,
except d case Of manifest mistake
Its. hdw.ver understood that 80 long rs the
German Office e.plcys the 70 its standard Tor
abe single weight Vi letters which II Dispatches
Il shsu aIS, be accepted by the United States
.fics a. the equivalent Of Is sramme-. III respect
3, the mails .hich IT receives from the German
ARTICLE V. The single rate Of postage the
erect correspondence exchanged between tEe two
ADMINISTRATIONS shall he a. follows,
Ist ON letters from the United states wa
t;iT-ct line Of steamers TO Hamburg and Bremen,
,-lriiti0ned that the rate i'll such cases shall
r.3r exceed Eve cents for single letter rate and
ten cents po- kilogran for other ouTTesp0Edenoe,)
reu cents.
II On letters from the North German Union
VIA said direct line, Subject 10 same condi'ipnl
I ur silper gTOscben-
81 On letters from the United STATES VIA
England. fifteen cents
sth I'm letters from the North German Union
win England. six siIber grOschen.
ath. OF the international letter postage via
frglsnd the ocean single letter rate shall not
exceei eight cents. nor shall. the English and
Belgian single letter transit rates exceed one
cent each.
9Th IL il further agreed, that whenever any
other regular line of stean communication. &C
.-ptable t. the two Offices, may be employed
iiI sctly between any port Of the United states
and asy port of the north of Europe AT such
rates thar thu entire cost Of transportation be
tween the two frontiers shall NOT exceed for
each single letter i've cents, anu Tor each
kiiosr,r, Of other CORRESPONDENCE ten cents, In
that cas-. the international single rate of letter
postage BY such line shall he redused To ten
cent?.
9Th. On all other correspondence mentioned
in paragraph TWO Of the first article, the rave
snail be- for the mails despatched. that which
The despatching Office shall adopt, adapted TO the
convenience and habits of its interior administra-
t,on But each office shall give notice TO the
oher of the rate il aioIts, and OF any subsequent
change thereof.
AH'rrrvI The prepayment Of postage on
ordinary letters shall be optional, SUBJECT TO
the conditions in Article VII. mentoned- but
n registered letters, and on all other core
<pondence mentioned in paragraph two OF the
drst article, il shall be obligatory
Article VII. If however, the postage On any
s1rrespondencs shall be prepaid insufEcientiy, II
fl,Aii nevertheless be forwarded to ifs destinA-
ion. hut charged with the d. ficient postage
Upon the delivery Of any uspaid or irsufhciently
,ia letter. or Of any insufhciently paid Cor
r.spoudepce there shall be levied IN The United
-taies a fine not exceeding I've ee,ts, and in the
North German Unist an additional charge not ex-
r.esiirg two siiber gru>cien- This hue, or adoi-
t;,,uA charge . a. we'll rs the deficient p'-tagc On
all other co respond, than letters. shall MT
enter into the accounts between the tso omcts,
but shall be retained - the use Of the collecting
ot.ce
AKl.cIk VIII. The correspondence mentioned
IN paragraph two os,be first Article shall be de>-
rst-hei unier regulations he established BY the
,;espsfcaing Office hut always including TIE ioi-
syNirg -,
. First No packet shall contain anything which
-halI be closed against Inspection. nor any written
Communication whatever, except to stat. from
WHOM and 70 whom the packet Is sent. and the
lumber and price places. rfon efeh pattern OF