The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-19


Convention between the General Postoffice of tn
Uaited States of America and the General Post
Office Of the Netherlands.
Tae Undersigned. being thereunto duly author
lied by their respective Governments, hav
xsreed upon the following Articles for the amel
ioraton Of the postal service between the Unitet
States of America and the Kingdom Of the Meth
erlands.
AaTIcLEI There shall be exchange of CORE
spondcnce between the United States Of Americs
aud the Kingdom of the Netherlands by means OF
their respective post De artments, and this cor
respondence shall embrace:
1. Letters ordinary and registered.
81 Newspapers, book packets, prints of all
kinis, comprising maps. plans, engravnes,
drawings. phi ,tographs, liihograihs and all other
Ike production, mechanical processes, sheets
Of music, &c } and patterns or samples of mer-
chsndise, including grains and seeds
And such correspondence may be exchanged,
whether originating in either OF said countries
and destined for the o.her, originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which these may
respectively serve intermediate les.
ARTICLE III. The off ,es for exchange of mails
shall be, the part Of the intel States:
/. New York
2. Boston
On the part # the Netherlands:
The travelling office Noerdyk.
Each Post Department may at any time. after
notice to the other discontinue either of tine Off
ces If exchange its side Away leaving
othce and the two offcrs by agreement may at
ARTICLE III The Principe is agreed. that each
ONCE shall make its own arrangements FIR The
spatch of its mails to tie other office by regu II
lines Of comm catinn, and shall al its own cost
pay the expense of such informed ate tGan>pOrta-
tion- 1t is also ACRE d tn I the cost of iuterna
tional and territorial transit Of the closet
nails between the fr 'ntiers of the two c 'unrre>
shall be first defrayei by that u the two de
partments which shall have obtained from the
Intermediates the most favorable pecu larry
terms for such conveyance,
aud any amount 50 advanced by one for account OF
the other shall be promptly reimbursed
ARucLEIv The standard weight for the sin
gle rate Of intern ,tional postage AM rule Of pro-
erosion. shall be-
1st, For letters. Is grammeS-
Il. For all other correspondence mentioned in |
paragraph two of the first article that which the
des2atchny Office shall adopt FIR the mails which
j. dispatches to the other, adapted To the con- |
tion- But each offis- shall give notice to the |
other of the standard weight it adopts, and Of /
any subsequent change thereof
The rule eff progression shall always he an ad- |
ditional sing lie rate for each aldti nal standard
weight or fraction thereof. The weight stated
by the despatching office shall always be accepted
except in case of manifest mistake
ARTICLE " The single rate of postage on the /
direct correspondence exchanged between TIE two
administrations, subject to the reserve men
tsoned in Article v,Ii :, shall be follows:
On letters from the United st ties. 5cent-. US.
2. On letters from the Netherlands, 40 cents
(Outch)
3d. On all other correspondence mentioned
in paragraph two of the first article, the rare
shall be, for the mails dispatched, TINT which
the despatching 'fice shall adopt, adapted to the
convenience and habits Of its interior admins tra
sion- Bat each Office shall give notice to the
other of the rate it adopts, and oil any subsequent
change thereof
ARTICLE VI Whenever a regular line Of steam
communication acceptable TO the two Offices. may
no employed directly between any port~of the
q EII-l
rope at such rates that the entire cost Of trans
portation between the two frontiers shall not ex-
coed for each single letter rate cents ~. s..
and for each kilogram ef other CORRESPONDENTS 10
cents Gu. > in tina, it is agreed that the in
fernafonsl single letter rate Of postage by such
line sh Ill be- reduce to 10 cents ~ from the
United States and Is cents Dutch from the ,
Netherlands And the two offices shall by COM j
mon accord fix the time when this reduction shall
take effect {,
Ar IcLE VII. The prepayment of postage on ,
the conditions in Article VIII mentioned; but
On registered letters. and all other core
spondence mentioned in paragraph two of the
frst article. it shall be obligatory. i;
ARTICLE VIII. If however the postage on any Z
shall be p,epaid insufficientIy, il
shalt nevertheless he forwarded to its destina-
tion, charged with the deficient postage adding
full amounts, instead of fractions, Of one cent
H. g. or five cents Dutch
Upon the delivery of any unpaid or insuficienty
paid letter, Of any other insuffciently paid
respoadence, there shall be levied in the United A
States fine not exceeding five cents, fU- !,
nd in the Netherlands MT exceeding Is cents
Dutch). This fine and also the deficient
,,stage on all other correspondence than letters,
hall rot enter into accounts between the two
'Aices. but shall b. retained to the of the col
Getting Office. 81
ARTICLE TX Registered correspondence shall, Of
n addition to the hostage be subject taa re u.s.
ration fee, MT exceeding ten cents U. 81 in the
gaited ates, and mot exceeding . cents
Dutch) n the Netherlands and this fee shall II
llways be prepaid
ARTICLE X. Any correspondence may be reg tv
stored vel! internafi nal correspondence as lie
hat originating in destined for other countries
o which these two adm nistratiOns may respect tn
vely serve Intermediates in either direction
II the TRANSMISSION Of such registered articles ell
Each department shtn notify the other Of the til
s'untries 20 which it may thus serve Is interme in
iary
ARTICLE III Accounts between the two ofi.es ed
hall be regulated on the following basis Prom
he total IF hostages and register fees col tn
,ct@d By each ofice LETTERS added the total
mount Of prep aid cottage and register fees IN tn
fhcr correspondence which il dispatches, tn de-
alchiny once shall ded-ct the unit required, Ell
the agreed rate for the cost # the intermediate bill
-sasit thereof between the wofrontiers. and the
n,ant Of the two net sum- shall be divided be- oh
'e-n the two Offices in the proportion Of three nu
hs e 5,hs) to the United Stares ofce and two die
ths f2-5thsl to the ONCE OF the Netherlands up
ARTICLE XII The correspondence M nj Toned
paragraph two offhe first article shall be des de-
tche under regulations be established by the COZ
-patching Office, Int always including the fol-
wing - get
First. No packet shall contain anything which the
Al he closed against inspection. any written or
nmunicaton whatever, except to state from !
ION and 70 whom the packet il sent. and the nul
nb-r and prize placed upon each pattern or pre-
nple ofmerchsndise. Gle.