New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-28

together with registration fee Of five cents
on each letter, be prepaid at such mailing
office; and provided also that such registra
ton shall not be- compulsory, and shall not
render the respective POstOffice Depart
ments, or their revenues, either jointly OF
separately, liable for the loss of such letters
or packets, or the contents thereof.
ARTICLE x.
All such letters mailed in the United
States or Vancouver's Island or British Col
umbia, respectively, shall be received,
registered, and receipted for as di-
rected in the general regulations issued
in each country in regard to the registration
OF valuable letters, and shall be sent to the
respective exchange Offices for the purpose
OF being forwarded thence by the first mail.
ARTICLE XII.
The respective exchange Offices shall
; make separate letter bill for each regis
tered letter or parcel Of registered letters
originally mailed at said exchange offices.
or cent to them, to be forwarded, as pre-
scribed by the regulations referred to in the
! preceding article, and shall enter therein
the name OF the person addressed, and the
postotfice to which it is to I've mailed for deliv-
cry. The postmaster OF said exchange office
| Will then inclose each such letter, or parcel
of letters, in a separate package, which
shall be conspicuOusly marked and plainly
inscribed with the word "Registered.' The
letter bills OF such registered letters shall
not be incIosed in the packages containing
them but shall be forwarded in a separate
wrapper or envelope, sealed, and addressed
to the postmaster of the Office to which such
egistered letters were sent.
ARTICLE Mi.
On the receipt of registered letters for
delivery or distribution at either Of the
$ho
OF such receiving Office will compare the
letters with the bill, and indorse it Cor
rect" if found SO: or will note the error if
there be one, in the manner prescribed with
regard to registered letters received from an
inland postotfce. He will then fill up the
corresponding return bill, noting upon it
whether correct or otherwise, and will see
that it is returned by the first mail there
after to the exchange Office OF mailing.
ARTICLE Mi.
Registered letters received at either OF
the exchange offices, and destined for an
inland postothce, shall be forwarded in the
same manner as Otker registered letters
originally mailed at such office.
ARTICLE XIV.
The registration fee Of five cents shall &C.
crue to the United States POstOtiice Depart
ment upon all registered letters sent from
the United States to landowners Island OF
British Columbia, and in like manner the
registration fee of five cents shall accrue to
the pOstofiice department Of Vancouvcr's
Island and British Columbia to the United
States.
ARTICLE XIV.
The two departments may, by mutual
consent, make such detailed regulations as
shall be found necessary TO carry out the
objects of this convention, and may modify
! the same from time to time, as the exigen
cies Of the service may require such regu
/ latiOns to terminate at any time on reason.
able notice by either department.
ARTICLE XVI.
This convention shall go into opera
! ton on the first Of July, 1870, and
| it may be annulled at the desire of either
| department upon six months previous
| notice.
Done in duplicate, and executed i'll Wash
| ington the ninth day of June, 1870, and il
| Victoria the twenty fifth day Of July, 1870.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General Of the United States
ARTHUR T. BUSHBY,
Postmaster General of British Columbia
hereby approve the aforegoing conven
ton, and in testimony thereof have causee
! the seal of the United States to be affixed
U. S. GRANT.
! BY the President:
| HAMILTON FISH,
| Secretary of State.
| Washington, October 5, 1870.