The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-23

| Each department o6all uSo ITS best eXertions u
the safe delivery, or, when miscarred, for the N
covery of any registered correspondence, but it
not responsible pecuniarily for the loss of any sue
correspondence
ARTICLE \. Registered correspondence shall
in addition to the postage be subject to re lis
tration fee, not exceeding ten cents in the Unite
States, and not exceeding two silver groschen il
the North German Union, and this fee shall b
Away. prepaid.
ARTIcLE XI Accounts between the two ofii ,e
| shall be regulated on the following basis: From
the total amount IF hostages and register fees col
iected BE- each office on letters, added to the tota
amount Of prepaid postage and register fees u
other correspondence which if dispatches, TIL de
sparchins office shall dedEct the amount required
at the agreed rate, for the cost of the intermediate
transit thereof between the twofrontiers, and thu
\ amount offhe two net sums shall be equally di
viied between the two offices.
ARTICLE MI. The two pos; departments shall
| establish by agreement, ard in conf1rmity with
| the arr angements in force at the time, the Con
ditions upon which the two offices may respectively
exchange in open mails the correspondence orig
mating in or destined to other foreign countries
| to which they may reciprocally serve n inter
mechanics.
1t .. always underst cd however. that srch COR
respondence shall only be charged with the rate
applicable I" direct international correspondence,
augmented by the postage due To foreign countries,
and 10y any other tax FIR exterior vice
But the North German office reserves the fright
20 fix a time, if necessary, when this rule shall
only app V TO C Yrespoudr Cesp. ched from the
United States FIR -uch other Countries unless the
latter shall have accepted the same rule in behalf
of the Correspondence despatched through them
by the North ti-rman office.
Article NIL Each office Grants TO the other
the pr yiece ottransit If the closed mails exchang
ed in either direction between the latter and any
country t. which the other ma, serve inter
nediary by its nal means Of mail transI~ rtation
whether CT land. and the terms of transit
shall be agreed upon when the exercise OF the
privilege is required.
AKTcLs NV. The postal accounts between
the two offices shall be stated quarterly. and
transmitted and verified speedily practica
BILE. add The balance found due hall be paid To
the credit. office. either by exchange on Lon
don at the debtors ofhce, as tie creditor Of
flee may desIIe
The rate for the conversion Of the money Of the
two countrie, shall be ixei by common agree
ment between the two offices.
ARTICLE Nv. When in any port Of either
country a closed mail is transferred from one
vessel to another without any expense TO the OF
fee Of the country where the transfer is made,
such transfer shall net be subject TO any pOstal
charge by Office against the ,ther.
ARTICLE WI official communications al
dressed from one Office To the other shall not be
the occasion Of any accounts between the two
Offices
Arm LIE WI Letters wrongly sent. or
wrongly addressed, or not deliverable for what
nee. Mt its expense. if any expense Is incurred
Registered correspondence If all kinds, not de-
liveralle for any ctu.e shall also be returned in
like manner All other correspondence which
cannot he delivered shall remain at the di>p ii
ton Of the receiving office Any hostage upon
returned which shall have been
charged against the office Of destination shall be
discharge, I sm the account
AR,ICIE Nvili In view Of tie possible desire
If other German States 10 avail themselves Il
the Advantages Of postal association with the
States now embraced in the Moth German Union,
it Is further agreed that the provisions this
venfi0n shall be EXTENDED 10 and shall comprise
them whenever such other States shall declare
their desire to join for this purpose, and notice
thereof shall have been given to the United
States Post Department
ARTICLE XIN The two Offices shall, by mutual
consent establish detailed regulations fer carry
ing these articles into execution, and they may
modify such regulations, in Ike manner, from
time tn time, as the exigencies of the service
may require
shall take effect all former conventions between
he two Offices and between the United States Of |
hcs on the part. and. on the other part. o.
Bremen and also Of Hamburg, shall cease 10 be \
IN force except for the settlement Of accounts
which shall have previously accrued Hereunder. |
This convention, being first approved. shall
lake effect not later than the 1T day ofJanuary /
next ard shall continue in force until cancelled /
~ mutual agreement, or otherwise, until one
FEAR from the date when one office shall have
gwen notice the other Of its desire TO terminate
Executed in duplicate at Berlin the twenty
Inst day Of October, one thousand eight hundred /
md sixty-seven.
SEAL JIl0N A kaSSoS.
Special Commissioner. &c. &c.
Tsx.It RICHARDv PHiLIPSBoRN,
Director General of the Post Department.