The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-01-25
rOfFICIAL-l
LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.

Convention between the General Post Office of tn
United States Il America aud the tienersl Pest
Of.i-- of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland
The general poSt-ofice o. the United States o
America ami he general pOst-utc- of the Uti' 81
Kingdom % Great Britain and Iceland, being de
u OF .sfati:siiu and nlainiSiningan exchange
Of mails betws the Unite states on the one SIDE
and tn Straits Settlements and the British East
Indies the ether. by means csnIuintly Of rt.e
line United STATES mail 'cs cts plying be.
Ssr ffaucs1o nj Hong hvrg and uI he line VI
Britt b mail packets plying bet cen Hong hong
and Siugap re. Calcu Ia, Aia.lrts, Bombay aud
Alden, the undersigned duly authorized Tor that
pri Pose have agreed HP,si the following articles
AkTIcLK L There shall lie dire exchange Of
mails between the Offices If New York and san
Fran i>co en- the one part, Hnd the ufc. of>ing
pore. Calcutta. 'sdraS otnbay. and deu. ois
the cthsr. InPrising letter, newspapers. prices
current. book Jackets. and packets IT y erns or
sample originating in the Uritsi states AMI al
Ire -ret respectfully 10 the TRAITS settlements
u the BRUSH East iniIrs. n originating in he
British East iniies the straits Settlements,
speciisey, ntNiiie>>ei TO the UHi.e states.
These miils n II be conveyed by United States
mail packets between -aB FRANCHISES ard Hong
hons va Yes htui,. ami by Bri in mail packet,
between Hons Kong and >in-apeTe " the INDIAN
pcrL--
AKIIcLx IL The p,sss-e to he collected in sh-
Tn tel states. upon si cogrrslr1neirr td.lTes>ed
in.tics, shall be ten per ug e tier not
ee-iir, halt an Vun-e ~ weight, he tvjer letters
being charged in y oF~'rti,u. two cents each On
newspapers or Pr ce> ear ett- aud elm cents per
far uas.ces On b. pack =. 3 ckrrs % patterns
0r -anas,les: ami the p o. be eoec 81 in Ei.r
Strtits >ettl-uIrR II thz En- ish Fast Indie.
Jpn ltndc Trr-pyLGel c. addressed 20 the United
states. shat b ten pence Per rsle letter not eN
esei n naf an ounce a.. weight h-1si-r letters
icing chaT5-I IN Proportion and rissr Pe-ce pr
Z al ounces iar newspapers, price cure bJuS
ptckeIs r facse.S ,f patterns tuTle,-
In- tre-P H.ieac- tLus paid hail be De iverei
A. re place ~ t!esritstifi. wEethst m she United
states IN the Brush P,s>es-uJts, free from Ill
lhsr-- wba,sieyer
IL 1"rs I-'-te. in either u1try unp'id Or insult
t-lvui!y paid shall. Heyerthei' =, he forwarded
an! h III he chlrEe sbr plfy- of s-fi-it;nu
WITH IA - pssIsr- Is the sull- thar
~oui a~ charZsahle n Ie-rersf like weight,
Io- Ell 10 despatch in the rp.s site esresti'i, To-
=. hsr with Il IvO zjx pe1ca Ia the >i4ai-s ser
Ll-nrats ~ the British I 81 iuiie-, Of twelve
esl.ts IN the Uni e, SSa.e-.
AzrIc 4 III TIE .xch1a e the err sHr1d- Z
=rcr referred T. in Article Il. fEe-eIng bail Il {
give i t. any accaE1t~ between fh- sri-5-e a. 4
thr U1ltei states PIT ,L-c--- tacL CHE shah
keeg tn p.s-fa-e watch I c4ii-cts
AEfIsLz ~ tvry letter reEsp per, Irire /
Surrersr. b.-s packet rs--5 4 patterns y -;sli-
Pies. -pIsc--t r. sral.ie- 60 Th- esther sal
b. plainly strtEIfs iti lei .r With stamp be tEfi
TIE w1s,ls PAL al. the Eizat-hsI.i PEE
So-n-ruf the rilres. su! -Eai al= tsI- the dsge .
-ta i > q tire Ui.lcs n wp.cl II VA sfsset-
Am l. v. Dad l-Jter-- meas aye *. 50 which 4
rsuH.; tie dClvsrei f1-si Whatever ciL-- shall he
Elutu US returned. without yl.aa.e sssH ~ OF
- frequently The Er-C!JIIJls u Jav respective
slscrs ~ill pvrni.t-
AHlI Is ". Tie tw1 Offices NAV. j y uIutUti !
sJrssut. make ssula detailed rszUilti. shall
L su5 u-cess,Iry t. carr vuf the oii-ct~ { ht~
--rz-.ef NJ Such regal ttlfs - t-slIfr1te II a y
tine ~ rrss. "a f,.i- l,9-Ic by eth ,ilige-
Ar - Viz lis csIveli...I si4a cane into
..-aft q on the - Lty af -e0ysElEcr one ths,Iss
Ind eight hundred All -i,ty-ei-at. and shah b-
;-rIail.ih AZ arg tiuls l1ttce rv e.Jhrg ,fice
u -lx IA lEtiIs
D4ue IN uuplica-C anil signed in Washington on
the sWruty--itt day f J.iy- A u "- IN .l-aIli
e. xit bgsrsiry,. AID sky -eEht, ssi IN Loaf en-
tie e.. rteenth q y 80 august, one tn 5Gssat Cst
E'.s.sis.d sEdslAty -eisat-
fsz.L1 ALEX W. RANDALL, h
P0s.Hls tet General.
saul MJN rEJ>E.
Pei astsr General Of the United k'u.rlIm-
I hsreby approve the afors going convention. ,
s7i u ts-ti1uy tb-rrtfI have caused TIL seal If
ne UuIte,. States u * altiXeI.
lsE,II ASDGEw JOHNSON. n
~ the President:
wLsIsN II. SEwsED, Secretary Of STATE.
Washington, July =, lstso-