New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-26

sof seveaAa 81 ttenttfou.h Nesember,
1859, shall come into operation on the nrst
Done in duplicsse, and signed in Wash
| ington the third day Of December, one thou
sand eight; hundred and sixty-ni and IN
London the fourteenth day of the same
| month.
Isl JNO. A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the United States.
Il. 81 HARRINGTON,
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom.
l hereby approve the afOregoing 4c0nven-
ton, and in testimony thereof have caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed.
L. 81 U. s. GRANT.
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
Washington, December 3, 1869.
ADDITIONAL CONVENTION to the con-
vention agreed upon between the Post De-
partment of the United States of America
aud the Postal Administration Of the king
dom of Italy, signd at Florence the eighth
day of November, A. D. eighteen hun
dred and sixty-seven.
An Additional Convention between the
General Post Office Of the United States of
America and the General Post Office of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland having established reduced charge
of six cents per ounce, or per thirty gram
mes, for the sea conveyance across the
Atlantic of letters sent in closed mails
through the United Kingdom, the under
signed duly authorized by their respective
governments, have agreed upon the follow
ing articles:
ARTICLE I.
The single rate of letter postage on the
direct correspondence exchanged between
.c<,, al
England, shall be as follows:
For letters from the United States, ten
cents.
For letters from Italy, fifty-fve centesimi.
And for the sea conveyance of letters, in
closed mail, across the waters of the At
lantic Ocean, the. United States Office shall
receive six cents per ounce, or per thirty
grammes.
ARTICLE II.
The conditions Of articles five and twelve
of the convention agreed upon between the
America and the Postal Administration of
the kingdom of Italy, signed at Florence,
the eighth day OF November, A. D., eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, SO far us they are
contrary to the preceding article, are re-
pealed.
ARTICLE III.
The present convention, which shall be
considered as additional to the convention
of the eighth of November, 1867. shall come
into operation on the fifteenth day of Feb
ruary, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
Done in duplicate, and signed in Florence
the sixteenth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy, and in Wash
ington the eighth day Of February, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.
[sEAL.] JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the United States.
BARBAVARA,
Director General.
hereby approve the foregoing conven-
ton, and in testimony thereof have caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed.
[sEAL. L. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
Washington, February s, 1870.
ADDITIONAL CONVENTION to the
convention for the regulation of the postal
intercourse between the United States OF
America and Belgium signed at Brussels
the twenty-tirst OF August, A. D. 1867.
An additional convention between the
General Post Office of the United States of
America and the General Post Office of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land having established reduced charge OF
six cents per ounce, or per thirty grammes,
for the sea conveyance across the Atlantic
of letters sent in closed mails through the
United Kingdom, the undersigned, duly au-
thorized by their respective governments,
have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE I.
The single rate of postage on the direct
correspondence exchanged between the
United States and Belgium shall be follows:
/. On prepaid letters from the United
States, ten cents.
?. On prepaid letters from Belgium, fifty
centimes.
And, for the sea conveyance of letters, in
closed mails, across the waters of the At
lantic Ocean, the United States Office shall
receive six cents per ounce, or per thirty
grammes.
ARTICLE II.
The conditions of Articles 5 and ii Of the
convention between the United States and
Belgium, signed in Brussels the twenty-first
day of August IL the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, so
far as they are contrary to the preceding
article, are repealed.
ARTICLE III.
The present convention, which shall be
considered as additional to the convention
of the twenty-first of August, 1867, shall
come into operation on the fifteenth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
Done in duplicate, and signed in Wash
ingtOn this first day Of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.
[sEAL.] JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the United States.
fsEAL.] MAURICE DELFOSSE.
l hereby approve the aforegoing conven-
ton, and, in testimony thereof, / have
caused the seal Of the United States to be
affixed. u. S. GRANT.
[sEAL.]
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
Washington, March l, 1870.
Additional Convention to the Convention
between the General Post Office of the
United States Of America and the General
Post Office of the Netherlands, signed at