New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-08

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Chief Director of Posts.
POSTAL CONVENTION between the
United States of America and the Colonial
Government of New Zealand. Signed at
washington. the fifth of October, 1870,
and at Wellington, New Zealand, the
third of August, 1870. and approved by
the President of the United States, Octo
Der s. 1870.
The undersigned, being thereunto duly
authorized by their respective govern
ments. have agreed upon the following arti-
Giles establishing and regulating the ex-
change of correspondence between the
United States Of America and the colony OF
New Zealand:
ARTICLE /. There shall be an exchange OF
correspondence between the United States
of America and New Zealand, by means of
the direct line of colonial mail packets ply
ing between San Francisco and said colony,
as well as by such other means of di-
rect mail steamship transportation
between the United states and
New Zealand as shall hereafter
he established. with the approval of the
respective Post Departments of the two
| countries, comprising letters, newspapers
and printed matter of every kind, origin-
ating in either country, and addressed to
and deliverable in the other country, as
| well as correspondence in closed mails orig
| mating in New Zealand and destined for
| foreign countries By way OF the United
| States.
| Boston and San Francisco shall be the
| United States offices OF exchange, and AUX
| land and Wellington the offices OF exchange
of the colony of New Zealand, for all mails
| transmitted under this arrangement.
!. ARTICLE Ill No accounts shall be kept
| between the Post Departments of the two
countries upon the International cores
| pondenee, written or printed. exchanged
| between them, but each country shall re-
! tain to its own use the hostages which 1t col
| lects.
The single rate of international letter
| hostage shall be twelve cents In the United
| States and six pence in New Zealand, on
each letter weighing half an ounce or less,
| and an additional rate OF twelve cents SIX
| pencil for each additional weight OF half an
/ ounce or fraction thereof, which shall, ID
all cases, be prepaid at least one single rate,
i by means of postage stamps, at the once
| Of the mailing in either country. Letters
unpaid or prepaid less than one full rate OF
] hostage shall not be forwarded, but INSULT
| eiently paid letters on which single rate
| or more has been prepaid shall be forward
| ed, charged with the deficient postage, to
| be collected and retained by the Post De-
i
| Letters fully prepaid, received, in either
country from the other, shall be delivered
free of all charge whatsoever.
The United States postofice shall levy
| and collect to its own use, on newspapers
/ addressed to or received from New Zealand,
1 a. postage charge of two cents; and ON all
| other articles, of printed matter addressed
/ to or received from New Zealand, postage
| charge of four cents per each weight OF tour
| Tpaaf nt
The postoffiee of New Zealand shall levy
and collect to its own use, on newspapers
and other articles of printed matter, adj;
dressed to or received from the United
States, the regular rates of domestic post
age chargeabler thereon by the laws ana
regulations of the colony of New Zealand.
Newspapers and all other kinds of printed
matter are to be subject to the laws and
regulations of each country respectively, IN
regard to their liability to be rated with let
ter postage, when containing written mat,
ter. or for any other cause speclhed IN SAD
laws and regulations, as well as IN regard
to their liability to customs duty under the
revenue laws. ....
ARTICLE ". The United States Office en-
cages to grant the transit through the
United States, as well as the conveyance by
United States mail packets, of the cor
respondenee in closed mails which the New
Zealand postotice may desire to transmit
via the United States to British Columbia,
the British North American provinces, the
West Indies, Mexico, Central and South
America. and at the following rates OF
United States transit postage, viz: :,
For the United States territorial transit
of closed mails from New Zealand for Mex
leo, British Columbia, Canada or other
British North American provinces, when
transmitted entirely by land routes, SIX
cents per ounce for letter mails and sixteen
cents per pound for all kinds of printed
matter
Fer the United States territorial and sea
transit of closed mails from New Zealand
; for British Columbia or other British NORTH
American provinces, Mexico, Central ano
South America or the West India ISLANDS
when transmitted from the United States
/ by sea, twenty-five cents per ounce tol
letter mails, and twenty cents per pounc
for all kinds of printed matter.
The New Zealand postotfice shall render
J an account to the United States postothce
upon letter bills to accompany each Inali
OF the weight of the letters, and also OF tht
printed matter contained in such closet
mails forwarded to the United States 1ol
transmission to either of the above named
, countries and colonies; and the accounts
arising between the two offices on this clas
: of correspondence shall be stated, ADJUSTED
| and settled quarterly, and the amounts
., the United States transit charges FOUND ou'
/ ON such closed mails shall be promptly pal'
: over hv The New ZEALAND n0etOtfice to tn