New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-05

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tons of the twenty sixth of November, 1867,
by the following article:
ARTICLE XVI
1t is understood that the accounts between
the two offices shall be established on the
respective letter bills in the proper money
of the dispatching Office; but the interna-
tional hostages on the unpaid letters or in
sufficiently paid letters shall be computed
in the money of the receiving country.
The reductions of these moneys shall be
effected in the general accounts at the rate
of 42-l00 guilders for one dollar of the
United States.
In entering the foreign charges on the
letter bills in the money of the dispatching
office, the cent of the United States and two
and half cents OF the Netherlands shall
be taken as equivalents.
1t is also understood that the quarterly
accounts shall be paid respectively in gold,
and in the denomination OF the money OF
the creditor office.
Signed at Washington, the twenty-third
day Of May, 1870.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General.
Signed at the Hague, on the fifteenth of
June, 1870. j. p. HOFSTEDE,
Chief Director of Posts.
POSTAL CONVENTION between the
United States of Amesica and the Colonial
Government of NewZealand. Signed at
Washington, the fifth of October, 1870,
and at Wellington, New Zealand, the
the President of the United States, Octo-
Der 5, 1870.
The undersigned, being thereunto duly
authorized by their respective govern
ments, have agreed upon the following arti-
cles establishing and regulating the ex-
change of correspondence between the
United States of America and the colony of
New Zealand:
ARTICLE 1. 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
| inc between San Francisco and said colony,
| as well as by such other means OF di-
rect mail steamship transportation
between the United Itates and
| New Zealand as shall hereafter
| be 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
we'll as correspondence in closed mails orig
| mating in New Zealand and destined for
| foreign countries by way of the United
| States.
| ARTICLE II. ue poStollCSS VI new IOIh,
| 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 al mails
| transmitted under this arrangement.
| ARTICLE III. No accounts shall be kept
| between the Post Departments OF the two
| countries upon the international cores
| pondence, written or printed. exchanged
| between them, but each country shall re-
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| lects.
The single rate of international letter
postage 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 tsix
| pence) for each additional weight of half an
| ounce or fraction thereof, which shall, IN
| all cases, be prepaid at least one single rate,
| by means OF postage stamps, at the ONCE
| of the mailing in either country. Letters
unpaid OF prepaid less than one full rate of
| postage shall not be forwarded, but INSULT
GENTLY paid letters on which a 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-
partment of the country of destination.
| Letters fully prepaid received in either
| country from the other, shall be delivered
free of all charge whatsoever.
The United States postotfice shall levy
! and collect to its own Use, on newspapers
addressed to or received from New Zealand,
a postage charge of two cents; and on all
other articles of printed matter addressed
/ to or received from New Zealand, a postage
charge of four cents per each weight OF four
| ounces or fraction of four ounces.
The postoffice of New Zealand shall levy
/ and collect to its own use, on newspapers
| and other articles of printed matter, ad-
| dressed to or received from the United
States. the regular rates of domestic post
| age chargeable thereon by the laws and
| 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 specified In said
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
respondence in closed mails which the New
| Zealand postoffce 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, wher
transmitted entirely by land routes, SIX
cents per ounce for letter mails and siXteer
cents per pound for all kinds of printed
matter.
For the United States territorial and sea
transit of closed mails from New Zealand
for British Columbia or other British Nortl
American provinces, Mexico, Central ant
South America or the West India Islands
when transmitted from the United States
by sea, twenty-five cents per ounce fo
letter mails, and twenty cents per pound
for all kinds of printed matter.
The New Zealand postotfice shall render
an account to the United States postofflce
upon letter bills to accompany each mail
Of the weight of the letters, and also OF tht
printed matter contained in such closet
mails forwarded to the United States to-
transmission to either of the above named
countries and colonies; and the accounts
arising between the two offices on tins cias
of correspondence shall be stated, ADJUSTED
and settled quarterly, and the amounts
the United States transit charges found 0tl
on such closed mails shall be promptly pal'
over by the New Zealand postotfice to tn
United States postotfice, in such manner a
: the Postmaster General OF the United State
5 shall prescribe.
: ARTICLE y. Prepaid letters from foreig
Z countries received in and forwarded fror
the United States to New Zealand shall b
: delivered in said colony free OF all charge
| whatsoever. and letters received in Me-
Zealand from the United States addresse
4 to New South Wales or Australia; will b
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