New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-17

ence for foreign countries beyond the coun
try to which the mail is sent.
Correspondence of this class must be &C
companied by letter-bill from the dis
patching exchange Office, specifying tn
amount due thereon to each Office, and tn
receiving exchange Office shall return b,
next post to the dispatehing exchange Office
| an acknowledgement of receipt and veritica
ton thereof, which letter bills and acknowl
| edgments Of receipt shall serve a.
| vouchers in the settlement of the
accounts. The accounts to he kept bt
| tween the two departments upon this class
| Of correspondence shall be stated quarterly
transmitted and verified as speedily as
! practicable, and the balance found due
! shall be paid promptly to the creditor office
! under such regulations as the respective
Post departments may from time to time
prescribe.
ARTICLE VII.
Letters and other correspondence origin
atlng III foreign countries, and addressed to
the United States or to Brazil. respectively,
on which the foreign and international
postage charges are fully prepaid, shall,
when forwarded through the mails OF either
country to the other. be delivered in tho
country OF destination free of charge
ARTICLE TX.
The official correspondence between each
government and its legation near the other,
and that OF the latter with the former. shall
be conveyed to its destination free OF post
age, and with all the precautions which the
two governments may find necessary for its
lnviolah ility and security.
ARTICLE X.
Neither Post Department shall he re-
CURED to deliver any article received in the
mails, the circulation Of which shall be pro-
n tad J,yr< h<,T
OF destination.
ARTICLE ".
The two Post Departments may by rnu-
tual agreement provide forthe transmission
OF registered articles in the mails exchanged
between the two countries.
The register fee for each article shall be
ten cents i'll the United States, and two
hundred (200) reis in Brazil
ARTICLE XII.
The two Post Departments shall settle, by
agreement between them. all measures of
detail and arrangement required to carry
this convention into execution, and NAV
modify the same in like manner, from time
to time, as the exigencies of the service may
require.
ARTICLE XVI.
This convention shall take effect from a
DAY TO be fixed by the two Post Depart
ments. and shall continue in force until an
1ulled by mutual consent, or until one wear !
rom date of notice given by one of the de- !
Dartments to the other of its desire to ter |
innate the same. !
ARTICLE NV.
The present convention shan be ratified. |
md the notifications shall be exchanged at |
$40 dc Janelro, as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respective pl"ni- |
have signed and sealed the
anne.
Done in the city of Rio de Janciro this
ourtecnth day OF the month o: March. in
he year Of our Lord one Thousand ciuht
hundred and seventy.
HENRY T. BLOW.
BARAO DE CGTEGiPE.
Pos-oFPICE gE.al-xH:T
Washington. MAJ g 1870. s
Having examined and considered the
Dregoing articles of a postal convention be-
ween the United States OF America and the
.mpire of Brazil, which were agreed upon
nd signed in the city OF Rio dc ,Tane:,5 on
he fourteenth day of March, one thousand
ght hundred and seventy, bv Hon. Henry
!. Blow, United States Minister to Brazil. |
citing in behalf of, and under instructions
ON, this department. and by His Excel
ncy Baron de Cotegipe. Minister and See
.tary OF State for the Marine Department
Brazil. in charge of the foreign affairs.
C.. the same are by me hereby ratified ana
proved, by and with the advice and con
Mt of the President of the United States.
In witness whereof l have caused the seal
the Postoifice Department to be hereto
fixed. with my signature, the dav and
EAR first above written.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General. United States. ,
l hereby approve the atoregoinc conven- I
IN. and in testimony thereof have caused i
c seal of the United State. to be affixed. I
u. $. GRANT :
BY the President: |
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State. e
May 9, 1870. r