New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-28
HAMPTON FISH, Secretary of State.

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-l0O glulders 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.
accounts shall be paid respectively in gold,
and in the denomination of the money of
the creditor office
Signed ct 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 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, Oct0-
Der ), 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: .--.-.-..-y. -.--..
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
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
| well as correspondence in closed mails orig
| mating in New Zealand and destined for
| foreign countries by way of the United
| States.
ARTICLE H. The postoffices of New York,
| 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 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-
| tain to its own use the hostages which it col
| 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 (six
| 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 Office
! of the mailing in either country. Letters
| unpaid or prepaid less than one full rate OF
postage shall not be forwarded, but INSULT
| GENTLY 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-
| 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,
| 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 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, All
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, III
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 we'll 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 we'll as the conveyance by
| United States mail packets, of the cor
respOndence in closed mails which the New
Zealand postotfice 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.
For the United States territorial and sea
| transit of closed mails from New Zealand
for British Columbia or other British North
| American provinces, Mexico, Central and
| South America or the West India Islands,
| when transmitted from the United States
| by sea, twenty-five cents per ounce Tor
| letter mails, and twenty cents per pound
| for all kinds of printed matter.
The New Zealand postotiice shall render
an account to the United States postOtfice,
| upon letter bills to accompany e3cn iual,
OF the weight of the letters, and also OF the
printed matter contained in such closed
mails forwarded to the United States for
| transmission to either of the above named
| countries and colonies; and the accounts
arising between the two offices on this class
| of correspondence shall be stated, adjusted
and settled quarterly, and the amounts OF
| the United States transit charges found due
| on such closed mails shall be promptly PAID
over by the New Zealand postoffice to the
| United States pOstotfice, in such manner as
| the Postmaster General of the United States
shall prescribe.
ARTICLE V. Prepaid letters from foreign
countries received i'll and forwarded from
| the United States to New Zealand shall be
delivered in said colony free of all charges
whatsoever, and letters received in New
Zealand from the United States addressed
to New South Wales or Australia; will be
forwarded TO destination, subject to the
same conditions as are applicable to CORE,
spondence originating in New Zealand and
| addressed to those countries.
| ARTICLE VI In the aveOt Of any OF the