New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-17
OFFICI A L..
TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
POSTAL CONVENTION.

Inc Cnlteu StRIpS OF America ana II
Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, being IL
sirous to promote the friendly relations e,
listing between their respective citizens an
subjects, by placing the communications b
: post between the two countries upon an &C
, | vantageOus footing, have resolved to cor
clude a convention for this purpose, an
have named as Their plcnipotentiaries-t
is to say:
The President of the United States
Henry I. Blow, q citizen of the Unitc'
, States, their Envoy Extraordinary ant
Minister Plenipotentiary near the cour
Of his Imperial Majesty;
His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, thu
most illustriOus and most excellent JOat
Mauricio Wanderley, Baron de Cotegipe
Senator and Grandee OF the Empire. mem
Der of his council. commander OF his Order
of the Rose, Minister and Secretary Of State
for the Marine Department in charge OF
the foreign affairs, etc; who, after having
! communicated to each other their respec-
tive fill powers, found i'll good and due
form. have agreed upon and concluded the
following articles:
ARTICLEI.
| An exchange of correspondence shall here
after take place between the United States
of America and the Empire of Brazil by
means Of the line of mail packets subsidized
by the respective governments plying
| monthly between the port of New York and
| the ports of ST. Thomas in the West Indies.
and Para, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de
Janeiro, in Brazil, as well as by such other
| means of transportation between the sea-
ports of the two countries as shall hereafter
be established with the approval Of the re-
spective Post Departments Of the United
States and Brazil: and this correspondence
shall embrace:
l. Letters and manuscripts subject by the
laws OF either country to letter rate OF
postage.
9 Newspapers and prints of all kinds. in
sheets and pamphlets, and IN books, sheets
OF music. engravings, autographs, photo
graphs, drawings, maps and plans; and
such correspondence may be exchanged.
whether orig inating in either Of said cOun-
tries, and destined for the other, or original
ing in or destined for foreign countries to
which they may respectively serve as inter
mediaries
ARTICLE H.
New York shall be the office of exchange
on the side of the United States, and Para,
Bahia, Pernanbuco and Rio de Janeiro
shall be the Offices of exchange on the side
OF Brazil for all mails transmitted between
the two countries under this arrangement.
and all mail matter transmitted in either
direction between the respective etfices of
exchange shall be forwarded in closed bags
OF pouches under seal, addressed to the COR
responding exchange office.
The two Post Departments may at any
time discontinue either of said Offices of ex-
change or establish others.
ARTICLE III.
The standard weight for the single rate |
OF postage and rule of progression shall be: |
l. For letters or manuscript subject bv !
law to letter rate Of postage-fttecn !
gramlnes. |
2. For all correspondence mentioned in |
the second paragraph of the first article,
that which each department shall adopt tor
the mails which it dispatches to the other,
adapted to the convenience and habits of !
its interior administration.
But each office shall give notice to the
other OF the standard weight it adopts, and
Of any subsequent change thereof. The
weight stated by the dispatching Office
shall always lac accepted, except III cases Of
manifest errors.
ARTICLE ".
No accounts shall be kept between the
POStOtiice departments of the two countries
III the international correspondence, writ
en- or printed, exchanged between them;
'ut each country shall levy, collect and re-
ain to its own use the following postage
charges, viz:
|. The postage to be charged and col
-
II manuscript subject to letter postage, |
nailed in the United States, and addressed |
o any place in the Empire of Brazil shall |
Re fifteen ll5) cents, United States currency,
'er each weight Of fifteen gramlnes or frac-
ion of fifteen graInmes, and the postage to
Ne charged and collected in Brazil on each
etteT or manuscript, subject to letter post
ge, mailed in Brazil, and addressed to any
lace in the United States shall be three !
undred refs, Brazilian currency; the same :
o be III each case, in full Of all charges
whatever to the place of destination in :
ither country.
2. On all other correspondence mentioned :
4 the second paragraph of the first article, =
here shall be charged and collected bv the !
country such rates of inland | J
ostage rs are now, or may hereafter be | j
Established by its laws for domestic cor :
espondence of the same class and in addi-
on thereto a sea rate of one cent United | =,
tates currency Tor its equivalent in the | "a
lrrency of Brazil) on each newspaper, and =
n each weight Of thirty grammes or frac- a
on OF thirty grammes OF other printed a
after, sheets OF music. engravings, litho- y
raphs. photographs, drawings, maps and :,
ANS, which inland and sea postage shall b
2 combined into one rate, and the prepay .
ent thereof certified by the stamp Of the
spatching office. Il
In like manner, on newspapers, prints of II
kinds, and other articles OF mail n
lie matter Except lettcrs) received :.
either country from the other, there
all be charged and collected at +,
G office OF delivery in the receiv- ~
z country such rates of inland post n
e as are now, or may hereafter be, estab-
he'd for domestic correspondence of the |
me class by the laws of each country re-
ectiyely.
Except as above, no charge whatever
all he levied in the country in which in .
letters, newspapers, ETC., are de-
cred.
and other correspondence.
in the second paragraph of the
st article, shall be sent in narrow bands
covers, open at the sides or ends, so that
ey may be easily examined, and shall be U
hject to the laws and regulations of the til
,patchng country in regard to their 81
billty to be rated with letter postage ~
zen containing written matter. or for any n;
ler cause specified in said laws and regu- Il,
ions. Il,
ARTICLE " or
Letters and other communications in ~
lnuscript, which from any cause can not "A
delivered to their address, after the ex- .,
alton of II proper period to effect their 'h
livery. shall be reciprOcally returned I'd
cry month. unopened and without charge, ~
The POstOffce Department of the dis |
tching country; but newspapers and all "a! az
Ter articles of printed III: tier shall not be 1
urned. but remain at the disposal of tho ~
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