New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-19

letters, newspapers, or other printed matter
received in New Zealand from such colony,
and addressed to the United States OF
| America, or elsewhere.
ARTICLE VII. The two Post Departments
may by mutual agreement provide for the
transmission of registered articles in the
mails exchanged between the. two cOun-
tries.
The register fee for each article shall be
ten cents in the United States, and -
in New Zealand.
ARTICLE VIII. The two Post Depart
ments shall settle by agreement between
them, all measures of detail and arrange
ment required to carry this convention into
execution, and may modify the same in like
manner from time to time, as the exigencies
of the service may require.
| ARTICLE * Every fully prepaid letter
dispatched from one country to the other
shall be plainly stamped with the words
| paid all' in red ink, on the right hand
upper corner of the address, in addition to
the date stamp of the office at which it was
| posted; and on insutficiently paid letters the
amount of the deficient postage shall be in
scribed in black ink.
ARPICLE \. Dead letters, which can not
be delivered from whatever cause. shall be
mutually returned without charge monthly,
or as frequently as the regulations Of the
respective offices will permit
ARTICLE NJ. This convention shall come
into operation on the first day OF December,
1870, and shall be terminable at any time,
on notice by either office of six months.
Done IN duplicate and signed in Washing
ton the fifth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy, and in Yelling
ton. New Zealand, on the third day of
August, in the same year.
JOHN. A. j. CRESWELL.
Postmaster General of the United States.
JULIUS LLOYD,
Postmaster General of New Zealand.
l hereby approve the foregoing conven-
ton, and in testimony thereof have caused
the seal Of the United States to be affixed.
U. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State.
Washington, October 5, 1870.
Convention between the general postOffice
OF the United States of America and the
general postOffice of the United Kingdom
Of Great Britain and Ireland.
The general postoffice of the United
States of America and the general postOtiice
of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain
and Ireland, being DESTROYS Of establishing
an exchange Of money orders between the
two countries, the undersigned, duly
authorized for that purpose, have agreed
upon the following articles:
ARTICLE
mere snali No regular exchange OF
The maximum Of each order is fixed at ten
pounds sterling when issued in the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland, and
when issued in the United States, at fifty
dollars in the national paper currency Of
the latter country.
ARTICLE II.
no hell hovy
to fix the rates of commission on all money
orders issued in the United Kingdom; and
the United states fostomce snail nave the
same power IN regard 10 an money ORDERS
lssIeu IN tne Initeu STATES. Eacn once
s shano nn ~ .ne o;ner ~ tafh h ~
enarses Gr rates vi commission Wnich snali
uo es.aulisn niT Hn y: 'nis conSenlion: an"
.nese ra.e 80, snaai, ~ ,.i Eases; oE pa" III au-
samee ~ Tue ieait.ert anu saan not, III any
even', De fopay aye. - ~ u1uetstoou, more
over, tnat eacn omc9 ~ autnorizeu 10 sus-
p ehu ' :, ~, 'ne eAonaese ~ money
o o ~ ease .ne eoufs1 "a eA:nanse, Ut
"h,s onoa o.ran Sote; snUt so ,iee e+o1
% "o,,n",,o "a e"'''0 "e''on' ~ '"o l'os'"'
revenue -
Anii.Ah ILL.,
Each country shall keep the commission
charged on al money orders Issued within
IL, Dut snail pay 10 the otner country one
POA SOS1SA Ss~SAA
ARTICLE ".
No money order shall include a fractional
mart of nenny or of a cent.
A"iNAh "
The service OF the postal money order
system between the TWO countries shall be
performed exclusively by the agency OF
offices Of exchange. On the part Of the
United States, the office Of exchange shall
be New York. and on the part OF the United
Kingdom, London.
ARTICLE vi.
arv nerson j., +be 1-n;+od S,,+as d.s;r;,o
mS .s ~ ~ r M E Sta.es u.sa
money within the limits prescribed by
article one, may pay it into any postotfice
in the United States DESIGNATED for such
purpose from time to time. by the POST. !
master General of that country. Such per.
son shall. at the same time. give the name |
and address of the persOn to whom the |
amount ia TO he Maid in the United King
dom. and HIS own name and address Anv
person in the United Kingdom: desiring to
remit To the United States a sum of money
within the same limits. NAV nav it into any
money order office of the United Kingdom.
giving. at the same time. the name and
exact address of the nerson to whom the
amount ia To Inc maid in the IInite, States
and his own name and address. The re,
ceivino postmaster in either country shall
in accordance with the rules established by
his postal administration. notify every such
payment to the dispatching exchange office.
The postmaster of New York, upon recent
of every notification of that kind. shall
make ont and forward to the payee in the |
United Kingdom. money order. PAYABLE in
sterlinp at the nOstOtfice in that country
designated by the remitter of the order. it