New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-22

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Government of New Zealand. Signed at
Washington. the fifth of October 1870.
and at Wellington. New Zealand. the
third Of August, 1879, and approved by
the President Of the United States, Octo
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;
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 My
inc 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 or the United
States.
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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-
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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 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.
|
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, adj
dressed to or received from the United
| States, the regular rates OF domestic post
age chargeable thereon b. the laws ana
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 sad
| 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 postotfice may desire to transmit
| via the United States to British Columb la,
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 pounG
for all kinds of printed matter.
The New Zealand pestotice shall render
an account to the United States postofflcee'
upon letter bills to accompany each inall,
of the weight of the letters. and also or the
printed matter contained in such closed
mails forwarded to the United States Tor
I 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 palG
! over by the New Zealand postotice TO the
! United States postotfice. in such manner as
! the Postmaster General of the United States
, shall prescribe.
ARTICLE Y. Prepaid letters from foreign
countries received in 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
I forwarded to destination, subject to the
same conditions as are applicable to CORE
! spondence originating in New Zealand anc
addressed to those countries
ARTICLE VI. In the event of any OF tht
Australian colonies not agreeing with New
! Zealand to contribute to the maintenance
! of any line of mail packets plying between
! New Zealand and the United States o
I America and subsidized by New Zealand
, the New Zealand postofice may require tn
T United States postoffiee not taforWard D,
such subsidized packets any mails, letters
, newspapers, or other articles addressed t
| such colony, and the New Zealand post
office may refuse to transmit to their destl
nation all mails, letters, newspapers, o
other printed matter addressed to such COZ
| ony, and received in New Zealand from tn