Smyrna times., 1871-07-19

foreign affairs, &C.; who, after having communica.
ted 10 each other their respective full powers found
in good and due form, have agreed upon and con-
cluded the following articles:
! ARTICLE l.
| An exchange of correspondence shall hereafter
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 govern
ments plying monthly between the port of New
| York and the potts of St Thomas, 10 the West
Indies, and Para, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de
JanerO, in Brazil. as we'll as by such other means
OF transportation between the seaports OF the two
countries As shall hereafter be established with the
approval of the respective Post Departments of the
United States and BRAZIL and this correspondence
! shall embrace
LIST. Letters and manuscripts subject by the laws
of either country to letter rate OF postage. &,
I'd. Newspapers and prints of all kinds, in sheets
IN pamphlets, and in books, sheets of music, en-
Cravings, autographs, pht tOgraphs. drawings, maps
and plans g.; aud such correspondence may he ex-
changed, whether originating in either of said
countries, and designed for the other, originating
IN or designed for foreign countries to which they
may respectively as Intermediates.
ARTICLE III.
New York shall be the Office Of exchange on the
side OF the United States, and Para, Bahia Pernam.
buco, and Rio de Janero shall he the offices of ex.
change on the side of Brazil for all mails transmit
ted in either direction between the respective fices
OF exchange, shall be forwarded in closed bags or
pouches under seal, addressed 10 the corresponding
exchange office
The two Post Departments may at anv time dis
continue either of said offices Of exchange or es-
tabllsh others.
The standard weight for the single rate Of post.
! age and rule OF progression shall be:
LIST. For letters or manuscript subject by law to
! letter rate of pOstage--l5 grammes.
Hpe al 81,
The second paragraph Of the first article that which
each department shall adopt for the mails which 1t
dispatches to the other, pied 10 the convenience
ana habits OF interior administration.
But each office shall give notice the other of the
standard weight It adopts and of any subsequent
change thereof. The weight stated by the dispatch
Ing oice shall always be accepted, except in eases
OF manifest errors
ARTICLE w.
No accounts shall be kept between the Post De-
Partments Of the two countries on the information.
al correspondence, written or printed, exchanged
between them; but each country shall levy, collect,
ana retain TO Its own use the following pnstage
charges, viz:
Is The postage to be charged and collected in
the United States each letter or manuscript sub
JeCt To letter postage, mailed in the United States
ana hddr ssed to any place in the EmpIre Of Brazil
shall be fifteen (l5) cents, United States currency
per each weight Of hsel grammes or fraction of
II Teen gfah"ts, and the postage TO be charged and
Collected IN Brazil on each letter or manuscript
subject to letter postage, mailed in Brazll and sd'
dressed to any place IN the United Stetes shall be
three hundred reIs, Brazilian CURRENCY; the same 10
be In each case, IN full of all charges whatever To
the place OF destination in either country
"a. in all other correspondcnce mentioned in the
second paragraph of the first article there shall he
charged and collected by the dispatchng country
such rates OF inland postage as are now, or NAV
hereafter be, established by its laws for domestic
correspondence Of the same class and in addition
thereto, searate Of cent Unit, States currcn
cy lor its equivalent in the currency of BrnzlD on
each newspaper, and for each welpht of thirty
grhmmes or fraction of thirty grammes of other
printed matter, sheets Of r,nsic engrnvings iitbs
graphs photographs, drawings. ma ps ana plans
"hlch INLAND and sea postage shall be combined
INTO one rate, and the prepayment thereof cetIfied
by the stamp o the dspatchrug Office
In ike manner, on newspapers prints of all
KlhoS anu otherHrtIces Of mailahlr matter (except
etters) received in either country from the other
there snail be charged and collected al the office of
oeHVery IN The receiving country such rates of in.
land p"s'age as are now. or may hereafter be- es.
lSohShed Tor d"'nesiIc correspondence Of the same
class by the l. ws oT each country respectively
Except as above, no charge whatever shall he
levied in the country in which international letters
newspapers, &c, are delivered
Newspapers and other correspondence, mentioned
In the second paragraph OF the first article shall be
sem VI haffo" bands or covers, open at tie sides or
ends, so that they NAV be eas,v ex,mdcd and
shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the
dIsphtchng country IN regard to their liability TO be
Tateo WIN letter postage when containing written
matter, or fIr any other specified in said la ws
and regulations.
ARTICLE v.
Letters and other communicat tions in manuscript.
whch ION any cause cannot be delivered To their
address, aflcr the expiration of proper perird TO
elect their delivery. shall he
every month, unopened and without chnrge to the
fost Ohce Department of the dispaichnp country:
nut new .pers and all other articles of printed
matter shall not be returned, but remain at the dis
posal OF the receiving office.
Letters errOne ,usy transmitted or Uronplv ,d
dressed shall be promptly returned to the dispatch.
ing office.
ARTICLE VI.
The governments at the United States and of
Brazil reciprOcaly grant to each other the privilege
"t tree transfer of closed mails in the ports and
aroors oi the respective countries, from one vessel
TO another, in continuance OF their CONVEYANCE In
destination
ARTICLE VII.
The Post Departments of the United States md
OF Brazil shall establish by agreement and in con
tormlty with the arrangements in nrce at the time
the conditions upon which the two offices NAV px
change, IN open mails the correspondence orjginat
ing In or destined TO other countries to which tbcv
may respectively serve as Intermediates; but such
correspondence shall only be charg, with the in.
terna'I"na postage established by ills convention,
augmented by the postage rates IN turce bDtween
me forwarding country and the country of stna
ton, and any other tax for exterior service.
The two Post Departments re mutually IN fur
nIsh each other with lists stating the fpreipn
countries TO which the foreign n, stage, and the
amounts thereof, must be absolutely pr paid or can
Do ie't unpaid; and until such lists are furnished,
ne'nef country Is to mail TO The other any cores
pondence for foreign countries beyond The countrv
TO which the mail is sent.
Correspondence of this class must be ACCOMPANIED
by letter bill from the disputching exchange
once specifying the amount due thereon TO each