New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-02
HAMPTON FISH, Secretary of State.

place article XVI. of the detailed regula-
tons of the twenty-sixth of November, 1867,
by the following article:
ARTICLE XVI.
It is understood that the accounts between
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-l00 guilders 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.
1t is also understood that the quarterly
accounts shall be paid respectively in gold,
and in the denomination of the money OF
the creditor Office.
Signed at 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, 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 l. 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 ineither 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 II. The postofices Of New York,
Boston and San Francisco shall be the
United States offices of exchange, and AUX
land and Wellington the Offices ofexchange
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 tsix
pence) for each additional weight OF half an
ounce or fraction thereof, which shall, ID
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 o.
postage shall not be forwarded, but INSULT
GENTLY paid letters on which a single rate
or more has been prepaid shall be forward
ed. charged with the deficient postage, tC
be collected and retained by the Post De
partment of the country OF destination
| Letters fully prepaid, received in eithel
country 1IOIu I0t SudA1 SS uSIiNC1CN
free of all charge whatsoever.
The United States postotfce shall levy
and collect to its own use, on newspaper
| addressed to or received from New Zealand
a postage charge Of two cents; and on al
| other articles of printed matter addressed
to or received from New Zealand, a postage
| charge of four cents per each weight Of tOul
| ounces or fraction of fOur ounces.
| The postoffice OF New Zealand shall lev!
| and collect to its own use on newspaper
| and other articles of printed matter, ad
! dressed TO or received from the United
! States, the regular rates of domestic post
| age chargeable thereon by the laws ant
| regulations of the colony of New Zealand.
! Newspapers and all other kinds of printed
matter are to be subject to the laws ant
! regulations of each country respectively, il
regard to their liability to be rated with let
ter postage, when containing written mat
| ter. or for any other cause specified ID salt
| laws and regulations, as well as IN regart
! to their liability to customs duty under th
revenue. laws.
ARTICLE ". The United States Office en-
cages 10 grant the transit through tn
| United States, as well as the conveyance b.
! United States mail packets, of the cor
respondence in closed mails which the Ney
| Zealand pOstOtfice may desire to TRANSMIT
via the United States to British Columbia
the British North American provinces, til
West Indies, Mexico, Central and SOutl
America, and at the following rates Q
| United States transit postage, viz:
For the United States territorial transl
| of closed mails from New Zealand for Mex
leo, British Columbia, Canada or othe
British North American provinces, whe
transmitted entirely by land routes, ST
cents per ounce for letter mails and sixtee
cents per pound for all kinds of printe
matter.
For the United States territorial and Sc
transit of closed mails from New Zealan
for British Columbia or other British Mort
American provinces, Mexico, Central an
South America or the West India Island
when transmitted from the United State
by sea, twenty-five cents per ounce ft
letter mails, and twenty cents per poun
for all kinds of printed matter.
The New Zealand postotfice shall rende
an account to the United States pOstOtict
upon letter bills to accompany each lnal
of the weight of the letters, and also OF til
printed matter contained in such close
mails forwarded to the United States f.
transmission to either Of the ss.rSOve name
countries cC:,-1.I ana colonies; and the account
arising between the two Offices on this elias
of correspondence shall be stated, adJuste
and settled quarterly, and the amounts
the United States transit charges found dt
on such closed mails shall be promptly pal
over by the New Zealand postotfice to IL
United States postotice, in sGch manner
the Postmaster General of the United Stat
shall prescribe.
: ARTICLE V. Prepaid letters from foreie
: countries received in and forwarded fro
the United States to New Zealand shall
delivered in said colony free OF all charg
| whatsoever, and letters received IN Ne
Zealand from the United States address,
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