New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-02

| States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
fifth day of February, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, and of the independence of
the United States the ninety fourth.
U. s. GRANT.
By the President:
Hamilton FISH, Secretary of State
AMENDED ARTICLE To replace Article
Sixteen of the detailed Regulations for
the Execution of the Postal Convention
signed at the Hague, the twenty-sixth
day of September, in the year 1867.
In accordance with article XIX of the
Postal Convention between the Netherlands
and the United States, signed at the Hague
on the twenty-sixth of September, 1867,
the two administrations have agreed to re-
place article XVI. of the detailed regula-
| tions 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 2 42-lO0 guildeys 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 ct Washington, the twenty-third
day of May, 1870.
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 D. 1870.
The undersigned, being thereunto duly
authorized bv 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 he 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 d.
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 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 of exchange
of the colony of New Zealand for all mails
transmitted under this arrangement.
ARTICLE Ill 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 shalrre-
tain to its own use the hostages which 1t 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 (six
pence) for each additional weight of half an
ounce or fraction thereof, which shall, In
alFcases, 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
The United States postotfice shall levy
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 postotfice 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 by the laws and
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 III SAID
| 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 Columbia,
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 pound
for all kinds of printed matter.
The New Zealand postoffice shall render
an account to the United States postofhce,
upon letter bills to accompany each inall,
of the weight of the letters, and also OF the
| printed matter contained in such closed
| mails forwarded TO the United States tor