New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-28

the two Offices shall be established on tn
respective letter bills in the proper none,
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 S,
effected in the general accounts at the rat.
of 42-l00 guilders for one dollar of tn,
United States.
In entering the foreign charges on tn,
letter bills in the money of the dispatchinI
office, the cent Of the United States and twl
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 O
the creditor Office.
Signed at Washington, the twenty-five
day Of May, 1870.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General.
Signed at the Hague, on the fifteenth o.
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
and at wellington, New Zealand, the
third of August, 1870, and approved by
the President of the United States, Octo.
Der 5, 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
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of America and New Zealand, by means OF
the direct line Of colonial mail packets ply
ing between San Francisco and said colony,
as we'll 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
ating in either country, and addressed to
and deliverable in the other country, as
we'll as correspondence in closed mails orig
mating in New Zealand and destined for
foreign countries by way Of the United
States.
ARTICLE II. The postoffces 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 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 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
all cases, be prepaid at least one single rate,
by means Of postage stamps, ut 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.
country from the other, shall be delivered
free of all charge whatsoever.
The United States p0stoffice shall levy
and collect to its own use, on newspapers
addressed to or received from New Zealand,
postage charge Of two cents; and ON al
other articles Of printed matter addressed
to or received from New Zealand, postage
charge of four cent? 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, ad.
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, or for any other cause specified in said
laws and regulations, as we'll as in regard
to their liability to customs duty under the
revenue laws.
ARTICLE w. 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 postof6ce may desire to transmit
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, whom
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 for
letter mails, and twenty cents Der pound
for all kinds Of printed matter.
The New Zealand postoffice shall render |
an account to the United States postofice,
upon letter bills to accompany each luail,
Of the weight of the letters, and also of the |
printed matter contained in such closed
mails forwarded to the United States for |
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 paid |
over by the New Zealand postofice to the |
United States pOstOfice, in sach manner a. |
the Postmaster General Of the United States |
shall prescribe.
ARTICLE v. Prepaid letters from foreign |
received in and forwarded from !
the United States to New Zealand shall be |
delivered in said colony free of all charges |
and letters received in New |
Zealand from the United States addressed |
to New South Wales or Australia; win be |
forwarded to destination, subject to the |
same conditions as are applicable to CORE
spondence originating in New Zealand and |
addressed to those countries.
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