Smyrna times., 1871-03-29
POSTAL CONVENTION
BETWEEN the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ann .


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ann ,r,,,.
HAWAIIAN KINGDOM. "L
The undersigned, beng IherCunto duly ,,r
lzed by The respective governments, have ao
upon the following ARTICLES, ESTABLISHING and s'
lating the exchange OF correspondence h, GU
United States OF America and the Ilawai Kiny
dom:
ARTICLE l.
There shall be an exchange Of cor,c,n,nd.
between the United States OF America md tho ~
waian Kingdom, 5y means Of the subsidized Ii.
of the United States mail steamers plyin h,,,.
san Francisco and Honolulu, az well az h, ,as
sonal steamers, aud by sailing vessels ruuDi,ub
tween Honolulu and the ports OF San + Frs,c.Y,
alitOrnih, Portland, Oregon, or ports in pna.,'
Sound, Teekalct, Olympia, aud Port T,vn,sL4
comprising letters newspapers, and printed ra,,s'
of every kind, originating in either coutlry. ,,S
addressed to and deliverable IN the other couI,,v
ARTICLE II.
San Francisco, New York, Boston. Po,,,,,5
Oregon, Teekalet, Olympia. and Port T.yn,.
shall be the United States ,ffccs of excharoe s.I
Honolulu and Hllo the Hawaiian oifc Of .,eI,,..
for all mails transmitted between the Two coou,rt
under this arrangement.
ARTICLE III.
The United States office shall delrav the ,y,.,s,,
of the convey vance Of all mails transml,led IN
both directions by means Of IT'S subsidized l,..f
mail steamships, 30 long said line is maiD,ain.d
by the government of the United States; srd III.
Hawaiian office shall detrry the expenses o. tho 40,
conveyance of all mails Transmitted, il both l;,.S
tions, by means of occasional steamship ty sl.
! ing vessels.
ARTICLE ~.
! No account shall be kept between the ros, fila,
depa artInenis of The two Countries upon the CORES.
pondence exchanged between them, 5ut each coDn,.
" shall retain 10 Its own the pustugts aMcnn
collects.
The single rate of international letter Do,,,v,
shall be six cents each lie ter weighing sf an
ounce or less and an additional rate %, SIX cent. far
each additional weight OF half an ounce or fratjDD
thereof, which sh Ill IN AL caecs be fully PREPAID ~
msans Of pu,tage stamps. at the office Of nailLg
~ either country. l not folly pItpaId, they shall
not be forwarded Letters received IL ei,her count,
ry from the other snail be delivered free Of al
charge " hatsOever.
The United States Office shall levy and c,ll-ci on
newspapers, hrIheI transient or sCLt 10 regular
subscrbrIs,, addressed to or received from the Ia.
walIan Kingdom, the established rDles of United
States domestic postage; and upon all articles Of
printed matter, except newspapers, add esseG 10
received from the Hawaiian Kingdom, po>sg.
charge of four cents per each weight Of tUur
or traction of four ounces.
The Hawaiian post Office shall levy and collect on
newspspe aud other arlcts Of printed matter, ad
dressed In or received from the United States the
regular rates of postage chargeable thereon by The
laws or regulations OF The Hawaiian Kingdom.
ARTIcLEV
Letters mailed in the Hawaiian K,ngdom and
dressed to countries beyond the UNITED SiaeS
with which the United States have direct pOsslts
latlOns, may be forwarded through the United
States TO their ecive destinations subject to tho
same additional postage charges paid BY the
habtants ot the Uniled States to such countries,
which, in all cases where prepayment is obligatory
in the United States, may be paid by the senders IN
the Hawaiian Islands, by afbxlng uncanceled Unit
ted States postage stamps of sufficient value TO e1ee
Y such prepayment.
e On the other hand, prepaid letters from foreign
e countries, received in and forwarded from the URr
ted States to the Hawaiian Kingdom, shall be de.
lVeGt in said kingdom free from all charges what
soever anu letters received'in the Hawaiian Hing
. dom from the United States, addressed TO AIcrOns
sla neighbOrng islands, will be forwarded 10 deS
tnaton, subject TO same conditions 0s are adPhra
BILE TO CORES pOndtnce originating IL the Hs~sIan
e Kingdom and addressed to those islands
ARTICLE vi.
Every letter dispatched from one country to tn.
other shall be plainly stamped with the words "P'G
ALL" in red INK, on the rlght-hand upper corner o.
f the address, in addition to the date stamp Of s
e Office at which it was posted.
!. ARTICLE VII.
d Dead letters, newspapers, &c, which cannot DC
delivered, from whatever cause, shall be mutually
). returned, without charge, monthly, or as freque0t
as the regulations Of the respective offices will per-
f nit.
f ARTICLE VIII.
n The two offices may, by mutual consent HaA'
It such detailed regulations shall be ound neceS'l
t ry to carry out the objects OF this agreement sun
regulations to terminate at any time on IeaSCnaNs
n notice by either office.
r ARTICLE TX.
n This convention shall come into operation on ''
lst day of July. 1870, and shall be termlnaoIe 81
any time on a notice by either office of SIX months
Done in duplicate and signed in Washington On
the 4th day Of May, 1870.
[sEALl JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the United STATES
ELISHA II. ALLEN,
$ His Hawaiian Msjesty's Envoy Extraordinary
d and Minister Penipoten'iaFy'
J., hereby approve the aforegong convention 1L .s
e in testimony thereof have caused the seal o. :"
" United States TO be affixed.
" By the President:
# HAMILTON FISH,
,. Secretary Of State.
r WASHINGTON, May 5, 1870.
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