New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-26

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 b,
| effected in the general accounts at the rate
of 2 42-lO0 guilders for one dollar of tn,
United States.
In entering the foreign charges on tn,
letter bills in the money of the dispatchin,
Office, the cent of the United States and two
and half cents Of the Netherlands shall
be taken as equivalents.
1t ia 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 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 |. 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 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 postotfices 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 ali 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 (six
pence for each additional weight of half an
ounce or fraction thereof, which SHALL in
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 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
from the other, shall be delivered
free of all charge whatsoever.
The United States postOfhce 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, postage
charge of four cents per each weight of four
ounces or fraction of four ounces.
The posto1tice 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 in said
avs 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 we'll as the conveyance by
United States mail packets, of the cor
in closed mails which the New
Zealand p0stottice may desire to transmit
ria 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
If closed mails from New Zealand for Mex
co. British Columbia, Canada or other
British North American provinces, when
entirely by land routes, six
cents per ounce for letter mails and sixteen
;ents per pound for all kinds of printed
natter.
For the United States territorial and sea
ransit of closed mails from New Zealand |
or British Columbia or other British North |
American provinces, Mexico, Central and |
south America or the West India Islands, |
when transmitted from the United States |
y sea, twenty-five cents per ounce for |
etter mails, and twenty cents per pound |
or all kinds of printed matter.
The New Zealand postofice shall render |
N account to the United States postotice,
lpOn letter bills to accompany each mail, |
# the weight Of the letters, and also of the |
printed matter contained in such closed |
nails forwarded to the United States for
transmission to either of the above named |
Countries and colonies; and the accounts
rising between the two offices on this class
# correspondence shall be stated, adjusted
nd settled quarterly, and the amounts of
he United States transit charges found due
n such closed mails shall be promptly paid
yer by the New Zealand pOstofice to the
United States postOtice, in such manner as
he Postmaster General Of the United States
hall prescribe.
ARTICLE V. Prepaid letters from foreign
ountries received in and forwarded from
he United States to New Zealand shall he
delivered in said colony free of all charges
whatsoever. and letters received in New
Zealand from the United States addressed
D New South Wales or Australia; will be
orwarded to destination, subject to the
anne conditions as are applicable to corre-
pondence originating in New Zealand and
to those countries.
ARTICLE vi. In the event of any of the
colonies not agreeing with New
ZEALAND to contribute to the maintenance