New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-12

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United States, and Guayaqu1 and Mania
shall be the offices of exchange on the side
of Ecuador, for all mails transmitted be
tween the two countries under this arrange
ment; and all mail matter transmitted in
either direction between the respective Of
fees Of exchange shall be forwarded in
closed bags or pouches, under seal, adj
dressed to the corresponding exchange Of
fee, and the mails so dispatched from
either country to the other shall be for
warded to the United States consul and
resident mail agent at Panama, who is here
by designated as the agent Of the two gov
ernments for receiving the bags or pouches
at that port from either direction, and for
dispatchlng the same to their respective I'll
innate destinations.
The two Post Departments may, at any
time, discontinue either Of said offices Of ex-
change or establish others.
ARTICLE III.
The standard weight for the single rate
of postage and rule of progression shall be-:
j. For letters or manuscripts subject by
law to letter rate Of postage, one-half
ounce (avoirdupois)
2. For all other correspondence men
toned in the second paragraph of the first
article that which each country shall adopt
for the mails which it dispatches to the
other, adapted to the convenience and hab-
it's of it's interior administration; but each
country shall give notice to the other OF the
standard weight it adopts, and Of any sub
sequent change thereof. The weight stated
by the dispatching exchange office shall
always be accepted, except in cases of
manifest error.
ARTICLE ".
No accounts shall be kept between, the
Po8tottice Departments Of the two countries
on the international correspondence, writ
ten or printed, exchanged between them;
but each country shall levy, collect and re-
tain to its own use the following postal
charges, viz:
/. The postage to be charged and col
lected in the United States On each letter,
or manuscript, subject to letter postage,
mailed in the United States. and addressed
to any place in the Republic Of Ecuador.
shall be Etwenty! cents, United States
currency per each weight Of half an ounce
or fraction of half an ounce; and the post
age to be charged and collected in Ecuador
on each letter, or manuscript subject to let
ter postage, mailed in Ecuador and ad-
dressed TO any place in the United States Of
America, shall be two reals, or the fifth
Part OF a dollar lhard), Ecuador currency,
the same to be in each case in full OF all
charges whatever to the place of destination
in either country. Either country, however,
is at liberty to reduce this charge, but nor
to increase it without the previous assent Of
the other.
2. On all other correspondence mentioned
in the second paragraph of the first article
the Post Departments of tine United States
and Ecuador may respectively levy, collect,
and retain to their separate and exclusive
use such rates OF postage adapted to their
interior administration and TO the cost of
sea transportation as they shall deem ad
visable. But each office shall give notice to
the other of the rates it adopts and OF any
subsequent change thereof,
Newspapers and other correspondence Of
the class referred to in the preceding para
graph shall be sent in narrow bands or
covers, open at the sides or ends so that
that they may be easily examined; and
packages of such correspondence shall be
subject to the laws and regulations of each
country in regard to their liability to pay
customs duty, if containing dutiable goods,
or to be rated with letter postage when
containing written matter, or for any other
cause specified in said laws and regulations.
ARTICLE V.
Letters, and other communications in
manuscript which, from any cause, can not
be delivered to their address, after the ex-
piration of proper period to effect their de-
livery, shall be recipr0caliy returned every
unopened and without charge to
the Postotfice Department of the dispatch
ing country; but newspapers, and all other
articles OF printed matter, shall not be re
turned, but remain at the disposal Of the
receiving office.
Letters enormously transmitted, or
wrongly addressed, shall be promptly re-
turned to the dispatching office without
charge.
ARTICLE VI.
The Post Department Of the United
States shall establish, i'll conformity with
the arrangements in force at the time, the
conditions upon which the Post Depart |
ment of Ecuador may exchange, in open
mails, the. correspondence originating in |
Ecuador and destined for countries to which |
the United States may serve as an interme- !
diary; but such correspondence shall only |
be charged with the international postage
by this convention, augmented |
by the postage rates in force between the |
United States and the country of destina- |
ton, and any other tax tor exterior service. |
The Post Department ofthe United States |
shall furnish the Post Department of Ecua- |
dor with a list stating the foreign countries |
to- which the foreign postage and the |
amounts thereof must be absolutely pre- |
paid or can be left unpaid, and shall m0di- |
ty such list from time to time, as the ext |
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quires
In conformity 90 the requirements Of the
preceding paragraph, a table marked A is
hereunto annexed, enumerating the coun-
tries with which, and specifying the terms
and conditions on which, Ecuador may ex-
change correspondence by way OF the
United States.
Correspondence Of this class must be ao-
by letter bill from the dis
patching exchange office of Ecuador, speci-
wing the amount due thereon to the United
States, and the receiving exchange office of
7he United States shall return by next post
20 such dispatching exchange office an ac
of receipt and verifcation
hereof, which letter-biIls and acknowl
pigments Of receipt shall be in conformity
% the models B and G, hereunto annexed,
and shall serve as vouchers in the settle
nent of the accounts.
The accounts to be kept between the two
Post Departments upon this class OF cor
shall be stated quarterly,
and verified as speedily as
practicable; and the amounts found due
hall be paid promptly to the United States
'tice, under such regulations as the respect
ve Post Departments may from time to
line prescribe. Such quarterly statement
'halI be prepared by the United States !