New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-14
oEEICIAL.
TREATIES AND PRoCLAe1ATEoNs.


Posta? Convention between the United
States Of America and the Republic OF
Ecuador
The undersigned. John q. ,. CresweIl,
Postmaster General Of tue United States OF
America in virtue OF the powers vested II
him by law, and Antonio Flores, minister
81 the Republic of Ecuador az Washington.
in the name OK bis government, and by
SiItae q: the powers which he has formally
presented to this effect have agreed upon
The following articles TO Wiz
ARTICLE :.
An exchange OF mails shaY hereafter
take place between the United states OF
America and the Republic @t Ecuador, by
the ordinary means Of communication via
the Isthmus Of Panama, the government Of
the United States to be at the expense Of
the transportation thereof between New
York and Panama, San Francisco and
Panama. So long as direct service by
United States steamers. including the
Isthmus transit, is maintained under exist
ing conditions: and the government Of
Ecuador to be at the expense Of the trans
portion thereof between Panama and
Ecuador so long as the present or other
similar arrangement Ter the ocean mail ser
vice between Panama and Ecuador is con
tinae:. The correspondence go exchanged
shall. comprise:
L. Letters and manuscripts suhjec: by the
laws u e5theg country TO letter rate Of post
age
!. Newspapers and prints IF all kinds,
in sheets, il pamphlets, aud in books, sheets
0! music. engraVings, Autographs, photo
graphs drawings, maps ana plans, and such
correspondence may be exchanged. whether
originating in either Of said countries and
destined for the other, or originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which they
may respectively serve as Intermediates.
ARTICLE IL
New York and San Francisco shall be
the offices Of exchange on the side OF the
United States. and Guayaqui 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 all !
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
ernment5 for receiving the bags or pouches |
at that port from either direction. and for |
dispatching the same to their respective Ill |
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 he:
l. For letters, or manuscripts subject by |
law to letter rate Of postage, onehalf |
ounce lavordupois).
? 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 its interior administration; but each |
country shall give notice to the other Of the |
standard weight it adopts, and Of any sub
sequcnt change thereof. The weight stated |
by the dispatchiDg exchange office shall |
always be accepted, excep. il cases Of
manifest error.
ARTICLE ".
No accounts shall be kept between the
POstottiCe Departments Of the two countries
on the international correspondence. writ
ten or printed, exchanged between them;
bat each country snail 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,
OF manuscript, subject to letter postage
mailed in the United States and addressed
to any place in the Republic of Ecuador,
shall be twenty 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 i'll Ecuador and ad-
dressed TO any place in the United States Of
America, shall be two reals, or the fifth
part Of a dollar lhardl, Ecuador currency,