New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-07

Ecuador.
The undersigned, John A. J. CresweE,
91os+inagter General Of the United States OF
America, in virtue Of the powers vested IN
nim by law, and Antonio Flores, minister
s,i the Republic of Ecuador at Washington,
in the name of his government, anu ,3y
sirtue OF the powers which he has formally
presented to this effect haze agreed upon
Che following articles, TO wit:
ARTICLE l.
An exchange OF mails shall hereafter
qgEe place between the United States Of
america and the Republic Of Ecuador, By
Sbe ordinary means Of communication via
che Isthmus Of Panama, the government OF
Che United States to be at the expense OF
She transportation thereof between New
4'0rk and Panama, San Francisco ana
Panama, so long as direct service ~
Emitted States steamers, lncIualh9 Tue
Rsthmus transit, is maintained unuef exist
eng conditions; and the government Oh
Ecuador to be at the expense OF the trans
q,orfirn thereof between Panama and
Ecuador SO long as the present or other
oimilar arrangement for the ocean mail ser
.-Ice between Panama and Ecuador is con
finued The correspondence so exchanged
small comprise
/ Letters and manuscripts subject by the
Saws Of either country to letter rate OF post
= Newspapers and prints OF all kinds,
in sheets. in pamphlets, and IN books, sheets
OF music, engravings, autographs photo
Graphs, drawings, maps and 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
nav respectively serve as Intermediates.
ARTICLE II.
New York and San Francisco shall be
ahe offices of exchange on the side OF the |
United States. and Guayaqutl and Mania |
ahalI be the offices of exchange on the side |
OF Ecuador, for all mails transmitted be- |
awrpn the two countries under this arrange |
neBt; and all mail matter transmitted III |
either direction between the respective OF |
ices of exchange shall be forwarded in !
closed bags OF pouches, under seal, ad- |
dressed to the corresponding exchange Of |
fee, and the mails so dispatched from |
a.ither country to the other shall be for |
ggarded to the United States consul and |
resident mail agent at Panama, who is here |
Dy designated as the agent OF the two gov |
drnmcnts for receiving the bags or pouches
at that port from either direction, and for |
olispatching the same to their respective I'll |
Snlate destinations
The two Post Departments may, at any !
slime. discontinue either OF said offices OF ex-
q 1aBg@ or establish others.
ARTICLE IIIs
3he standard weight for the single rate
az postage and rule of progression shall be:
q. For letters, or manuscripts subject BY
Saw to letter rate OF postage. one-half
ounce tav0irdupOis)
o For all other correspondence men
Stoned in the second paragraph OF the first
article, that which each country shall adopt
Gor the mails which it dispatches to the
either, adapted to the convenience and hAb-
Us of its interior administration; but each
country shall give notice to the other OF the
standard weight it adopts, and Of any sub
eeuuent change thereof The weight stated
Sy the dispatching exchange office shall
S'iways be accepted, except al cases OF
gaanilest error
ARTICLE We
80 accounts shall be kept between the
SJstUliice Departments Of the GwO countries
G1 Che international correspondence, writ
Scsr or printed, exchanged between them:
R,ut each country shall levy, collect and re-
San 10 its own use the following postal
charges, viz:
!. The postage to be charged and col
Iected in the United States on each letter,
Uv manuscript, subject to letter postage,
Snailed in the United States and addressed
80 any place in the Republic of Ecuador,
ehall be twenty cents, United States
currency, per each weight OF halt an ounce
Ell fraction of half an ounce; and the post
age to be charged and collected in Ecuador
Un each letter, or manuscript subject TO let
Ser postage, mailed in Ecuador and ad
dressed 10 any place in the United States Of
america, shall be two reals or the fifth
part of a dollar lhaTdj, Ecuador currency,
&he same to be III each case IN tuli OF all
charges whatever to the place Of destination
On either country. Either country, however,
- at liberty to reduce this charge. but not
so increase it without the previous assent OF
Tho other.
2. On all other correspondence mentioned
On the second paragraph Of the hrst article
The Post Departments OF the 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 adj
visable. But each Office shall give notice to
the other Of the rates it adopts, and OF any
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 paw
L y
Or to be rated with letter postage when
written matter or for any other
cause specified in said laws and regulations.
ARTICLE Y.
Letters. and other communications in
which from any cause, can not
be delivered to their address, after the cx-
pration of proper period to effect their de-
livery, shall be reciprocally returned every
unopened and without charge, to
the Postoffice 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
Office.
wrongly addressed, shall be promptly re-
charge.
ARTICLE VI
The Post Department of the United
States shall establish, in 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 |
established BY this convention, augmented
by the postage rates in force between the
[ 3nited States and the country of destina-
ton, and any other tax for exterior service.
The Post Department of the United States
shall furnish the Post Department OF Ecua-
dor with list stating the foreign countries
to which the foreign postage and the
amounts thereof must be absolutely pre-
0,id or can be LETT unpaid, and shall modl- |