New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-05

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/ ARTICLE '.
The Prepayment of postage on ordinary
letters shall be optional. II they shall be
| forwarded unpaid, or insUticlently paid
they shall, in the first case, be charged, be.
sides the usual postage, WITH al additional
| postage of respectively four cents, or SIX
| shilling rigsmont, and in the last case, be
sides the deficient postage, with similar ad'
ditional postage.
On all other correspondence in the first
article mentioned, the rates shall be, for the
mails dispatched, that which the dispatch
| ing Office shall adept, adapted to the con
| venience and habits Of its interior admins
| tration. But each Office shall give notice to
| the other Of the rate it adopts, and of any
subsequent change thereof. These articles
| shall be forwarded under regulations OF the
! dispatching postothce, but always including
| the following:
| |. The postage shall be prepaid. Il, how
! ever. the postage on the cOrre5p ondence
| mentioned in this article should not be
| whollyprepaid, the said correspondence shall
| still be forwarded TO the place of destina
| ton; but it shall, in that case, beside the
| deficient postage, be charged with an ad-
| ditional postage, not exceeding four cents
| In the United States, and six shilling rigs
| mont in Denmark.
q No packet shall contain anything which
shall be closed against inspection, nor any
written communication whatever, except to
state from whom and to whom the packet
is sent and the number and price placed
upon each pattern or sample Of merchan-
disc.
3. No packet may exceed two feet in
length. or one foot in any other dimension.
4. Neither office shall be bound to deliver
any article the importation of which may
be prohibited by the laws Or regulations of
the country of destination.
5. The customs duties that may be charge
able in each of the two countries may be
levied for the use of the customs.
ARTICLE VII.
ANY correspondence mentioned in article
one may be registered. and the postage
chargeabe on such correspondence shall
always be prepaid. Registered CORE
spondence shall, in addition to the postage,
be subject to an international registration
fee not exceeding ten cents in the United
States, and eight shilling rigsmont in Den
mark, and this fee shall always be prepaid
Each office is at liberty to reduce this fee for
the mails it dispatches. Each department
shall use its best exertions for the safe de-
livery eff registered correspondence, but is
not responsible pecuniarilY for the loss of
any such correspondence
ARTICLE VIII.
It is further agreed that no charge of any
kind, or on any account, otherwise than is
herein expressly provided, shall be levied
or collected in the country Of destination
on the letters or other correspondence ex-
changed.
ARTICLE TX.
As to the correspondence originating in
one country and destined for the other no
account shall take place, and thus the post
Office Of the United States shall retain the
whole amount of postage collected in the
United States upon international paid cor
respOndence forwarded to Denmark, and
upon International unpaid or insuficiently
paid correspondence received from Den
mark; and in like manner the Danish post
office shall retain the whole amount Of post
age collected in Denmark upon interna-
tiOnal paid correspondence forwarded to the
United States, and upon international IN
paid or insufieiently paid correspondence
received from the United States.
However, each of the two depaI tments
shall be at liberty to claim accounts to be
settled when 1t appears that in one country
for one year there is levied twenty per cent
more than in the other. If an account is
claimed, it shall be regulated on the follow
ing basis:
From the total amount of hostages and
register lees COIipCL6u Nv GdCu ONCE on let
ters, added to the total amount of prepaid
hostages and register fees on other cores
pOndenCe which it dispatches, the dispatch
Tag Office shall deduct the amount required
for the conveyance of the mails between
the two countries, and the amount Of the
two net sums shall be equally divided be-
tween the two offices.
The deficient and additional hostages
mentioned in article six shall net be in
6IuHpI in the nppnuD+ tho f1rT
Offices, but, unshared, shall belong 10 the
office by which they are collected.
ARTICLE y.
The two post departments shall establish,
by agreement. and in conformity with the
arrangements in force at the time, the con-
ditions upon which the two Offices may re-
spectiVely exchange in open mails the cor
resp0ndence originating IN or destined to
other foreign countries. to which they may
reCiprOcally serve as Intermediates. 1t is
always understood, however, that such cor
respOndence shall only be charged with the
AmeriCan-Danish rate, augmented by the
postage due to foreign countries, Or for
other exterior service.
1t is agreed that the account OF this CORE
spondence shall, as to the international
hostages chargeable on the same, be regu-
lated on the basis mentioned in the preced-
ing article, but that the amount of the ex-
transitional postage, or other tax for eXte-
riOr service, shall be reciprocaily accounted
for at full rates. Such charges for paid cor
to and for unpaid correspond |
ence from foreign countries shall. therefore,
be summarily entered on the respective let |
ter bills to the credit of the country through !
which the same is forwarded.
ARTICLE xI.
The Postoffice of the United States shall |
ha Granted tho YNCjvi lpua nf tpanuj+ oF claSaA
mails through the Danish territory ex- |
changed in either direction, to and from
Sweden and Norway, for payment of four |
shilling rigsmont per thirty grammes |
net weight of letters, and two-thirds skill |
ing rigsmont per forty grammes net |
weight Of prints patterns, and samples of |
merchandise. Correspondence exempt from |
postage, letters which can not be delivered, |
as well as money orders, shall not be |
charged with any transit rate.
ReciprOcaly, the United States Office |
grants to the office of Denmark the privi-
ege of transit Of the closed mails exchanged |
N either direction between the latter and !
any country to which the former may serve
as intermediary, by its usual means of mail
whether on sea or land, and |
The terms of transit shall be agreed upon |
when the exercise of the privilege is re-
luired.
ARTICLE XII.
The postal accounts between the two
Offices shall be stated and transmitted
Iuarterl =, and verified as speedily as posi-
Bile, and the balance found due shall be
paid in the coin of the creditor country.
The rate for the conversion of the money
Of the two countries shall be one dollar for
Dne rigsdaler, eighty-tive shilling rigsmont
The two offices shall, however, always be
1t liberty to agree upon another rate tor the