New Orleans Republican., 1872-12-25
OFFICIAL. O
TREATIES AND pROCLAmATIoNs.

The undersigned, John A. j. Creswell
Postmaster General of the United States O.
America, in virtue Of the powers vested il
him by law, and Antonio Flores. minister
of the Republic of Ecuador at Washington
in the name of his government, and by
virtue Of the powers which he has formally
presented to this effect have agreed upon
the following articles, to wit:
ARTICLE /.
An exchange of mails shall hereafter
take place between the United States OF
America and the Republic of 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 ard 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 for the ocean mail SER
| vice between Panama and Ecuador is con
| tinued. III correspondence SO exchanged
! shall comprise:
/. Letters and manuscripts subject by the
laws Of either country to letter rate Of post
| age.
2. 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
may respectively serve as Intermediates.
ARTICLE II.
New York and San Francisco shall be
the offices Of exchange on the side of the
United States. and Guayaquil and Mauta
shall be the offices Of exchange on the side
Of Ecuador, for all mails transmitted be-
tween the two countries under this arrange
meRt; 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, ad
dressed to the corresponding exchange of
fee, and the mails SO dispatched from
either country 10 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
dispatching the same to their respective ul-
innate destinations.
The two Post Departments may, at any
time, discontinue either Of said offices Of ex-
change CT establish others.
ARTICLE III.
The standard weight for the single rate
of postage and rule of progression shall be:
/. For letters, or manuscripts subject by
law TO letter rate Of postage, One-haIf
ounce iavoirdupois).
?. 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-
its of its 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 gases OF
maqafest error
ARTICLE ".
No accounts shall be kept between the
P0st0tfice 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 10 its own use the following postal
charges, viz:
]. The postage to be charged and col
iected 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 twenty cents, United States |
currency, per each weight Of half an ounce |
or fraction of h&lEap 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 tw0 reals, or the fifth |
part of a dollar. thardl, 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 not |
to increase it without the previous assent of |
the other.
?. On all other correspondence mentioned |
in the second paragraph OF the first article !
the Post Departments of the United States |
and Ecuador may respectively levy, collect, |
and retain 10 their separate and exclusive |
lse 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 Hferred 10 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
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-
1lratlon OF proper period to effect their de-
livery, shall be reCiprocalIy returned every
month"; unopened and without charge, to
he POstothce Department of the dispatch
ng country; bnt newspapers, and all other
articles of printed matter, shall not be re-
urned, but remain at the disposal Of the
'eceiving office.
Letters enormously transmitted, or
wrongly addressed, shall be promptly re-
urned to the dispatehing office without
charge.
ARTICLE VI.
The Post Department of the United
States shall establish in conformity with
he arrangements in force at the time, the
conditions upon which the Post DEPART |
nent of Ecuador may exchange, in open
nails, the correspondence originating in
ecuador and destined for countries to which
he United States may serve as an interme-
iiary; but such correspondence shall only
De charged with the international postage |
by this convention augmented
" the postage rates in force between" the
United States and the country of destina-
ion, and any other tax for exterior service.
The Post Department. of the United States
hall furnish the Post Department Of Ecua-
or with list stating the foreign countries
o which the foreign postage and the
mounts thereof must be absolutely pre- i
aid, or can be left unpaid, and shall modi-
y such list from time to time, as the exi-
encies Of its foreign postal service may re
uire.
In conformity to the requirements of the
recedng paragraph, a table marked A is
ereunto annexed, enumerating the coun-
cies with which, and specifying the terms {