New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-12
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TREATIES AND PROCLA1LATIONs.

Ecuador.
The undersigned, John A. J. Creswell,
Postmaster General of the United States of
| America, in virtue Of the powers vested in
him by law, and ANTONIO Flores munster
/ 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 l.
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 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 arran cement for the ocean mail SER
| vice between Panama and Ecuador is con-
| tinued The correspondence SO exchanged
| shall comprise:
| l. Letters and manuscripts subject by the
| laws of either country to letter rate OF post
! age.
Z. Newspapers dHO prints VI an AAAhNo'
| 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 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 OF pouches, under seal, ad
dressed to the corresponding exchange of
flee, 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
dispatching the same to their respective ul-
innate destinations
The two Post Departments may, ut 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:
/. For letters, or manuscripts subject by
law to letter rate of postage, One-half
ounce tavoirdup0is}
,. 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 |
Postoffice 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 it's 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 twenty cents, United States i
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 (hard1 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.
2. On all other correspondence mentioned /
in the second paragraph of the first article |
the Post Departments of the United States |
and Ecuadorma 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
visabIe. 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 paw
customs duty, if containing dutiable goods,
or to be rated with letter postage when
containing written matter, or for any other
cause Epeclleu In S2Id laws and regulations.
ARTICLE Y.
Letters and other Communications in
manuscript, which, from any cause, can not
be delivered to their address, after the ox-
pration Of proper period to effect their de
livery, shall be reciprocally returned every
month, unopened and without charge; to
the Postotfice Department of the dispatch.
ing country; but newspapers, and ali other
ARTICLES OF printed matter, shall not be re-
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receiving office.
Letters enormously transmitted, or
wrongly addressed, shall be promptly re- Z
turned to the dispatching Office without
charge.
ARTICLE II.
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
gne United States may serve as an interrne-
alary; but such correspondence shall only
pc charged with the international postage
by this convention, augmented
~ the postage rates in force between the
I nlted States and the country of des+ina-
ion, and any other tax for exterior service
Inc Post Department of the United States
3haH furnish the Post Department of Fcns-
Tor with list stating the foreign countries
% winch the foreign postage and the
amounts thereof must be ,absoIn+eIv nro.
)8l0, or can be left unnaid and zLo1I ..Is