The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-24
OFFICIAL.
T Avs OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED
IL AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE
CONGRESS.
POSTAL CONVENT ION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE
REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR.

BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE
REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR.
The undersigned, John A. J. Creswell, Post.
master General of the United states of America
In virtue of the powers vested in him by law,
and Antonio Flores, minister of the Republic Of
Ecuador at Washington, in the name of his gov
erment, 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 mears
of communication via the Isthmus of Panama,
the Government of the United States to be at
the expense of the transportation thereof be
tween New York and Panama, and San Fran.
cisco and Panama, so long as direct service by
United States steamers, including the Isthmus
transit, is maintained under existing conditions;
and the government of Ecuador to be at the eY-
pense of the transportation thereof between
Panama and Ecuador SO long the present
other similar arrangement for the ocean mail
service between Panama and Ecuador is con-
tinued The correspondence so exchanged shall
comprise:
/. Letters and manuscripts subject by the laws
of either country to letter rate OF postage,
2. Newspapers and prints of all kinds, in
sheets, in pamphlets, and in books, sheets of mu.
sic, engravings, Autographs, photographs, draw
ings, maps and plans, and such cor
mating in either of said countries and destined
for the other, or originating in or destined for
foreign countries to which they may respective
~ serve as Intermediates:
ARTIcLB2
New York Nj San Francisco shall be the offices
OF exchange ON the side of the United States,
and Guayaquil and Manta shall be the offices Of
exchange on the side OF Ecuador, for all mails
transmitted between the two countries under
this arrangement and all mail matter trans
mitted in either direction between the respective
offices Of exchange shall be forwarded in closed
bags or pouches, under seal, addressed to the
corresponding exchange Office and the mails so
dispatched from either country to the other shall
be forwarded to the United States consul and
resident mail agent at Panama, who is hereby
designated as the agent of the two governments
for receiving the bags or pouches at that port
from either direc ton, and for dispatching the
same to their respective ultimate destinations.
The two Post Departments may, at any time
discontinue either of said offices of exchange or
establish others.
ARTICLE 8.
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 (H) ounce
(avoirdupois)
2. For all other correspondence mentioned 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 habits of its interior administra-
ton f; but each country shall give notice to the
other of the standard weight it adopts, and of
any subsequent change thereof. The weight
stated by the dispatching exchange office shall
always be accepted, except in cases of manifest
error
ARTICLE L.
No accounts shall be kept between the Post
Office Departments of the two countries on the
International correspondence, written or printed
exchanged betv cen them but each country shall
levy, collect, and retanto its own g the follow
ing postal charges, viz:
l. The postage to be charged and collected 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 (2O) cents,
United States currency, per each weight of half
an ounce or fraction of half an ounce; and the
postage to be charged and collected in Ecuador
ON each letter, or manuscript subject to letter
postage mailed in Ecuador and addressed to
any place in the United States OF America shall
be Two (2) reals, or the fifth part of dollar,
(hard,l Ecuador currency, the same 70 be in each
case IN full of all charges whatever 10 the place
OF destination in either country. Either country
however, is at liberty 10 reduce this charge but
not to increase 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
Ecuador may respectively levy, collect, and re-
tain to their separate and exclusive use such
rates of postage adapted TO their interior admin
istraton and to the cost of sea transportation MS
they shall deem advisable. But each office shall
give notice to the other of the rates 1t adopts,
and of any subsequent change thereof
Newspapers ana other correspondence of the
class referred to in the preceding paragraph
shall be sent in narrow bands covers, open at
the sides or ends, so that they may be easily ex-
amined ; and packages of such correspondence
shall be subject to the laws and regulations Of
each country in regard to their liability to pay
custom duty, if containing dutiable goods or to
be rated with letter-postage when Containing
written matter, or for any other cause specified
In said laws and regulations.
ARTICLE ..
Letters, and other cominunica tlons in manu- |
script, which, from any cause, cannot be de- |
liveIed to their address, after the expiration of
proper period to effect their delivery |
shall be reeiproeaily returned every |
month, unopened and WITHOUT charge, to the |
Post Office Department of the dispatching coun-
try; but newspaper, and all other articles of prn
led matter, shall not be returned, but remain at
the disposal of the receiving office.
Letters enormously transmitted, or wrongly
addressed shall be promptly returned to the dis
patching office without charge.
ARTICLE Q.
The Post Department of the United States
shall establish, in conformity with the arrange
ments in force at the time, the conditis ms upon
which the Post Department OF Ecuador may ex.
change, in open mails, the correspondence origi-
mating In Ecuador and destined for countries to
which the United States may serve an inter.
mediary but such correspondence shall only be
charged with the International postage estab-
lshed by this convention, augmented by the
postage rates in force between the United States
and the country of destination, and any other tax
for exterior service.
The Post department OF the United States
shall furnish the Post Department of Ecuador
with list stating the foreign countries to which
the foreign postage andthe amounts thereo fmust
be absolutely prepaid, or can be left unpaid, and
shall modify such list from time to time, the
exigencies of the foreign postal service may re-
quire.
In conformity to the requirements of the pre-
ceeding paragraph, a table marked A is hereunto
annexed, enumefating tho countries with which,
and specifying the terms and conditions on
which Ecuador may exchange correspondence
by way of the United States. II
Correspondence of this class must be accom-
panied by a letter-bill from the dispatching
exchange office of Ecuador, specifying the
amount due thereon to the United States, and
and the receiving exchange office OF the United
States shall return by next post to such dispatch
ing exchange Office an acknowledgment of receipt
and verifcalion thereof, which letter-bills and
Acknowledgements of receipt shall be in conform
ity to the models b and O, hereunto annexed,
and shall serve as vouchers in the settlement of
the ACCOUNTS,
The accounts to be kept between the two Post
Departments upon this class of correspondence
shall be stated Quarterly, transmitted and veri-
fed as speedily as practicable and the amounts
found due shall be paid promptly to the United
respective Post Departments may from time to
time prescribe. Such quarterly statement shall
beprepared by the United States office. and shah
follow the form D, hereunto annexed.
ARTICLE 2.
Letters originating in foreign countries and ad-
lrasSed n the Tinted States or Ecundar rpRDAe-