New Orleans Republican., 1872-11-16

postage of respectively four cents. or six
| skilling rigsmont, and in she last case, be-
| sides the deficient postage, with similar ad-
| ditiOnal postage.
| ARTICLE VI.
On all other correspondence in the first
| article mentioned, the rates shall be, for the
| mails dispatched, that which the dispatch
| ing Office shall adopt, adapted to the cen
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 postotice, but always including
the following:
/. The postage shall be prepaid. II, how
ever, the postage on the correspondence
| mentioned in this article should not be
| whollyprepad, the said correspondence shall
| still be forwarded to the place of destina
| tiOn; but it shall, in that case, beside the
deficient postage, be charged with an ad-
| diti0nal postage, not exceeding four cents
in the United States and six shilling rigs
| mont in Denmark.
2. 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
chargeable 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 prt paid.
| Each Office is at liberty to reduce this fee for
! the mails it dispatches. Each department
| shall use its best eXerti0ns for the safe de-
| livery of 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 *.
| 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 insutficiently
paid correspondence received from Den
mark; and in like manner the Danish post
| office shall retain the whole amount Of poat-
age collected in Denmark upon interna-
tiOnal paid correspondence forwarded to the
United States, and upon international un-
paid or insufhcently paid correspondence
received from the United States.
However. each of the two depar tments
shall be at liberty to claim accounts to be
settled when II 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 postages and
register fees collected by each office on let
ters, added to the total amount of prepaid
postages and register fees on other cores
pondence which it dispatches, the dispatch
ing Office shall deduct the amount required
tor 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 postages
mentioned in article six shall not be in
cluded in the account between the two
Offices, but, unshared, shall belong to the
office by which they are collected.
ARTICLE X.
The two post ostdepartment8 shall establish,
by agreement, and in conformity with the
arrangements il force at the time, the con-
ditions upon which the two offices may re-
spectively exchange in open mails the cor
respOndenc0 originating in or destined to
other foreign countries to which they may
reCipr0Cally serve as Intermediates. 1t is
always understood however, that such cor
rcSpondence 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
5pOndenGG shall, as to th8 international
postages chargeable on the same, be regu-
lated on the basis mentioned in the preced
ing article, bat that the amount of the ex-
ra-natiOnal postage, or other tax for exte-
ri0r service, shall be reciprOcallv accounted
for at full rates. Such charges for paid cor
respondence to and for unpaid correspond
enCe from foreign countries shall, therefore,
be summ&rily entered on the respective let
ter bills to the credit Of the country through
which the same is forwarded.
ARTICLE xL
The Postofice of the United States shall
be granted the privilege of transit of closed
mails through the Danish territory, ex-
changed in either direction, to and from
Sweden and Norway, for q 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.
ReCiprOCally, the United States Office
grants to the Office Of Denmark the privi-
lego Of transit of the closed mails exchanged
in either direction between the latter and
any country to which the former may serve
as intermediary, by its usual means of mail
transportation, whether on sea or land, and
the terms of transit shall be agreed upon
when the exercise of the privilege is re.
Quired.
ARTICLE XII.
The postal accounts between the two
offices shall be stated and transmitted
quarterly, 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 TOR
one rigsdaler, eightg-tive shilling rigsmont
The two offices shall, however, always be
at liberty to agree upon another rate for the
conversion.
ARTICLE XIII.
Any ordinary correspondence wrongly ad- |
dressed, or wrongly SENT shall, without de-
lay, and registered correspondence of all !
kinds, as welt as ordinary letters not deIiv- |
cradle for any other cause than the afore- |
said, within the issue of every month be |