New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-04

be accepted, except in case of manifest
error.
The maximum weight of letters shall be
two hundred and fifty grammes
ARTICLE V.
The prepayment of postage on ordinary
letters shall be optional. If they shall be
forwarded unpaid, or insut1cienrly paid.
they shall, in the first case, be charged, be-
sides the usual postage, with an additional
postage of respectively four cents, or six
shilling rigsmOnt, and in the last case, be-
sides the deficient postage, with similar adj
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
VenienGe 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 postofhce, but always including
the following:
/. The postage shall be prepaid. If, how
ever, the postage on the correspondence
mentioned in this article should not be
whollyprepaid, the said correspondence shall
still be forwarded to the place of destina
tion3 but it shall, in that case, beside the
deficient postage, be charged with an ad-
ditional postage, not exceeding Iour cents
in the United States, and six shilling rigs
mont in Denmark.
9 Nopacket shah contain anything which
shall De 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
chargeabie 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 it's best exertions 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 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
resp0ndence forwarded to Denmark, and
upon international unpaid or insuticientIy
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 I'M
paid or insuficiently 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 It 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 fees collected by each office on let
tiers, added to the total amount of prepaid
hostages and register fees on other cores
pOndence which it dispatches, the dispatch
ing 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 not be in
Guided in the account between the two
Offices, but, unshared, shall belong to the
office by which they are collected.
ARTICLE K.
The two post departments shall establish,
by agreement. and in conformity with the
in force at the time, the con
ditions upon which the two offices may re
spectively exchange in open mails the cor
originating in or destined to
other foreign countries to which they NAV
serve as Intermediates. 1t is
always understood, however, that such cor
shall only be charged with the
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-
tra-national postage, or other tax for exte-
riOr service, shall be reciprOcally 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 XII.
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 payment of four
shilling rigsmont per thirty grammes
act weight of letters, and twO-thirds skill |
ng ,rigsmont per forty grammes net
weight OF prints, patterns, and samples of |
merchandise Correspondence exempt from |
postage, letters which can not be delivered, |
rs well as money orders, shall not be |
charged with any transit rate.
Reciprocally, the United States Office |
grants to the Office Of Denmark the priv
ege OF transit of the closed mails exchanged |
n either direction between the latter and |
my country to which the former may serve
vs. intermediary, by its usual means of mail
transportation, whether on sea or land, and
he 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 /
quarterly, and verified as speedily as posi-
de-, and the balance found due shall be
'aId IN the coin Of the creditor country.
The rate for the conversion of the money
# the two countries shall be one dollar for