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

gencies of its foreign postal service NAV,
quire.
In conformity to the requirements Of y.
preceding paragraph, table marked 4s
hereunto annexed, euumerating the oonI =
tries with which, and specifying the far u@
and conditions on which, Ecuador NAV ~
change correspondence by way Of tbo
United States. 4s
Correspondence of this class must be q.
companied by letter bill from the AZ.
patching exchange Office of Ecuador seaS
fying the amount due thereon to the T1ite5
States, and the receiving exchange Office ~
the United States shall return by next post
to such dispatching exchange office an an.
acknowledgement of receipt and verifcaton
thereof, which letter-bills and acknowI
edgments of receipt shall be in conformity
to the models b and G, hereunto annexed
and shall serve as vouchers in the SETTLE
ment of the accounts.
The accounts to be kept between the tw
Post Departments upon this class Of cor
respondence shall be stated quarterly
transmitted and verified as speedily al
practicable; and the amounts foundo due
Shall be paid promptly to the United States
office, under such regulations as the respect.
i've Post Departments may from time to
time prescribe. Such quarterly statement
shall be prepared by the United States
office, and shall follow the f0rm D. here,
unto annexed.
ARTICLE VII
Letters originating in foreign countries
and addressed to the United States or
Ecuador, respectively, on which the foreign
and international postal charges are fully
prepaid, shall, when forwarded in the mails
of either country to thesother, be delivered
in the country of destination free OF charge,
ARTICLE VIII.
The official correspondence between the
two governments, that of each government
with its legation near the other, and Of
each legation with its government, shall bel
conveyed to its destination free of POSTAGE
and with all the precautions which the TIVE
governments may find necessary for It's N.
volatility and security.
ARTICLE TX.
When in one of the two countries their
is no legation of the other, the franking
privilege of the vacant legation shall b
transferred, in the terms stipulated in The
preceding article, to the respective consul
ate or vice consulate at New York or Quay
aquil,
ARTICLE K.
Neither Post Department shall be re-
CURED to deliver any article received in tie .
mails the circulation of which shall be pr0.
hibited by the laws in force in the country
of destination; and any article subject by
the laws of either country to customs duty f
or to confscation shall, when received IN
the mails from the other, be treated in ac,
cordance with the laws of the receiving
country.
ARTICLE XII,
The two Post Departments may, oby ma
tual agreement, provide for the transms
sion of registered articles in the mails ex.
changed between the two countries.
The register fee of each article shall be
ten cents in the United States and one
real in Ecuador.
ARTICLE XII.
The two Post Departments shall settle,
by agreement between them, all measures
of detail and arrangement required to Garry
this convention into execution and may
modify the same in like manner, from time
to time, as the ex1gencies of the service may
require. Articles may also, by mutual con.
sent, be amended, added, or Suppressed,
according to the requirements Of the GER
vice, without resembling or otherwise alter
ing or impairing any other Of the articles Of
this convention.
ARTICLE XIII.
This convention shall take effect from Che
date of the exchange of notifications, and
shall continue in force until annulled BY
mutual consent, or until one year from the
date Of notice given by one Of the Two de-
partments to the other of its desire TO Ter
inmate the same.
ARTICLE XIV.
This convention shall be approved and
ratified in the manner and form prescribed
by the constitution and laws Of each Of The
high contracting parties, and the exchange
OF ratifcations shall be made at Wash
ington six months after the last ratification
or sooner, if possible.
Done in duplicate, at the city of Wash
ington, this ninth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred :
and BeVenty-one.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the United States
ANTONIO FLORES
I hereby approve the aforegoing CONVEX
ton, and in testimony thereof I have
caused the seal Of the United States to be
affixed.
U. s. GRANT
By the President: