New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11
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TREATIES AND PROCLAMATIoNs.

Postal Convention between the Cnlteu
States Of America and the Republic "t
Ecuador.
Tba undersigned. John A. j. CresweIl,
Postmaster 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 government, and ny
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 means Of communication va
the Isthmus of Panama, the government "i
the United States to be at the expense OF
the Transportation thereof between New
York and Panama, San Francisco and
Panama 80 long as direct service DV
United States steamers, including the
Isthmus transit is maintained under exist
ing conditions; and the government OF
E6nadOr to be at the expense of the trans
nortiNn thereof between Panama and
Ecuador so long as the present or other
similar arrangement for the ocean mail ser
vice between Panama and Ecuador is CON
tinued. The correspondence SO exchanged
shall comprise:
l. Letters aud manuscripts subject by the
laws Of either country to letter rate OF post
age.
3, NEWSPAPERS and prints Of all kinds,
in sheets, in pamphlets, and in books, sheets
of music, engravings, Autographs, photo
graphs, drawings, maps and plans, anu 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 Guayaqull and Manta
shall be the offices of exchange on the eide
of Ecuador, for all mails transmitted be-
tween the two countries under this arrange
meHt; aud all mail matter transmitted IN
either direction between the respective of
fees of exchange shall be forwarded in
closed bags or pouches, under seal, adj
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 mali 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 Ill
innate destinations.
The two Post Departments may, at 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 (avordupois).
3. 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 hHb-
it's of its interior administration; but each
country shall give notice to the other OF the
standard weight it adopts, and OF any SUD
seQuent change thereof. The weight stated
by the dispatchiDg 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 thCm1
but each country shall levy, collect and re
tain to its 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 ia the Republic OF Ecuador,
shall be twenty cents, United States
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 adj
dressed TO any place in the United States Of
America, shall be two reals, or the fifth
part of dollar thardl, Ecuador currency,
the same to be in each case III tuli OF all
charges whatever to the place OF destination
in either country. Either country, however,
is at liberty to reduce this charge, but nor
to increase it without the previous assent OF
The other.
g 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, cnllect,
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
1isable. But each Office shall give notice to
he other of the rates it adopts, and OF any
change thereof.
Newspapers and other correspondence of | [
he class referred to in the preceding para
,raph shall be sent in narrow bands or
overs, open at the sides or ends, SO that
hat they may be easily examined and o
packages Of such correspondence shall be Il
ubject to the laws and regulations OF each S
ountry in regard to their liability to pay t
ustoms duty, il containing dutiable goods, b
7 to be rated with letter postage when 81
written matter, or for any other o
ause specified in said laws and regulations q
ARTICLE V. N'
Letters, and other communications IN
which, from any cause, can not
e delivered to their address, after the eX- =
iratiOn of proper period to effect their de- ="
very, shall be reciprOcally returned every :,
lonth, unopened and without charge, t. -
le PostotfiCe Department of the dispatch | +
lg country; but newspapers, and all other ~
rticles of printed matter, shall not be re- :,
lrned, but remain at the disposal OF the -
sceiving Office. !"
Letters enormously transmitted, or "
rongly addressed, shall be promptly re ="
lrned to the dispatching office witho@t =,
large. W
ARTICLE ~. 'e
The Post Department Of the Cni9ad
tates shall establish, iB conformity with IA
le arrangements in force at The time, the he
,nditiOns upon which the Post Depart. m
ent of Ecuador may exchange, in open ma
alls, the correspondence originating IN OF
ouador and destined for countries to which
e United States may serve as Al intrr1ne-
arv: but such correspondence shall only
charged with the international postage 0p
tablished by this convention, augmented ri
the postage rates in force between qho oil
nited States and the country of dtstlua- "a
IN, and any other tax for exterior service. IN
The Post Department ofthe United States 81
all furnish the Post Department OF Eoua- o:
r with list stating the foreign countries an
which the foreign postage anN the -
lOunts thereof must be absolutely pre- Ut
ia, or can be left unpaid. and shall m9dI ~
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