New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-09
Office, and shall follow the form D, here
unto annexed.


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 be
conveyed TO its destination free Of postage
and with all the precautions which the two
governments may find necessary for its in
volatility and security
ARTICLE X
When in one Of the two countries there
is no legation Of the other. the franking
privilege Of the vacant legation shall be
transferred. in the terms stipulated in the
preceding article. to the respective consul
ate or vice consulate at New York or Quay
aquil.
ARTICLE <.
Neither Post Department shall be re
quired to deliver any article received in the
mails the circulation Of which shall be pro
hibted by the laws in force in the country
Of destination: and any article subject by
the laws OF either country to customs duty
or to cOnfscatiOn shall, when received in
the mails from the other, be treated in az
cordance with the laws of The receiving
country.
ARTICLE X.
The two Post Departments may, by mu.
tual agreement, provide for the transmits
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 carry
this convention into execution and may
modify the same in like manner, from time
to time, as the exIgeDCies of the service may
require. Articles may also, by mutual con-
sent, be amended, added, or suppressed,
according to the requirements of the SER
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 the
date of the exchange of ratitcatiOns, 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, AID the exchange
of Publications 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 se7enty-0ne.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the United States.
ANTONIO FLORES.
/ hereby approve the atoregoing convene
ton and in testimony thereof ] have
caused the seal OF the United States to be
affixed
BY the President:
HAMILTON FIsfE,
Secretary Of State
WASHINGTON, May 9, 1871
translation.
Having seen and examined the aforeg0"
ing postal convention. which has been APP
proved by the legislative decree OF the first
Of the present month, and in exercise OF
the sixth attribute of the sixtieth article OF
the constitution, have ratified it, as by the
present / do ratify and declare it accepted.
confirmed and obligatory in all and each OF
its clauses and stipulations contained in said
convention, solemnlv engaging and pledG
inc Cor its faithful and exact observance on
the part Of Ecuador the national faith and
honor
In faith of which have caused the pres.
ent to be prepared. signed with my hand,
sealed with the seal of the republic and
countersigned by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Relations, at quito. the thirtieth i
September. eighteen hundred and seventy
one. G. GARCIA MORENO
Francisco JAyIER LEON.
We. John A. j. Cresweli. Postmaster Gene
eral 81 the United States. and Antonio
Flores minister Of Ecuador 10 the United
States. certify that on this date we have
proceeded to perform the exchange of rati-
tications of the postal convention which
was concluded between she United States
and Ecuador at W ashir gtOn. on the ninth
day Of May, A, .. 1871.
Done in duplicate and signed at Washing
ton. this sixth dav Of December, 4. D. 1871.
JOHN A. J. CRESW ELL,
Pcs:mas:e: General o the United States.
ANTONIO FLORES.
Convention for the regulation Of the postal
intercourse between the United States OF
America and the kingdom Of Denmark.
The Post Department of the United States
Of America and the Danish Post Depart
ment have agreed upon employing the
steamers in regular service between their
territories. as well as the steamers engaged
between Hamburg and Bremen on the enc
side, and American ports on the other, in
order to establish an immediate exchange
Of mails. and have, tor that purpose, CON
scented to the following articles:
ARTICLE l.
There shall be an immediate exchange Of
correspondence between the United States
Of America and Denmark by means of the
said steamers, and this correspondence shall
embrace letters, newspapers, book packets,
prints Of all kinds comprising maps, plans,
engraYings. drawings, photographs, IlthO-
graphs, and all other like productions OF
mechanical processes, sheets Of music, etc.,
and patterns or samples OF merchandise;
and such correspondence may be exchanged,
whether originating in either Of the said
countries, or originating in countries to
which these may respectively serve as in
termediaries.
ARTICLE II.
The exchange of correspondence shall
take place between the p0stOtfices to be
hereafter designated by the two post depart
ments; but either OF the two offices 50 desig-
mated may at any time be discontinued, and
others established by mutual consent.
ARTICLE III.
The United States office shall make its
| own arrangements for the dispatch Of its
mails to Denmark, and in like manner the
| office OF Denmark shall make its own ar.
engagements for the dispatch of its mails to
| the United States. The mails shall be re
| cipr0cally forwarded by the regular routes
| of communication hereinbefore mentioned,
and each Office shall, at its own cost, pay
| the expense of the intermediate transporta-
| ton (sea and territorial) of the mails which
| il dispatches to the other. 1t is also agreed
! that the cost, either in whole or in part of
| the international ocean and territorial
| transit of the closed mails exchanged in