New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-24

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shilling rigsmont, and in the last case, be
! sides the deficient postage, with similar ad-
! dltlonal 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 con
| venieRce 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 postOtfice, but always including
| the following:
l. 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
| ton; but it shall, in that case, beside the
| deficient postage, be charged with an ad-
| dltl0nal 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 ia each of the two countries may be
! levied for the use of the customs.
| ARTICLE VII.
Any correspondence mentioned in article
I,a ba
! 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 prepaid.
/ Eacn Office is at liberty to reduce this fee for
| the mails it dispatches. Each department
| shall use its best exertions for the safe de-
| livery of registered correspondence, but is
! not responsible pecuniarily fof the loss of
any such correspondence.
ARTICLE VIII.
1t 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 COP
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 post
\ age collected in Denmark upon interna-
| tiOnal paid correspondence forwarded to the
| United States, and upon international IN
! 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 1t appears that in one country
! for one wear there is levied twenty per cent
! more than in the other If an account is
I 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
! cluded in the account between the two
| Offices, but, unshared, shall belong to the
office by which they are collected.
ARTICLE Y.
The swo post departments shall establish,
| by agreement. and IN conformity with the
! arrangements in force at the time, the con
ditions upon which the two offices may re
| spectively exchange in open mails the cor
| respOnfence originating IN OF destined to
| other foreign countries TO which they may
| reciprOcallY serve as intermediaries. 1t is
! always understood, however, that such cor
resp0ndence shall only be charged with the
| Americana Danish rate, augmented by the
! postage due to foreign countries or tor
! other exterior service.
| 1t is agreed that the account OF This CORE
| sp0ndence shall, as to the International
| hostages chaTgeable on the same, be regu-
| lated on the basis mentioned in the proceed
! ing article. but that the amount of the eX-
| tra-nati0nal postage, or other tax for exte-
| rior service, shall be reciprOcaIly accounted
for at full rates. Such charges for paid cor
respondence to and tor 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 ".
| The P0stotfice 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
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-
! lege 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-.
| quireG.
ARTICLE XII.
| The GostaG accounts between" the Swo
| offices shall be stated and transmitted
| quarterly, ami verified as speedily as posi-.
| Die, ana the balance found due shal! be
paid in the coin Of the creditor cOUutry,
The rate for the conversion of the money
F.! Of the two countries shall be one dollar for
| one rigsdaler, eightr-tiye shilling rigsmont.
| The two offices shall, however, always be
| at liberty 10 agree upon another rats tor tAe
! conversion.
! ARTICLE XIII.
! Any ordinary correspondence wrongly all
| dressed. or wrongly sent, shall, without de-