New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-24
OFFICIAL.
TREAT1Es AND PRocLAmAT1oNs.

states OF America ana the RepuDllC
Ecuador.
The undersigned, John A. j. Creswel
| Postmaster General Of the United States {
America, in virtue of the powers vested
! him by law, and Antonio Flores, ministe
Of the Republic of Ecuador at Washington
in the name Of his government, and b
| virtue of the powers which he has formal,
! presented to this effect, have agreed upol
| the following articles, to wit:
ARTICLE I.
An exchange OF mails shall hereafter
take place between the United States o
America and the Republic of Ecuador, BY
the ordinary means Of communication viz
the 1sthmus of Panama, the government O
the United States to be at the expense OF
the transportation thereof between New
York and Panama, San Francisco and
Panama, so long as direct service by
United States steamers, including the
Isthmus transit, is maintained under exist
ing conditions; and the government of
Ecuador to be at the expense of the trans.
portion 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 and manuscripts subject by the
laws OF either country to letter rate Of post
age.
?. Newspapers and prints of all kinds,
in sheets, In pamphlets, and in books, sheets
Of music, engravings, Autographs, photo
graphs, drawings, maps and plans, and 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 Guayaquil and Manta
shall be the offices of exchange Oh the side
Of Ecuador, for all mails transmitted be-
tween the tive countries under this arrange
meRt and all mail matter transmitted in
either direction between the respective of
fees of exchange shall be forwarded in
closed bags or pouches, under seal, ad-
dressed to the corresponding exchange Of
ice, and the mails so dispatched from
either country to the other shall be for
Ear1ed to the United States consul and
'esident mail agent at Panama, who is here
~ designated as the agent of the two gov
for receiving the bags or pouches
1t that port from either direction, and for
the same to their respective Ill
innate destinations.
The two Post Departments may, at any
ime, discontinue either Of said offices Of cX-
hange or establish others. !
ARTICLE III. |
The standard weight for the single rate !
+ postage and rule of progression shal! 3e:
/. For letters, or manuscripts s,-5lecI ~
aw to letter rate Of p0s+~e0' on9-H'''I
unce layoirdupois). oo.uoauou.7o-o.
?. For all otbee;l co[resp Eo,,I n e. men
Oned in the f ~ 5aiaSl apn u II6 i 1ESt
-, ne mails which it dispatches to the
her, adapted to the convenience and hab-
5 of its interior administration; but each
untry shall give notice to the other Of the
andaTd weight it adopts, and Of any sub
quent change thereof. The weight stated |
: the dispatching exchange office shall
ways be accepted, except in cases OF
anitest error.
ARTICLE W.
No accounts shall be kept between the
ystOtice Departments Of the two countries
the international correspondence. writ
4 or printed, exchanged between them; !
It each country snail levy, collect and re- {
IN to its own use the following postal
argos, viz:
/. The postage to be charged and col
ted in the United States on each letter.
manuscript. subject 70 letter postage,
allied in the United States. and addressed
any place in the Republic of Ecuador, |
al! be twenty CENTS United States L
Trency, per each weight Of half an ounce a
traction OF half an ounce; and the post Il
e to be charged and collected in Ecuador
each letter. or manuscript subject to let. :
POSTAGE mailed in Ecuador ana ad- {
ssseG 20 any place in the United States Of I
lerica, shall be two realsO or the fifth t
! % 9 dollar (hard)o Ecuador currencvo d
same to be in each case in SuII Of all h
!rges whatever to the place Of destination s.
either country. Either countrTo however. d
{ liberty 70 reduce this CHARGE bug not
Increase it without the previous assent OF j
ether. o
C1! ali other correspondence mentioned Il
he second paragraph Of the first article n
Post Departments OF she United States 0l
Ecuador may respectively levy, collect. IL
retain TO their separate and exclusive ! "
such rates OF postage adapted TO their n
3rl0r administration and TO the cost Of !
transportation as they shall deem adj
lble. But each office shall give notice to re
other Of the rates it adopts and OF any 81
sequent change thereof. 1T
ewspapers and other correspondence Of W
class referred to in the preceding para. sU
Dh shall be sent in narrow bands or sh
ers, open at the sides or ends. so that pa
! they may be easily examined and pc
kages of such correspondence shall be
Iect to the laws and regulations of each
ntry IN regard to their liability to pay su
,oms duty, if containing dutiable goods, re
to be Eated with letter postage when tit
tanning written matter, or for any other es
Sc specified in said laws and regulations. tt
ARTICLE V. tn
etters, and other communications in fri
luscript, which, from any cause, can not til
to their address, after the ex- on
nj q i1A 70 off IL i -.
ryo shall be reciprocally returned every iut
th, unopened and without charge, to an
POstoftice Department Of the dispatch to
country: but newspapers, and all other Gil
oles of printed matter, shall not be re- fuI
ed, but remain at the disposal Of the to
living office re;
stterS enormously transmitted or do
ugly addressed, shall be promptly re-
ed TO the dispatching office without
geo Vi
ARTICLE ". as
&c Posi- Department Of the United en-
es shall establish, in conformity with ex
arrangements in force at the time, the be-
litions upon which the Post Depart or;
t OF Ecuador may exchange, in open ral
S, the correspondence originating in off
tdOr and destined for countries to which VIII
nlted States May serve as an interne- Tie
:; out such correspondence shall only i'm
larged with the international postage ceI
oAsheQ by tins convention, augmented mi
re postage oates In force between the mi
ed States and the country of destina- pur
and any other tax for exterior service. son
e Post Department Of the United States tril
furnish the Post Department of Ecua- mic
With lisS stating the foreign countries ceI
'hich the foreign postage and the the
lnts thereof must be absolutely pre- in
or can be lett unpaid. and shall modi- san
Oh list from time to time, as the ext iur
les OF It's foreign postal service may re. pro
= no
conformity 20 the requirements Of the be
dns paragraph table marked 4 is VIII
'ut" annexed, "numeratlng the coun. the
with which. and speeifrine the farms con