New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-23

ootdlne0, sweden shall receive one mOlety
and the United States the other.
States:
From the total amount Of the interna
tl0nal hostages and register fees for CORE
spondence between Norway and the United
States, collected in Norway, the Norwegian
postal administration shall deduct the
amount which, without exceeding the high
est rates agreed upon, has been paid for the
conveyance Of the mails to the frontier OF
the United States. From the total amount
of international hostages and register fees
Tor correspondence between Norway and
the United States, collected in the United
States, the Postal Administration of the
United States SHALL in like manner, deduct
the amount which, without exceeding the
highest rates agreed upon, has been paid
tor the conveyance of the mails to the
frontier of Norway Tor Of Sweden, in case
OF conveyance by direct steamship commu-
nication, or through England).
vi the amount of the two net sums thus
obtained. Norway shall receive one moiety,
and the United States the other.
| ARTICLE XI.
The correspondence mention ed in the sec
ond paragraph of the first article snail be
| dispatched under regulations to be estab-
lished by the dispatching office; but these
| shall embrace the following:
| ]. 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 numbers and prices placed upon
patterns or samples Of merchandise.
| :. No packet may exceed two feet in
length, or one foot in any other dimension.
3. 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.
| 1. The customs duties that may be charge
able in each Of the two countries may be
| levied for the use of the customs.
D. Except as above no charge whatever
shall be collected on the letters and other
correspondence exchanged. The small local
carriers fee now charged in Sweden may,
however, be levied to the use Of the
Swedish Office; and as long as a fee of two
shilling for the delivery of poste restante
letters, and one of foEr shilling for letters
| posted after the general time tor collecting
the post, are chargeable in Norway, these
fees may be levied to the use Of the Nor
| wegian Office.
| ARTICLE MI.
| The postal administrations of each of the
| United Kingdoms, and that of the United
States, shall establish by agreement, and in
| conformity with the arrangements in force
! at the time, the conditions upon which the
| offices may exchange in open mails the cor
! respOndence originating in or destined for
| foreign countries to which they may serve
as Intermediates.
1t is, however, always understood that
such correspondence shall only be charged
| with the rate applicable to international
! correspondence augmented by the postage
and other taxes due to foreign postal ad
| rninistrations, and any other tax tor ex-
terror service.
ARTICLE NH.
The postal accounts between the respec-
tive offices which, according to article ten,
are to be settled separately between Swe-
den and the United States and between
Norway and the United States, shall be
stated quarterly and transmitted and veri
fed as speedily as practicable; and the bal
ance found due shall be paid to the creditor
office, either by exchange on London, or at
the debtor office, as the creditor office may
desire.
The rule for the conversion of the moneys
of the respective countries shall be esta b.
lished by common agreement between the
respective offices.
ARTICLE XIV.
When in port, whether belonging so
either of the United Kingdoms or to the
United States, a closed mail is transferred
from one vessel to another, without any ex-
pense to the office of the country where the
transfer is made, such transfer shall not be
subject to any charge by one office against
the other.
ARTICLE we
Official communications between she re.
spective postal administrations shall not be
the occasion OF any accounts between sheM.
ARTICLE xvS.
The respective postotfices shall. By 9nls-
tual consent, make detailed regulations for
carrying the articles Of this convention into
execution; and in like manner modify such
regulations from time tt time, as the eyi.
gencies OF the service may require
ARTICLE XVII.
Letters wrongly sent, wrongly addressed
or no: deliverable for any cause, shall be
returned to the dispatching office, at its
expense for the return, if any expense shall
be incurred. Registered articles, in the
second paragraph of the first article men
toned. shall also be returned in like man
ner. Other articles shall be left TO the ellis
position of the receiving office.
Any hostages not collected upon the cor.
respondence returned, but which shall have
been charged against the receiving office
shall be deducted from the account.
ARTICLE XVIII.
This convention shall take ehecs fr.m
and on the first day Of July, 1873. st shall
be continued in force until one year fro.l
the time when any of the governments OF
the respective countries shall have given
notice OF its wish to terminate the same. 1t
is to be ratified, and the notifications are to
be exchanged as soon as possible.
Done in duplicate original at the city Of
Washington, this fifteenth day Of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General
OLUF STENERSEN.
hereby approve the foregoing conven-
ton, and in testimony thereof, | have
caused the seal Of the United States to be
affixed.
L. S. CRANE.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State.
Washington, March -, 1873.
Translation
We, Oscar, by the grace of God, King of
Sweden, Norway, the Goths and the Van
dals, make known that whereas, we and
the United States of Amerina have found
it expedient and necessary to enter into ne
gOtiations having for their object the con
clusion of a postal convention, and our
minister, duly authorized for that purpose,
having, on the fifteenth day of March, in
the present year, with the Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States, established, con-
cluded, signed and, with his seal, provided
d convention, word for word, as follows:
iSee convention above.)
Therefore we have desired to ratity, ap-
prove, and accept the convention so con
cluded, with all its articles, paragraphs,
and clauses, and we do by these presents,
in the most express terms, approve, accept,
and ratify the same: ami we will sincerely
and honestly uphold and fulfill the foreg0-