The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16
POSTAL CONVENTION brtwen the

POSIAl CON rsAN lION UhWrtI tiie
United States aud Newfoundland,
The undersigned. being threunlo
duly authorized by their respective gov
er,nnents. have agreed upol the fol-
lowing articles. establishing and pg,l-
lating the exchange Of correspondence
between the United States of America
and Newfoundland:
ARTICLE |.
There shall be aa exchange Of mails
bewtreu the United States f America
and Newfoundland by such means of
transportation as aN now, or shall
hereafter be. established with the mp
proval ofthe respective Post DtpaH-
meuts Of the two cOaAtries, comprising
letters. newspapers, books printed
matter Of every Kind. patterns or San,-
pies Of merchandise, originating ia
either coultry aud addressed to aud
deliverable ia the other country,
ARTICLE 2.
The poSt-CiilceS OF Boston and New
York shall BIZ the eXchallye-nilices on
the sile Of the United States. and the
post-pfliye of Saint Johns shall be the
sole office Of exchange on the SHE of
Newfoundland, for I'LL mlils transmit
ted between the two conttrie> nader
this arrangement; and all matchmaker
transnitte,lin eithrrdlrec,ini, between
the respective offices of exchangr. Shall
be forwarded in closed hags or pouches
under seal, addressed to fle cores
pondipg eXchnge-oiliee. Each mail
shall be accompanied by Il letter ar
post-bill, showing Ia separate columns
the nunIher Of letters. newsmRrS, and
other articles embraced therein. and
the postage thereon.
AkTRLE 3.
No accounts shall bo kept between
the Post departments of the two coun-
triesHponlhe International correspond
ence. written or printed. exchanged
between them, bRt each Department
shall retain to its own ne NIL the post
ayes which it colleciS thereon.
fle single rate of international let
ter-po,tagr. i,fnll, to destination, shall
be six ,t1 on each letter weighing
halfan ~ e rs grams or less. and
an additional rate of six cents for each
additional weight of half an ounce
10 grams or fraction thereof, the pre-
payment of which shall be c0mpul-
sorry at the office Of mailing in either
country.
The United States pOst-ofiiee Shall
levy and collect to it, own use post
age-cliarge of two cents OIL each news
paper mailed in the United States aud
Addresse, to newfoundland; aud a
postage-cllarge of two cents TOR each
two ounces. or fraction thereof. on
panphets, periodicals, books, other
articles of printed matter, and patterns
or slmplrS of merchandise addressed
to or received from Newfoundland.
The post-ntiice Of Newfoundland
shall levy aud collect to its own use u
postagp-charge of two CENTS Oh each
newspaper mailed in Newfoundland
and addressed to the United States.
and the established rates of domestic
postage chargeable in Newfoundland.
on pamphlets, periodicals. books, other
articles Of printed matter, aud pat
terms or samples OF merchandise adj
dressed to or received from tile United
States.
Every International letter or news
paper shall be plainly stamped with
the words Paid all" in red Ink. by
the di,patcting office of exchange,
and shall be delivered free of any
charge whatever in the country Of des-
tinati0n.
Newspapers, and all other kinds Of
printed matter. shall be subject to the
laws. and regulations Of each country,
respectively, in regard TO theE liability
to be rated with letterpostage when
containing written matter, or for any
other cause specified in said laws and
regulations, as well as in regard to
their liability to customs duty under
the revenue laws.
ARTICLE A,
The two Post-Drpartments shall es-
tablish by agreement. and in conform
ity with arrangements il force at the
time. the conditions apon which the
two Offices may reciprocllly exchange
in open mails the correspondence orig |
mating in or destined to other foreign |
countries to which they may respect
lively serve as Intermediates.
Either country forwariingor receiv-
ing such correspondence through the |
open mails Of the other. sIalI account |
to such other country for such postage |
rates as are chargeable thereon. for ex-
terror service. by its laws and rtgula-
tions. or the requirement Of It's foreign |
postal arrangements.
ARTICLE 5.
The two POst-Departments may, by |
nut val agreement. provide for the |
transmission of registered letters in
the mails exchanged between the two
countries. and may settle BY agreement
between them all measures Of detail
and arrangements required to carry
this convention into execHtion, and
modify the sine III like manner, from
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