New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-07

| and the United States the other.
| II. Between Norway and the United
States:
From the total amount of the interna
tional 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
for 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).
Of the amount of the two net sums thus
| obtained. Norway shall receive one moiety,
| and the United States the other.
| ARTICLE XII.
| The correspondence mentioned in the Sec
| ond paragraph OF the first article snail he
dispatched under regulations to be estab-
| lished by the dispatching office: but these
shall embrace the following:
l. 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.
| A l,a I,,%, ~, h
| able in each of the two countries may be
| levied for the use of the customs.
D. Except as above 40 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 foHr 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 XII.
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
az 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-
ministrations, and any other tax for ex-
terror service.
ARTICLE XIII.
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 to
either of the United Kingdoms or to the
United States. 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 XIV.
Official cOmmuuca tons between the re-
spective postal administrations shall not be
tle occasion Of any accounts between them.
ARTICLE XVI.
The respective postofiices shall, by mu-
tual. consent, make detailed regulations for
Carrying the articles OF this convention into
execution; and in like manner modify such
regulations, from time to time. as the ext
gencIes OF the service may require.
ARTICLE XVII.
Letters wrongly sent, wrongly addressed,
or not 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 para graph Of the first article men
toned, shall also be returned in like mau-
ner. Other articles shall be left TO the dis
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 effect from
and on the first day OF July, 1873 1t shall
NC III 1OiCc uuLii pHc year lEOGi
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.
Post 4
OLUF STENERSEN.
l hereby approve the foregoing conven-
ton, and in testimony thereof, | have
caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
L. S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State.
Washington, March 10, 1878.
Translation
We, Oscar, by the grace OF God, King OF
Sweden, Norway, the Cloths 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-
cluson of postal convention, and our
minister. duly authorized for that purpose.
having, on the fifteenth day of March. Ill
the present year, with the Postmaster Gen
eral OF the United States. established. con- |
cluded, signed and, with his seal, provided |
a convention, word for word, as follows:
(See convention above.
Therefore we have desired to ratify, aD- |
prove, and accept the convention 50 con- |
ciuded, with all its articles. paragraphs, |
and clauses, and we do by these presents, |
in the most express terms, approve, accept, |
and ratlfy the same: and We will sincerely |
and honestly uphold ard fulfill the forego- |