The Portland daily press., 1873-04-16

sA-Na NStshSEs
POSTAL CONVENTION
BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES OE AMERICA AMI
THEl REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR.
The undersigned, John A. j. Creswell, Postmaster
General Of the United States of America in virtue
Of the powers vested in him by law, and AmJono
Flores, minister of the Republic of Ecuador at w
ington in the name of his governments anu seentad 80
tue OF the powers which he has forhaaIiy aricles
towit:
ARTICLE 1.
a, os.,o,ro of ,,o;,s shall hereafter take place
betw -nn the United States OF Amerlca 'lt dmr,n r
pabe of Ecuador, by the ordinn.y the govern
rnent of the United States 10 be AT Sne pr @ "
I've transportation Thereof Del"per p M az io,
iirn - 1900 nv the United States, steamers in
Guiding tbe sthnus transit, IS mall alned unGer ex-
ist;na Conditions; and the government OF Ecuador
t hg AZ the expense of the transportation thereof
between Panama and Ecuador so long as the present
@ s1er similar arrangement for the ocean mail SER
vice e'' between Panama and Ecuador is continued.
The correspondence SO exchanged shall comprise:
T. Letters and manuscripts subject By the laws Of
other country to letter rate Of postage.
3. Newspapers and prints of all kinds in sheets
In pamphlets, and in books, sheets of music, en-.
Cravings Autographs, photographs, drawings, maps
changed. whether originating in either of said coun-
cries and destined for the other ginating in
destinen for foreign countries to which they may
spectively serve as Intermediates.
ARTICLE 2.
New York and san Francisco shall be the Offices o.
exchange on the side of the United States, and Quay
aquil and Manta shall be the offices of exchange OF
the side of Ecuador for all mails transmitted be.
tween tho two countries under this arrangement
and all mail matter transmitted in either direction
between the respective offices Of exchange shall be
forwarded in closed bags pouches, under SEAL ad-
dressed to the corresponding exchange Office ana the
mails dispatche from either country to the other
shall be forwarded to the United States consul anu
resident mail agent at Panama, who is hereby des-
gna.ed as the agent of the two governments ior re-
ceiyng the bags pouches at that port from either
direction and for dispatchng the Same to their re-
spectiye ultimate destinations.
The two Post Departments may. at any time, dis
continue either of said Offices OF exchange or estab-
lish others.
ARTICLE 8.
The standard weight for the single rate of postage
l. For letters or manuscripts sutject by law to let
ter rate of POSTAGE ne,halfQD ounce. avordupois9
second paragraph of the first article, that which each
country shall adopt for the mails which dispatches
to the other adaped; t. the convenience ana habits
shall give notice to the other Of the standard weight
It adopts, and Of any subsequent change thereof.
The weight stated by the dispatching exchange office
shall always be accepted, except in case OF manifest
error.
ARTICLE 4.
No account shall be kept between the Post Office
Departments of the two countries on the interna-
tional correspondence, written printed exchanged
between them; but each country shall levy, collect,
10 lIS OWL
i. The postage to be charged and collected in the
United States on each letter, or manuscript subject
to letter postage, mailed in tho United States, and
addressed to any place in the Republic of Ecuador,
shall be twenty (2D cents, United States currency,
per each weight of half ounce or fraction of half
an ounce: and the postage to be charged and col
lected in Ecuador On each letter, or manuscript sub
ject to letter postage mailed i'll Ecuador and address
I'd to any place in the Uni ed States of America,
shall be two (2 reals or the fifth part of dollar,
,hard) Ecuador currency, the same to be in each
in full Of all charges whatever to the place of
destination in either country. Either country how
eyer is at liberty to reduce this CHARGE but not TO
increase it without the previous assent Of the other
2. On all other correspondence mentioned in the
second paragraph of the first article the Post De-
partments Of the United States and Ecnador may
respectively levy collect and retain to their separate
their interior administration and to the cost of
transportation they shall deem advisable. But
each office shall give notice to tho other of the rates
it adopts, and of subsequent change thereof
Newspapers and other correspondence OF the class
referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be sent
in narrow bands or covers, open at the side ends
SO that they my be easily examined; and packages
of such correspondence Shall be subject to the laws
and regulations of each country in regard to their
liability to pay customs duty, if containing dutiabe
goods or to be rated with etter-postase when con-
fed In said laws and regulations.
ARTICLE s.
Letters, and other communications In manuscript
which, from any cause, cannot be delivered to their
address, after the expiration of proper period to effect
their delivery shall be reciprocally reurnde every
month, unopened and without charge, to the Pest
Office Department T Of the dispatching coantry; but
shall not be returned, but remain at the disposal OF
the receiving Office
dressed, shall be promptly returned to the dispatch
ing Office without charge.
ARTICLE 6.
Tho Post Department OF the United States shall
establish, in conformity with the arrangements in
force at the me the conditions upon which the Post
Department OF Ecuador may exchange, in open
1nd as dsiineG sni S eonpes II c n I
States may serve as an Intermediary; buG such
respondence shall only be charged with the interna-
tonal postage established by this convention, aug
mented by the postage rates in force between the
United States and the country of destination, and
any other tax for exterior service.
The Pest Department of the United States shall
furnish the Post Department of Ecuador with a list
stating the foreign countries to which the foreign
postage and the amounts thereof must be absolutely
prepaid, OF can be left unpaid, and shall modify such
list from time to time the exigepcies of its foreign
postal service may require.
In conformity to the requirements of the preced-
ing paragraph, table marked 4 is is hsreunto an
nexsf n the the counties with which and
dor may exchange correspondence by way of the
Correspondence of this class must be accompanied
by letter-b from the dispatching exchange office
of Ecuador, specifying the amount due thereon to
the United States, and the receiving exchange office
of the United States shall return by next post to
such despatehing exchange office an acknowledge
ment of receipt and yerifcaion thereof which let
ter-bills and acknowledgment Of receipt shall be in
conformity to the models and C, hereunto annexed
and shall serve as vouchers in the settlement of the
accounts.
The accounts to be kept between the two Post De-
partments upon this class of correspondence shall
be stated quarterly, transmitted and verified as
speedily as practicable; and the amounts found due
shall be paid promptly to the United States Office
under such regulations the respective Post De-
partments may from time to time prescribe. Such
quarterly statement shall be prepared by the United
States office, and shall follow the form d, hereunto
annexed.
ApTrcrE =
Letters originating in foreign countries and ad-
dressed to the United States or Ecuador respective
ly, on which the foreign and international postal
charges are iuiy prepaid, snail, when forwarded in
the mails Of either country to the other be delivered
in the country of destination free of charge.
ARTICLES.
The official correspondence between the two coy
ernments, that of each government with its lega-
ton near the other, and OF each legation with its
government shall be conveyed to its destination free
Of postage and with all the precautions which the
two COVE nments may find necessary for its lnvioa-
bility and security.
ARTICLE o.
When in ono of the two countries there is no lcga-
tion of the other. the ranking privilege of the va
cant legation shall be transferred, in the terms sp-
uated in the preceding article, to the respective
sulate or vice-consulate at New York or Guayaqui
ARTICLE 10.
Neither Post Department shall be required to de-
liver any article received In the mails the circulation
of which shall he prohibited by the laws in force in
the country Of destinations and any article subject
confscation shall, when received in the mails from
the other be treated in accordance with the laws of
the receiving country.
ARTICLE II.
The two Post Departments may, by mutual agree
ment, provide for the transmission of registered ar
tlcles in the mails between the two countries
The register fee for each article shall he ten TN,
cents in the United States and one ~ real in EcHal
dor.
ARTICLE 70.
The two Post Departments shall settle bv nm aoroo
ment between them, all measures of detail and az
rangement required to carry this convention info %
ecution, and may modify the same in Ike ma~nor
from time to time tie exigencies Of the sery;ce
may require. Articles may also, by mutual consent
pe amended, added, Or suppressed according to ibe
requirements OF the service, without rescndino nv
elherwse altering or repairing any ether of the sr
sces OF this convention. " '''0 diu-
ARTICLE 49,
This convention shall take effect from, a.
The exchange OF publications. and shai, nate OF
force until anuulled by mutual consent ooutine in
year from the date of notice given hy n iitli one
two deparnents to the other of It's desro one 81 the
nate the same. ~" uesHe 10 terni- |
ARTICLE A.
This convention shall be approved
IN the manner ana I9fin prescribed bv tbo iied IN
ton and laws of each Of the high tne constitu
and the exchange of rafcatfrns shlf feIlng parties