New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-23
OF the Uuited States-l. New York; 2

cure 1t, to discontinue any of the Office
designated Tor the exchange of mails, or t
establish others in their place.
ARTICLE III.
The postoffices of Sweden and Norwa
| sfall make their own arrangements for tn
dispatch of mails to the United States; an,
N like manner the postotfice of the Unite,
States shall make arrangements for the dis
patch of mails to Sweden and Norway. TIL
mails shall be forwarded by regular route
Communication; and each office shall. a
its own cost, pay the expense Of the inter
mediate transportation tsea and territorial
OF the mails which it dispatches to tn
other country. 1t is agreed that the cost o
the international, ocean and territorial
| transit OF closed mails, exchanged in eithe
direction, between the frontiers of the re
| spectlve countries, shall be first defrayet
py tnat one OF the offices which shall hav,
optalned IRON the pOstotfces of the inter
| meulary countries the most favorable term
LOT such conveyance, and any amount 81
advanced by one office, for aud on accoun
OF the other, shall be promptly reimbursed
| ARTICLE w.
| Inc standard weight for tie single ratt
| OF postage shall be:
| For letters, fifteen grammes.
-. For all other correspondence mentioned
IN the second paragraph of the first article
that which each office adopts for the mails
which it dispatches to the other, adapted t,
the regulations prescribed for such CORE
spondence in the dispatching country Eacf
once shall. however, give notice to the
other OF the standard weight it adopts anG
OF any subsequent change thereof
The rule of progression shall be an addi
tional single rate tor each additional single
weight or fraction thereof
The weight stated by the dispatchine
office shall always be accepted, except il
the case of manifest error
ARTICLE v.
The single rate of postage for letter cor
respondence exchanged in direct mails be
tween the United Kingdoms and the United
States shall be-
l. By closed mail, via England, without
regard to the forwarding OF the correspond
ence, whether to or from a Swedish orr Nor
wegian seaport or through Germany
l. For letters from Sweden for the United
States
(G) When prepaid in Sweden, thirty-sis
ore.
tb) When paid in the United States, four
teen cents.
2. For letters from the United States to
.(a) When prepaid in the United States
nine cents.
~ When paid in Sweden, fifty six ore.
8. For letters from Norway for the United
States
Ia When prepaid in Norway, twelve
shilling.
~ When paid in the United States, fif
teen cents.
4. For letters from the United States for
(a) When prepaid IN the United States,
ten cents.
~ When paid in Norway, eighteen skill
ing.
III. By direct regular steamship com
munication between ports in the United
Kingdoms, whether the port be Swedish or
Norwegian on the one side, aud ports in the
United States on the other side
/. For letters from Sweden for the United
(a) When prepaid in Sweden, twenty
four ore.
~ When paid in the United States, nine
cents.
,. For letters from the United States for
Sweden
(a) When prepaid in the United Sta ties,
six cents.
~ When paid in Sweden, thirty-six ore
3. For letters from Norway to the United
States
lel When prepaid in Norway seven
shilling.
~ When paid in the United States. nine
cents
4. For letters from the United state. so,.
Norway
TAI When prepaid in ,hs United States,
six cents.
(b) When paid in Norway, ten shilling.
Insuf6ciently prepaid letters shall be
charged with the postage for unpaid letters,
after deducting the prepaid amount.
On all other correspondence mentioned in
the second paragraph of the first article, the
rate shall be, for the mails despatched by
either route, that which the dispaching
Office shall adopt. adapted to the regulations
prescribed for such correspondence in the
dispatching country. Bn,t each office shall
give notice to the other Of the rate it adopts,
and OF any subsequent change thereof
ARTICLE VI.
The Atlantic sea rate on the correspon-
dence sent in closed mails through England
shall not exceed six cents per ounce for
letter mails. and six cents per pound for
other correspondence; nor shall the charge
for the sea conveyance thereof between
England and the United kingdoms, exceed
two cents per single letter rate. or six cents
per ounce net weight Of letter mails, and
six cents per pound for other cores
pondence.
1t is also agreed that the entire cost of
the sea transportation between the bounda-
ries of the respective countries, by any d.
rect line of steamships adapted to the con-
veyance of mails, and employed by the re-
spective pOstOtfices, shall not exceed two
cents for each single letter rate, or six cents
per ounce, net weight, of letter mails, and
six cents per pound of other correspond
ence.
1t is further stipulated that the Atlantic
sea rate on the correspondence sent i'll
closed mails through Germany shall not ex-
coed five cents per thirty grammes Of let
tiers, and ten cents per kilogramme of other
correspondence.
1t is also understood and agreed that the
Norwegian postOtiice shall be reimbursed
for the closed mails sent through Germany,
which have been forwarded by the direct
steamboat line between Christanssand and
Hamburg, worked on Norwegian account,
by sum corresponding to the Swedish and
Danish rate of transit for closed mails sent
through Sweden and Denmark.
ARTICLE VII.
Ordinary letters NAV be sent prepaid or
unpaid, but on registered letters, and on all
other correspondence mentioned in the sec
ond paragraph of the first article, prepay
ment shall be obligatory.
ARTICLE VII.
Registered articles shall, in addition to
the postage. be subject to a register fee of
thirty ore in Sweden, Of eight shilling in
Norway, and of eight cents in the United
States. This fee, as well as the postage,
shall always be prepaid Each Office is at
liberty to reduce this fee for the mails it
dispatches.
ARTICLE IN.
ANY correspondence may be registered.
as we'll the international as that originatin.
in or destined for other countries to which
the pos:otfices of the contracting countries
NAV serve as Intermediates for the trans
mission of such registered articles.