New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-19
of the Uuited states-l. New York;

| Chicago.
The respective postal administrations Art
authorized, if circumstances should re
| quire it, to discontinue any OF the omce
designated for the exchange Of mails, or Il
| establish others in their place.
ARTICLE III.
The tostoffices Of Sweden and Norway
| shall make their own arrangements for IN,
dispatch OF mails to the United States; am
| in like manner the pOstOtfice of the United
States shall make arrangements for the dis
patch Of mails to Sweden and Norway. Th'
mails shall be forwarded by regular routes
| of 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 the
other country. 1t is agreed that the cost O.
| the international, ocean and Territorial
transit of closed mails. exchanged in eithel
! direction. between the frontiers of the re
spective countries, shall be first betrayed
| by that one Of the offices which shall have
| obtained from the postoffices OF the inter
mediary countries the most favorable terms
for such conveyance, and any amount &c
| advanced by one office. for and on account
OF the other. shall be promptly reimbursed
ARTICLE ".
The standard weight for tie .ing,e rate
of postage shall be:
J. For letters. fifteen gramfnes.
/ =. For all other correspondence mentioned
| in the second paragraph of the first article
| that which each Office adopts for che 10 ails
| which it dispatches to the other. adapted &c
| the regulations prescribed for such CORE
| spondence in the dispatching country. Each
| office shall. however,. give notice to ths
| other Of the standard weigh: il adopts and
| of any subsequent change thereof.
The rule of progression shall be an add.
| tiOnai single rate tor each adc!:ions! single
weight or fraction thereof.
The weight stated by the dispa.ching
office shall always be accepted. e.eep: 5u
the case OF manifest error.
ARTICLE s..
The single rate Of postage Tor letter cor
fespOndence exchanged in direct mails be-
tween the United Kingdoms and the United
State. shall be-
!. By closed mail. via England. without
regard to the forwarding OF the correspond.
ence. whether to OK from Swedish orr Nor.
wegian seaport, or through Germany
!. For letters from Sweden tos tho United
States
la When prepaid in Sweden. .h!r:y-six
(b) When paid in the United States. four.
teen cents.
. For letters from the United States TO
ta) When prepaid in the United States.
nine cents.
~ When paid in Sweden. ffty-six ore.
3. For letters from Norway for the United
States
IA When prepaid in Norway. twelve
shilling.
~ When paid in the United States. ff-
teen cents.
& Enr ya%+ore rro,, +bo t-,;>o5 S>o>o. $or
(a) When prepaid in the United States.
To- When paid in Norway, eighteen skill
ing.
II. BY direct regular steamship COM
munication between ports IN the United
Kingdoms, whether the port be Swedish or
Norwegian on the one side. and ports in the
United States on the bther side
!. For letters from Sweden for the United
Ia) When prepaid IN Sweden. twenty.
four ore.
~ When paid in the United States. zine
cents.
,. For letters from the United States for
Sweden
{a) When prepaid in the United Sta ties.
six cents.
t6) When paid in Sweden, :hir,y-siz ore.
.. roi 1esteis lioM NORWAY W Sue AHl!eu
Ia When prepaid in Norway. seven
shilling.
tb} When paid in the United States. nine
cents.
4. For letters from the United States for
NORWAY
la When prepaid in the United States,
SIX cents
~ When paid in Norway, ten shilling.
t,..<v -
charged with the postage fog unpaid letters.
after deductlng the prepaid amount.
Gu 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. But each Office shall
give notice to the other of the rate it adopts.
and of any subsequent change thereof.
ARTICLE ~.
The Atlantic sea rate on the eerrespon.
dence sent in closed mails through England
shall not exceed Elk 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. ex coed
two cents per single letter rate. or six cents
per ounce net weight Of letter mails. aud
six cents per pound .oS other cores
pOndence.
1t is also agreed that the entire eos. 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 postOfiices, 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 othey correspond.
ence.
1t is further stipulated that Che Atlantic
sea rate on the correspondence sent in
closed mails through Germany shall not ex-
coed five cents per thirty grammes of let
tiers, and ten cents per kilogranme Of other
correspondence.
1t is also understood and agreed that the
Norwegian postofiice 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 q sam corresponding to the Swedish and
Danish rate Of transit for closed nails sent
through Sweden and Denmark.
ARTICLE VII.
Ordinary letters may 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 De obligatory.
ARTICLE VII.
Registered articles shall. in addition TO
The postage. be subject to 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 TX.
ANY correspondence may be registered.