New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-07
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rRpATrRs AND PROCLAMATIONs.

Postmaster General OF tno chi'o" 45 IN
America, in virtue OF the powers 'es ;;a.a az
- as tba Renublio of Ecuador at Washington
IN the name of his government, ana ey
r;rtne of the powers which he has formany
presented to this effect, have agreed upon
the following articles, TO VIII:
ARTICLE 1. c
An exchange of mails shalt hereafter
take Mace between the United STATES ol
49, 1870 and the Republic of Ecuador, by
tbe ordinary means of communication via
the Isthmus of Panama, the government %
the United States to be at the e1pens2 Va
the transportation thereof between NC"
York and Panama, San Francisco @liu
Panama, SO long as direct service ny
limited States steamers, including inc
Tetbmns transit. is maintained under exist.
inc conditions; aud the government OF
Ecuador 70 be at the expense OF the trans
nort;on thereof between Panama anu
Ecuador 40 long az the present or olAer
similar arrangement for the ocean man eer-
yice between Panama and Ecuador Is con,
tinued. The correspondence so exchange"
shall comprise:
/ ,etters and manuscripts subject by inc
laws OF either country to letter rate OF post
age. r. u, t;rds
of music, engravings, autographs, photo
graphs, drawings, maps and plans, ana sqch
correspondence may be exchanged, whether
originating in either of said countries ana
destined for the other, or originating IN or
destined for foreign countries to which they
NAV respectively serve as Intermediates.
ARTICLE II.
New York and San Francisco shalI De
the Offices of exchange on the side ct the
United States, and Guayaquil and hiant6
shall be the offices of exchange on the sue
of Ecuador, for all mails transmitted be-
tween the two countries under this arrange
mept; and all mail matter transmitted IN
either direction between the respective OF
Aces of exchange shall be forwarded. in
closed bags or pouches, under seal, az
dressed to the corresponding exchange Oh
fee. and the mails so dispatched from
either country to the other shall be for
warded to the United States consul and
resident mail agent at Panama, who is here
by designated as the agent OF the two gov
ernments for receiving the bags or pouches
at that port from either direction, and Tor
dispatching the same to their respective Ill
innate destinations.
The two Post Departments may, at any
time, discontinue either OF said Offices OF ex-
change or establish others.
ARTICLE III.
The standard weight for the single rate
of postage and rule of progression shall be:
/. For letters, or manuscripts subject by
law to letter rate OF postage, one-baf
ounce iavoirdupOis).
9. For all other correspondence men
toned in the second paragraph OF the first
article, that which each country shall adopt
for the mails which it dispatches TO the
other, ADAPTED to the convenience and hub
- "a, So DIM Of each
country shall give notice to the other OF the
standard weght'it adopts, and OF any sub
sequent change thereof. The weight stated
by the digpatching exchange office shall
always be accepted, except IN cases OF
manifest error.
ARTICLE ".
No accounts shall be kept between the
Postotfice Departments Of the two countries
on the international correspondence, writ
ten or printed, exchanged between them;
but each country shall levy, collect and re
tain to it's own use the following postal
charges, viz:
/. The postage to be charged and col
lected in the United States on each letter,
or manuscript, subject to letter postage,
mailed in the United States, and addressed
to any place in the Republic of Ecuador,
shall be twenty cents, United States
currency, per each weight Of half an ounce
or fraction of half an ounce; and the post
age to be charged and collected in Ecuador
on each letter, or manuscript subject to let
ter postage, mailed in Ecuador and ad-
dressed 10 any place ip the United States of
America, shall be two reals, or the fifth
part of a dollar thardy Ecuador currency,
the Same to be in each case in full of all
charges whatever to the place of destination
in either country. Either country, however,
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 Departments of the United States
and Ecuador may respectively levy, collect,
and retain to their separate and exclusive
use such rates of postage adapted to their
interior administration and to the cost of
sea transportation as they shall deem ad-
visable. But each Office shall give notice to
the other of the rates 1t adopts, and OF any
subsequent change thereof
Newspapers and other correspondence of
the class referred to in the preceding para
graph shall be sent in narrow bands or
covers, open at the sides or ends, so that
that they may be easily examined and
packages Of such correspondence shall be
subject to the laws and regulations of each
country ia regard to their liability to paw
customs duty, if containing dutiable goods.
or to be rated with letter postage when
containing written matter, or for any other
cause specified in said laws and regulations
ARTICLE v.
Letters, and other communications in
manuscript. which, from any cause, can not
be delivered to their address, after the ex.
piratiOn of a proper period to effect their de-
livery, shall be reciprocally returned every
month, unopened and without charge, to
the Postotfice Department of the dispatch
ing country; but newspapers, and all other
articles Of printed matter, shall not be re-
turned. but remain at the disposal of the
receiving office.
Letters enormously transmitted, or
wrongly addressed, shall be promptly re-
turned TO the dispatching office without
charge.
ARTICLE VI.
The Post Department Of the United
States shall establish in conformity with
the arrangements in force at the time, the
conditions upon which the Post Depart
ment OF Ecuador may exchange, in open
mails, the correspondence originating in
Ecuador and destined for countries to which
the United States may serve as an interme-
diary but such correspondence shall ONLY
De chalge with the International posta re
established by this convention, augmented
by the postag rates in force between the
EnIted States and the country of destina-
u0A, and any other tax for exterior service
The Post Department of the United States
shall furnish the Post Department of Ecna.
dor with q list stating the foreign countries
TO which Nthe foreign postage and the
amounts thereof must be absolutely nre.
paid, or can be left unpaid, and shall mod
" suSL Ast from time to time, as the exi-
gencles OF It's foreign postal service NAV re-
In conformity to tba requirements If the
preceding paragraph, i table marEad. 4 Il
hereunto annexed, enumerating the conn.
tries with which, and specifying the terms
and conditions on which, EEQador may er.
Glan9e correspondence by Nay of the
Correspondence Of this class nNst be &C.