New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-18
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TREATIES AND PROCLAMATIONs.

| A4AIS AND
Postal Convention between the United
| States of America and the 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 Antonio Flores, minister
OF the Republic of Ecuador at Washington
in the name of his government, and by
virtue of the powers which he has formally
presented to this effect, have agreed upon
the following articles, to wit:
ARTICLE I.
An exchange OF mails shall hereafter
take place between the United States OF
America and the Republic of Ecuador, by
the ordinary means of communication via
the Isthmus of Panama, the government of
the United States to be at the expense OF
the transportation thereof between New
York and Panama, San Francisco and
| Panama, so long as direct service by
United States steamers, including tue
Isthmus transit, is maintained under exist
ing conditions; and the government of
| Ecuador to be at the exI ense of the trans
| portion thereof between Panama and
| Ecuador SO long as the present or other
similar arrangement for the ocean mail ser
! vice between Panama and Ecuador is con
tinued. The correspondence so exchanged
| shall comprise:
l. Letters and manuscripts subject by the
| laws of either country 10 letter rate OF post
| age.
| ,. Newspapers and prints Of all kinds,
in sheets, in pamphlets, aud in books, sheets
| of music, eHgraYings, Autographs, photo
| graphs, drawings. maps and plans, and such
| correspondence may be exchanged, whether
| originating in either of said countries and
destined for the other, or originating in or
! destined for foreign countries to which they
may respectively serve as Intermediates.
| ARTICLE II.
! New York and San Francisco shall be
| the offices of exchange on the side eff the
| United States. and Guayaquil and Manta
! shall be the offices of exchange on the side
| of Ecuador, for all mails transmitted be-
| tween the two countries under this arrange
| meHt; and all mail matter transmitted in
| either direction between the respective of
| fees of exchange shall be forwarded in
| closed bags or pouches, under seal, ad-
| dressed to the corresponding exchange OF
| fee, and the mails 80 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 Ior
| dispatching the same to their respective ul-
| innate destinations.
time, discontinue either of said efices of ex'
change or establish others.
ARTICLE HI.
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, SHe-AaIf
ounce {avoirdupois).
2. For all other correspondence 4nen-
toned in the second paragraph of the first
~ hot T-binb ocha rsbu adj
for the mails which it dispatches to the
other adapted to the convenience and nab.
its of its interior administration: but each
country shall q We notice to the other of the
standard weight it adopts, and of any sub
sequent change thereof The weight stated
by the dispatching exchange ciice shall
always be accepted, except in cases OF
manifest error.
ARTICLE ".
No accounts shall be kept between the
POstoflice 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 its 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 i'll 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, OF manuscript subject to lets
ter postage, mailed in Ecuador and ad-
dressed TO any place in the United States Of
America, shall be two reals, or the fifth
part of a dollar (hard), Ecuador currency.
the same to be i'll 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.
= 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 suoh 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 it 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 80 that |
that they may 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 dutiable goods. |
or 20 be rated with letter postage when |
containing written matter, or for any other I.
cause specified in said laws aud regulations. |
ARTICLE v. !
letters. and other communications in |
manuscript, which, from any cause, can not |
be delivered 60 their address. after the Elk.
piration of proper period to effect their de. !
livery. shall be reciprocallv 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 che .lspatchins Office without
charge.
ARTICLE 81.
Tbs Post Department! of the United
States shall establish, in conformity with I
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
be charged with the international postage |
established by this convention. augmented
by the postage yates 10 force between the
United States and the country OF destina-
ton, and any other tax Ger exterior service.
The Post Department of the United States
shall furnish the Post Department of Ecua.
dor with list stat:G. the foreign countries
10 which tho foreign postage and the
amounts thereof mus: be absolutely pre-. ,
paid. or can be left unpaid. and shall mudI- |
il such list from time t. time. 80 The ext
gen cies OK its foreign posta! se..i"" '!l.v re-