The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
FoRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
published by authority.l


additional articles Of agreement be-
t,cee,s the PoSt-Ofice department Of the
United States of Ameg1cd and the Postal !
administration of IS,ritzeIIond for on
| exchange Of postM cards betreen the teeo
| countries
For the purpose OF providing "A iditional
/ facilities of maj! ccrnut,ujcltioH between
1 the United St.Ity@ ut America al2,t - tier
/ land, it is hereby ulutu;.ily a@rcee that
| the Inited states Isu~iaj s.lrtir nI;tiIed at
any poSt-otfice i; tug IultnG States and
addressed to Swi zeriaud, and swiss nos nj
| cards mailed a any post office in SWi; Zer-
| land and addressed to he United ateS,
| the postage on which shall haze been fully
| preIIlie to destination, nj the III. eS herein
| after stated, can hencetorth be exchanged
| between the inhabitants of the United
| States and of Switzerland. But unpaid or
| insufficIenfly raid postal cards viii not be
forwarded in the mails between the two
] countries.
| ARTICLE II.
| Postal cards shall be forwarded exclu-
/ siVely by means of such direct steamers as
| shall from time to time be employed in
| the transportation of he direct German
| American mails between New York and
/ Bremen or Hamburg. Each of the two
! post DEPARTMENTS shall pay the entire ex-
penses of the Intermediate sea and terri
| torial transport of the postal cards which
| are sent from lis territory.
ARTICLE III.
The postage on postal cards sent in each
| direction is fixed as follows:
| l. At , ceets when sent from the United
Staaes of America.
=: Al. 10 cendmes when sent from
Each department shall retain to its ex-
elusive use the postage which ii collects at
the prescribed rates on the postal cards
sent from its territory.
ARTICLE ".
The regulations and instructions gov
erning the use and treatment of postal
cards in the domestic mail of the United
| States and of Switzerland respectively,
| shall apply equally to- the postal cards
mailed in either country and addressed to
the other country.
ARTICLE Y.
This agreement shall go into effect on
| the lSt of May, 1874, ana shall have equal
| dnration with the postal convention of II
! October. 1867, and with the additional con-
| ventions concluded thereto.
Done in duplicate and signed in Wash
ington the 2lSt April, 1874, and in Berne
the 31st March, 1874.
| Postmaster GeHesttI Of L. s.
[sEAL,l The F,,erot Ep,EHE s,,t 6l,SrtE,o,t S9Rp;
/ 1 hereby Al prove the aforegoing addi-
| tional articles and in testimony thereof, I
have caused the seal of the United States
SEAL US. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
S cyetaT,y Of State
WASHINGTON, April q, 1874.
Postal CoRrentlo3 betereen the United
lStnteS Of 14.reyTcu dad the CoiOniM Cor
erH1llelat Of lNetc South Hates.
The undersigned. being thereunto duly
authorized by their respective govern
Inents, have agreed upon the following
| articles establishing and regulating the
exchange OF correspondence between the
United States of America and the colony
OF New South Wales:
ARrICLE1 !.
There shall be an exchange of cores
pondence between the United States of
America and New south Wales by means
of the direct line of colonial mail packets
plying between san Francisco and said
colony, as well as by such other means OF
direct mail steamship TRANSFORMATION be-
tween the United States and New soul
Wales as shall hereafter be established
departments of the two countries, com
prising letters, newspapers printed mat
ter of every kind, AMI patterns and sam
| pies of merchandise, originating in either
country. and addressed to and delivera
bic in the other country. as well as cor
| reSpondence in closed mails originating
in New South Wales and destined for for
eign countries by way of the United
ARTICLE2.
The post office of San Francisco shall be
the United States office of exchange. ant
Sydney the office of exchange of the colo
ny of New South Wales, for all mails trans
mitted under this arrangement.
ARTICLES.
No accounts shall be kept between the
Post Departments of the two countrie:
upon the international correspondence
written or printed. exchanged herweer
them. but e:Irh country shall retain 10 il:
own use he l1o1ta% which X collects.
The single ratc of international letter
postage snail he twelve ct-n!4S in tbs
United States, and stNpenca m NeF @f.51i
Wales, on eGcl letter weighing haf III
ounce or less, aud an additional rare O
twelve cents ,siXp@ncc} for each ~inglt
weight of half an ounce or fraction here
1f y-hi (:I-t q q
least one single rate. by means of pos! age
stamps. at the office of the mailing il
either country. Letters unpaid, or pre-
paid less than one full rate of postage shall
not be forwarded, but insufficiently pait
letters on which single rate or more ha.
been prepaid shall be forwarded. charged
with the deficient postage, to be COLLECTED
and retained by the Post Department o
the country of destination. Letters fully
prepaid, received in either country from
the other. shall be delivered free OF al
charges whatsoever.
The United States Post Office shall lev,
and collect to ita own use. on newspaper
addressed to or received from New sout1
Wales, a postage charge of two cents: ant
on all other articles of printed matter
patterns and samples of merchandise al
dressed to or received from New SouiI
Wales, a postage charge of four cents pc
each weight OF four ounces or fraction o
fonr ounces.
The post office of New South Wales sllaI
levy and collect to its own use. on news
papers and other articles of printed mat
ter, patterns and samples of merchandise
addressed to received from the United
States. the regular rates of domestic post
age chargeable thereon by the laws and
regulations of the colony of New South
Wales.
Newspapers and all other kinds of print
ed matter and patterns and samples o
merchandise, ar to be subject to the law.
and regulations of each country respect
lively, in regard to their liability to bE
rated with letter postage when containing
written matter, or for any other cause
specified in sad laws and regulations as
well as in regard to their liability to Gus
toms duty under the revenue laws.
ARTICLE4
The United States office engages to grant
the transit through the United States, a,
well as conveyance by United States mai
packets, of the correspondence in CLOSED
mails which the New South Wales pos
United States to Britis Columbia, tn
British North American Provinces, the
West Indies, Mexico, Central and SOutl
America. and at the following rates o
United States iransit-postage, viz:
For the United States territorial franSi
of closed mails from New South Wales TO
Mexico, British Columbia, Canada, o
orther British North American Provinces
when transmitted entirely by land routes
six cents per ounce for letter mails an
sixteen cents per pound for all kinds c
printed matter.
For the United States territorial and Sc
| transit of closed mails from New Sout
Wales for British Columbia or other Bfi
ish North American Provinces, Me=ict
Central and South America, or the WeE
India Islands, when transmitted from tf
United States by sea, TWENTY-FIVE cents pf
ounce for letter mails and twenty ceni
per pound for all kinds of printed matte
The New South Wales post office sha
render an account to the United State
l post Office, upon letter-biIls to accOmpan
each mail, OF the weight of the letters, an