The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-03-25
Hiborough Highland County, Thursday, March 1875.

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dispatches to the other country. 1t is
agreed that the cost of the international,
ocean, and territorial transit of closed
mails, exchanged in either direction, be-
! tween the frontiers of the respective coun-
| tries, shall first be betrayed by that one of
the offices which shall have obtained from
| the post-offices of the intermediary coun-
! tries the most favorable terms for such
conveyance, and any amount SO advanced
by one Office, for and ON account of the
other, shall be promptly reimbursed.
| ARTICLE 4.
/ The standard weight for the single rate of post
/ age shall be
2. For all other correspondence mentioned in the
second paragraph Of the first article, that which
each Office adopts for the mails which il dispatches
to the other, adapted 10 The regulations prescribed
! for such correspondence in the dispstchng coun-
! try. Each Office SHALL however, give notice 10 the
other of the standard weight it adopts, and of any
subsequent change thereof
| The rule of progression shall be an additional
single rate for each additional single weight or
/ fraction thereof
The weight stated by the disputchiug office shall
3
erEor.
! ARTICLE 5.
The single rate of postage for letter correspon-
/ dence exchanged in direct mails between either of
| the United Kingdoms and the United States, shall
] be
/ I. BY closed MAIL via England, without regard to
/ the forwarding of the correspondence, whether
/ to from Swedish Norwegian seaport, or
! through Germany
l. For letters from Sweden for the United
States
NE-I. =, oc
(b) When paid in the United States. II cents.
| 2. For letters from the United States for
Sweden
(rl When prepaid in the United States. cents
! (J) When paid in Sweden, 81 ore.
| 8. For letters from Norway for the United
States
! (a) When prepaid in Norway, 12 shilling.
! (b) When paid in the United States, Is cents.
4. For letters from the United States for Nor
way
(a) When prepaid in the United States 10 cents
() When paid in Norway, Is shilling.
ii. By direct regular steamship communication be-
tween ports in the United Kingdoms, whether
the port be Swedish Norwegian the one
side, and ports in the United States on the other
side
/. For letters from Sweden for the United
States
(a) When prepaid in Sweden, 2i ore
(b) When paid in the United States, cents.
2. For letters from the United States for
Sweden
(al When prepaid in the United States, cents
(b) When paid in Sweden, 36 ore.
3. For letters frcm Norway for the United
States
(d) When prepaid in Norway, I shilling.
(b) When paid in the United States, 9 cents.
4. For letters from the United States for Nor
(d) When prepaid in the United States, Scents
(b) When paid in Norway, 10 shilling.
Insufciently prepaid letters shall be charged with
the postage for unpaid letters, after deucIing the
prepaid amount.
On all other correspondence mentioned ill tie
second paragraph of the first article, the rate shall
be, for the mails dispatched by either route, that
which the dispatchirg 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 6.
The Atlantic sea-rate on the correspondence sent
in closed mails through England shall not exceed
cents per ounce for letter-mails, and cents per
pound for other correspondence; nor shall the
charge for the sea-conveyance thereof, between
England ard the United Kingdoms, exceed cents
per single-letter rate, o. cents per ounce net
weight Of letter-mails, and cents per pound for
other correspondence.
1t is also agreed that the entire cost of the sea
transportation between the boundaries of the re-
spectve countries, by any direct line of steamships
adapted to the conveyance of mails, and employed
by the respective post-Offices, shall not exceed
cents for each single-letter rate, or cents per
ounce, net weight of letter-mails, and cents per
pound of other correspondence.
Ii is further stipulated that the Atlantic sea rate
on the correspondence sent in closed mails through
Germany shall not exceed cents per so grammes of
letters, and 10 cents per kiOgramme OF other cor
respondence.
Ii is also understood and agreed that the Norwe-
gan Post-Ofce shall be reimbursed for the closed
mails sent through Germany, which have been for
warded by the direct steamboat line between
Christanssand and Hamburg, worked on Norwegian
account, by n sum corresponding to the Swedish
and Danish rate of transit for closed mails sent
through Sweden and Denmark.
ARTICLE I.
Ordinary letters may be sent prepaid or unpaid,
but registered letters, and on all other correspoI-
dence mentioned in the second paragraph of the
first article, prepayment shall be obligatory.
ARTICLE S.
Registered articles shall in addition to the post
age. be subject to register fee of 30 ore in Sweden
of shilling in Norway, and of S cents in the
United States. This fee, rs well as the postage,
shall always be prepaid Each office is at liberty to
reduce this fee for the mails it dispatches.
ARTICLE 9.
Any correspondence may be registered, rs well
the international that originating in or destined
for other countries to which the post-oces of the
contracting countries may as Intermediates
for the transmission of such registered articles.
Each Office shall notify the ether of the countries
TO which it may serve as intermediary.
ARTICLE 10.
The accounts on the international correspondence,
exchanged in either direction, shall be adjusted and
settled on the following basis, viz:
i.
From the total amount of international postages
and register fees for correspondence between
Sweden and The United States, collected in Sweden,
the Sweden Postal Administration shall deduct the
amount which, without exceeding the highest
rates agreed upon, has been paid for the convey
ance OF the mails to the frontier Of the United
States. From the total amount of international
postages and register fees, for correspondence ex
changed between Sweden and the United States,
collected in the United States the Postal Admins
traton of the United States shall, in like manner,
ding Ia
highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for the
conveyance of the mails to the frontier of Sweden
TOR Of Norway, in case of conveyance by direct
steamship communication, or through England.)
Of the amount of the two net sums thus OBJ
tanned, Sweden shall receive one moietY and the
United States the other.
H. Between Norway and the United States:
From the total amount of the international post
ages and register fees for correspondence between
Norway and the United States, collected in Norway,
the Norwegian Postal Administration shall deduct
the amount which, without exceeding the highest
| rates agreed upon, has been paid for the convey
ance of the mails to the frontier of the United
States. From the total amount of international
postages and register fees for correspondence be-
tween Norway and the United States, collected in
the United States the Postal Administration of the
| United States shall, in like manner, deduct the
amount which, without exceeding the highest rates
agreed upon, has teen paid for the conveyance of
the mails to the frontier of Norway, Tor of Sweden,
| in case of conveyance by direct steamship commG-
| nicatiOn, through England.)
OF the amount of the two net sums thus OBJ
| tanned, Norway shall receive moiety, and the
United States the other.
| ARTICLE IL.
| The correspondence mentioned in the second
paragraph of the first article shall be dispatched
under regulations to be established by the dispatch
ing Office; but these shall embrace the following:
| /. No package shall contain anything which shall
he closed against inspection, nor any written COM
muncation whatever except to state from whom
| and TO whom the packet is sent, and numbers and
prices placed unOn patterns or samples of merchan-
disc.
q No packet may exceed two feet in length, OF
| one foot in dimension.
| 3. Neither office shall be bound to deliver any
article the importation of which may be prohibited
by the laws regulations of the country of desti
nation.
T. The customs duties that may be chargeable in
each of the two countries may be levied for the use
| of the customs
| g. EXCEPT as above no charge whatever shall be
collected on the letters and other correspondence
| exchanged. The small local carriers tee now
chargeabe in Sweden may, however, be levied tC
the use of the Swedish office; and as long fee
of shilling ;or the delivery of poste restante let
ters and of shilling tor letters posted aftel
the general time for collecting the posi- charge
able in Norway, these fees may be levied TO the use
of the Norwegian Office.
! ARTICLE IL.
The Postal Administrations of each of the United
Kingdoms and that of the United States, shall es
| tablish by agreement, and in conformity with the
arrangements in force at the time, the condition:
upon which the offices may exchange in open mail:
the correspondence originating in or destined fo
foreign countries to which they may serve as inter
mediaries.
1t is however, always understood that such cor
respOndence shall only be charged with the rat'
mented by the postage and other taxes due Il
Foreign Postal Administrations, and any other taI