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T HE ERA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1874. OFFICIAIa. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT T1IE FIRST SES SION OF THE FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. . . Postal convention between the Uni ted States of America and the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. The undersigned, John A. J. Ores well, Postmaster General of the United States of America, in virtue of tho powers vested In him by law, and Oluf Stenersen, Envoy xixtra ordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway to the United States of America, in the name of . i his government, and by virtue of i the powers which he has formally i presented to this effect, have agreed upon the following articles, to wit: SAbticxe 1. ' ' There shall be an exchange of cor re3Dondence between the United ; States of America and the United : Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. This exchange of correspondence shall embrace : 1. Letters, ordinary and registered. 2. Newspapers, books, prints of all kinds, (compris ing map3, plans, engravings, draw ings, photographs, lithographs, and all other like productions of me chanical processes, sheets of music, Ac,) and patterns or samples of merchandise, including grains and seeds. Such correspondence shall b3 exchanged whether originating In the United States and destined for either of the United Kingdoms, or trice versa; cr originating in, or destined for, such foreign countries to which the contracting countries may servo as Intermediaries. Article 2. The offices for the exchange of mails shall be on the part of Swe den 1. Goteborg; 2. Tho Travel ling Post office No. 1 between Gote borg and Stockholm : 3. Tho Trav elling Post office No. 2 between Mai mo and Falkoping. On the part of Norway 1. Christianssand ; 2. Christiania; 3. The Sea Post office on the Steamboat line between llammerfest and Hamburg ; and on the part of the United States 1. New York ; 2. Chicago. The respective Postal Adminis trations are authorized, if circum stances should require it, to discon tinue any of the offices designated for the exchange of mails, or to es tablish others in their place. Article 3. The Post Offices of Sweden and Norway shall make their own ar rangements for the dispatch of mails to the United States ; and in like manner the Post Office of the United States shall make arrangements for the despatch of mails to Sweden and Norway. The mails shall be for warded by regular routes of com munication ; and each office shall, at its own cost, pay the expense of the intermediate transportation (sea and territorial) of the mails which it despatches to the other country. It is agreed that the cost of the in ternational, ocean, and territorial transit of closed mails, exchanged in either direction, between the frontiers of the respective countries, shall be first defrayed by that one of the offices which shall have ob tained from the post offices of the intermediary countries the most fa vorable terms for such conveyance, and any amount so advanced by one office, for and on account of the other, snail De promptly re-im-bursed. Article 4. The standard weight for the sin gle rate of postage shall be 1. For letters, 43 grammes. 2. For all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first article, that which each office adopts for the mails which it despatches to the other, adapted to the regulations prescribed for such correspondence In the despatching country. Each office shall, however, give notice to the other of the stan dard weight it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereof The rule of progression shall be an additional single rate for each (b) When paid in Norway, lOskilling. Insufficiently prepaid letters shall be charged with the postage for unpaid let ters, after deducting the prepaid amount: On all other correspondence mention ed in the second paragraph of the first article, the rate sha.ll be, for the mails despatched by either route, that which the despatching office shall adopt, adap ted to the regulations prescribed for such correspondence in the despatching country. But each office shall give no tice to the other of the rate it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereof. Article 6. The Atlantic sea-rate on the corres pondence sent in closed mails through England shall not exceed 6 cents pes ounce or letter-mails, and 6 cents pe r pound Tor otner correspondence; nor shall the charge for the sea-conveyance thereof, between Englajid and the Unit ed Kingdoms, exceed 2 cents per single letter rate, or G cents per ounce net weight of letter-mails, and 6 cents per pound for other correspondence. It is also screed that the entire cost J of the sea transportation between the boundaries of the respective countries, by auy direct line of steamships adapt ed to the conveyance of mails, and em ployed by the respective post offices, shall not exceed 2 cents for each single letter rate, or 6 cents per ounce, net weight, of letter mails, and 6 cents per pound or otner correspondence. It is further stipulated that the Atlan tic sea rate on the correspondence sent in closed mails through German y shall not exceed 5 cents per 30 grammes of letters, and 10 cents per kilogramme of otner correspondence. It is also understood and agreed that the Norwegian Post-office shall be re imbursed lor the closed mails sent through Germany, which have been forwarded by the direct steamboat line between Chris tans-sand and Hamburg worked on Norwegian account, by a sum correspoHding to the Swedish and Danish rate of transit for closed mails sent through Sweden and Denmark. Article 7. Ordinary letters may be sent prepaid or unpaid, but on registered letters, and on all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first ar ticle, prepayment shall be obligatory. Article 8. Registered articles shall, in addition to the postage, be subject to a register fee of 30 ore in Sweden, of 8 skilling in Norway, and of 8 cents in the United States. This fee, as well as the postage. shall always be prepaid, Eacu omce is at liberty to reduce this fee for tho mails it despatches. Article 9. A ny correspondence may be register ed, as well the international as that ori ginating in or destined for other coun tries to which the post-offices of the contracting countries may serve as in termediaries for the transmission of such registered articles. Each office shall notify the other of the countries to which it may serve as intermediary. Article 10. The accounts on the international coriespondenco, exchangod in t tther direction, shall be adjusted and settled on the following basis, viz: I. Between Sweden and the United States: From the total amount of internation al postage and register fees for corres pondence between Sweden and the Uni ted States, collected in Sweden, the Sweden Postal Administration shall de duct the amount which, without exceed ing the highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the frontier of the United States. From the tal amount of inter national postage and register lees, for correspondence exchanged between Sweden and tho United States, collected in the United States, the Postal Admin istration oi tho United States shall, in like manner, deduct the amount which, without exceeding the highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for tho con veyance of the mails to the frontier of Sweden, (or of Norway, in case of con veyance by direct steamship communi cation, or through England.) Of the amount of the two net sums thus obtained, Sweden shall receive one moiety and the United States the other. II. Between Norway and tho United States : From4.he total amount of the in ternational postages and register fees for correspondence between Norway and the united States, collected in Norway, the Norwegian Postal Ad ministration shall deduct the and between Norway and the United States, shall be stated quarterly, and transmitted and verified as speedily as practicable; and the balance found due shall be paid to the creditor office, either by exchange on London, or at the debt or office, as the creditor office may de sire. , The rule for the conversion of the mo neys of the respective countries shall be established by common agreement be tween the respective offices. Article 14. When in a port, whether belonging to either of the United Kingdoms or to the United States, a closed mail is transfer red from one vessel to another, without any expense to thegoffice of the country where the transfer is made, such trans fer shall not be subject to any charge by one offico against the other. Article 15. Official communications between the respective Postal Administrations shall not be the occasion of any accounts be tween them. Article 16. ' The respective Post Offices shall, by mutual consent, make detailed regula tions for carrying the articles oi this convention into execution ; and in like manner modify such regulations, from time to time.'as the exigencies of the service may require. Article 17. Letters wrongly sent, wrongly ad dressed, or not deliverable lor any cause, shall be returned to tho despatch ing office, at its expense for the return, if any expense shall be incurred Keg istered articles, in the second paragraph of the first article mentioned, shall also be returned in like manner. Other ar ticles shall be left to the disposition of the receiving olhce. Any postages not collected upon the corrtspjndenco retuned, but which shall have been charged against the re ceiving office, sh.Yil bo deducted from the account. Article 18. Tl is convention shall take effect from and on the 1st day of July, 1873. It shall bo continued in force until one year Trom the time when any of the Govei-nmedts of the respective countries shall have given notice of its wish to terminate the same. It is to be ratified, and the ratifications are to be exchanged as soon as possible. Done in duplicate .original at the city of Washington, this fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred aud seventy-three. JISO. A. J. CRESWELL, SEAL. J Postmaster General. OLUF STENERSEN. seal. I hereby approve the aforegoing con vention, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. U. S. Git A NT. I3y the PresiJent: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Washington, March 15. 1S73. seal. amount which, without exceeding the highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the frontier of the United States. From the total amount of international postages and register fees for correspondence between Norway and the United States, col lected in the United States, the Pos tal Administration of the United States shall, in like manner, deduct the amount which, without exceed ing the highest rates agreed upon has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the frontier of Norway, additional single weight or fraction (or of Sweden, in case of conveyance thereof. The weight stated by the des patching otiice shall always be ac cepted, except in the case of mani fest error. Article 5. The single rate of postage for let ter correspondence 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 M. X A . oi ine corresponuence, wnetner to or from a Swedish or Norwegian sea-port, or through Germany 1. lor letters from Sweden for the United States (a) When prepaid in Sweden, 36 ore. (b) When paid in the United States, 14 cents. 2. For letters from the United States for Sweden (a) When prepaid in the United States; 9 cents. (b) when paid in Sweden, 56 ore. 3. For letters from Norway for the United States (a) "When prepaid in Norway, 12 skilling. (b) when paid in the United States, 15 cents. 4. For letters from the United States or Norway (a) When prepaid in the United States, 0 cents. (b) When paid in Norway, 18 skilling. II. By direct regular steamship com- . . munlcation between porta in the uuiievi xwinguoms, wnetner tne port be Swedish or Norwegian on the one one side, and .porta in the United Stales on tne other side L For letters. from Sweden for the United States , fa) When prepaid in Sweden, 24 ore. (b) When paid in the United States,' 9 cents. 2. For letters from the United States for Sweden (a) When prepaid in the United States, o cents. . (b) when paid in Sweden, 36 ore 5. For letters from Norway for the United 8tates . (s) When prepaid In Norway, 7 sklll- (b) When paid In the United States, . cents. 4. For letters from the United States ror Norway (a) When prepaid in the United States cents, by direct steamship communication, or through England. ) Of the amount of the two net sums thus obtained, Norway shall receive one moiety, and tho United States the other. Article 11. The correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the rirst article shall bo despatched under regulations to be established by the despatching of fice: but theseshall embrace the follow ing: 1. No package shall contain anything which shall be closed against inspection, nor any written communication what ever except to state from whom and to whom the packet is sent, and numbers and prices placed upon patterns or sam pies of merchandise. z. ro packet may. exceed two ieet in length, or one foot in any other dimen sion. 3. Neither office shall be bound to de liver any article the importation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country ot destina tion. 4. The customs duties that may be chargeable in each of the two couutries may be levied for the use of the customs. 5. Except as above no charge whatev er shall be collected on the letters and other correspondence exchanged. The small local carriers' fee now chargeable in Sweden may, however, be levied to the use or tne Swedish office; and as long as a fee of 2 skilling for the deliv ery of poste restante letters, and one of 4 skilling ror letters posted after the general time for collecting the post, are chargeable in Norway, these fees may ue levied to tne use oi tne .aorwexiaii office. - Articlk 12. The Postal Administrations of each of the United Kingdoms, and that of the United States, shall establish by agree ment, and in conformity with the ar rangements in force at the time, tha conditions upon which the offices may exchange in open mails tne correspond ence originating in or destined for for eign countries to which they may serve as intermediaries. It is, however, always understood that such correspondence shall only be charged with the rate applicable to In ternational correspondence augmented by the postage and other taxes due to Foreign Postal Administrations, and any other tax for exterior service. ; Articlk 13. The postal accounts between the re spective oflices.whicb, according to Ar ticle 10, are to be settled separately te tween Sweden and the United States Translation. We, Oscar, by the grace of God of Sweden, Norway, the Goths and the V andals, make known that whereas We and the United States of America have found it expedient and necessary to enter into negotiations having for their object the conclusion of a posta convention, and our Minister, duly authorized for that purpose, having, on the 15th day of March, in the present year, with the Postmaster-General ol of, the United States, established, con cluded, signed, and with his seal pro vided a convention, word for word as follows : (See Convention above.) Therefore We have desired to ratify, aDorove. and ardent the convention so concluded, with all i's articles, para graph, and clauses, and Wedob3r these presents, in the most ex press terms, ap prove, accept, and ratiiy the same ; ana We will sincerely ana honestly upnoia and fulfill the foregoing convention and all its articles, paragraphs, and clauses In witness whereof We have, with our own hand, signed, and caused the same to be continued by our royal seal. Done at Stockholm Castle, on the six teenth day of the mouth of May, in the year after the birth ot our Lora ana fca . . . i i i , i ,i viour, one mousanu eigm imuureu aim seventy-three. UbUAH. seal.j O. M. Bjornstjkrxa. The undersigned having met together for the purpose of exchanging the rati tications of the convention concluded at the city of Washington on tne fifteenth dav of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven tv-three. between His Majesty the Kin: of Sweden and Norway, and the United States of North America, concerning the exchange of correspondence between the United States of North Amerkaand the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and the respective ratifications of the said convention having been carefully compared and found to agree exactly one with the other, and both with the original of the said convention the exchange has this day been effected in the usual form. In witness whereof the undeasigned have signed the present certificate of ex change, and, have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Stockholm the 2Gth day of May, 1873. C. O. ANDREWS. seal. - O. M. liJOUNSTJKKNA. seal. Detailed regulations agreed, upon be tween the Post-Office of the United States and the Postal Administration of Sweden for the execution of the convention of the 15th of March, 1873, between the United States of America and the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. Article 1. The American exchange offices of New York and Chicago shall make up mails for the Swedish exchange offices of Goteborg, the travelling post office No. 1 between Goteborg and Stockholm, and the travelling post office No. 2 be tween Malmo and Falkoping. The latter shall make up mails for the exchange offices of New York and Chicago. Table A, hereto annexed, indicates the correspondence to be distributed to each exchange office. Article. 2. Each mail exchanged between the re spective offices shall be accompanied by a letter bill, showing the postage and the charges of transit, the fees, ftc, ac cruing to Pfldi fimofl lnxin t ia l ifTY.ro n- kinds of correspondence. The form of this letter bill shall fol low the models Bl, and B2, hereto an nexed, and shall be consecutively num bered by the dispatching office during eocn quarter oi ine calendar year. The receivingoffice shall acknowledge 113 receipt Dy the uexi dispatch. Article 3. The exchange offices shall divide the correspondence which they dispatch in to a suitable number of separate pack ages according 10 tne letter bill. Each of these packages shall bear the proper etiquette and numbers corres ponding to the letter bill. Articlk 4. TIM. 1 . , ? ut-u uiuiu man a sincio rate :s chargeable upon any letter or other ar tide, the number of rates to which it is subject shall be indicated by the dis patching office by a figure in the upper icib corner oi ine auuress. . ' Article 5. , itegistered correspondence shall lw described in register list, following th 1-1 r-mm , V. . . J tuoueis Vvi ana ixi, nereto annexed. ah registered letters and the reorist ar list shall bo enveloped together. in strong paper, and securely fastened, and the packet nlainlv insnriheil -with tha word. "Registered." or "Kekomuien. deras," and placed in the mail. . The blank in the registered letter list for expressing the num ber of registered articles shall be filled in letters and j figures expressing the number. In case no registered articles are sent, the proper blank of the letter bill shall be rilled with the word Nihil," or Nil." Article 6. The register lists dispatched shall be retained by the receiving office, which office shall acknowledge by the first mail the receipt of the registered arti cles, numerically, from No. to No. If the verification by the exchange office disclose an error of any kind in the register list, it shall be, also, by the first mail, notified to the dispatching office. Article 7. The two administrations mutually engage to take all needful measures for the careful transmission of registered correspondence, and for pursuing it when lost; but it is understood that neither assumes towards the other any pecuniary responsibility in case of loss. Article 8. All letters exchanged between the several offices shall indicate by stamp or writing thereon, the office of origin ; and the unpaid letters so exchanged shall also be stamped with the name of the dispatching office of exchange. Correspondence fully paid to destina tion shall be stamped in the United S:ates "Paid all,' and in Sweden " Franko." Itegistered articles shall be stamped Registered" in the United States, and " Relcom menderas" in Sweden. Correspondence insufficiently paid shall be stamped in the United States ' Insufficiently paid," and in Sweden " Ofullstandig frankerad," and the amount of deficient postage expressed in figures, (black) on the lace. Corrtspondence dispatched by a direct line between the respective countries shall be stamped " Direct service," or 4 Service direct." When dispatched via England or via Germany and Denmark, it shall be stamped to indicate British or German and Danish transit. Article 0. Tho respective Postal Administra tions are mutually to furnish each oth er with lists stating the foreign postage and the amount thereof must be abso lutely prepaid, or can be left unpaid, and until such lists are furnished, neith er country is to mail to the other any correspondence for foreign countries beyond the country to which the mail is sent. Such lists shall also indicate the for eign countries with which registered correspondence may be exchanged in the ojen mails between the several of fices, and tho conditions thereof. Article 10. The respective exchange offices shall mark, in red ink, in the upper corner of the address, at the right hand, of pre paid letters sent for transit in the open mail, the amount of the extra-national postoffice due to .the country through which the same are forwarded aud in the same manner and place, but in black ink, shall mark the amount of the extranational postage due to the for warding country upon the unpaid let ters sent in transit. Article 11. Articles under band which do not con form to the conditions mentioned in Article 11 of the Convention, or which are in no part prepaid, shall be retained by the administration of origin, and shall remain subject to its disposal. Article 12. Letters originating in, or destined for, foreign countries, sent in the open mail, for transit through the United States, or through Sweden, and which are insuffi ciently paid, slxall "bo transmitted as wholly unpaid, and no account taken between the respective administrations of the amount prepaid. Article 13. Letters and all registered ar icles not deliverable shall be respectively return ed to the dispatching administration at the end of every month, (see exhibits Dl and D2,) but all all other articles of correspondence, not registered which ,from any cause, cannot be delivered, shall be retained at the disposition of the receiving country. The unpaid postages on the' letters so returned shall be deducted from the ac count against the omce originally charged therewith. The prepaid postages on the letters so returned shall remain in the account as originally entered. The expense of transit of unpaid cor respondence which has been transport ed xy either administration in closed mails, and shall be returned to the dis patching office as not deliverable, shall be deducted Irom the original amount charged for transit upon a declaration of the amount by the office claiming the deduction. No charge shall be made by either administration for the transit of correspondence returned as not deliverable. Article 11. All correspondence wrongly address ed or missent shall be returned without delay Jjy the receiving office to the ex change office which dispatched it. Hhe receiving omce shall also correct. accordingly, in the column of verifica tion, the original entries of the letter In I relating to such correspondence. i oe articles of a like nature addressed t persons who have changed their resi dence shall be mutually forwarded or returned, charged with tho rate that would have been paid at the first destination. 15. Article The dispatching exchange office shall state on the letter bills, (for the conve nience of the transit accout) the exact number of single rates and weight of letters and the total weight of the other correspondence which shall be dispatched in closed mails by the Brit ish or by the German and Danish transit. Article 1G. It is understood that the accounts bo ween the two offices shall be establish ed on the respective letter-bills, in the proper money of the dispatching office, but the international postages on the unpaid letters,, or insufficiently paid etters, shall be computed in the money of the receiving office. The reduction of these moneys shall be effected in the general accounts at the rate of 4 rixdaler, or 400 ore of Swe den, for one dollar of the United States. In entering on the letter-bills the in ternational postages on the partly paid etters in the money of the receiving office, the foreign charges in the money of the dispatching office, the cent of the United States shall be considered as the equivalent of 4 ore of Sweden. j it is also understood that the qnar er ly accounts shall be paid respectively in gold, and in the denominationsof the money of the creditor office. Article 17. The quarterly accounts mentioned in article 13 of the Convention shall be prepared by the respective Postal Ad ministrations. They shall be prepared by the respective Postal Administra tions. They shall be based upon the acknowledgements of receipt, and shall respectively be prepared according to me raoaeis ii and tzz, nereto annexed. A recapitulation of these accounts. showing the definitive result, alike for the debt and the credit, shall be prepar ed by the United States office according tome lorm nereto annexed and marked F ; and shall then be transmitted with the quarterly accounts on which it is based, for the examination of the other Done in duplicate and - siimed At Stockholm this 30th .dav of Mav. 1873 . ... - - mt T and at W ashington this 24th dav nf June, 1873. .h f,nj ,. WILHELM BOOS, - fSEAL.1 JNO. A. J, CRKSWELti, sisAfc.J postal convention of the 15th of "March, a VT 9 A. 9 m A X l&u, Detween mo umiea .states oi America and the Kingdoiris of Swe den and Norway. Article 1. The American exchange offices o New York and Chicago shall make up mails for the Norwegian exchange of fices of Christianssand, Christiana, Ber gen, and the sea Post Office, on the 8 team boat line between llammerfest and Hamburg. The latter shall make up mails for the exchange offices of New lork and Chi cago. Article 2. Each mail exchanged between the two . ! I . SJ V. countries snail ue accompanied uy Letter-Bill, showincr the postages on each class of correspondence, the num ber of register fees, total wreight of cor respondence, fcc 1 The form of this Letter-Bill shall fol low the models Al and A2. hereto an nexed, and shall be consecutively num bered bv tho dispatchine office during each nuarterof the calendar vear. The receivingoffice shall acknowledge its receipt by the next dispatch. Article 3. The exchange offices shall divide the correspondence which .they dispatch into a suitable number of separate pack ases according to the Letter-Bill. Each of these packages shall bear the proper etiquette and numbers corres ponding to the Letter-Bill. Article 4. When more than a single rate is chargeable upon any letter or other ar ticle the number of rates to which it is subject shall be indicated by the dis patching offico by a figure in the upper left corner of the address. . Article 5. Registered correspondence shall be described in a register list, following the models Bl and B2 hereto annexed. All registered letters and the register list shall be enveloped together in strong rtaDer and securelv fastened, and the packet plainly inscribed with the word "Registered " or " Resistreret" and placed in the mail. The blank in the Registered Letter List for expressing the number of reg istered articles shall be filled in letters and fiarures exoressine the number. In case no registered articles are sent, the proper blank of the Letter Bill shall be filled with the word 44 NihiP' or " Nil." Article 6. The register lists dispatched shall be retained by the receiving office, which office shall acknowledge, by the first mail, the receipt of the registered arti cles numerically from No. to No. . If the verification by the exchange of fice disclose an error 6f any kind in the register list, it shall be also, by the first mail, notified to the dispatching office. Article 7. The two Administrations mutually engage to take all needful measures for the careful transmission of registered correspondence and for pursuing it whfin lost, but it is understood that neither assumes towards the other any pecuniary responsibility in case of loss. Article 8. All letters exchanged between the two countries shall indicate by stamp or writing thereon the office of origin ; and the unpaid letters so exchanged shall also be stamped with the name of the dispatching office of exchauge. Correspondence fully paid to destina tion shall be stamped in the United States " Paid all," and in Norway "Franco." Registered articles shall be stamped " Registered " in the United States, and " Anbefalet " in Norway. Correspondence insufficiently paid shall be stamped in the United States " Insufficiently paid," and in Norway " Utilstrakkeligt frankeret," and the amount of deficient postage expressed in figures (black) on the face. Correspondence dispatched by a di rect line between the respective coun tries shall be stamped " Direct service" or "Service direct.' When dispatched via England or via Germany, it shall be stamped to indi cate British or German transit. Article 9. The respective Postal Administra tions are mutually to furnish each other wkh lists stating the foreign countries to which the foreign postage, and the amount thereof, must be absolutely prepaid or can be left unpaid ; aud until such lists are furnished, neither country is to mail to the other any correspond ence for foreign countries beyond the country to which the mail is sent. Such lists shall also indicate the for- eign .countries witu wuicn registered correspondence may be exchanged in the open mails between the several of fices and the conditions thereo'. Article 10. The respective exchange offices shall mark in red ink in the upper corner of the address at the right hand, of prepaid letters sent for transit iu the open mail the amount of the extranational post age due to the country through which the same are forwarded ; and in the same manner and place but in black ink shall mark the amount of the extra national postage due to the forwarding country upon the unpaid letters sent in transit. Article II. Articles under band, which do not conform to the conditions mentioned in Article 11 of the convention, or which are in no part prepaid, shall be retained by the Administration of origin, and shall remain subject to its disposal. Article 12. Article 16. It is understood that the accounts be tween the two offices shall be establish ed on the respective Letter Bills, in the E roper money of the dispatching office, ut the international postages on the unpaid letters or insufficiently paid let ters shall be computed in the money of the receiving office. The reduction of these monej s shall be effected in the General Accounts at the rate of 112 skillings of Norway for one dollar of the United States. In entering on the Letter Bills the in ternational postages on the partly paid letters in the money of the receiving office, and the foreign charges in the money of the dispatching office, the cent of the United States shall be considered as tho equivalent of 14 skilling of Nor way. It is also understood that the Quarter ly Accounts shall be paid respectively in coin and in the denominations of the money of the creditor office. Article 17. The Quarterly Accounts mentioned in Article 13 of the Convention shall be prepared by the respective Postal Ad ministrations. They shall be based upon the acknowledgments of receipt, aud shall respectively be prepared ac cording to the models Dl aud 1)2 hereto annexed. A recapitulation of these accounts, showing the definite result, alike for the debit and the credit, shall be prepared by the United States office according to the form hereto annexed and marked E ; and shall then be transmitted with the Quarterly Accounts on which it is based, for th examination of the other office. Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the 2Gth June, 1873, and at Christiania, the 31st May, 1873. JNO. A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster General. W. JOHANSEN. dencoof the United States the ninety seventh. - THOS. BIDDLi:. skam f D.GUNZALKZ. KA; And whereas theaid fitnveutton been duly ratified on lrth p.trts ainl the respective ratifications were ex changed in this city on the second (Iav of March, 1874 : Now, therefore; be it known that I Ulysses 8. Grant, President of n,,'. United States of America, have c.uim l the said convention to be made puhli. to the end that the same, aud evt-rv clause and article thereof, mav boot, served and fulfilled with goinl 'faith ,V the United Sta'es and the citizens t!i(.n. of. In witness whereof I have herein,,, set my hand and caused the seal of ti. United States to be affixed. Done at tho city of Washington thi. fourth day of March, m n,,' car of our Lordotic th'is.n;,j eight hundred ami mvcuiv. seal. four, and of the ImU-pen.li-i.'-.. ica the ninety-eighth. U. S. GRANT. By tho President: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. i - Second additional convention to the postal convention of August 21, 1867, between tho United States of Ameri ca and Belgium. Signed at Washing ton on the 9th day of May, 1873 ; ap proved by the President of the United States on the 12th day of May, 1873. The General Postoffice of the United States and the Postal Administration of Belgium having recognized the proprie ty of reducing the rates of postage fix ed by the convention of 21st August, 1867, and by the additional convention of 1st March, 1870, the undersigned, du ly authorized by their respective gov ernments, have agreed upon tho follow ing articles: Article 1. The international single rate upon letters exchanged in direct mails, via Great Britain, between Belgium and the United States, is fixed as follows : 1. At 40 centimes for prepaid letters originating in Belgium. 2. At 8 cents for prepaid letters ori ginating in the United States. Article 2. The international single rate for pre paid letters sent by the direct steamship lines to be established between the two countries, in conformity with article six of the convention of 2lst August, 1867, is fixed at 30 centimes for letters sent from Belgium, and at 6 cents for letters sent from the United States, ot which 10 centimes (2 cents) shall represent the sea-postage. Article 3. When one of the two contracting of fices shall cousider it advisable to ex change closed mails with a foreign coun try to which these offices may respec tively serve as intermediaries by the direct packets with the other contract ing office shall have established between Belgium and the United states, it snail pay to the other office, for the maritime transportation of said mails, between Belgian ports and those of the United States, a fixed fee of: 1. Three cents (15 centimes) per 30 grams for letters. 2. Ten cents (50 centimes) per kilo gram for other correspondence. And the same rates of sea-postage are also fixed for the closed mails conveyed by any line of direct mail steamers be tween the two countries. Article 4. The present convention shall be con sidered as additional to those of Au gust 21, 1867, and March 1, 1870, and shall take effect from the date agreed upon by the two administrations. Done in dupicate and signed in Wash ington this 9th day of May, 1873. seal. JNO. A. J. CUES WELL, Postmaster-General of the U. S. seal. MAUBICE DELFOSSE. I hereby approve the aforegoing con vention, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United Ststes to be affixed. seal. U. S. GRANT. By the President : Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Washington, May 12, 1873. Additional articles of agreement .(. tween tne Post Office Depart nu nts. the United States of America an.l , j the Dominion of Canada, e.staoii-i,.,, r an exchange of postal cards Utu-,.J the two countries. Article 1. For the purpose of providing ai.jj tional facilities of mail commtinir.itj ', between the United States and r.o, , ; , it is hereby mutually agreed that I'nit' States postal cards mailed at anv i,st office iu the United States aud atl'lr.-v..-ed to Canada, and Canadian postal rani mailed at any pose othce in Cana la an j addressed to the United States, w.tll prepaid an additional postage of (,n cent, by affixing thereto an onlin.u , one-cent postage stamp of the country of origin, in addition to the stamp priiu. ed or impressed on the card, .shall tt k ciprocally forwarded and delivercl jtl the country of destination freeoi rhai -.-. Postal cards not so prepaid will n. .t"i. forwarded in the mails between the tu,, countries. Article 2. The regulations and instructions ,mV. " erning the use and treatment of p..,a cards in the domestic mails of the I'm ted States and of Canada, rospertivt-h, shall apply equally to tho postal i ar.i mailed in either country and aillivsci to the other country. ' A uticle 3. Each country will retain toitsi wn use the postage it collects, at Ih; pre, scribed rate on postal cards forwards! to the other country. Article 4. The present articles shall bo (m,i-.;,. ered additional to those agreed Up !) im tweon the two offices on the l'.hIi (,i March, A, D. 18-51, and oil the L'vJi aihl 28th of August, 1850, and shall com,, into operation on the 1st day of .Inlv A. D. 1873. In witness whereof tho PostnnMcr General of the United States of Ann il ea, and the Postmaster General of ti. Dominion of Canada, have hereto s.t their hands and affixed their seals, at the date set opposite to each respective! v. JNO. A. J. CUES WE Lb, Postmaster General of the United States. seal. June 1J, 1S73. A. CAMPHKU,, Postmaster General of Cana. 1 1. sea l. June 2(, 1873. I hereby approve tho aforegoing eon vention, and in testimony thereof 1 hac caused the seal of tho United States t , be affixed. U. S. G KANT. By the President: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Washington, June 10, 1873. seal. J JOINT RESOLUTION providing !.. change in the name and title of i h- agent and consul general of the Uni ted States at Alexandria Resolved by tho Senate and Ilonw ! Representatives of the United N'at -i America, in Congress assem hiy, Tint the name and title of the ngent an.l con sul general of the United States at Al exandria shall, from the passage ol t!n joint resolution, be "agent and ohv;I general of the United States at Cairo." Approved, January 8, 1874. A (; k A iv it ti n?v t o x i ii r Willbegiveti in the city of (Jrecn.sloi, N.' OKCEJIBKK SI st, JS74, i for the purpose of erecting an ODD FELLOWS' TEMPLE.- Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Sal vador. Extending tho period for ex changing the ratifications of the Ex tradition Convention of the 23d of May, 1870. Concluded May 12, 1873; Ratification advised by Senate Feb ruary 9, 1873 ; Ratified by President February 19, 1874 Ratified by Presi dent of Salvador October, 28, 1373; Ratifications exchanged at Washing ton March 2, 1874; Proclaimed March 4, 1874. By the President of the United States of j America. The Grand Gift is the BENBOW H US i Worth (lO.OOO.OO. i: GRAND C A S II G I F T $10,000.00. Letters originating in or destined for Detailed regulations asrreed n tween the Post Office of the United States and the Postal Administration of Norway, for the execution of the foreign countries, sent in the open mail for transit through the United States or through Norway, and which are insuf ficiently paid shall be transmitted as wholly unpaid, and no account taken between the respective Administrations of the amount prepaid. Article 13. Letters and all registered articles not deliverable shall be respectively return ed to the dispatching Administration at the end of every month ; (see exhibits CI and C2.) But all other articles of correspondence not registered, which, from any cause cannot be delivered, shall be retained at the disposition of the receiving country. The unpaid postages on the letters so returned shall be deducted from the account against the office originally charged therewith. The prepaid postages on the letters so returned shall remain in the account as originally entered. The expense of transit of unpaid cor respondence which has been transported by either Administration in closed mails and shall be returned to the dis patching office as not deliverable shall be deducted from the original amount charged for transit upon a declaration of the amount by the office claiming the deduction. No charge shall be made by either Administration for the transit of correspondence returned as not deliv erable. . Article 14. -All correspondence wrongly address ed or missent shall be returned without delay by the receiving office to the ex- chauge office which dis patched, it. -! The receiving, office shaU also correct accordingly in the column of verifica tion the original entries of the Letter Bill. relating such correspondence. xne anicies or a like nature addressed to v persons who have chaneed their residence shall b mutually forwarded or returned, charged with the rate that would have been paid at the first desti nation. , i :u ::' . ARTICLE 15. . 'r.. The dispatching exchange-office shall state on the Letter -Bills ffor tho conve nience of the transit account) the-e-xant number of single rates and weight of letters, and the total weight of tho othr correspondence which shall be dispatch ed in closed mail by - the British or by A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a convention between the United States of America and the Re public of Salvador, providing for an ex tension of the period for exchanging the ratifications of the convention for the extradition of criminals between the two countries, signed on the 23rd day of May,1870, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at San Salvador, on the 12th day of May last,, the original of which convention, being.in the English and Spanish lan guages, is word for word as follows: The United States of America and the Republic of Salvador, desiring to extend the time fixed for the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty between the United States and that republic for the surrender of criminals, signed at San Salvador on the twenty third day of May, A. JL. 110, nave resolved to con clude a convention for thatpurpose.and have invested with full powers, the President of the United States, Thomas Biddle, Minister Resident of the Uni ted States to Salvador, the President of the Republic of Salvador, Senor Doctor Don Dario Gonzalez, the Minister of the Interior and Public Instruction ; who. after reciprocal communication of their said full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles, to wit : Article 1. The time fixed for the exchange of the ratifications of tne aforesaid treaty be tween the United States and the Repub lic of Salvador for the surrender of criminals, signed at , San Salvador on the 23rd day of May, A. D. 1870, is here- ny extended to a period not exceeding twelve (iz) montns irom tue date of this convention, or sooner if possible. Article II. The present convention to receive the ratification of tho President of the Uni ted States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by tne President of the Republic of Salva dor, with the approval of the Congress of the same, and the ratifications to be exchanged, within convenient time to facilitate th ; aforesaid extension. : 1 In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the pres-; ent convention, in duplicate, and have thereunto affixed their seals. . M Done at San Salvador the 12th day of May, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and of the Indepen- Real Instate c;ifft, -Cash (iifts, Onlyi 100,000 tickets to bo Issued. PRIQE OF TICKETS Agents Wanted, 3 For further particulars, adlre the Manager, Box 8, Greensboro, '. C. P. Sept. 10-8w tii:ii;mi 41,1 . IIanaf'r. Office United States Marshal Eastern IDist. !N"oil li Carolina j Raleigh, Sept. 1st, W Notice is hereby given to all por'H doing business with my office, partiu larly Clerks ol Courts, Attorney Counsellors at Law, that all papers and process for service in this District nm-tj be sent to!me directed to Raleigh. N I. will not be responsible for any defatilti or unlawful acts of Deputies wherein1 this notice is not strictlv complied with. J. B. HILL, 12 3m U. S. Marshal, j A X II It O W General Agent for the Celebrated Estey, Cottage Organs. Payments jeasy. Prices low. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Also dealer in ail kinds of MUSldAL INSTRUMENTS. Fancy, Goods, Toys. Baskets, Childreu Carriages, Cigars, Pi pea and Tobacco. Don't fonret to call at No. 10 Fayette ville street; Raleigh, N C Mm mm febl6-w2m.
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