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 " Y' Y POSTAL CONY E) TION WVITH GUATEMALA. JUNE 4& JULY 16, 1862. 1103 Postal Oanventiou between the United »S75ates of America and Mc Republic Ju¤e4a¤dJuly of Guatemala. 16, 1862- Am~¥cr.m  An exchange of mails shall hereafter take place between MWS to b¤ ¤>¢· the Umt•ed §mte-s of America and Guatemala, by the ordinary routes of changed commumcatncn vxa the Isthmus of Panama; the government of the United Srmtes no be mathe expense of the sca transportation thereof between New Xork and Aspmwall, and between San Francisco and Panama ; provided the same can be secured for the compensation allowed by law ; and the EXP€¤S¤, how government of Guatemala to be at the expense of the isthmus tmnspor- b°m°` tation thereof; and also of the sca transportation bctwccn Panama. and Guutcmzxla. Anrrcuc II. New York and San Francisco shall be the exchange 0**** °f °*· offices on the side of the United States, and Guatemala city the office of °h2mg°' exchange on the side of Guatemala, for all mails transmitted between the two countries under this arrangement. ARTIGLE III. All mail matter transmitted in either direction between 1\Ismmmei·, the respective offices of exchange shall be forwarded in closed bags or $;;`;’d;%b° f°"‘ pouches under seal, addressed to the corresponding exchange office; and ` the United States consul and resident mail agent at Panama, New Granada, is hereby designated as the agent of the two governments For receiv- Agents. ing the bags or pouches at that port from either direction, and dcspatching them to their respective destinations. The mail bags or pouches despatched from or addressed to the M¤i!_b¤g¤ ¢<> United States exchange office of New York shall comprise the corre- °°mpm° wm"' spondence originating in or destined for the Atlantic States and Territories ; and the bags or pouches despatched from or addressed to the United States exchange office of San Francisco shall comprise the correspondence originating in or destined for the Pacific States and Territories. ARUGLE IV. No accounts shall be kept between the Post-Office De- be£`T“‘jc’;i°€;’g’€Qv0 partmeuts of the two countries on the correspondence exchanged bctwccn Gmc8B_ them; but each country shall levy, collect, and retain its own postage lBc}é*;;>;¤;:J<=<>i— only, at the following rates, viz. :—-— postage_ n lst. The postage to be charged and collected in the United States on Lettqr mes in each letter or parcel not exceeding half an ounce (avoirdupois) in weight, g}‘;tg‘}‘°d addressed to or received from Guatemala, shall be 10 cents; and the ’ postage to be charged in Guatemala on each letter or parcel of like in Guatemala. weight, addressed to or received from the United States, shall be 2 reals, (01* 25 cents U. S. currency,) and each additional weight ofhalf an ounce, or less than half an ounce, shall be charged an additional rate of 10 cents in the United States and 2 rcals in Guatemala. 2d. The postage to be charged and collected in the Unitgd States 0¤ gicyvspzper newspapers, unscaled circulars, and other descriptions of prmted matter §}‘n‘§f€g‘S$t;ws; addressed to or received from Guatemala, shall be two cents on each newspaper or unscaled circular, and one cent an ounce, orfrf1ction of an ounce, on pamphlets, periodicals, books, and other kinds of prmted papers; and the postage to be charged and collected in Guatemala on cachlncws- *¤ G¤¤°°¤¤*¤· paper, pamphlet, periodical, unsealed circular, book: or other article of printed matter addressed to or received from the Umt:eQ States, shall be at the rate of 3 cents (1 cuartillo) per ounce, f>rfract1ou of an ounce ; provided that 110 book, bound or unbound, wexghing over two pounds (avoirdupois) shall be admitted in the mails at less than full letter rate of postage as hercinbcforc described.