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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH HAWAII. MAY 4, 1870. 1113 Postal Convention between the United States tj America and the Hawaiian May 4, 1870. Kmgdom : ··—···-—·—-—· The undersigned, being thereunto duly authorized by their respective pm,mbi,_ governments, have agreed upon the following articles, establishing and regulating the exchange of correspondence between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom: Amicus I. There shall be an exchange of correspondence between correspond. the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom, by means of ence to be exthe subsidized line of United States mail Steamers plying between San °hang°d' Francisco and Honolulu, as well as by occasional steamers, and by sailing vessels running between Honolulu and the ports of San Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon, or ports in Puget Sound, Teekalet, Olympia, and Port Townsend, comprising letters, newspapers, and printed matter of every kind, originating in either country, and addressed to and deliverable in the other country. Anrxcnn II. San Francisco, New York, Boston, Portland, Oregon, Offices ofex- Teekalet, Olympia, and Port Townsend shall be the United States offices °h“€°· of exchange, and Honolulu and Hilo the Hawaiian offices of exchange, for all mails transmitted between the two countries under this arrangement. ARTTCLE III. The United States office shall defray the expenses of the Expenses of sea. conveyance of all mails transmitted in both directions by means of Sw °<{¤V°Y¤¤¤° its subsidized line of mail steamships, so long as said line is maintained by °fmm1S' the government of the United States; and the Hawaiian office shall defray the expenses of the sea conveyance of all mails transmitted, in both directions, by means of occasional steamships or by sailing vessels. ARTICLE IV. No accounts shall be kept between the post-office depart- No accounts, ments of the two countries upon the correspondence exchanged between them, but each country shall retain to its own use the postages which it FM!} country collects. gzligzg what It The single rate of international letter postage shall be six cents on each Rates ofletterletter weighing half an ounce or less, and an additional rate of six cents P°““8°? for each additional weight of half an ounce or fraction thereofQ which shall in all cases be fully prepaid, by means of postage-stamps, at the office of to be prepaid. mailing in either country. It' not fully prepaid, they shall not be forwarded. Letters received in either country from the other shall be delivered free of all charge whatsoever. The United States office shall levy and collect on newspapers, (whether Newspaper transient or sent to regular subscribers,) addressed to or received {rom the p°Smg°° Hawaiian Kingdom, the established rates of United States domestic post— age; and upon all articles of printed matter, except newspapers, addressed Printed matt0 01* received from the Hawaiian Kingdom, a postage charge of four cents “”· per each weight of four ounces or Haction of four ounces. The Hawaiian post-office shall levy and collect on newspapers and other articles of printed matter, addressed to or received from the United States, the regular rates of postage chargeable thereon by the laws or regulations of the Hawaiian Kingdom. ARTICLE V. Letters mailed in the Hawaiian Kingdom and addressed Letterstoand to countries beyond the United States, with which the United States have m direct postal relations, may be forwarded throughlthe United States to and for Hawaii, their respective destinations, subject to the same additional postage charges as are paid by the inhabitants of the United States to such countries, which, in all cases where prepayment is obligatory in the’United States, may be paid by the senders in the Hawaiian islands, by Hxing uncancelled