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 POSTAL CONVENTION  GREAT BRITAIN. Aut;. 10 & Snrr. 7, 1858. 811 Postal Arrangement between the Mrited States and the West Uoaet of South America. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES To the Articles agreed upon between the Post-0 eo the United En dom, m of G.-eat Britain and Deland and the Post·`%c_§icefof the United States S9$l319€:b:1}g. d of America for carrying into Execution the Convention of December iii9E.;... 15, 1g4g_ See post, p. 841. IN pursuance of the power granted, by Article XXI. of the convention Ante, p. 787. of December 15, 1848, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of America, to the two Post-Ollices, to settle the matters of detail, which are to be arranged by mutual consent, for insuring the execution of the stipulations contained in the said convention, the undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose by their respective offices, have agreed upon the following articles : -· ARTICLE I. An exchange of mails shall hereafter take place between Exolmngeof the following offices, viz. :— m””°· 1. Between the post-office of New York and the British packet office at Panama. 2. Between the post-office of Charleston and the British packet office at Panama. 3. Between the post-office of Savannah and the British packet office at Panama. 4. Between the post-office of New Orleans and the British packet ollice at Panama. 5. Between the post-office of San Francisco and the British packet office at Panama. The transmission of these mails between the several ports above mentioned and Panama will be provided for by the United States government. Anricm II. The mails forwarded from New York, Charleston, Mans from New Savannah, New Orleans, and Sah Francisco, to Panama, shall com- §m·“ prise the correspondence for all the foreign ports on the western coast ’ of South America at which the British mail packets in the Pacific touch. ARTICLE III. Reciprocally, the mails forwarded from Panama to from Panama New York, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, and San Francisco, *° New Y°fkshall comprise the correspondence for the United States from all the foreign ports on the western coast of South America at which the British mail packets in the Pacific touch. ARTICLE IV. Upon every letter not exceeding half an ounce in L°“°"“*°’· weight, despatched from New York, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, or San Francisco, to Panama, and addressed to the several States on the western coast of South America at the ports of which the British mail packets touch, the United States Post-Otiice shall account to the British Post·Ofhce for the following rates of postage, viz. : —- 1. Upon a letter for Buenaventura, in New Grenade, 4a'., or 8 cents (so long as the existing postal convention between Great Britain and New Granada shall continue in force). 2. Upon a. letter for any port in the republic of Peru, 6 ol., or 12 cents (so long as the existing postal convention between Great Britain and Peru shall continue in force). 3. Upon a letter for any other port on the western coast of South America excepting those above mentioned, ls., or 24 cents.