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 880 POSTAL CONVENTION- ECUADOR. MAY 9, 1871. age andrule of 1. For letters, or manuscripts subject by law to letter rate of postage, l”°g"’“s‘°“· one-half (g) ounce (avoirdupois). 2. For all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first article, that which each country shall adopt for the mails which it dispatches to the other, adapted to the convenience and habits of its interior Notgcc of dam, administration ; but each country shall give notice to the other of the stand. We in standard ard weight it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereof The weight w°'gh"‘ stated by the dispatching exchange office shall always be accepted, except in cases of manifest error. Artrroma IV. No www ,0 No accounts shall be kept between the Post-office Departments of the be kept. Each two countries on the international correspondence, written or printed, ex- *° °°l· changed between them; but each country shall levy, collect, and retain to 4 ”its own use the following postal charges, viz.: Ram of posh 1. The postage to be charged and collected in the United States on each age. letter, or manuscript subject to letter postage, mailed in the United States, Letters. and addressed to any place in the Republic of Ecuador, shall be twenty (20) cents, United States currency, per each weight of half an ounce or fraction of half an ounce; and the postage to be charged and collected in Ecuador on each letter, or manuscript subject to letter postage, mailed in Ecuador and addressed to any place in the United States of America, shall be two (2) reals, or the fifth part of a dollar (hard), Ecuador currency, the same to be in each case in full of all charges whatever to the place of destination Charge maybe in either country. Either country, however, is at liberty to reduce this gut, gw_ 2. On all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of Newspapers, the first article the Post Departments of the United States and Ecuador &°'* may respectively levy, collect, and retain to their separate and exclusive use such rates of postage adapted to their interior administration and to the cost of sea—transportation as they shalldeem advisable. But each office shall give notice to the other of the rates it adopts, and of any subsequent chan e thereof. howwbe Wm_ Ngwspapers and other correspondence of the class referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be sent in narrow bands or covers, open at the packages_ sides or ends, so that they may be easily examined ; and packages of such correspondence shall be subject to the laws and regulations of each country in regard to their liability to pay customs duty, if containing dutiable goods, or to be rated with letter-postage when containing written matter, or for any other cause specified in said laws and regulations. AR·r1cr.n V. Undcuvmd Letters, and other communications in manuscript, which, from any cause, lm,,,.,, to be ,,,_ cannot be delivered to their address, after the expiration of a proper period turned_ monthly to effect their delivery, shall be reciprocally returned every month, unopened
 * ’;g;;‘;‘;j’:Et';f* charge, but not to increase it without the previous assent of the other.
 * gr;fh°“t and without charge, to the Post-office Department of the dispatching coun-

Newspapers, try; but newspapers, and all other articles of printed matter, shall not be fw-. gist *0 bt Y6- returned, but remain at the disposal of the receiving office. ulimtérs Wm1g_ Letters erroneously transmitted, or wrongly addressed, shall be promptly ly addressed. returned to the dispatching office without charge. Anrrctn VI. Exchange in The Post Department of the United States shall establish, in conformity g§;l_';;““g§e‘;8 with the arrangements in force at the time, the conditions upon which the {mm Eguado,. to Post Department of Ecuador may exchange, in open mails, the correspondother countries ence originating in Ecuador and destined for countries to which the United