Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1875 — Mail Arrangements With Canada. [ARTICLE]

Mail Arrangements With Canada.

Washington, Dec. 29. For the purpose of placing communication by post between the United States and Dominion of Canada upon the most liberal and advantageous basis, the following arrangements have been agreed upon, to be carried into effect on the Ist of January, 1875, or as soon thereafter as the necessary measures can be perfected for putting them into operation: First— Unification of the postal systems of the two countries in respect to correspondence exchanged between them; each country to forward and deliver, free of charge, correspondence of all kinds, written and printed, received from the other, which correspondence must in all cases be prepaid at the established domestic rates of the country of origin. Second— Each country will transmit the domestic mails of the other in closed pouches through its territory, free of charge, by its ordinary mail routes. Third— No account shall be kept between the Postofllce Departments of the two countries in regard to international correspondence of any kind exchanged between them; each department retaining for its exclusive use all the postage it eollects on mail matter sent to the other for delivery. \ Fourth— lt is understood to be the desire and intention of our respective Postofllce Departments that the provisions of this agreement shall extend to an international money-order exchange as soon as practicable. Fisth —The provisions of this agreement, as far as relates to the rate of letter postage, will be carried into effect on the Ist of February, 1875. Sixths— All provisions of existing postal conventions inconsistent with this arrangement are hereby abrogated. Seventh— Formal articles, embodying the provisions of this agreement, shall be prepared for execution as soon as possible. (Signed) W. H. Griffin, Deputy Postmaster-General, Canada, acting for and subject to the approval of the PostmasterGeneral of Canada. Marshall Jkwxll, Postmaster-General.