Many of the old units of weights and measures are also in use in certain parts of Mexico.

The following are some of the more common of these old units:

APPENDIX IV

POSTAL SERVICE.

The postal service of Mexico is under the administration of the General Post Office in Mexico City. The post offices are divided into local administration offices, local postal agencies, and traveling post offices on mail trains. The larger offices issue identification cards to expedite the receipt of mail and cashing of money orders.

Daily papers and publications, for each 500 grams or
fraction

Third Class:

Printed matter and business papers, for each 100
grams or fraction....

.. 0.01

0.01

POSTAL SERVICE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

Articles addressed from the United States for delivery in Mexico are in general subject to the same postage rates and conditions which would apply to them if they were addressed for delivery in the United States. Articles other than letters in their usual and ordinary form are excluded from the mails of Mexico, unless they are so wrapped that their contents can be easily examined by postmasters and customs officers. Packages of merchandise weighing not more than 4 ounces may be sent at the rate of 1 cent for each ounce or fraction, but customs declarations are required on such articles. Currency and money, other than gold, are prohibited transmission in letters, ordinary or registered, except when sent by government agencies.

MONEY ORDERS.

Money orders may be drawn at any international post office in the United States for payment in Mexico at the following rates:

PARCEL POST.

Parcels may be sent from the United States to Mexico under the following regulations:

They must be securely wrapped in packages not exceeding 3% ft. in length, or with a combined girth and length of not more than 6 ft. The maximum weight is 20 lbs., and the rate 12 cents a lb. They must not be sealed and must carry a customs declaration.

The sender of a registered parcel is entitled in case of loss, damage, or rifling thereof, to an indemnity equal to the amount of the actual loss incurred, but not exceeding the equivalent of 50 francs (approximately $9.65).

The Mexican government fixes a charge of 25 per cent on all merchandise exported or imported by parcel post over the regular tariff rates charged on the merchandise involved.

Packages which are not withdrawn from the mails by addressees within a period of 10 days from the date upon which the first notice to withdraw is given will be subject to a storage charge of 5 centavos Mexican per day.

Motion-picture films, when prepared in accordance with the instructions appearing in section 23, on page 5 of the June, 1919, Postal Guide, will be accepted, when destined for Mexico, provided the packages may be dispatched into Mexico by overland route. Packages containing films made of other material than cellulose acetate will not be accepted when addressed to Mexico for conveyance over a steamship route.

Automobile tires, within the limit of weight prescribed, will be accepted for transmission outside of mail sacks up to a weight limit of 35 pounds each for places in Mexico reached by railroad from the United States. The Mexico office will not accept responsibilty for any damage that may occur to packages of automobile tires when their transmission is outside of mail sacks.

Prohibitions: Firearms of all kinds, pastry, fruits, vegetables, and sweetmeats, except hard and soft candy. Hard candy will be accepted with the packing appropriate to contents that are half solid, while soft candy will be accepted with the packing required in the domestic service for liquids.

APPENDIX V

TEXT OF RECENT COLONIZATION DECREE.*

To the Department of Agriculture and Development:

January 27, 1921.

In order to promote the colonization of the Republic with foreign elements, your department is herewith authorized to aid, in compliance with the instructions of this decree, the foreign immigrants, by granting them the total amount of the railroad fare within the Republic, from the point of landing on national territory up to their place of settlement; and to grant them a 50% discount on all charges of transportation of personal goods and chattel, on farming implements they may bring with them and on live stock or farm animals they may own; and to allow them the total amount of the custom duties which they should pay for same.

Constitutional President of The United States of Mexico.

A. OBREGON.

To the Department of Agriculture and Development:

Mexico, March 31, 1921.

In virtue of the extraordinary powers bestowed upon the Executive of the Department of Finances by the decree issued December 20, 1918, based upon the Laws of Colonization of December 15, 1883, I herewith proclaim the following Decree:

The Department of Agriculture and Development is hereby authorized as follows:

1st. To furnish the settlers establishing themselves in the Republic, a subsidy of 1.00 peso Mexican Cy. (50e U. S. Cy.) daily, to each family for a two weeks' period, counting from date of departure from place of residence upon leaving to settle in the Colony, if they reside in this country (Mexico), or from date of arrival in the Republic if they come from any foreign country. This subsidy is not to be reimbursed.

2nd. To grant a subsidy of 30.00 pesos Mex. Cy. ($15.00) U. S. Cy. for a period of six months to each and every one of the first fifty families establishing themselves in the new Colonies founded in this country, whenever the heads of said families may request it, and bind themselves to reimburse this subsidy during the following three years of their settlement in the Colony.

In order to enjoy the privileges of the franchises granted in the above clause, applicant must declare:

(a) That he has no financial resources; (b) that he owns one single lot and that he cultivates it himself; (c) that he resides in the Colony; (d) that he has built a dwelling-place on the lot assigned him, or that he will build one during the first three months of his residence in the Colony.

Should the Department of Agriculture and Development have any knowledge that the terms set forth in the above paragraph are not complied with, it will thereupon have the right to cancel the colonist's franchise in question, without detriment to exercise its judicial or administrative action to demand the return of the sums he may have received.

Constitutional President of the United States of Mexico.

Reprinted from the Mexican Review, October, 1921.

A. OBREGON.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS FOR CONCESSIONS TO COLONISTS

1. In order to be entitled to the privileges granted by the Colonization Law of December 15, 1883 and by the Presidential Decree of January 27, 1921, if the immigrant is a foreigner it will be necessary for him to secure a certificate to that effect issued by the Mexican Consular agent in the jurisdiction of the place of his departure, either at his own request or at the request of a person or company authorized by the Department of Agriculture and Development to bring colonists into Mexico and with whom the immigrant has previously made the necessary arrangements for his transfer to the Republic, or he shall present the contract entered into with said person or company in which it is stated that he is admitted as a colonist (Forms 1 and 2).

2. In the case of a Mexican or foreigner residing within the country who wishes to be admitted to one of the official colonies already established in the Republic, he shall apply for admittance to the Department of Agriculture and Development or the proper agent, and upon the petition being granted he shall be issued the proper certificate.

3. In all cases, the applicants shall produce a certificate that will certify as to their good conduct and state their occupation immediately prior to applying for admittance as colonists, pledging themselves, at the time of making the application to engage mainly in agriculture and stock-raising immediately upon establishing themselves in the Republic.

4. In conformity with Article 775 of the regulations of the Mexican Consular Service, the Consular agents are commissioned to furnish information relative to, and encouraging, within the stipulations of the existing laws and regulations, colonization in the Republic.

5. The said Consular agents will upon the petition of the interested parties issue free of charge the certificates provided for in the first paragraph, the certificates to be issued according to Form 1 and given to the interested party in the Spanish language and in his own.

6. The Consular agents will keep a record of the colonization petitions received and of the certificates issued, including their proper order, respectively, the names of the applicants and of the persons constituting their families; the place of their destination in the Republic and whether they are immigrating on their own account or under contract with a duly authorized person or colonization company.

7. Upon reviewing the certificates of good conduct and the passports of the interested parties, together with their respective applications, the Consular agents will return the documents mentioned to the immigrants, and if found satisfactory, they will issue the certificate (Form No. 2).

PRIVATE COLONIZATION COMPANIES

8. Only persons or companies expressly authorized by the Department of Agriculture and Development to bring or establish foreign colonists in the Republic can seek and obtain, for the colonists whom they wish to establish, the privileges granted by the Decree of January 27, 1921.

9. The persons or companies wishing to obtain the authorization to which the above paragraph refers, will make application to the Department of Agriculture and Development, in which they shall conform to the conditions and give the information contained in the following:

(a) To give proof, by means of the testimony of persons considered reliable by the said department, of their honesty, solvency and ability, the reference of their respective Consuls to be preferred in the case that the applicants are foreigners.

(b) To show that they have available agricultural lands adequate for the purpose of colonization, giving their locality, total extension, possible cultivation, or whether they are only suitable for stock-raising purposes; the number, extension and price of the lots and the terms under which they are to be sold to the colonists.