New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-28

after proper veri6cation. shall, If due by the
United States office, be paid at London
but II due by the British Office, it shall Do
paid ct New York, and always in the money
Of the country to which the payment e
/ made: II, pending tho -settlement Of IN
iaoeeunt. one Of the two postal admiaistsa-
6e06shall aecestain .thot L Owosr tho oAheoa
balance exceeding one thousand pounds ster.
ling, the indebted administration shall
promptly remit the approximate amount
OF such balance to the credit Of the other.
This account, and the letters which accom-
pany such intermediate remittances, shall
be in accordance With 1.-THE forms C, D and
Z annexed to this convention.
ARTICLE XIII.
Until the two General Postofices shall
consent to IN alteration, it is agreed that,
IN all matters of account relative to money
orders which shall result from the execu-
sterling of Great Britain shall be consid-
cred a. equivalent TO four dollars and
eighty-six cents Of the gold coin of the
United States.
ARTICLB XIV.
Each exchange office shall certify
its orders to the other, in amounts
designated in the denominations Of
the money both of the dispatching
and receiving country, at the rate
Of conversion established upon the basis Of
gold by article xiii of this convention. This
conversion shall be checked at the receiving
office Of exchange.
ARTICLE xv
All payments for money orders, whether
to or by the public, If not in gold, shall be
made to the nearest practicable equivalent.
ARTICLE XVI.
The value, in gold coin Of the United
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that country for pay.aent in Great Britain,
shall be determined 1t the exchange Office
Of New York, according to the rate of pre-
MUM on gold, on the day Of receipt at that
office Of notification of such deposits. On
the other hand, the vslue, in United States
paper currency. Of money orders certified
in the lists sent from the exchange Office of
London to the exchange Office of New York,
shall be determined (als0 ct New York; in
accordance with the premium on gold on
the day Of the receipt Of such Lists.
ARTICLE XVII.
Orders which shall not have been paid
within twelve calendar months from tho
month of issue shall become void, and the
sums received shall aoerue to and remain at
the disposal of the county of origin. The
Britsh Office shall, therefore, enter to the
credit of the United States, in the quarterly
account, all money orders entered in tbs
lists received from the United States which
remain unpaid at 10 end of the period
specified. On the ether hand, the United
States office shall, at the close of each
month, transmit to the British office, for
entry in the quarterly account, detailed
statement of ell orders included in tho lists
dispatched from tho~4atter office which,
under this article, become void.
ARTICLE xv1u.
Repayment of orders to remitters shall
not be made until IN authorization for such
repayment shall first have been obtained BY
the country Of issue from the country
where such orders were payable; and the
amounts Of the repaid orders shall be duly
credited to the former country in the quar-
terly account. 1t is the province Of each
postal administration to determine the
manner in which repayment to the RENTER
d to be made.
The orders issued BY each country on the
other shall be subject, a. regards payment,
to the regulations which govern the pay
ment Of inland orders of the country on
which they are drawn.
ARTl0LB Xxx.
The General Postohico in each country
shall be authorized to adopt any additional
rules. lit not repugnant to the foregoing)
!or the greater security against fraud; OF
Eor the better working of the system gem
must be promptly communicated to the
3ost0fdce of the other country.
ARTICLE XXI.
The present convention shall take effect
IN the first day of October next, and shall
continue in force until twelve months after
he date at which one of the contracting
parties shall have notified to the other its
to terminate it.
Done in duplicate, and signed in London
n N vo%h If I,s~ -
'ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and
and in Washington ON the
wenty seventh day of July, in the year of
'ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and
W. MOUsELL.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General of the United States,
hereby approve the afOregoing conven-
ion, and in testimony thereof, have caused
he seal of the United States to be affixed.
U. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State.
Washington, July q, 1871.
Additional article between the United
States Of America and the German En-
pire-Additional article to the convention
for the anelio1ation Of the postal service,
concluded on the twenty first of October,
1867, between tina Post Departments Of
the United States Of America and the
North German Union, as well as to the
additional convention OF the 7-23 April,
1870.
As . regular steamship line between .
'ort of Germany and q port of the United
|tates of America can be employed for the
of the German-American
nails at such compensation that the en-
ire cost of transportation between the
boundaries of the two countries shall not
xceed one-half silbergroschen for each SIN
10 letter: Now, therefore, tho under
igned. duly authorised by their respective
that lie to say, the government
the United States of America and the
overnment of the German Empire, have
greed upon the following additional arti-
le to the postal convention of the twenty
rst Of October, 1867, and to the additional
OF the 7-23 April, 1870.
SOLE ARTICLE.
The single letter rate ON cOrrespondenc0
xchanged directly between the two ad-
by means of such steamship
ne shall be as follows, viz:
!: For letters from Germany to the
'nited States:
.., a: When prepaid in Germany, 2h sill
,. When paid in the United States, II
2. For letters from the United States to
Germany:
a: When prepaid in the United States,
cents.
B.; When paid in Germany, SLIDER.
r0schen.
This additional article takes effect ON the
ate Of the dispatch of tho first mail by
ach steamship line, and from that date
'rward has the Same duration a. the con-
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