The Portland daily press., 1871-10-09


OF AMERICA AND 1HE GENERAL Posi- OFFICE
r the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND
: he General Post Office OF the United states OF
America and the General Post ONCE OF me Chlte"
ingdl I'M OF Great Briuan ana lreanl, oe'ns ut-
sh uus ut establishing an exchange OF money oiueis
be waen the two countries, the uhuetslgheu, uuiS
Az thNriz ii that purpose nave agreed upon the
10 loving articles
ARTICLEI.
,tte.e shall be a regular exchange of money or
d, IS between he tao countries The maximum OF
ei h order fixed at ten pounds sterling, when rs
81 sd IN The United X gdom o. IL reat Biltain anu
iaud, and, when issHed in the United States /, az
f ~ do'iafs III the national paler currency ol Tue
] t,r country.
ARTICLE II.
tue British Post Office shall have power 10 hx the
r. e. OF coum ssiOn on all money oi9els Issueu IN
q G. Unit d kingdom; and the Urlttu STATES Post
I fira shall have the same power in regard to all
nm, oriers sued in The nited STATES. Each
cFra shall communicate TO the other its tariff of
Siistoes or rates OF commission which shall be es-
TbiShed under This convention, and these rates
All IN all cases, be raid IN advance by the REMIT
~ and shall not in any event, be repay anle Ii is
II ,ersOO mol cover, that each office authorized
suspend, temper arlly, the e&chal &c o. money or
Crs IN case ths course OF exchange, any other cir
constance, SHOULD give rise To abuses or cause
oetrmtnt u the postal revenu..
ARTICLE Ill.,
Each country shall keep the commission cbaroed
tn al MONEY orders issued within it, but shall ns Y
10 the oIher country one per cent on the total
amount of such orders.
ARTICLE ".
No money order shall include fractional part OF
penny or OF AGENT.
ARTICLE v.
The service OF the postal money-crder system be-
is cen The TWO countries shall be performed excu-
elgey by The agency officers oi exchange On the
Iart Of GBe Uniled SIac- the office exchange shall
lie New York, and on he part OF the United king-
dom, Lohdon.1
ARTICLE VI.
Anv person in the United States desiring to re-
nit &. The United Kingdom sum of money within
the limis prescribed oy Artlce /, may pay it into
any post otice The Unie1 Staies desgna ed tor
such purt Osz from time to time by the Postmaster
Genera OF that country Such person SHALL at The
slne time, give the name and address of the person
10 whom the amount is TO be paid in The United
Eiuguom and his own name and address, An, per
son IN he United Kingdom desiring to remit TO toe
Unit Sia' es a SUM OI m ney within the same lin.
It's, may pay it any none order office of the
United kinguom, giving, at the same time lbe
name and ex4ct "a, dress OF tie person 10 whom the
amount is to be paid ia the United States and hi,
name aud address. The receiving postmaster
in eher country SHALL in accordance the rules
established by his postal administrator notify
every such payment 10 the uespatchlng exchange
o1ics. The pOstu aster OF New York, upon receipt
oi every notification of that KIND shall make out
and forward TO the palee IN h United Kingdom
money oroer, payaDle in steriDg at the post office
in thai country, designated by tue remiIter OF the
order it being undeist stood That the money orders so
remtted shall he sent III the first inst ince, to the
controller t the money-order office in London, and
shall OF be subject 10 postage.
ARTICLE VII.
By every mail, the exchange office OF each conn.
try SHAH seLd to The exchange office of the ollie,
couulry a certified list OF sums PAYABLE IN thai
country, and reee we'd since The dispatch OF the pre-
yIous lisr. As SON as anV such list shall hay q
reached the New ork office, and been verified this
office shan make out inland money orders in iavoI
Of The layees, for the amount specified IN The list,
ana h II p omptly forward then to the payees OF
TO the paying office, III conformity with the regu.a-
tons existing in tue United States tJr the paw M MT
Of money or0ers. The list forwarded to 1be
Kingdom shall aOl l,u{ {bo, n1o
tive letters OF advice Of The orders entered therein
together with the Oh deIs them selves as art adv set
lie auyCes shall be despatched to the offices drawn
ulon, AID the letters enclosing the orders posted io
oe1veIy. The Isis, 10y means OF which each office
OF exchange communicates with The other, shall be
according to tie forms A and Il annexed.
ARTICLE VIII.
The lists despat, he'd fl ON each office OF exchange
shan he uni cred consecuLiVely, commencing with
No. !. the heglnn'ng OF ca h year and the entrie
also, in these lists, SHAH have consecutive numpers
tuost 10 ,he lists nom the United Xii gdum co d.
mencing e ,eh caienuar month wlh No.l /. OF each
list despatched rom New York, a dupicale shall re
sent vii Gupl ate shad, amer being verified at
the British office, he returned TO New Yolk.
ARTICLE TX.
Should any list iaI 10 be received in due course
the despatohing fife SHAT on receiving Information
to that th,ct, uansmlt without delay, a duphca, {
OF The LIST, duiy certified as such.
ARTICLE X.
Each flee OF exchange sha / promptly commun-
cae to the other the ton of any sml lie error
Win, II may uisc in veriticauon o The Ists
VIII II the lists shall show irregularities which III
rec i,iue office shal not be able TO Iectify thai
office shall apply 10 an explana ton from he tits.
patching fl and this explanation sLall be affold
Ell without delay.
ARTICLE XII
Duplicate orders shall only e issued by the postal
adminlsra ion o the county on which the oI1gina
oldeIs were drawn, ard conio1mlt, with lie
regulations rs abhshed or to be established in thai
county.
AT the close of each Quarter, three copies of an
account Shall he prepared and Transmitted by the
office al London, exhibiting The ba ance t.und due
Tn The eX, haIges OF oruers umIpg The Quart, r .
VIII ch oaance, aIter proper veriicai0n shall # due
by The United STATES Utite, be paid at London; uuI
due ~ the British office, it shah he pald at New
YORK, and always III the money OF The country to
which the pay meht is made. Ii, pending the settle
Ihent OF all account, o4e OF the TWO postal ADMIN
istrations shall ascertain that owes the other
balance exceeding one honsand pounds Sterling the
indeDted administration shall promptly remit tht
Approximate amount OF such balance to the credl
OF the other. This account and The letters viii, l
accompany such intermediate remitlances shall b,
in accordance with The Forms c, d, and T. annexed
to this cOnventlon..
ARTICLE XIII.
Until Ethe two General Post Offices shall consen,
to an aeatiOo, it is agreed that, III III matters O.
account relative money oi dt which snail les n
ron the execution OF the present Convention, the
pound eIling Uf Great Britain shali be- consluered
as equivalent to four dUlais and eIghty-six cent?
OF The gold coin OF the United States.
ARIIcLE XIV.
Each exchange office shall certify its orders to the
other, IN anUuhts desigDaed in the uenomn nations
OF TIE MONEY both OF the despatchiug and receiving
count at the rate of conversion established up 1n
the laais OF gold, by AllIcle XIII VI this conven
tion. This convers on shall be checked at the Re.
ceiving Unice OF exchange.
ARTICLE XIV.
All payments for money orders, whether to OF h,
the public II not in gold, shall be made TO tue near
est pIacncabie equivalent.
ARTICLE XVI.
The value, in gold coin OF the United States ot
deuosits in paper money maze in thai country tol
payment in Great Britain, Shall be determined
at the exchange office OF New York. according 10
the late Of premium on gold, on the day ct recent
al that office OF nOIiticat OH OF such d. pcsits On
the other hand, the value, N United = tales paper
fr N the exchange Ct1ce Of Lonuon To the eachanpe
office of New York shall be determined falso al
New York; IN accord nee with the premium on poIt
Oh the uaS Oh Inc receipts OF such lists.
ARTICLE XVII.
Orders which shall not have beeo paid within
twelve caenuar months rom the month of issue
shall become yo d. and The sums received Shall ac-
crue TO an rem n at The disposal of the countr,
OF origin sIhe British oCe shall therefore enter to
the credit OF the United States, in the Quarterly ac-
count, all money orders entered in the sts received
II IN The United STA, which remain unpaid al The
enc OIL the period spec teG. On the other hand The
United Staies office shall, at the close of each
the quarterly account, de ,aIled statement of or
ders nclu9ed in the usts despatched from the lat er
become
ARTICLE XVIII.
Repa 3ment OF olders 10 1emitters shou rot bo
made unit an aul horzaLion for su.h repayment
shall first have been obtained by the coun1ry ri
rom tue country where such orders were pa, aule
and the amounts OF the repaid orders shall be
duly credieJ to the former country the quarter ly
account lt is the province OF each postal admin
lstI atOn to determine the manner IN hlch reoav
ment TO the Iemllter is 10 be male.
ARTICLE XIX
The orders issued by each country on the other
sball oe subject regards ayment to the lepuIa-
tons wnlch govern the payment of inland orders OF
Tue country on winch they are drawn
ARTICLE Xxx.
The General Post Office IN esch countrv sboli bo
au JrlzeI 10 adopt any additional rules Ht NOT r,
puguaht 10 tine ioreg olhg) the grea er security
against or LOT me bttter working Of the sys-
TEN generally All SUCH additional rule however
must Dc p. p.onptly commun cated to the Posi- Office
OF the other country.
ARTICLE XXI
The present convention shall take effect ON the
hrst day OF October nexG, and saan continue IN
1orce uhtl Twelve mouths alter the date Al which
one OF the contracting parties shall have notified to
tn oihel Its intention 10 terminate It,
Done in duplicate, ana signed in London on the
tnr'leth day of June in the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy -one and M,
~, washington am ON lhe twenty-seventh day OF July,
lu ne year OF our Lord one thousand eight hun.
W. MoUsELL,
l9eal oi her MoJesty's Postmaster General.1
JNO. A. j. CRESSWELL
PoStned; ter GeneroL Of tie United SIT
lSeal OF the Post Office Department. OF The UnI,sd
SIafes VI INV oi'e'
=. hereby approve the atoregoing convention. and
IN testimony hereof have caused The seal or 1ha
United Ststes to be affixed. 0
U. S. GRANT.
lSeal OF the United States of America.1
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH Secretary Of State.
WAsHINGToN, July 27th, 1871. 'o