New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-20

orders during the quarter; which balance
after proper veritication. shall, if due by the
United States Office, be paid at Lond
but if due by the British Office, it shall be
paid at New York, and always in the money
OF the country to which the payment il
made. If, pending the settlement of an
account, one Of the two postal administers
tons shall ascertain that it owes the other Z
balance exceeding one thousand pounds ster.
ling, the indebted administration shall
promptly remit the approximate amour.
OF such balance to the credit of the other.
This account, and the letters which accom-
Pany such intermediate remittances, shall
ne IN accordance with 1.-THE forms c, d and
+ annexed to this convention.
ARTICLE XIII.
Until the two General Postof.ices shall
consenS 20 an alteration, it is agreed that,
in all matters of account relative to money
orders which shall result from the execu-
ton OF the present convention, the pound
sterling of Great Britain shall he cOnsi6-
cred as equivalent to four dollars ana
eighty-six cents of the gold coin of tbs
United States.
ARTICLE XIV.
Each exchange Office shall certify
its orders to the other, in amounts
designated in the denominations oil
the money both OF the dispatching
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 XIV.
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 com of the United
states, OF deposits in paper money made IL
that country for payment in Great Britain,
shall be determined at 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 value, 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 (also at New York; in
accordance with the premium on gold os
the day OF the receipt Of such lists.
ARTICLE XVII.
Orders which shall not have been paid
within twelve calendar months from the
month Of issue shall become void, and the
sums received shall accrue to and remain 1t
the disposal Of the country of origin. The
British office shall, therefore, enter to the
credit Of the United States, in the quarterly
~NSoAAts
lists received from the United States which
remain unpaid at the end of the period
specified. On the other 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 all orders included in the lists
from the latter office which,
under this article, become void
ARTICLE XVIII.
Repayment of orders to remitters shall
not be made until an authorization for such
shall first have been obtained BIZ
the country of issue from the country
where such orders were payable; and the
Of the repaid orders shall be duly
credited to the former country in the QUAR-
ferly account. 1t is the province of each
postal administration to determine the
manner IN which repayment to the renitter
is to be made.
ARTICLE XIX.
The orders issued by each country on the
other shall be subject, as regards payment,
20 the regulations which govern the pay
nent Of inland orders Of the country or
which they are drawn.
ARTICLE Xxx.
The General POstotiice in each country
shall be authorized to adopt any additional
Jules (if not repugnant to the foregoing)
or the greater security against fraud, or
or the better working of the system gen
,rally. All such additional rules, however,
must be promptly communicated to tho
'ostotfce OF the other country.
ARTICLE XXI.
The present convention shall take effeeJ
N the first day Of October next, and shall
continue in force until twelve months after
ne date at which one of the contracting,
parties shall have notified to the other is
to terminate it.
Done i'll duplicate, and signed in London
N the thirtieth day OF June, in the year Of
'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,
General Of the United States,
l hereby approve the aforegoing conyen-.
ion, and In testimony thereof, have caused
he seal OF the United States to be affixed.
Z. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State,
Washington, July Il, 1871.
Additional article between the United
States Of America and the German En-
pire-AdditiOnal article to the convention
for the amelioration Of the postal service,
concluded on the twenty-frst Of October,
1861, between the 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 a
ort of Germany and port of the United
Of the German American
nails at such compensation that the en-
ire cost OF transportation between the
oundaries of the two countries shall NOT
xceed one-half silbergrOschen for each ei1~-
lie letter: Now, therefore, the unds1-
lgned, duly authorized by their respective
overnmelts, that is to say, the government
the United States of America and the
overnment Of the German Empire, have
greed upon the following additional arti-
lie to the postal convention of tho twenty
rst OF October, 1867, and to the additional
invention OF the 7-23 April, 1870.
SOLE ARTICLE.
The single letter rate on correspondence
directly between the two afs-
Illustrations by means of such steamship
ne shall DE as follows, viz:
/. For letters from Germany to tbs
nited States:
q. When prepaid in Germany, pc 81.
b. When pail in the United States, a.
ants.
:. For letters from the United States 10
erlnanv:
q. When prepaid in the United States,
cents.
b. When paid in Germany, silbs.-
roschen.
This additional article takes effect on the
axe of the dispatch of the first mail by
lch steamship line, and from that date