New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-16

united by the office at London, exhibiting
tne balance found cue ON the exchanges of
orders during the quarter; which balance,
a1ter proper verifcation. shall, if due BY the
Cnuec States office, be paid at LOnd a
Dut II que by the British office, it shall be
ps't Ia AZ new lork, and always in the money
u !ne country to which the payment is
made. II, pending the settlement of an
account one OF the two postal administra-
,lons snail ascertain that it owes the other a
balance exceeding one thousand pounds ster-
hng' the indebted administration shall
promptly remit the approximate amount
~ such balance to the credit Of the other
Pany such Intermediate remittauces. shall,
pe IN acceptance with lthe forms C, ID and
annexed to this convention.
ARTICLE NH.
| Unrll the TWO General Postoffices shall
consent 20 an alteration, it is agreed that
III an matters OF account relative to money
orders which shah result from the exec,;.
tlOn OF the present convention. the pound
sterling OF Great Britain shall be consd-
| ered as equivalent to four dollars and
elghty-slx cents of the gold coin of the
| United States.
ARTICLE XIV.
Each exchange office shall certify
its orders 70 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 XIV.
All payments for money orders. whether
to or by the public, if not in gold. shall be
made to the nearest prac-icable equivalent
ARTICLE XVI
The value, in gold com of the United
States. of deposits in paner none made 1 ~
that country Tor payment in Great Britain,
sinai be determined at the exchange Office
OF New lork. according TO the rate of nre.
MUM on gold, on the day of receipt at that
Office OF notification of such deposits. Or
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 nsgOld OIL
the day Of the receipt of such lists.
ARTICLE XVII.
Orders which shall not lave been paid
within twelve calendar mouths from the
month CT issue shall become void, and the
sums received shall accrue to and remain at
the disposal OF the country Of origin. The
British office shall, therefore, enter to the
credit Of the United States. in the quarterly
account. all money orders entered in the
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
dispatched from the latter office which,
under this article, become void.
ARTJCrr yyyrr
Repayment OF orders to relnitters shalt
not be made until an 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 eaci!
postal administration to determine the
manner in which repayment to the remitteT
is to be made.
ARTICLE Xix.
The orders issued by each country on the,
other shall he subject, as egards payment,
to the regulations which govern the paw
Ment of inland orders Of the country on
which they are drawn.
ARTICLE Xxx.
The General Postoffice in each country
shall be authorized to adopt any additional
rules lit not repugnant to the foregOingl
IL
for the better working of the system gen
orally. All such additional rules, however,
must be promptly communicated to the
postOtiice OF the other country.
ARTICLE XXI.
The present convention shall take effect
on the first day of October next, and shall
continue in force until twelve months after
the date at which one of the contracting
parties shall have notified to the other its
M N tarp
Done in duplicate, and signed in London
on the thirtieth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventv-one, and in Washington on the
twenty-seventh day of July. in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Seventv-oEe.
w. MOUSELL.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL.
Postmaster General of the United States,
l hereby approve the aforegoing conven-
ton. and in testimony thereof, have caused
the seal Of the United States TO be affixed
q. 5. GRANT
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
Washington, July u, 1871.
Additional article between the United
States OF America and the German En-
pire-Additional article to the convention
tor the aMeliOratiOn of the postal service
concluded On the twenty-first of October
1867. 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
port OF Germany and a port of the United
States OF America can he 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 sim
lie letter. Now, therefore the under
igned, duly authorized by their respective
governments. that ls to say, the government
4 the United States Of America and the
government of the German Empire, have
greed upon the following additional arti-
lie to the postal convention Of the twenty
rst OF October, 1867, and to the additions,
convention OF the 7-23 April, 1870.
SOLE ARTICLE.
The single letter rate on correspOndence
xchanged directly between the two adj.
by means OF such steamship
inc shall be as follows, viz:
l. For letters from Germany to the
q. When prepaid in Germany, 2ls sill
ergroschen.
B. When paid in the United States, II
ents
,. For letters from the United States to
'ermanv:
q. When prepaid in the United States;
cents
b: When paid in Germany, 5 silber-
roschen
This additional article takes effect on the
ate of the dispatch of the first mail by