New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-26

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mltted BY the Office at London, exhibitm,
ths eal&Rcs found due e the exchange 9
tss ssssss s. sP s ei fo ss =
bat if due by the Dsitiah Office, it shall b
paid q New York, md alwsys in the memo,
Of the country 10 which the payment i
| made. IT, pending the settlement of q
a9cogn6 one Of the two postal administer
tons Sh1n aseertAi1 fAt fg0wes the other,
nelaAes excsdtn1 teSa1nnd pounds 80
ling, the fnde6ted -1ifl HlnistfStion shal
promptly remit the approximate amoun
OF such balance to the credit of the other
This account, and the letters which accom-
Pany such intermedi1H xemittancos, shall
be IN accordance with the forms c, D and
+ annexed to this convention.
ARTICLE KIN.
Until the two General Postofices shall
consent to an alteration, it lie agreed that,
IN all matters of account Olative to money
orders which shall resd from the exec1-
ton OF the present convention. the Mound
sterling of Great Britain shall be conad-
cred as equivalent to four dollars and
eighty.six cents Of the gold coin Of the
ARTICLE XIV.
Each exchange office shall certify
it's orders to the other, in amounfs
designated in the denominations Of
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 Nv.
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 m
tnat 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 dsyof receipt at that
othce 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 ON
the day of the receipt Of such lists.
Orders which shall not have been paid
within twelve calendar months from the
month of issue shall become void, and the
sums received shall Sccrue to and remain e
the disposal of the country Of origin. Tho
British Office shall, therefore, enter to ths
credit Of the United States, in the quarterly
account, all money orders entered in tho
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, Q detailed
statement of all orders included in the lista
dispatched 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
repayment shall first have been obtained by
the country of issue from the country
where auch orders wero payable; and tho
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 tho
manner in which repayment to the remitter
is to be made.
ARTICLE XIX.
The orders issued by each country on the
other shall be subject, as regards payment.
to the regulations which govern the pay
ment Of inland orders of the country on
which they are drawn.
ARTICLE Xxx.
The General POstofice in each country
shall be authorized to adopt any additional
rules (if not repugnant to the foregoing)
for the greater security against fraud, Of
for the better working of the system gem
orally. All such additional rules, however,
must be promptly communicated to the
postotfice 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 it,
intention to terminate it.
Done in duplicate, and signed in London
On the thirtieth day Of june, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
day of July, in the year Of
our 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, l 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 amelioration of the postal service,
concluded on the twenty-fir of October,
1867, between the Post Departments of
the United States of America and the
North German Union, as well as to tho
additional convention Of the 7-23 April,
1870.
AS . regular steamship line between .
,ort of Germany and port Of the United
states of America can be employed for tho
of the German-American
nails at such q compensation that the en-.
ire cost of transportation between the
boundaries of the two countries shall not
'xceed one-half silbergr0schen for each sim
lie letter: Now, therefore, the under
igned, duly authorized by their respective
that is to say, the government
f the United States Of America and the
government 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 correspondence
Exchanged directly between the two ad.
by means Of such steamship
me shall be as follows, viz:
l. For letters from Germany to the
United States:
a. When prepaid in Germany, 21s sill
ergroschen.
b. When paid in the United States, IL
ents.
2. For letters from the United States to
Germany:
a. When prepaid in the United States,
cents.
b: When paid in Germany, S silber-
r0schen.