New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-13

Of the country to which the payment il
made. If, pending the settlement Of al
account, one Of the two postal administra
tons shall ascertain that it owes the other
balance exceding one thousand pounds stef
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
he in accordance With lthe forms G, D and
| E apnexed to this convention.
! ARTICLE XIII.
| Until the two General POstofices shall
! consent to 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 be consid-
! cred as equivalent to four dollars and
eighty-six cents of the gold coin Of the
United States.
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 XIV.
AL payments for money orders, whether
to or by the public, if not in gold, shal! be
made to the nearest practicable equivalent.
ARTICLE XVI.
The value, in gold com of the United
States, of deposits in paper money made IN
that country for payment in Great Britain.
shall be determined at the exchange once
Of New York, according to the rate OF pre-
,.,;,,,., ~, ro1j ~, ho dow IF rQopinf af 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 1ork,
shall be determined (alsO at 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 the
month Of issue shall become void, and the
the disposal OF the country Of origin. The
British Office ehal1, 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
entry in the quarterly account, a 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 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
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 inla3d orders of the country on
which they are drawn.
ARTICLE IN.
The General Postoffice in each country
shall be authorized to adopt any additional
rules tif not repugnant to the foregoing}
for the greater security against fraud, or
Tor the better working of the system gem
orally. AL such additional rules, however,
must be promptly communicated 20 the
DestOfiice 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 otter its
Intention to terminate it.
Done in duplicate, and signed in London
IN the thirtieth day of june, in the year of
,ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and
and in Washington on the
day of July, in the year Of
'ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eventy-One.
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 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-:Ji3 April,
1870.
As regular steamship line between a
ort OF Germany and a port of the United
tates OteAmerica can be employed for the
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 Sin
le letter: Now. therefore, the under
gned, duly authorized by their respective
Overnments. that is to say, the government
the United States of America and the
Overnment Of the German Empire. have
greed upon the following additional ar.i-
lie 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 correspop iencs
directly between the two I'D
by means of sucl, steamship
ne shall be as follows, viz:
l. For letters from Germany - tho
nited States:
a. When prepaid in Germany, o4 ST.
b. When paid in the United States. y
nts.
?. For letters from the United States to
a. When prepaid in the United States
cents.
b; When paid in Germany, 5 s:.ber-
This additional article takes e.iec, on the
We OF the dispatch Of the first mail by
gu s5eamship line, and from that date
rwaru mas the same duration as the con-
ntlon OF october 81, 1867, and the addi-
=, convention of April 7-23 1870.