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shall, after being verified at the ~
office, be returned to New York. 'n&-

office, be returned to New York. ' 'rS-.
| ARTICLE TX.
| Should any list fail to be received : -,
| course, the dispatching Office shall ldr
| cejving information to that effect t,sI VI Il
without delay, duplicate Of the lii liz. 3r
certified as such. vi
ARTICLE K.
Each office Of exchange shall ~.
ly communicates to the othdar, 'l 4
correction OF any simple error u
of the lists. When tie lists shall caaQ
irregularities which the Ieceiying S os
shall not be able to rectify, hat otf fs %e
apply for an ezplanation from ~ \
dispatching office; and this explan,t@a
shall be afforded without delay. Hfal
ARTICLE M. u
Duplicate orders shall only be issr,,, e
the postal administration of the CONN., al
which the original orders were draw, w
in conformity with the regulations ~
lished or to be established in that conn., u,>'
ARTICLE XII.
At the close OF each quarter, three c,..
of an account shall be prepared and .t
mltted by the Office at London, exbH;s9
the balance found due on the excban,a.
orders during the quarter; which hafs r.
after proper Notification, shall if due b-s q
United States office, be paid at Io1sa-~ ~
but if due by the British office. if sbaH3 "
paid at New York, and always in the r a..s
of the country to which the payman, u
made. If, pending the settlement NJ
account, one of the two postal admini..1' "a
tions shall ascertain that it owes the otbs. II
balance exceeding one thousand pounds =, r
ling. the indebted administrator ~ b
promptly remit the approximate a,nnr'
of such balance TO the credit of the Otb+ A
This account, and the letters which AGO.
many such intermediate remittanc.s sbas
be in accordance with the forms C. D NV
Z annexed to this convention. :,
ARTICLE XIII. "
Until the two General Postoffices :, y
consent to an alteration, it is agreed II a"
in all matters of account relative to mme}
orders which shall result from the erss,j
ton of the present convention. the DOM
sterling of Great Britain shall be con.iIt
cred as equivalent to four dollars NV
eighty-six cents of the gold coin of Il
United States. v
ARTICLE Va q
Each exchange office shall ce-;bi
its orders to the other, in an0r..1
designated in the Denominations !
the money both Of the dispatcbh.,
and receiving country, at the nts
of conversion established upon the basi, d
gold by article Xiii of this convention. mn
conversion shall be checked at the receiyir,J
office of exchange.
ARTICLE XIV.
All payments for money orders, whetbg
to or by the public. if not in gold. shall k
made to the nearest practicable equiyalast
ARTICLE XVI >
The value, in gold com of the Cnti
States, of deposits in paper money MAIDEN
that country for payment in Great Britain
shall be determined at the exchange oRgr
of New York, according to the rate of prs
MUM on gold. on the day Of receipt at liz,
office of notification of such deposits. 0,
the other hand. the value, in United Stats,
paper currency. of money orders certtst,
in the lists sent from the exchange office
London to the exchange Office of New YOrs
shall be determined (aiso at New York
accordance with the premium on gold o.
the day OF the receipt OF such lists.
ARTICLE WI.
Orders which shall not have been paid
within twelve calendar months from ths
month of issue shall become void, and III
sums received shall accrue to and remans
the disposal of the country of origin. Th
British office shall, therefore. enter to TIT
credit of the United States, in the quarterI
account, all money orders entered in III
lists received from the United States vhic.
remain unpaid at the end of the period
specified. On the other hand, the United
Il, -.
month, transmit to the British Office, fr
entry in the quarterly account, a detailed
statement of all orders included in the lisr
dispatched from the latter office which +.
under this article. become void
ARTICLE XyIII
Repayment of orders to rcmitters shalF
not be made until an authorization for suct
repayment shall first have been obtained By
the country of issue from the county
where such orders were payable: and the
of the repaid orders shall be duly,
credited to the former country in the qua.r
cerly account. 1t is tie province of eaci.
postal administration to determine tht
manner IN which repayment to the reui.te'}
is to be made.
ARTICLE XIX.
The orders issued by each country on the
other shall be subject. a. regards payment,
to the regulations which govern the pay,
ment of inland orders of the country on
which they are drawn.
ARTICLE XX.
The General Postortce IN each Countr7s
shall be authorized to adopt any additional
rules ut not repugnant to the foregoing
Tor the greater security against fraud, OF
tor the better working of the system gen
orally. All such additional rules however,
must be promptly communicated to the
pOStothce of the other country.
ARTICLE MI.
The present convention shall take effect
On the first day of October next, and shal
continue in force until twelve months aiie'
the date at which one of the cOntractn!
parties shall have notified to the other Id
intention to terminate it.
Done in duplicate, and signed in LondCl
on the tllrtieth day of June, in the year o.
our Lord one thousand eight hundred anu
'eVenty-one. and in Washington On tE;1
-wenty-s seventh day of July, in the year q
our Lord one thousand eight hundred anu
'eventy-onc.
W. MOUSELL.
JOHN \. J. CRESNELL,
postmaster General of the United Statea'
hereby approve the aforegoing CONVEX, :
Ion, and IN testimony thereof. have caused
he seal OF the United STATES to be affixed.
L. S. CRANE
by the President:
W. hAMILToN FISH. Secretary of State