Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-16

convention and these rates SHALL in all cases. DO paid
IN advance BY tho remitter and shall not in any event
be re-payahe II Is understood, moreover, that each
office Is authorized to suspend temporarily, tho ex.
change Of moneyorders in Gaze the course OF exchange
or any other circumstance should give rise 10 abuses or
cause detrlment 10 the postal revenue
ART, III. Each country shall keep the commission
charged on all moneyorders issued within IT, but shall
pay N the other country one per cent the total
ART. ~. No Inoney-order shall include fractional
ART. " The service Of the postal nonoy-ordor sys.
tenn between the two countries shall be performed OK
cluslYey by tho agency OF Offices Of exchange On the
part Of the United States the office Of exchange shall
be New York. and on the part Of tho United Kingdom,
ART. vi Any person in tho United States desiring
20 remit TO the United Kingdom sum Of money within
postoco In tho United States designated for such puf-
pose from time to time by the postmaster general OF
that country Such person shall at the same tmo give
tho name and address Of the person to whom the amount
Is TO DO paid In the United Kingdom, and his
Any gcrson in the United Kingdom desiring to remit
70 the United States a Of money, within the same
limits, may pay into any money-order office Of the
United Kingdom giving at the same tlmo tho name
and exact address Of tho person TO whom the amount
to be paid in the United States, and his and
Tho receiving postmaster in either country SHALL in
accordance with the rules established by his postal adj
nntnSj molly every such payment to the dis
The postmaster Of Now York. upon receipt of every
notification Of that kind, shall mako out and forward
to the payeo In tho United Kingdom monoy-order
payable IN sterling at the post-oce that country
OF Oruor, IL Dclng under
stood that the moncyordors RENTED shall be sent
In the first instance TO the controller Of the money
der ONCE in London and shall not be subject TO postage
ART VII By every mail the exchange Cfice Of each
country shall send TO the exchange office Of the other
country certified list q sums payable in that country
and received since tho dispatch Of the previous list
As soon as any such list shall have reached the New
York Office and been verified, this Office shall make out
inland money in favor Of the payoes for the
amount specified in the list and shall promptly for
ward them TO the paytes or to the paying Office in
iornity with the regulations existing in the United
states, Tor tho payment of money-Ordors
The list forwarded to tho United Kingdom shall be
accompanied by the relative letters of advice of the
orders entered therein together with the orders them
selves as already settled In Article W. After compar
son with tho list the adyices shall DO dispatched to tho
Offices drawn upon and tho letters nclosng the orders
posted for delivery.
The lists, by means of which zach Office of exchange
communicates with the other shall be according to tho
ART. VII. Tho lists dispatched from each oOlco of
exchange shall be numbered cOnsecutivoly, cOmmenc-
ing with No. l. at the beginning Of each year. and tho
entries IN these lists shall have consecutive numbers
those In the lists from the United Kingdom commenc-
| ing each calendar month with No. /.
OF each list dispatched from Now York, duplicate
shall be sent which duplicate SHALL after being verf-
ed at tho British office, be returned to New York.
ART. IN should any list fail to I've received, In due
course, the dspatehng office shall, receiving infor
nation TO that effect transmit without delay dupli-
cate Of the list duly certified as such.
ART. y. Each Office Of exchange shall promptly
municato to the other tho correction Of simple
ror which II may discover in the notification of the lists
When the lists shall show Irregularities which the re-
ceylng Office shall not DO able to rectfy that Office
shall apply for explanation from the dispntching Of
lice and this explanation shall DO afforded without de-
| ART. XI. Duplicate orders shall only be issued by
the postal administration Of the country which the
original orders were drawn and in conformity with the
regulations established or to DO established in that
country.
ART. XII At tho close Of each quarter three copies
Of account shall be prepared and transmitted by the
office at London, exhibiting the balance found due on
tho exchanges OF orders during the quarter which bal
anco after proper vcrcaton shall II due by the Unit
cd states Office 1t shall DO paid at London but If due
sh9 1 hs e pc Pad at New HSf and al
mont made. IT, pending the settlement of account
one Of the two postal administrations shall ascertain
that IL owes the other ba exceeding thousand
pounds sterling, the indebted administration shall
promptly remit tho approximate amount Of such balance
tiers which accompany such intermediate remttances
shall DO in accordance with the Forms O. ID, and L,
ART. XIII. Until the two general postoices shall
consent to an alteration, II is agreed that in all mat
tiers OF account relative TO money orders which shall
suit from the execution Of the present convention the
pound sterling OF Great Britain shall be considered
equivalent 70 four dollars and eghysix cents Of tho
| gold coin Of tho United States
| ART XIV Each exchange office shall certify its or
ders to the other in the amounts designated in the de
nominations Of tho money both Of tho dispacEing and
receiving country at the rate Of conversion established
upon the basis Of gold by Article 10 Of this convention
This conversion shall be checked at the receiving Office
| Of exchange.
ART. XIV. All payments for monoy-orders, whether
to by the public Il not in sOd shall DO made to the
nearest practicable equivalent.
ART XVl. The value, in gold coin of the United
for payment in Great Britain, shall be determined al
the exehango office Of New York according to tho rate
Of premium on gold on the day Of receipt at the Office
Of notification Of such deposits On the other hand the
value, in the United States paper currency Of money
orders certified in tho lists sent from the exchange Of
fee Of London to the exchange office OF New York, shall
DO determined (also at New York; in accordance with
the premium gold the day of receipt Of such lists
| ART. XVII. Orders which shall not have been paid
within twelve calendar months from tho month Of is
shall become void and the sums received shall ac
crus to, and remain at the disposal OF the country Of
origin The British office SHALL therefore, enter to the
credit Of tho United States in the quarterly account
money orders entered in the lists received from the
United States which remain unpaid at the end of the
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 state
ment Of all orders included in the lists dispatched from
the latter office which, under this article become void
ART XVIII. Repayment of orders to Temitters shall
not be made until an authorization for such repaymen
shall first have been obtained by the country Of issue
from the country where such orders payable and
the amounts OF the repaid orders shall be duly credited
10 the former country in the quarterly account. 1t Is
the province Of each postal administration to determine
tho manner in which repayment 10 the remtter Is to be
made.
ART XIX. The orders issued by each country on the
other shall be subject as regards payment to the regu
ations which govern the payment Of inland orders o
tho country on which they are drawn.
ART. NN; Tho general post-oliee in each country
shall be authorized TO adopt any ADDITIONAL rules W no
ropugnant to the forogoing for the greater secnrtl
against fraud, for the better working Of the system
generally. All such additional rules, however mus
be promptly communicated to the postoiice of tho 9th
ART. XII The present convention shall take encc
on the first day Of October next, and shall continue il
force until twelve months after tho date at which on
Of tho contracting parties shall have notified to tho 9th
er its intention to terminate IL.
Done in duplicate and signed in London on the thir
tieh day of June, in the year of Lord one thou
ton on tho twentyseventh day of July, In the year
| IsEALl JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
P0'tmdstsr-Gsnerdi Of GIG LnitGd States
lsEALl W. MONsELL,
Her Mdjrsty's POSfmdSfcr-G CnGTdi
hereby approve the aforogoing convention, and Il
testimony thereof have caused the seal of the United
SEAL States TO be affixed. U. ;, GRANT.
Nv tho President HAMILTON FISH, Sec. Of state.
Washington, July p, ISL
A. List No.
{ Stamp ofhs
Neto YORK Office,
SIN, have the honor to transmit to you herewith
in duplicate list containing detailed statement o
the sums received in the United States since my las
dispatch dist No. y for the orders payable In Grea
Britain and Ireland, amounting In the aggregate t
s..
Be pleased to examine complete and return to me tn
original copy Of this list, with your acknowledgment
It's receipt Endorsed thereon.
! am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
Postmaster New York.
To tho Controller Money order Office, London.
Current number Of International
order =
Number Of original order. z
Date Of original order q
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