836 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. JUNE 18, 1867. rated in general forthwith be paid, in the money of the country to which the payment is to °‘°°°°"t°‘ be made, by that office which is found to be indebted to the other. Egpiyalent of In converting United States currency into sterling, or sterling into lm “‘“d United States currency, four shillings and two pence shall be considered Sims Mm` as the equivalent of a dollar. Otncieleom- ARTICLE XVII. Official communications addressed by the United
- ¤°¤*°*`£°¤Pb°·b_ States Post·Office to the British Post-Oliicc, or by the British Post-Ofl
Owggggs ,,2, $,,9 fice to the United States Post-Oflice, shall not give rise to any account accounted. between the two Post—OHiccs. Regnlationsto ARTICLE XVIII. The two offices shall, by mutual consent, make Egvfygzlalzgle detailed regulations in accordance with the foregoing articles, such regu- ` lations to be terminable on a reasonable notice by either office. Existing con- ARTICLE XIX. All the conventions which now regulate the ex-
- v°,f;;’Q;i;°tg;;‘;° change of correspondence between the United Kingdom of Great Brit-
65*,,,,;, ain and Ireland and the United States of America., shall cease to have Am P ,88 eH`ect from the date of the day when the present convention shall be put ’ i ° into execution. fWl3<·>¤ ¤r¤i¤l<=¤ Arcrioma XX. Articles one, five, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, '{ tm °°"""" twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen, shall come into operation tion take eifect. _ _ _ on the 1st October next, and the remaining articles on the 1st day of January 1868. Convention ARTIOLEI XXI. This convention shall be terminable at any time on ¢¤p¤;¤¤lg2¤ uP°¤ a notice by either office of one year; and Article V. (except so far as W R ”° *°°° relates to newspapers) shall be terminablc on a notice of three months. Execution. Done in duplicate and signed in London, the 18th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. ‘ MONTROSE, [1.. s.] JOHN A. Kass0N, Special Oom., qc., dc. [L. s.] POSPOFFICE Dsrnnmnivr, Washington, July 8, 1867. C¤¤V¤¤¢i<>¤ Having examined and considered the foregoing articles of a new
Q;,‘"lfg" Postal Convention between the United States of America and the United
Post.master-Gen- Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which were agreed upon and
- 15 signed in duplicate at London on the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by the Ilon. John A. Kasson, Special Commissioner, &c., &c. on behalf of this Department, and by His
Grace the Duke of Montrose, Postmaster-General of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, on behalf of his Department, the same are by me hereby ratified and approved, by and with the advice and consent of the President of the United States. In witness whereof, I have caused the seal of the Post-Otlice Depart- [L S ] ment to be hereto allixed, with my signature, the day and year 'first above written. Amex. W. RANDALL, Postmaster-General, ZZ Si agprovsd by I hereby approve the foregoing Convcntiori, and in testimony thereof gg UE£;>¤¤ ¤i’ I have caused the seal of the United States to be atiixed. Sum [L. s.] ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: Witmau H. Smwnn, Secretary of State. Wnsmnsron, July 8, 1867.
