the General Post-Office at London, to the credit of the Post-Office Department of New Zealand. If pending the settlement of an account, one of the two Postal Administrations shall ascertain that it owes the other a balance exceeding five hundred pounds (£500) sterling, the indebted Administration shall promptly remit the approximate amount of such balance to the credit of the other. This account shall be in accordance with the forms "D," "E,” “F,” and "G," annexed to this Convention. ARTICLE 13. Equivalent Until the two Postal Administrations shall consent to an alteration, value of the pound it is agreed that in all matters of account relative to money-orders sterling. which shall result from the execution of the present Convention the pound sterling of Great Britain shall be considered as equivalent to four dollars, eighty-seven cents of the money of the United States. Additional rules. Commencement. Termination. Dates. Signatures. ARTICLE 14. The Postal Administration in each country shall be authorized to adopt any additional rules, (if not repugnant to the foregoing), for the greater security against fraud, or, for the better working of the system, generally. All such additional rules, however, must be promptly communicated to the Post Office of the other country. ARTICLE 15. This present Convention shall take effect on the first day of January, 1882, and shall continue in force until twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall have notified to the other its intention to terminate it. Done in duplicate and signed in Washington on the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1881, and in Wellington on the eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1881. Seal of the Post Office Department' (Signed) rtment] (Signed) In the presence of— W. GRAY, THOMAS L. JAMES, Postmaster General of the United States. WALTER U. JOHNSTON, Postmaster General of New Zealand. Secretary Posts & Telegraphs. I hereby approve the foregoing convention, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Secretary of State. [United States] (Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE, WASHINGTON, December 8th, 1881. List No. B. Stamp of San Francisco Office. SIR: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith, in duplicate, a list containing a detailed statement of the sum s received in the United States since my last dispatch (List No. ..........), for orders payable in New Zealand, amounting in the aggregate to ....... Be pleased to examine, complete, and return to me the original copy of this list, with your acknowledgment of its receipt indorsed thereon. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, To the POSTMASTER, Money-Order Exchange Ofice, Auckland. Postmaster, San Francisco. |