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 572 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH THE NETHERLANDS. SEPT. 26, 1867. “0[V[1:;>B§°;hY°¤— Aarromc XX. This Convention shall take effect on the iirst day wd how l0,,g°§;" of January next, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual continue. agreement; or otherwise until one year from the date when one office shall have notified the other of its desire to terminate it. But the two offices may by common accord modify it at any time, as the exigencies of _ the service may require. p¤§:3f°°°t°“¥" It is subject to approval on the one part by the Postmaster—Genera1 ‘ of the United States, on the other by the Minister of Finance of the _ Netherlands. E‘°°“*‘°"‘ Executed in duplicate at the Hague, the twenty-sixth day of September, in the year 1867. [1.. s.] Jomz A. KASSON, - Sp. O'0m’r, dc., dc., UZ SC J. P. Horsrnna, [L. s.] POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, October 18, 1867. i thAgP¤"€'¤lbY Having examined and considered the foregoing Articles of a Postal G§m§;°°8l°" Convention for the amelioration of the Postal Service between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which were agreed upon and signed in duplicate at the Hague, the twenty-sixth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by the Hon. John A. Kasson, Special Commissioner, &c., on behalf of this Depart·· ment, and by Mr. J. P. Hofstede, Chief Director of the General Post Oiiice of the Netherlands, 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-Ofiice Department to be hereto affixed, with my signature, the day and year first above written. [L. s.] ALEX. W. RANDALL, Postmaster- General, U S. by the Prssl- I hereby approve the aforegoing Convention, and in testimony thereof, gsm I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. ' [L. s.] ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, October 18, 1867.