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 1004 CONVENTION WITH NORTH GERMAN UNION. APRIL 7-23, 1870. of foreign postage on correspondencein open transit shall be reciprocally accounted for at the full rates. When this ARTICLE V. The foregoing articles shall replace the provisions cong§Q;f_“°‘°” "‘k°“ tained in Article V., sub. 1 - 5, and in Articles VII. and XI. of the convention of 21st October, 1867. The present additional convention goes into operation the lst of July, 1870, and from that date forward has the same duration as the abovenamed convention. Done in duplicate and signed in Washington the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy; and in Berlin the twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy. [L. s.] JNO; A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster- General of the United States. [L. s.] R. VON PHILIPSBORN. Approval. I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. U. S. GRANT. By the President : HAM1L1·0N Fxsn, Secretary of State. Wnsnmorou, April 7, 1870. [1.. s.]