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 CONVENTION WITH NEW ZEALAND. AUG. 3 & Ocr. 5, 1870. 1123 Anrrcnn IX. Every fully prepaid letter dispatched from one country L¢ii°¤» lm" to the other shall be plainly stamped with the words “Paid all ” in red t° b° Stamped' ink, on the right-hand upper corner of the address, in addition to the date stamp of the office at which it was posted; and on insufficiently paid letters the amount of the deficient postage shall be inscribed in black ink. Anrrcm: X. Dead letters, which cannot be delivered from whatever Deadlettersto cause, shall be mutually returned without charge, monthly, or as frequently b° '““m°d· as the regulations of the respective offices will permit. Anrrcns XI. This convention shall come into operation on the first Convention day of December, 1870, and shall be termiuable at any time, on a. notice ;i;l£“a::,t;i;§f‘ by either office of six months. terminable. Done in duplicate and signed in Washington the fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and in Wellington, New Zealand, on the third day of August, in the same year. [SEAL.] » JNO. A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster- General of the United States. [sen,.] J ULIUS LOYD, Postmasten General of Mw Zealand. 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: [sein,.] Hnmrmou Frsn, Secretary of State. Wasnmcxrou, October 5, 1870.