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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. <A’UGh 13 &,SEPT:1}18$O»827 ADDITIONAL ARTICLES To the Articles agreed upon between the Post- (yice of the United States of A¤:¤¤*¤ 13 •·¤d America and the Post-Office of the United ingdom of Great Britain ggéémber l' and Ireland. IN pursuance of the power granted by Article XXI. of the convention -4***% P· 787- of December 15, 1848, between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the two Post—Offices to settle the matters of detail, which are to be arranged by mutual consent, for ensuring the execution of the stipulations contained in the said convention, the undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose by their respective offices, have agreed upon the following articles :—— _ Amicnn I. There shall be established on the part of the United New omce of Kingdom a new office of exchange at Glasgow, which shall exchange ‘2.3;;‘*‘;‘§° ’·l‘ mails with the United States offices of Portland, Chicago, Detroit, B0s· E ` ton, and New York, by means of Canadian mail packets. Amicus II. The description of letters, &c. which shall be comprised Description of in the mails forwarded from Glasgow to the several United States ex- lgtffégagglzzv changing offices, or from those exchanging oiizices to Glasgow, shall he arranged by correspondence between the British and United States Post- Offices. Amrronn III. The present articles shall be considered as additional d,g`b°;1°;;tl’°l’·d‘ to those agreed upon between the two offices for carrying into execution I °n 1° °l' the convention of December 15, 1848, signed at Washington on`the 14th· Ame, p. 788. May, 1849. Done in duplicate and signed in London on the thirteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and at Washington on the tirst day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. JOSEPH H. BLACKFAN. FREDERICK HILL. Approved: J. Hom. Approved: Anornn.