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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. MARCH 2, 1857. 875 The deduction resulting from charges on correspondence. which cannot be delivered shall be established in detailed memorandums, conformable POM P· 889- to the model F, annexed to the present articles. ARTICLE XVI. There shall be prepared every three months, at the Y*'¤<*lS°:°· French General Post-Oilice, precise accounts, recapitulating the facts rel- ;$?jSe$,‘;,°Pr°“ ative to the transmission of correspondence between the respective offices three months. of exchange. These accounts, which shall have for their base and for vouchers the acknowledgments of receipt of mails sent and received during the period of three months, shall be recapitulated in a gen- General aceral account, intended to present the definitive results of the transmission °°“”*“ of correspondence exchanged betweenthe two departments. After having been discussed and objections settled, the balance of the Balance of acgeneral account above mentioned shall be paid by the department which cig mw m b° shall be found indebted to the other in the course of the quarter which P ` shall follow that to which the account relates. The amount of the accounts shall be paid as follows:- lst. In drafts on Washington when the payment shall be in favor of the United States Post»Ofiice. 2d. In drafts on Paris when the payment shall be in favor of the French Post·Office. In the latter case the amount of the account shall be paid in French money, at the rate of five francs thirty centimes per dollar. ARTICLE XVII. The present articles shall take effect on the iirst day rtWl'°¤t;g°*° of April, 1857, and they shall remain obligatory until one of the two post- Zqégfs ° offices shall have informed the other, a year in advance, of its intention to abrogate them. During this last year the before-mentioned articles shall continue to be fully and entirely executed, without prejudice to the liquidation and pay- ment of the amount of the accounts between the postal departments of the two countries after the expiration of the said term. Made in duplicate original, and signed at Washington, the second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- seven. JAMES CAMPBELL, [s12A!..] P. M General. SARTIGES. [snr,.]