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 POSTAL CONVENTION — GREAT BRITAIN. JUNE 30 & JULY 27, 1871. 887 Convention between the General Post-ajice of the Matted State: of Amer- June 30&Ju1y wa and the General Post-ojicc of the United IGngd0m of Great .Br·itain 27- 1871- and Deland. Tun general post-oliice of the United States of America and the general post-office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous of establishing an exchange of money-orders between the two countries, the undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose, have agreed upon the following articles z- Amrons I. There shall be a regular exchange of money-orders between the two Exghm of coimtries. The maximum of each orderis fixed at ten pounds sterling m°¤¢Y·<>Y£l¤· when issued in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Mexgmum °l` when issued in the United States, at fifty dollars in the national paper my or en currency of the latmr country. Amicnm II. The British post-ofiice shall have power to tix the rates of commission Commissions on all money-orders issued in the United Kingdom, and the United States °“ “‘°“°Y'°"d°”i post-office shall have the same ‘power in regard to all money·orders issued lll the United States. Each office shall communicate to the other its tariff of charges or rates of commission which shall be established under this convention, and these rates shall, in all cases, be paid in advance by to be paid in the remitter, and shall not, in any event, be repayable. It is understood, :g}$‘:,f,;“d “°° moreover, that each office is authorized to suspend, temporarily, the Exchange 0,. exchange of money-orders in case the course of exchange or any other orders may_bs circumstance should give rise to abuses or cause detriment to the postal °““P°“d°d Iii &°· revenue. Amicus III. Each country shall keep the commission charged on all money-orders mgoziémissigcns issued within it, but shall pay to the other country one percent. on the ° °P°* °' total amount of such orders. Aivrrcnn IV. No money-order shall include a fractional part of a penny or of a cent. uolyiangliplxpsm ru ARTICLE V. dilcenlt. u Penny The service of the postal money-order system between the two coun- Offices of extries shall be performed exclusively by the agency of offices of exchange. €H:';§ff&§?rf°rm On the part of the United States, the office of exchange shall be New mba at New York, and on the part of the United Kingdom, London. Ek and Lon- Arvrrcnn VI. Any person in the United States desiring to remit to the United King- npemptsnoptpyr dom a sum of money within the limits prescribed by Article I., may pay 1t gosgmzg into any post·oflice in the United States designated for such purpose from time to time, by the postmaster-general of that country. Such person