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 CONVENTION—SWEDEN AND NORWAY. MAnou·15, 1873.. 767 tions having for their object theconclusion of a postal convention, and our Minister, duly authorized for that purpose, having, on the 15th day of March, in the present year, with the Postmaster—General of the United States, established, concluded, signed, and with his seal provided a convention, word for word as follows: (See Convention above.) Therefore We have desired to ratify, approve, and accept the conve tion so concluded, with all its articles, paragraphs, and clauses, and We. do by these presents, in the most express terms, approve, accept, and ratify the same; and We will sincerely and honestly uphold and fulfill the tbregoing convention and all its articles, paragraphs, and clauses. In witness whereof We have, with our own hand, signed, and caused the same to be confirmed by our royal seal. Done at Stockholm Castle, on the sixteenth day of the month of May, ·in the year after the birth of our Lord and Saviour, one thousand eight hundred and seventy;-three. OSCAR. [sun.] O. M. Baonnsrmana. - The undersigned having met together for the purpose of exchanging Exchangg of mt,. the ratitications of the convention concluded at the city of Washing- iications. ton on the fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-threeybetween His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, andthe United States of North America, concerning the exchange of correspondence between the United States of North America and the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and the respective ratitications of the said convention having been carefully com— pared and found to agree exactly one with the other, and both with the original of the said convention, the exchange has this day been eifected in the usual form. In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present certificate of exchange, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Stockholm the 26th day of May, 1873. C. O. ANDREWS. sean. O. M. BJURNSTJERNA.— s12:AL.i Detailed regulations agreed upon between the Post- Office of the United States May 30 and Juno 24, and the Postal Administration of Sweden for the execution of the conven- 1873- tion of the 15th of March, 1873, between the United` States of America. Ante, 1,, 1g_ and the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. ‘ Aarroms 1. The American exchange offices of New York and Chicago shall make EXc,,,,,,g0 Umm, up mails for the Swedish exchange offices of Giiteborg, the travellingan unites States postohice No. 1 between Goteborg and Stockholm, and the travelling and Sw¤¤· post-office No. 2 between Malme and Falktiping._ The latter shall make up mails for the exchange offices of New York — and Chicago. _ _ » Table·A, hereto annexed, indicates thel-correspondence to be distributed to each exchange ofnce. - ` — Aactionn 2. Each mail, exchanged between the respective offices shall be accom- Lvttcr-l>iU¤· pnnied by a letter~bil1, showing the pontages and the charges of transit, the fgés, &c., accruing to each office upon the diiierent kinds of correspon ence. . _ The form of this letter-bill shall follow the models B' and B°, hereto Former