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 768 Aonnnmnnr-eitnnr nnrum. Jnnn 1s, 1880. June 18, 1880. Agreement, to increase the limit of weight and size of packets of patterns oj v1‘";" merchandise exchanged through the mails, between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland. Agreement between the United States of America. and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and greland fo_r1Increasing_t1hIe Limits of Weight and the Dimensions of ackets 0 atterns 0 ere an isc exchanged through the Post between the two Countries. Signed at Washington, June 18th, 1880. Contractingpar- The General Post Oftlce of the United States of America and Liga; %3°°'"°°"` and Ireland, being desirous of facilitating the postal relations between ’` the two countries, and in exercise of the power given to them under Article XV of the Convention of the Universal Postal Union concluded in Paris on the lst June, 1878, Have agreed as follows: Weight and size The limits of weight and the dimensions of packets of patterns of "f OTS8g merchandise exchanged through the Post between the United States of };’c,.0,,S€d_ America on the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Bntaiu I Stat. go, convnn. and Ireland on the other part, may be increased by the Postal Admin- ¤¤¤. D- »38· istration oi the country ot origin bey ond those which have been Hxed by Article V of the International Convention of the 1st June, 1878, under the express reservation that such limits shall not exceed the following: Weight. In weight . .  . . . - . 350 grammes. 30 centimetres, length. Dimensions. In dimensions ... . . ..  . . 20 centimetres, breadth. 10 centimetres, depth. Commencement. The present agreement shall take effect on the 1st July, 1880, and '1 °*m}¤¤»b1$> 01* shall be terminable at any time on a notice by either office of one year. °"° Y°°‘"“°"‘°°‘ In witness whereof the undersigned, David M. Key, Postmaster- General of the United States of America, in virtue of the powers vested in him by law, and the Right Honorable Sir Edward Thornton, K. C. B., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, at Washington, of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, duly authorized for that purpose, have drawn up the present agreement to which they have affixed their respective seals. _ Done m duphcate at Washington the 18th day of June, 1880. Signatures. D. M. KEY. sm;.] EDW’D THORNTON. I hereby approve the foregoing agreement, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed he1"§[132YES B. B. . By the President: Jomv HAY, Acting Secretary of State. Wnsimrcron, June 18, 1880.
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