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 834 CON"VENTION—VICTOBIA. Ocronnu 5, Dnonmann 9, 1881. Oct. 5, Deo. 9, 1881. Convention between the Post Qyice Department of the United States of —"_;"" America and the General Post Qgiee of the Colony of Victoria, Australia, concerning the exchange of monegorders. Done in duplicate and signed in Washington December 9, 1881; and in Melbourne October 5, 1881. conusctingpu- The Post Odiee Department of the United States of America and the iw- General Post Office of the Colony of Victoria, Australia, being desirous of establishing a system of exchange of money-orders between the two countries, the undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose, have agreed upon the ibllowing Articles: · Anrrcnn 1. E,,,h,mg,, ,,;,,0,. There shall be a regular exchange of moncy·orders between the two tal money orders. 00l1I\lTl'l0S. ` K ,,;,,1,,,,, of The maximum of each order is fixed at £10 sterling, when issued in orders. Victoria, and, when issued in the United States, at the equivalent, in sterling money, of $50 in the money of the latter country, converted at the rate fixed by Article 13 of the present Convention. Fractions ex- No money—order shall include a fractional part of a penny, or, of a CII1d6d. cent; The amount of each order, whether issued in the United States or in Victoria, must be expressed in letters in British money, and the equivalent in the money of the United States must also be shown in ilgures. · Anrrcnn 2. r Commissions. The Victoria Post Omce shall have power to fix the rates of commis— sion on all money-orders issued in Victoria, and the Post Oiice Department of the United States shall have the same power in regard to all - mouey·orders issued in the United States. Izotoorolnngu. Each Uiice shall communicate to the other its tariif of charges, or rates of commission which shall be established under this Convention, ` and thesarates shall, in all cases, be payable in advance by the remit ters, and shall not be repayable. » Birehstntge, me- It is understood, moreover, that each Olilce is authorized to suspend, 1>¤¤¤¤ temporarily, the exchange of money-orders in case the course of exchange, or any other circumstance should give rise to abuses, or, cause detriment to the postal revenue. . Anrrcmr 3. g.,mmi,§i,,,, Each country shall keep the commission charged on all money-orders disposition and within its jurisdiction, but shall pay to the other country threedburths P¤¥¤°¤* °£. of one per cent. ou the amount of such orders. Anmcm: 4. _ Designation or The service of the Postal money·order system between the two coun· <>{fi•¤¤¤ of ¤¤· tries, shall be performed exclusively by the agency of Oillccs of Ex- ° ""’$”‘ change. On the part of the United States the Oihce of Exchange shall be San Francisco Californishand on tho part of Victoria, Melbourne. Orders drown on Orders shall be drawn o y on the authorized mono ·order olilms of ¤¤*¢¤¤¤f ¤¤¤¤¤¤s¤ the respective countries; and each Postal Administmtion shnll finnish °”‘*`· to the other a List of such offices, and shall, from time to time, notify any addition to, or change in such list. Every order and advice must contain the name of the odlce and of the country of destination, and if