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 CONVENTION -VlCTORIA. Ooronnn 5, DECEMBER. 9, 1881. 837 Office Department of the United States on account of the exchange of money-orders between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; if due by the Post Office Department of the United States the balance shall likewise be paid to the General Post Otiice at London, to the credit of the General Post Office of Victoria. If pending the settlement of anaccount, one of the two Postal Admin- $<>¤¤l¢¤1¢¤*· istrations shall ascertain that it owes the other a balance exceeding five hundred pounds (£500) sterling, the indebted Administrations shall promptly remit the approximate amount of such balance to the credit of the other. _ This account shall be in accordance with the forms “D," “E," "F," Fj>¤¤¤"D,""E»" and “G," annexed to this Convention. "F· ’ md “G-" Anrrorm 13. Until the two Postal Administrations shall consent to an alteration, it _The pound steris agreed that in all matters of account, relative to money-orders, which I¤¤8» ¤<1¤iV¤i¤¤* shall result from the execution of the present Convention, the pound ""l“° °£, sterling of Great Britain shall be considered as equivalent to four dollars eightyseven cents of the money of the United States. Anrxcnn 14. - The Postal Administration in each country shall be authorized to Aemitiomlrules. adopt any additional rules, (if not repugnant to the foregoing,) for the great:x1i1secu.r·ity against fraud, or, for the better working of the system SW6 .7- . ’ All such additional ru1es,however, must be promptly communicated to the Post Office of the other country. Anrronu 15. · This present Convention shall take effect on the ilrst day of January, Commencement. 1882, and shall continue in force until twelve months after either of the ‘ contracting parties shall have notihed to the other its intention to ter- Termination. . minate it. . Done in duplicate and signed in Washington on the ninth day of December, in the year of our Inrd 1881, and in Melbourne on the fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord 1881. THOMAS L. JAMES $iK¤¤*¤¤'¤¤· Postmaster General of the United Sun. or run Posr-Omron Dnrmrnmnr } { or mm Ummn Sryrns. _ HENRY BOLTON, Postmaster General of Victoria. [San. or run Gmmmu. Posr Omucn or Vroronn.] Phereby approve the foregoing convention, and in testimony thereof} I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto aillxed. [Sm;. or rm: Umrnn Surns.] By the President: James G. Brains Secretary of State. Wlsnmcron, December 9th, 1881. lk
 * CHESTER A. ARTHUR.