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 900 CONVENTION—NEW sourrn warms. oem. zo, Duo. e, 1881. oa. 29 and Dee. 0'onvention between the Post Office Department of the United States of _ 6. 1881. America and the General Post Qylcefof the Colony of New South Wales, and signed in Washington December 6, 1881, and in Sidney October 29, 1881. ccnmwmgpu. The Post Omce Department of the United States of America and the ¢i¤¤· General Post Omce of the Colony of New South Wales, 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 following Articles: i _ Anrroma 1. t lixchangelolfpos- There shall be a regular exchange of money orders between the two ¤ ¤¤>¤¤y-<> M countries. Maximum or or- The maximum of each order is fixed at £10 sterling, when issued in dm- New South Wales, 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 iixed by Article 13 of the present Convention. drzirzctions ex- Nto money order shall include a baotional part of a penny, or, of a ¤ cen Amounts of or- The amount of each order, whether issued in the United States or in _ gen, MW ¤¤— New South Wales, must be  letters in British money, and ’“°°d· tihe equivalent in the money of the United States must also be shown in gures. Anrrcnm 2.’ Commissions, The New South Wales Post Omce shall have power to iix the rates of commission on all money orders issued in New South Wales, and the l’0st-Omlcez Dmlnartment lei; the Umgd States shtaill have the same power _mrega oa moueyo ersissu in theUni States. charges, notice Each Omce shall communicate to the other its tariif of charges, or °*"**°"°‘*°8"°¤· rates of commission, which shall be established under this Conventwn, and thiesle rates shall; in all cases, be payable in advance by the remitters, a shall n repaya e. Temporary sus- It is understood, moreover, that each Omee is authorized to suspend, wm *¤*h°*· temporarily, the exchange of money  in case the course of ex- ‘ change, or any other circumstance should give rise to abuses, or, cause detriment to the postal revenue. Anmcm 3. Per_ centum or  icountry shall keep the commission charged on all money orders °*;!5¤¤¤¤¤¤°¤¤ *¤ N within its jurisdiction, but shall pay to the other country three fourths P · of one per cent. on the amount of such orders. Anrrom 4. X °h(¤¢¤¤ dof _ ¤¤-   service of the Postal money order system between the two c0u¤· wd_ “¥° °°'K’!" tries, shall be perfumed exclusively by the agiegcy of Omoes of Exchange. On the part of the United States the ce of Exchanmvshall V ge dS11m Francisco, California, and on the part of New South ales, 5 G5'- ` Orders. Orders shall be  only on the authorized money order omces of the respective countries; and each Postal Administration shall furnish to the other a Inst of such_ omces, and shall, from time to time, notify Lim. any addition to, or change in such list. Every order and advice must
 * _"_""' Australia, concerning the exchange o money orders. Done in duplicate