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 736 O0}<’VENTION—HAWAII-MONEY-OB.DEBS. SEPTEMBER 11, 1883. S¢P¤¤1¤b¤1‘ 11. 1883· Convention between the Post·0_p'ice Department of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Post-Opice Department of the United States of America, concerning the exchange of money·orders. Contractingpar- The Government of his Majesty the King of Hawaii and the Governti*>¤· ment of the Republic of the United States of America, being desirous of facilitating the exchange of sums of money between the two countries by making use of postal money-orders, the undersigned, H. A. P. Garter, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Hawaii, in the name of his Government, and by virtue of the powers which he has formally presented to this effect, and W. Q. Gresham, Postmaster General of the United States of America, in virtue of the powers vested in him by law, have agreed upon the following convention. Anrrcur. 1. Scope. There shall be a regular exchange of money-orders between the two countries. Money orders. The maximum of each order is fixed at fifty dollars. Fractions. No money-order shall include a fractional part of a cent. Amount. The amount of each order, whether issued in the United States or in the Kingdom of Hawaii, must be expressed in letters as well as in figures. ` An·r1oLE 2. C<>¤¤¤i¤¤i¤¤· The Hawaiian Post-Oilice Department shall have power to fix the value of commission on all moneyorders issued in the Kingdom of 4 Hawaii, and the Post-Office Department of the United States shall gave the same power in regard to all money-orders issued in the United tates. T¤ri1Y¤f<=h¤z¤¤· Each Department shall communicate to the other its tarif of charges, or rates of commission, which shall be established under this Convention, and these rates shall, in all cases, be payable in advance by the _ rcmitters, and shall not be repayable. S];*:P°¤“*°¤ °f It is understood, moreover, that each Department is authorized to °x° ug"' suspend, 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. Anrrcnn 3. ?¤Y¤¤°¤*°f¤°¤¤· Each country shall keep the commission charged on all money-orders '”“"°“‘ within its jurisdiction, but shall pay to the other country three-fourths of one per cent. on the amount of such orders. Anrronn 4. Service- The service of the postal money-order system between the two countries shall be performed exclusively by the agency of offices of exchange. On the part of the United States the office of exchange shall be San Francisco, California, and on the part of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Honolulu. · Orders. Orders shall be drawn only on the authorized money-order offices of L'“*°- the respective countries; and each Postal Administration shall furnish to the other a list of such offices, and shall, from time to time, notify