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 CONVENTION—QUEENSLAND. MABOH 26, MAY 28, 1884. 757 of the exchange of money-orders between the United States and the P¤5’¤¤°¤* °f b¤l· 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-Office at London to the credit of the Post Office of Queensland. . li, pending the settlement of an account, one of the two Postal Ad- c 5:{m;’;£¤°“·:: nnnistrations shall ascertain that it owes the other, a balance exceed- t{:,m,,,§_ g ing five hundred pounds sterling, the indebted administration 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’ and Formsand *G,’ annexed to this convention. Anrrcu; 13. Until the two Postal Administrations shall consent to an alteration, Eqnivalentvaluo it is agreed that in all matters of account relative to money-orders which °f P°¤¤d ¤*°’lm8· · shall result from the execution of the present convention, the pound sterling of Great Britain shall be considered as equivalent to four dollars, eighty-seven cents, of the money of the United States. Anrrcnn 14. The Postal Administration in each country shall be authorized to Ad¢ii¤i<>¤¤l¤'¤1¤¤~ adopt any additional rules (if not repugnant to the foregoing) for the greater security against fraud, or for the better working of the system generally. _ All such additional rules, however, must be promptly communicated to the post-office of the other country. Anrromz 15. The present convention shall take eifect on the iirst day of July, g°:::t¤;°°m•¤* 1884, and shall continue in force until twelve months after either of the ““ °°° contracting parties shall have notified to the other its intention to terinate it. _ m Done in duplimte and signed in Washington on the twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1884, and in Brisbane on the twenty- sixth day of March in the year of our Lord 1884. [SEAL] Wnrrnn Q. Gnnsum, sigmuuu Postmaster- General of the United States. Jums F. Gnnmox, · Postmaster- General of Queensland. Signed by the said James F. Garrick in the presence of Jomv MCDONNELL, Under Sec’y Post and Telegraph Department. Ar Bnrsnun ON 26th March, 1884. I h b rove the foregoing Convention and in testimony thereof, I havgrgarlsieldlthe seal of the United States to be hereto anixed. [smut] CHESTER A. ARTHUR. By the President. Fnmm. T. Fnmunouursnu, Secretary of State. Wnsnrmvrorz, June 5, 1884.