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 CONVENTION-—EGYPT. JUNE 23, 1897. 1615 Duplicate orders shall be issued only by the postal administration of D¤P“°¤*°¤· the country on which the original orders were drawn, and in conformity with the regulations established in that country. ARTICLE XII. Repayment, whether of an original or by means of a R°P“¤‘”°'“’- duplicate order, shall not be made to the remitter until it has been ascertained through the postal administration of the country on which the original order was drawn that the order has not been paid, and will not be paid in the country of payment. ARTICLE XIII. Orders which shall not have been paid within twelve twffjb ggzlhswflgff calendar months from the month of issue shall become void and the sums Ba.' received shall accrue to and be at the disposal of the country of origin. The Post-Ofiice Department of Egypt shall therefore enter to the _ Vvid orders. cwiit credit of the United States, in the quarterly account, all money orders 1,'{.,?““"°’]’ “°°°‘""‘ entered in the lists received from the United States, and which remain unpaid at the end of the period specified. On the other hand, the Post- Ofiice Department of the United States shall, at the close of each month, transmit to the Post·Office Department of Egypt, for entry in the quarterly account, a detailed statement of all orders included in the lists despatched from the latter office, which under the article become void. ARTICLE XIV. At the close of each quarter an account shall be pre- A·¤=¤¤¤w pared by the Post.ffice Department of Egypt, showing in detail the . totals of the lists containing the particulars of orders issued in each' country during the quarter, and the balance resulting from such transactions. Two copies of the account shall be transmitted to the Post- Oiiice Department of the United States at Washington, and the balance, which must always be stated in United States money, shall, after proper verification, if due by the Post-Office Department of Egypt, be paid at New York in the money of the United States, by a bill of exchange sent by the Post-Ofhce Department of Egypt at the same time that it transmits the accounts, and if due by the Post-Office Department of the United States, the balance shall be paid by means of a bill of exchange on London, England, drawn in sterling money and payable at sight. It is further hereby agreed that the postal administration of Egypt may pay balances due the United States in like manner by means of sight drafts on London, England, drawn in sterling money, and that, whenever balances are paid by either country by means of sterling bills of exchange, the value of the pound sterling shall he reckoned at $4.87 of the money of the United States. Ancrrorn XV. The Postmaster-General, in either country, shall be Ad<li¤¤¤¤1¤¤¤•¤- authorized to 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 communicated to the Postmaster-General of the other country. ARl`ICI.E XVI. Each administration is authorized, in extraordinary si(£°;¤,Pg;:;gLB=*¤¤P°¤· circumstances that would justify the measure, to suspend temporarily ` the Inoniyorder service, in whole or in part, upon condition of giving notice of such suspension immediately to the other country, and, if » deemed necessary, by means of the telegraph. AR1‘ICLE XVII. This convention shall come into operation on the m£¤r=¤¤i¤¤ <>*¢·>¤*’¤¤· first day of Uctober, 1897, and shall continue in force until twelve ' months after each of the contracting parties shall have notified to the · otheer its intention to terminate it. Done in duplicate and signed in ¥Vashingtou on the 23rd day of June, 1897. J A G ;i o` r. - . AS' ° ABY . [A '»»J.»LZ2-3¤‘?£.{’*“°° Postnzaster-General of the United States. S‘g“““'°°· P. SABA, Po.stma·ster- General of Egypt.