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 1874 CONVENTION—RUSSIA. FEBRUARY 1, 1899. ARTICLE XVL.—Ministerial declarations. tiivginisreriai <i¤=<=1¤r¤- This Convention shall be approved by an exchange of ministerial ° S' declarations, which shall take p ace as soon as practicable. Signatures- In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto their seals. Executed in duplicate and signed at Washington the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and at Saint Petersburg  January, one thousand nine hundred. [L. s.] (Signed) Ch. EMoRY SMITH, Postmaster General af the United States. [L. s.] (Signed) Lieutenant General N. PETROFF, Director General of Posts and Zelegra hs of the Russian