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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. Pos, p. 4270. States has been authorized, during the same quarter, to repay. 2. The commission of /% on the amount of money orders paid in the Lebanon Republic. c. The balance of the accounts: For the establishment of the said balance, the lesser claim will be converted into the money of the larger claim, by using for the base of conversion the average official rate of exchange in the debtor country during the period to which the account relates. The difference finally established will be included in the first ac- count of the following quarter. This account prepared on a form similar to the one in Appendix E shall be accompanied by state- ments: a. Of advice lists transmitted during the quarter in both direc- tions (Appendix D) b. Of invalid and repaid money orders (Appendix C). A copy of the account, duly accepted, will be returned to the General Administration of Posts and Telegraphes at Beyrouth. ARTICLE XXI. If during the quarter the total amount of the money orders issued by either Administration exceeds 12,000 gold francs (or the equivalent thereof), the orders issued by the other Central Ad- ministration, the creditor country shall have the right to ask the debtor Central Administration for payment of a provisional balance amounting to three-quarters of the sum due. This payment shall be effected within eight days follow- remboursement a 6et autoris6 aux Etats-Unis durant la meme p6riode. 2. La bonification de I pour cent sur le montant des mandate payes dans la R6publique Liba- naise. c. La Balance de ces comptes: Pour l'Etablissement de cette balance la cr6ance la plus faible sera convertie en la monnaie de la cr6ance la plus forte en prenant pour base de conversion le cours moyen officiel du change dans le pays d6biteur pendant la periode Alaquelle le compte se rapportera. Les differences ulterieurement con- stat6es seront reprises dans le premier compte trimestriel Ainter- venir. Ce compte, 6tabli sur une formule analogue a l'appendice E devra etre accompagn6 des relev6s: a. Des listes d'avis transmises pendant le trimestre dans les deux sens (Appendix D). b. Des mandats perim6s, an- nul6s ou rembours6s (Appendix C). Une copie du compte, dfment approuvee, sera retournee a la Direction Generale des Postes et Telegraphes a Beyrouth. ARTICLE XXI. Lorsqu'au courant du trimes- tre, le montant total des mandats 6mis par l'une des Administra- tions correspondantes d6passera de douze mille (12,000) francs-or celui des titres 6mis par l'autre, l'administration centrale credi- trice aura le droit de demander a l'administration centrale d6bitrice le versement d'un solde de pro- vision jusqu'a concurrence des trois-quarts de la creance. Ce paiement devra etre effectue dans Post,p. 4268 . Post, p. 4267. Acceptance copy of account. Payment of provi- sional balance. 4260

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