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 970 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Duc. 15, 1848. ARTICLE XXI. g;:':$¤ wha? The forms in which the accounts between the respective posuoflices tween the Ie_ liar the transmission and conveyance of letters are to be made ont, the zpective post-cli time and mode in which payment shall be made by either post·oflice to mfga sku wg; the other, together with all other measures of detail arising out of the other details, stipulations of the present convention, shall be settled between the postft.‘;;r*° gigiggeg office of the United States and the British post-ollice, as soon as possiof  ble after the exchange of the ratilications of the present convention. Measure; of ds. It is also agreed that the measures of detail mentioned in the present gggdmeibe ¤¤°d· article may be modified by the two post-oflices whenever, by mutual ` consent, those offices shall have decided that such modification would be beneficial to the post-office service of the two countries. Anrrcu: XXII. g;':sQQ1f,‘;';i';1Q:;*j The present convention is concluded for an indefinite period. It and can my bg cannot be annulled by either of the two governments, except alter the ¤¤¤*-Usd wer ¤ expiration of a year’s notice given to the other government. year s notice. Awrrcr.1: XXIII. t;£*l;_  The present convention shall be ratified by the President of the United {M_ md mm3_ States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and tions to be ea- by her Britannic Majesty; and the ratiflcations shall be exchanged at fgfgfed mf;};; London within three months from the date hereotl It shall come into from dale, operation as soon as possible alter the exchange of the ratitications. T9 S0 lm" °P· In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have afiixed thereto the seals of their arms. after. Done at London, the fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. GEORGE BANCROFT, [1.. s.] PALMERSTON, [1.. s.]