Inland number. Total.. Account of the Exchange of Money Orders between the Dominion of Canada and the United States, during the quarter ended Orders issued in the Dominion of Canada. 188-. Orders issued in the United States. Issued in the Dominion of Canada. International. Total.. Total number of Orders issued. List of Orders which have become void during the quarter. To credit of Canadian Postal Department... Inland number. To credit of United States Postal Dep't. List of Orders repayment of which to the remitters in the Country of issue has been authorized during the quarter. June 18, 1880. Contracting par ties. Stat. 20, convention, p. 743. Weight and size of packets transported in the mails increased. Stat. 20, convention, p. 738. Weight. Dimensions. Commencement. Agreement, to increase the limit of weight and size of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged through the mails, between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland. Agreement between the United States of America and the United The General Post Office of the United States of America and the General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous of facilitating the postal relations between the two countries, and in exercise of the power given to them under Article XV of the Convention of the Universal Postal Union concluded in Paris on the 1st June, 1878, Have agreed as follows: The limits of weight and the dimensions of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged through the Post between the United States of America on the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on the other part, may be increased by the Postal Administration of the country of origin beyond those which have been fixed by Article V of the International Convention of the 1st June, 1878, under the express reservation that such limits shall not exceed the following: In weight. In dimensions... 350 grammes. 30 centimetres, length. 20 centimetres, breadth. 10 centimetres, depth. The present agreement shall take effect on the 1st July, 1880, and Terminable on shall be terminable at any time on a notice by either office of one year. one year's notice. In witness whereof the undersigned, David M. Key, PostmasterGeneral of the United States of America, in virtue of the powers vested in him by law, and the Right Honorable Sir Edward Thornton, K. C. B., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, at Washington, of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, duly authorized for that purpose, have drawn up the present agreement to which they have affixed their respective seals. Done in duplicate at Washington the 18th day of June, 1880. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] Signatures. D. M. KEY. I hereby approve the foregoing agreement, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed hereto. By the President: JOHN HAY, Acting Secretary of State. R. B. HAYES. |