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POSTAL CONVENTION WITH SWITZERLAND. MARCH 6& 26, 1869. 1059 ADDITIONAL ARTICLE To the Regulation ¢y" Detail and Order signed at Paris, November 28, Marche & 20, 1867, and concerning the Exchange of Oorrespondence between Switzer- .@;_. land and the United States of America. IN accordance with Article XVIII. of the postal convention concluded at Berne, between Switzerland and the United States, dated October 11, 1867, the two administrations have agreed to replace Article Am, p. 1088. XVII. of the detailed regulations of November 28, 1867, relative to same convention by the following arrangements: —- Soma ARTICLE. It is agreed, that the accounts between the two A°°°;¤*¤ b°· offices shall be respectively established upon the letter bills in the money z?;,? ° tw° of the despatching otiioe, excepting, however, the international rates on unpaid or insufficiently paid letters, which must be calculated in the money of the country where such letters are delivered. As far as concerns the international rates, the reduction of the money shall take place, in the general accounts, on the basis of five francs fifteen centimes for one dollar of the United States, In marking the foreign postages upon the letter bills in the money of the despatching office, the cent of the United States shall be considered as the equivalent of five centimes of Switzerland. It is also understood that the quarterly accounts shall be liquidated respectively in gold, of the denomination of the creditor office. Signed at Washington, the 26th of March, 1869. JNO. A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster- General. J. Dons, Ohid of Department of Posts, etc., etc., etc. Signed at Berne, 6th March, 1869.