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766 CONVENTION—$WEDEN AND NORWAY. Muon 15, 1873. C.,,,.,,, gsi .,,. of The rule for the conversion of the moneys of the respective countries moneys. sléall be established by common. agreement between the respective o ces. Anirrcmr 14. Transfer of closed When in a port, whether belonging to either of the;United Kingdoms mulls Wltlwut ex - or to the United States, a closed mail is transferred from one vessel to

r‘£l°° Wh°‘° another, without any expense to the office of the country where the

` transfer is made, such transfer shall not be suhiect to any charge by one ohice against the other. Anrrorm 15. omeiol communi- Official communications between the respective Postal Administrapagan between par— tions shall not be the occasion of any accounts between them. 1 . Anrrcrn 16. _Detoi1er1 rxgul n~ The respective Post·0liices shall, by mutual consent, make detailed

  • ·*°¤¤»h°W m °· regulations for carrying the articles of this convention into execution;

and in like manner modify such regulations, from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may require. AB.·r1c1.m 17. Return of Ictters Letters wrongly sent, wrongly addressed, or not deliverable _·for any wrongly sent, &e. cause, shall be returned to the despatching office, at its expense for the Return of regis- return, if any expense shall be incurred. Registered articles, in the wed ¤¤ti¤l<>¤· second paragraph of the first article mentioned, shall also be returned in like manner. Other articles shall be leit to the dispositionof the receiving office. · Unooneeroa poet. Any postages not collected upon the correspondence returned, but use on returned which shall. have been charged against the receiving office, shall be ”“’·*"°"· deducted from the account. Anrxomt 18. { · This convention shall take effect from and on the lst day of July l — . 9 vehmfiliggtihgalisn 1873. It shall be continued in force until one year from the time when ot any of the Governments of the respective countries shall have given notice of its wish·to terminate the same. It is to be ratified, and the ratiiications are to be exchanged as soou_ as possible. Done in duplicate original at the city of Washington, this fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. _ JNO. A. J. GBESWELL. [snn.] _ , Postmaster-General. h _ OLUF STENERSFQN. [smut.] 1 1, I ereb approve the afore oing convention an in testimony thereof Prgsidgrisva y 1 have canised the seal of thegllnited States to,be`aiiixed. . _ ~ U. S. GRANT. " By the President: Hnmmrou Frsn, Secretary of State. Wnsnmeron, Maron 15, 1873. _ i[sm:r..1 ‘ . [Translation.] . . We · Oscar by the grace of God King of Sweden Norway the Goths K£;°i??i§:,:,dg and the Vandals, make known that whereas, We arid the Uniited States &,o. ·of America have found it expedient and necessary to enter into negotiae