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AMENDED COI~’VENTION—CANADA. MAY AND JUNE, 1880. 753 _ Anrrcrn 10. · The orders drawn by each country upon the other shall be subject as Payment of or— regards payment to the regulations which govern the payment of do- dmmestic orders in the country on which they are drawn. Anrronn 11. 1. The money orders issued in pursuance of this Convention shall be Orders valid 12 valid during a period of twelve months after the date of their issue. m°¤'>h¤- 2. Aiter the expiration of that period the advice of an unpaid order Unpaid orders. shall be returned to the Administration of the country of origin, and the amount thereof shall be credited to and remain at the disposal of that Administration. 3. At the close of every month, each of the two Administrations Monthly stateshall forward to the other a detailed statement of a.ll the orders which mimi °f i¤V¤lid shall have become invalid during such month under this Article. °Id°"‘ . Anrionn 12. Orders lost or destroyed may be replaced by duplicates, to be issued L<>¤i<>fd<>Sif¤>’<=<l by the Administration of the country of payment. °1`d°“· Anxrrcrn 13. 1. An order, or a duplicate thereof, may be repaid to the remitter upon ]g“P“°”“ °f5°**° presentation at the issuing office, but only in case the corresponding m advice is in the possession of the issuing postmaster. For this pur- ' pose, in case the advice has gone forward, it shall be returned by the paying to the issuing Administration upon the request of the latter. 2. The Administration of the country of origin will not therefore authorize repayment of lost, missent or destroyed orders until after the Administration of the country of destination shall have returned the advice, or shall have furnished a declaration that it has not paid the order and will not pay it if presented. 3- The amounts of orders, the repayment of which shall have been ]$<>1>§f»y¤;¤¢¤*> gf authorized, shall be credited to the Administration of the country of {LB jd;Q§Q,Q Origin, and for this purpose the Administration of the country of dcsti- igtratigu of are l13U0H shall cause to be made out and forwarded at the close of each country of origin. fiscal quarter a detailed list of the advices of all orders originating in the other country, the repayment of which shall have been authorized during the quarter. Awrronn 14. _1. Within six weeks after the close or each fiscal quarter, two oorioo c0‘L§¢n‘;gQ‘j,°{,LYr§gi of M1 account shall be prepared similar to model *‘F", hereto annexed, amy and transmitted to the Post Office Department of the United States by the Post Office Department of the Dominion of Canada, exhibiting the balance found due on the exchange of money orders during the quarter, one copy of which, after proper verification and acknowledgment shall be returned to the Post Office Department of the Dominion of Canada. lf this verified account shows a balance in favor of the host Office De- Partment of the Dominion of Canada, that of the United States will transmit with such verified copy of the quarterly account, a bill of exchange on Montreal, Canada, for the amount of said balance, payable t0_ the Post Oihcc Department of the Dominion of Canada. The latter will then send an acknowledgment of receipt to the Post Office Department of the United States. If on the other hand, said account, after verification and acknowledgment as aforesaid, shows a balance in favor of the Post Office Department of the United States then the Post Office Department of the Dominion of Canada will, upon receipt of the certié ned copy of the same, transmit to that of the United States a bill o xxx--48