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CONVENTION—SWITZERLAND. OCT. 18, Nov. 30, 1881. 883 Anrrcm: 11. ARTICLE 11. Payments of balances and pay- Les paiements de soldes et d’a- Payment on asments on account made in pursu- comptes prevus par les articles 10 °°“”*’ P°“‘u”8 °°*‘ ance of Articles 10 and 12 of the et 12 de la Convention sont effec- u°m°°t°' Convention, are to be effected by tués au moyen de lettres de change, A means of bills of exchange, which, qui,lorsque1e solde est en faveur de when the balance is in favor of the l’Administration des postes suisses Swiss Postal Administration, are sont tirees sur Bale payables au to be drawn on Basle, payable to Directeur General des postes a the Director General of Posts at Berne. Lorsque le solde est au Berne. When the balance is to credit de l’Administration des the credit of the Postal Administra- postes des Etats Unis, les lettres tion of the United States, the bills de change sont tirées sur New of exchange are to be drawn upon York, payable au Maitre General New ‘“York, payable to the Post- des postes a Washington. A master General at Washington. Anrroma 12. ARTICLE 12. 1. For the purpose of balancing 1. Pour obtenir le solde du Basis for ascerthe quarterly account the conver- compte trimestriel, la conversion ¢¤i¤m¤¤t <>f belsion of one money into the other d’une monnaie d’ans Pautre se fait ‘“"’°“> &"·‘ shall be made in compliance with conformement aux dispositions de the terms of Article 11 of the Con- Particle 11 de la Convention. A vention. To that end the debtor cet effet Padmiuistration débitrice Administration shall forward to transmet al’administ.ration crédi- · the creditor Administration a cer- trice un état tabulaire certifié des Stgtgmentofmtg titied tabular statement of the rates cours du change a Berne ou a New vf <¤<=b=¤¤g¤· of exchange at Berne or at New York, suivant le cas, cotes pen- York, as the case may be, quoted dant tous les jours ouvrables du each business day during the pre- trimestre precedant. ceding quarter. 2. For the said “Tabular State- 2. Pour le dit eétat tabulai1:e" ‘ment”the Swiss Oiiieewill useform d’office de Suisse se servira de la “D" hereunto annexed, entering formule “D,” ci-jointe, en y inscri- F¤f¤¤ "D·" thereon the quotations of Bid and vant les cotes a vue, offre et de- Asked made at Berne for “sight” iaites a Berne pour Newexchange on New York aspublished York et publiees par "1’Union des by the “Union of Bernese Bauks.” banques bernoises.” Uoffice des The Office of the United States of Etats Unis d’Amérique utilisera la America will use term “E” here- formule “E” ci-annexée, eu y ex- Form ~E,# unto annexed, stating thereon the posant les cotes a vue, offre et de- . lowest and highestquotations made maude faites a New York pour la at New York ter “sight" exchange Suisse, et publiées par €‘The New on Switzerland and published by York Journal of Commerce." the “New York Journal of Commeree." 3. The average rate for the quar- On établira le cours moyeu du Average me or ter shall then be established and trimestre qui servira de base pour °¤°l***¤lS°» ‘*°"` serve as a basis for the conversion la conversion de la somme uioins °°mI°"°°" of the smaller sum into money of élevée dans la monnaie do Pautre the other Administration by divid- Administration, en divisant le ing the totals of the columns head- total, taut des oilres que des deed "Bid" and “Asked" and the mandes parle nombre des annotatotalsof thecolumns headed •‘Low— tions; en suite on additionnera les est" and “Highest” by the num- deux moyennes obtenues ct on ber of quotations; the two aver- prendra la moitié du total qui reages thus obtained are then to be présentem ainsi le cours moyen du added and the half of this sum trimestre. • shall represent the average rate · for the quarter.