THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE MONEY ORDER

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TREATY SERIES . No. 41.
1907.
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE
SUPPLEMENTARY TO
MONEY ORDER CONVENTION
SEPTEMBER
OF
21, 1887.
Signed at Paris, June 30, 1906.
[Rat-ificati,ons exchanged at Paris, October 23, 1907.]
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November 1907.
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE SUPPLEMENTARY TO
MONEY ORDER CONVENTION OF SEPTEMBER, 21, 1887.
sign ed at Paris, Jcne '10, 1906.
[Ratifieat-inns m.,changed at Paris, October 23, 1907.]
Aq'reement additionial to the
Convention for the Exchange
of Money Orders concluded
between the United Kingdom
of Great Rritaioand Ireland
and France on the. 21st of
September 1887.
Aete additionnel a la Convention,
l'dchange
powr
des
mandats de poste, conclue
entre to Royannte-Uni de la
Grande-Bretagne et d'£rlande
et la France, it 21 Septeinbrc
1887,
His Majesty the King of
the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and of the
British Dominions beyond the
Seas, Emperor of India, and the
President of the French Republic having recognized the
necessity for modifying the
stipulation of the Convention
of the 21st of September 1887
which fixes the rate of the
deduction made by each Administration from the amounts
of the Orders exchanged through
its Agency and being desirous
to facilitate the transmission of
money by means of Post Office
Money Orders between certain
of their respective Colonies,
have resolved to substitute for
SA
Majest6
Is Roi du
Royaume-Uni do ]a GrandeBretagne et d'Irlande et des Territoires Britanniques an deleb des
Mors, Empereur des Indes, et Is
Pr6sident de la 116publique francaise, avant recomrn Ia nt cessit6
de modifier Is clause de Is Convention du 21 sptembre 1887
qui fixe le taux du prbla vement
effectud par ehacune des administrations sur les inandats
6chang; s par son interm6diaire
et d6sirant faciliter les envois
d'argent a I'aide de mandats
postaux entre certaines de lours
colonies respectives ont r4solu
de substituer aux termes de
particle 2 de Ia dite convention, Is stipulation suivante et
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kthe terms of Article II of the
said Convention the following
stipulation, and to complete the
same Convention by the addition of Article XII (2) set
forth hereinafter.
de compldter cette mdme convention par Particle 12 bis
dnoncd ci-apr^s :
ARTICLE II.
ARTICLE II.
On every remittance of money
made by virtue of the preceding
Article, a commission shall be
paid by the remitter corresponding in amount to that
charged for a similar remittance
to the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.
envoi de fonds
Chaque
effectud en vertu de Farticle
prdcddent donnera lien an paiement par l'expdditeur de la
taxe applicable aux envois
similaires pour le Royaume-Uni
de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande.
Moreover, the Post Office of
the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland may deduct,
for its profit, from the amounts
of the Orders exchanged through
its Agency, by virtue of Article I preceding, an additional
commission, the amount of
which it shall determine for
itself. This additional commission shall not however exceed
threepence per pound sterling.
En outre, l'administration
des postes du Royaume-Uni de
In Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande
pourra prdlever, ii son profit,
sur leg mandats dchangds par
son intermddiaire, en vertu de
particle le' prdcddent, une taxe
suppldmentaire quielle ddterminera elle-nreme, sans quo
cette
taxe
puisse . ddpasser
3 pence par livre.
ARTICLE XII (2).
ARTICLE XII bis.
The British Colonies specified
in the list referred to in Article IX preceding may moreover issue Money Orders for
payment in the French Colonies
indicated in the Anglo-French
Convention of this day, and pay
Money Orders issued in those
Colonies. These Orders shall be
transmitted through the double
Agency of the British and
French Post Offices which shall
have power respectively to
make the deductions from their
amounts provided for by Article
11 preceding and by Article If
Les colonies anglaises ddnommdes dans la liste dont it est
question ;l larticle 9 ci-dessus,
pourront on outre dmettre des
mandats a destination
(leg
colonies frangaises visdes dans
franco-britanla convention
nique de ce jour, et payer ceux
qui en seront originaires. Ces
mandats seront transmis par Is
double intermddiaire du Post
Office britannique et de l'Administration frangaise, qui pourrent respectivement opdrer sur
leur moutant leg prdlevements
prdvus par larticle 2 ci-dessus
of the Anglo-French Convention
.of this day.
Nevertheless, the provisions
of the present Article form no
obstacle to the conclusion, between the two Governments, of
special Conventions for the
establishment of direct Exchanges of Money Orders be.tween certain : British. and
French Colonies.
et par'i'article 2 de la Convention franca-britannique de
ce jour.
Toutefois, lea dispositions du
present article ne font pas
obstacle a la 'conclusion, entre
lea deux gouvernements, de
speciales
pour
conventions
I'etablissement d'echanges directs de mandats de poste entre
certaines colonies britanniques
at francaises.
The . present
-Additional
Agreement shall be ratified and
the ratifications thereof shall be
exchanged at Paris, as-soon as
possible.
Le present acte additionnel
sera ratifie et lea ratifications
en seront echangees a Paris,
aussitot que faire Be pourra.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have
signed it and have affixed their
seals to it.
En foi de gnoi, lea Plenipotentiaires respectifs l'ont signs
et y out appose leurs cachets.
Done at Paris, in duplicate,
on the 30th of June, 1906.
Fait a Paris, en double expedition, le 30 Juin, 1906.
(L.S.)
FRANCIS BERTIE.
(LS.)
LEON BOURGEOIS.