568 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH BELGIUM. AUGUST 21, 1867. have been charged against the receiving office, shall be deducted from the account. Reduction in ARTICLE XX. In considerations of the concession made by the QVPYQSYSESQS . United States Post Department, it is agreed that a reduction of 20 per th21m,,,;, 0,-’ m cent. shall be made in favor of the United States office from the charge of closed mails forty centimes per kilogramme established in Article XIV. for the transit of the articles mentioned in the second paragraph of the first article of this Convention, and which shall be despatched from the United States. Former con- ARTICLE XXI. From the time this convention shall take effect, all ‘$’Lli°‘§;°°°*”° former conventions between the two offices shall cease to be in force, 6 ° Mw except for the purpose of closing the accounts arising thereunder. whe this This Convention shall take effect on the first day of January next. ¢<>¤V¤¤Il<>¤ wkes It shall continue in force until cancelled by agreement of the two offices; °H°°° or until one year from the time when either office shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same. 5,,5560, wap_ This Convention shall be subject to the approval of the Postmaster prov . General of the United States and of the Minister of Public Works of Belgium. Execution_ Executed in duplicate at Brussels this 21st day of August, in the year of our Lord 1867. JOHN A. KASSON [L. B.] M F Sp. 00m., dc., (Q-c. . Assmux [L. S.] Director- General of Railroads, Posts, anal Zblegraphs. P0sT—OF1¤rc·n DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, October 8, 1867. Approval by Having examined and considered the foregoing articles of a Conven- 21** <>¤:f*¤’·¤*¤*‘· tion for the regulation of the postal intercourse between the United States °"°m ‘ of America and Belgium, which were agreed upon and signed in duplileatedatdBr1éssels on the gweplfy-grst d§iyhofAA1;gust, on; thoupagd eight un re an SIX y—seven y e on. o n . asson pecia ommissioner, &c., &c., on belialf of this Department, and ,by Mr. Fassiaux, Dnrector-General of Railroads, Posts, and Telegraphs, on behalf of the Belgian Post Departments, the same are by me hereby ratified and approved, by and with the advice and consent of the President of the United States. In witness whereof, I have caused the seal of the Post Ofhce Department to be hereto affixed, with my signature, the clay and year first above wmmh Amex. W. RANDALL, [L. s.] P. M General. by ,;,0 pm;. I hereby approve the aforegoing Convention, and in testimony thereof} gmt vt tlw I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. ¤**·° =·°¤**°· [L. S.] Anmznw JOHNSON. By the President: F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary. Dms·ARTMnNT or STATE, Wssnnvoron, 9th October, 1867.
