LIST of Money Orders drawn in Denmark upon India.

LIST of Void Money Orders, as well as of Money Orders for the Repayment of which to Remitters in India authority is hereby given.

B.

Quarterly Account of Money Order Exchanges between Denmark and India, prepared by the Danish Office of Exchange, for the Quarter

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AGREEMENT between the Governments of Great Britain and Denmark relative to Merchant Seamen Deserters. Signed at London, June 21, 1881.*

THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Government of His Majesty the King of Denmark, being desirous, for the benefit of the commerce of the two countries, to facilitate the discovery, apprehension, and surrender of seamen who may desert from merchant-vessels of either country, on the basis of a full and entire reciprocity, have agreed as follows:

It is mutually agreed that if any seamen or apprentices, not being slaves, should desert from any ship belonging to a subject of either of the Contracting Parties, within any port in the territories or in the Possessions or Colonies of the other Contracting Party, the authorities of such port and territory, Possession or Colony, shall be bound to give every assistance in their power for the apprehension and sending on board of such deserters, on application to that effect being made to them by the Consul of the country to which the ship of the deserter may belong, or by the deputy or representative of the Consul.

It is understood that the preceding stipulations shall not apply to subjects of the country where the desertion shall take place.

Each of the two High Contracting Parties reserves to itself the right of terminating this Agreement at any time, on giving to the other a year's notice of its wish to that effect.

In witness whereof the Undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose, have signed the present Agreement, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

* Signed also in the Danish language.

Done at London in duplicate, the 21st day of June, in the year of Our Lord 1881.

(L.S.) GRANVILLE. (L.S.) FALBE.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, for apprehending and delivering up of Seamen Deserters from Danish Merchant-Vessels in the British Dominions. Windsor, July 15, 1881.

At the Court at Windsor, the 15th day of July, 1881. PRESENT: THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Foreign Deserters Act, 1852" [cap. 26],* it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant-ships in the territories of any foreign Power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant-ships belonging to a subject of such Power when within Her Majesty's dominions shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities for recovering and apprehending seamen (not being Danish subjects) who desert from British merchant-ships in territories belonging to His Majesty the King of Denmark will be given under an Agreement between the Governments of Great Britain and Denmark, signed at London on the 21st of June, 1881 :†

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852." and by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves (and not being British subjects), who desert from merchant-ships belonging to subjects of the King of Denmark within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships; provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions he may be detained until he has been tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has been fully carried into effect.

*See Vol. 9. Page 347.

+ See Page 136.

And Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is further pleased to order and declare that upon and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, the Order in Council relating to seamen who desert from the merchant-ships belonging to the subjects of the King of Denmark, made, by virtue of the said Act, on the 13th day of June, 1853,* and published in the London Gazette on the 14th day of June, 1853, shall be revoked, and the same is hereby revoked accordingly.

And the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Secretary of State for India in Council, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. C. L. PEEL.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES to the Money Order Convention between the General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the General Post Office of the Kingdom of Denmark of the 2nd April, 1871. (Danish West Indies.) London, 16th January, 1882.

Copenhagen, 27th February,

10th May,

THE Postmaster-General of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and the Director-General of the Posts, Telegraphs, and State Railways of the Kingdom of Denmark, on the other part;

Having regard to Article XX of the Money Order Convention concluded between the British Post Office and the Danish Post Office, signed at Copenhagen on the 22nd April, 1871, and in London on the 16th May, 1871 ;‡

And being of opinion that it is desirable to extend to the Danish West Indian Colonies of St. Thomas, Ste. Croix, and St. John the money order system regulated by the said Convention; Have agreed as follows:

ART. I. There shall be an exchange of money orders between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on the one side and the Danish West Indian Colonies of St. Thomas, Ste. Croix, and St. John on the other side.

II. Ámounts shall be expressed exclusively in English and Danish currency, and shall be converted from the one currency into the other at the same rate as that fixed for the conversion of the amounts of orders exchanged between the United Kingdom and Denmark, namely, 18 kroner 15 öre to the pound sterling. But this rate shall be subject to alteration should Signed also in the Danish language. See Vol. 13. Page 369.

See Vol. 9. Page 241.

fluctuations in the market rate of exchange between the United Kingdom and Denmark at any time render an alteration neces

sary.

III. The particulars of all money orders drawn in the United Kingdom upon St. Thomas, Ste. Croix, and St. John, shall be entered at the chief office in London, in lists similar to Form A in the Appendix to the Convention of the 22nd April, 1871; and such lists shall be forwarded direct to the Postmaster of St. Thomas.

16th May,

One copy of each list so despatched shall be sent, on the same day, to the Danish office of exchange at Korsoer; and, to prevent inconvenience in case the original lists should be lost, duplicate lists shall be forwarded by the London office to the Postmaster of St. Thomas by the following mail.

IV. The particulars (including the full addresses of the payees and remitters) of all money orders issued in the Islands of St. Thomas, Ste. Croix, and St. John, shall be entered by the Postmaster of St. Thomas in lists similar to Form A in the Appendix to the aforesaid Convention; and such lists shall be forwarded direct to England, addressed to the Controller, Money Order Office, General Post Office, London.

One copy of each list, so despatched, shall at the same time be forwarded to the Danish office of exchange at Korsoer; and duplicates shall be forwarded by the following mail from the office at St. Thomas to the Controller, Money Order Office, General Post Office, London.

V. When it is necessary to correct errors affecting the payment of orders, the Controller of the Money Order Office in London shall communicate with the Postmaster of St. Thomas direct; and, in like circumstances, the Postmaster of St. Thomas shall communicate with the Controller of the Money Order Office, General Post Office, London.

VI. All corrections affecting the amounts of orders and totals of lists shall be immediately notified to the Danish office of exchange at Korsoer.

16th May,

VII. At the end of every calendar month a detailed statement shall be prepared by the office of exchange at London, on a form similar to pattern B, annexed to the Convention of the 1871, showing the total of each list received from St. Thomas during the month; and a similar statement shall, at the end of every month, be prepared by the Danish office of exchange at Korsoer, showing the totals of the lists of orders. issued in the United Kingdom, and advised to St. Thomas.

VIII. The detailed accounts shall be examined, verified, and accepted in the manner described in Article XVII of the Convention of the 22nd April, 1871; and the results shall be incorporated by the Danish Post Office in the general account mentioned in Article XVIII of the said Convention.

16th May,

IX. As regards all particulars not mentioned in the foregoing Additional Articles, the exchange of money orders between the United Kingdom and the Islands of St. Thomas, Ste. Croix, and St. John shall be carried on under the conditions which regulate the existing exchange of money orders between the Unlted Kingdom and Denmark.

X. The present Articles shall be considered as additional to the Money Order Convention referred to therein, and shall be carried into effect on the 1st day of April, 1882.

Done in duplicate, and signed in London on the 16th day of January, 1882, and in Copenhagen on the 27th day of February,

1882.

(L.S.) HENRY FAWCETT. (L.S.) SCHON.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

NOTIFICATION of the Swiss Government of the Admission of the Dominican Republic into the Universal Postal Union of June 1, 1878. Berne, July 2, 1880.

EN conformité de l'Article XVIII de la Convention de Paris du 1er Juin, 1878,* concernant l'Union Postale Universelle, le Conseil Fédéral Suisse a l'honneur d'informer son Excellence M. le Ministre des Affaires Étrangères de Sa Majesté Britannique, &c.,

1. Que le Haut Gouvernement de la République Dominicaine a déclaré, par l'organe de son Conseil-Général à Londres, muni à cet effet de pleins pouvoirs spéciaux, adhérer à la Convention susmentionnée, et conséquemment aussi au règlement d'exécuy relatif.

tion

2. Que le Conseil Fédéral Suisse s'est entendu avec le Haut Gouvernement de la République Dominicaine sur les points suivants :

(a.) L'Administration des Postes percevra, comme équivalents, en conformité de l'Article IV du Règlement d'Exécution à la Convention de Paris, concernant l'Union Postale Universelle,

Pour 25 centimes: 5 centavos de peso.

10

2

99

(b.) La date de l'accession est fixée au 1er Octobre, 1880; (c.) Pour la part contributive aux frais du Bureau Inter

*See Vol. 14. Page 1007.