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176 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ' ARTICLE XIII. The Postmaster-General of the United States of America and the postmaster-general of the Hawaiian Kingdom shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail as may be found necessary to carry out the present convention from time to time; and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article II of this convention ARTICLE XIV. This Convention shall be ratified by the contracting countries in accordance with their respective laws, and its ratifications shall be ex- changed at the City of Washington as early as possible. Once ratified, and its ratifications exchanged, it shall take effect, and operations thereunder shall begin on the 1st day of March, 1889, and shall con- tinue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either Department upon six months previous notice given to the other. Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the 19th day of De- cember, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. [SEAL.] DON M. DICKINSON, Postmaster-General of the United States of America. [SEAL.] H. A. P. CARTER, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The foregoing Parcels Post Convention between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. [SEAL.] GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President: T. F. BAYARD, Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 29, 1889. The foregoing Parcels Post Convention between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States of America has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of the Hawaiian Kingdom to be hereunto affixed. [SEAL.] KALAKAUA, REX. By the King: JONA. AUSTIN, Minister of Foreign Affairs. HONOLULU, January 10, 1889.