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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. minemenl des correspondaILCe8 pour un pays determine n'est consideroo comme importante si elle n'affecte pas de plus de 5000 francs par an les comptes entre l'Ojfie8 d'origine et l'OjJice inter- mM:iaire interes8~. LiJ, tkmande d'une revision tks comptes eI, le cas khknt, d'une statistique spkiak 1!etil etre jam lorslflU la modificatwn dans l'acheminement du OOrresponda1l.U8 Mnt il s'agit a dur~ au moins 9 mois. Toute- l0i8, les OOnnees tk ceUe statisti- que ne soot prises en considera- tion lfIU si la peruxu tk 1B m0i8 uI rkUement accomplie. 2688 Si, lors d'une statistique 8'J!e- ciale, il est etabli que les poids tota'tlZ tks courriers ~changes emr6 tk1.IZ Ojfices et tra~rtes par un tiers ffiu oot subi une augmentation de cent pour cent ou une diminution de cinquante pour cent vis-a -vis tks tlimnhs tk la tkrniere statistique periodi- ~ et que '16 compte du tiers Ujftce sumrait tk ce chef une modification de plus de 5000 francs par an, les nouvea'l.l,z poids con8tates serviront tk base pour ks frais de transit dus d cet (Jjfice. routing of correspondence for a pven country is considered as unportant unless it affects by more than 5,000 francs a year the accounts between the Adminis- tration of ori~n and the interme- diate AdminIStration concerned. The request for a revision of the accounts, and, if need be, for special statistics} may be made when the modification in the routing of the correspondence in question has lasted at least 9 months. However, the results of those statistics are not taken into consideration unless the period of 12 months is actually completed. If, when special statistiCiS are Basis for elIargee ID taken, it is found that the total special cues. weights of the mails exchanged between two Admjnjstrations and De meme, lors(}.u'une Adminis- tration interm.ediatre constate, dans les six mois qui suivent la statis- tique, qu'il e:r:iste entre les expedi- tions faitea par une autre Adminis- tration ~ruJant la periode de statis- tique et le trafic n.Ormal une diffe- rence de uingt pour cent au moins sur les poids totaux du transport, l'0jJice interesse peut exiger l' eta- bli8sement d'une 'M'Uvelle stat~t'!9.ue si les comptes entre deux Ujfices Boot ailectes d'une modijication de plus tIe 5000 francs par an. ARTICLE 61. transported by a third Adminis- tration have undergone an in- crease of 100 pereent or a reduc- tion of 50 percent as compared with the results of the last stBtis· tical period, and that the account of the third Administration would undergo, for that reason, a modi- fication of more than 5,000 francs a year, the new weights estab- lished Will. serve as the basis for the transit charges due to that Administration. Likewise, when an intermediate Cha.nres ~ollow1D' Administration establishes, dur- statistical penod. ing the six months which follow the statistics, that there is a dif- ference of 20 percent at least in the total weights conveyed be- tween the dispatches sent by an Administration during the sta- tistical period and the normal traffic, the Administration con- cerned may demand the taking of new statistics, if the accounts between two Administrations are affected by a modification of more than 5,000 francs a year. ARTICLE 61 Confection et designation des Making up and designation 0/ dep~hes closes pendant la closed mails during the statistt- periode de statistique. cal period I. -Pendant chaque p~riode de 1: During each statistical mTarmstroBot (talk)8f!= statistique, l'echange des corres- penod, the exchange of corre- period. pondances, en dep~ches closes spondence in closed mails between


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. entre deux Offices, A travers Ie territoire ou au moyen des ser- vices d'un ou de plusieurs autres Offices, donne lieu & l'utilisation de sacs distincts pour les "lettres et les cartes postales" et pour les "autres objets". Optional inclusions. 2. - Par d~rogation aux disposi- AIIU. pp. 2&23, 2624. tions des articles 5.t,. et 55 ci- dessus, chaque Administration a la faculte, pendant Ia p~riode de statistique, de comprendre les objets recommand~ et les envois expres autres que les lettres et les cartes postaleS dans un des sacs destines aux "autres objets", en faisant mention de ce fait sur la feuille d'avis; mais si, conform~ ment auxdits articles 64 et 55, cas objets sont compris dans un sac tU lettres, ils sont traites, en ce qui concerne la statistique, comme faisant partie de l'envol de lettres. Marking mails in 3.- Pendant la periode de sta- traDalt. tistique, tomes les dep~ches khan.. gks en transit doivent &re munie8, en tUMrS tUS etiquet- tes ordinaires, d'une etiquette speciale portam en gros carac- teres la memion "Statistique", suivie tU l'indication 5 kilo- grammes, 15 kilogrammes O'U 30 kilogrammes selon la categorie tU poids (article 62, § 1, ci-apres). SaoDexempt. En ce qui concerne lea Sac8 dom le poids liMa ne depa8se pa8 IJ kilo- grammes O'U ~i ne contiennem q:ue tUS 8ac8 Vicks des corresJ!on- "flU, p. 2564. dances eumptes de tous jrau de transit (art. 75 tU la Oonvemion) ou Un6 jeuille d'a'Vis negative, la memion "Statistique " est suiuie du mot IIExempt". Notation. . t,.. - L'etiquette "Statistique " Jl'h:lng weight oIoIed malls. doit porter en O'IlJre la memion ilL. 0." au "A. 0.", suivam le cas. ARTICLE 62. Constatation du nombre tU sacs et du poids des d~p~ches closes. of I. -En ce qui concerne les d~p~hes qui dinnem lieu au pa- yemem lU frais tU transit, Ie bureau d'ecnaIlge expemteur in- scrit, A la feuille d'avis pour Ie bureau d'~change destinataire de two Administrations, across the territory or by means of the serv· ices of one or more other Admin- istrations, gives rise to the em- p,loyment of separate sacks for 'letters and post cards " and for "other articles". 2. By exception to the pro- visions of Articles 54 and 55 above, every Administration has the option, during the statistical period, of including registered and special-delivery articles other than letters and post cards in one of the sacks intended for "other articles", making mention of that fact on the letter bill; but if, in accordance with the said Articles 54 and 55, those articles are included in a sack of letters, they are treated, insofar as concerns the statistics, as forming part of the dispatch of letters. 3. Dllring the statistical period, all mails exch~ed in transit shall have, in addition to the or- dinary labels, a special label bear- ing in large letters the note "St&- tistique" (statistics), followed by the. indication "5 k~.", "15 kg.", or "30 kg.", according to the di- vision of weight (Article 62, Sec- tion 1, hereafter). In regard to sacks whose gross weight does not exceed 2 kg., or which contain nothing but empty sacks, correspondence exempt from all tranSit charges (Article 75 of the Convention), or a nega- tive letter bill, the note "Statis- tique" is followed by the word "Exempt." 4. The statistical label shall also bf''U' the note "L. C." or /lA. 0.", as the case may be. . ARTICLE 62 Fixing of the number oj sacks and of the weight of closed mails 1. As for dispatches which give rise to the payment of transit charges, the dispatching exchange office enters on the letter bill for the exchange office of destination of the dispatch the number of

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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNI<m. June 28, 1929. 2685 1& d~p~he, u nombre de sacs en sacks, dividing them, if occasion us ~epartissam, u cas kheam, arises, into the following clasS6S: dam us categories suivantes: Nombre del ,au dont U 1'0141 brut dipam depaue dipal.e fkg. 6kg. 16kg. Ducriptiofl du 'Il( .alll, alii lalll t:J:cldn t:J:cider 16 kg. t:J:cider 6Icg. 30kll. (.acr (.ac. (.ae. ligm) mOo lourda) ,elll) 1 2 3 •

L.C. A.O. - Exempt de frail de tran.u .1 Nombre de .acr: Le nombre des sacs exempts de frais de transit d inscrire doiJ lire le total de ceux portam l'indi- cation "Statist~ue-Exempt", d'apres les prescriptW'M de l'arlicle 61, § 3, ci-dessus. 2. -Les indications de8 jeuilles d'avis sont v~rifi~s par Ie bureau d'khange destinataire. Si ce bu- reau constate une erreur dans les nombres inscrits, il rectifie la feuille et signale imm~atement l'erreur au bureau d'khange ex- p~teur au moyen d'un bulletin de verification conjorme au mo- dele 0 24 ci-annexe. TO'lItejois, en ce qui concerne u poids d'un sac, l'indication du bureau d' e- change exp~teur est tenue pour valable, d moins que le poids reel ne depasse de plus de 250 gram- mes Ie poids maximum de la cate- gorie dans laquelle ce sac a eM inscrit. ARTICLE 63. I Number of sacks of which the gross weight l exceedS exceeds exceeds 2 !rg. !~t IIi.kg. DII hk I with- Wlth- escrptonoft esac outex- outex- outex- ceeding ceedlng ceedlng 5kg. 15kg. 30kg. Oight (med!- (heavy L.C. A.O. sacks) ) sacb) 23. 1--- - -- Exempt from transit INumber of I18Cks: charges CJaaes. The number of sacks exempt Entry of exempted • sacks to be made. from transIt charges to be entered must be the total number of those bearing the indication "Statis- tique-Exempt" in accordance with the provisions of Article 61, Section 3, above. 2. The indications of the letter Verification. bills are verified by the exchange office of destination. If that office finds an error in the numbers entered. it corrects the bill and immediately reports the error to the dispatching exchange office by means of a bulletin of verifica- tion conforming to Model C 24 lWt. p . 2692. hereto appended. However, in regard to the weight of a sack, the Wel&htofsacks. indication of the dispAtching ex- change office is held as valid un- less the actual weight exceeds bY' more than 250 grams the maXI- mum weight of the class in which that sack has been entered. Confection des releves 0 17 des Making dep~ches closes. ARTICLE 63 up oj Forms closed mails o17for l. - AussitOt que possible apres la cloture des operations de sta- tistique, les bureaux destinata.ii'es dressent en autant d'expCditions qu'il y a d'Offices interess~, y compris celui du lieu de d~part, des relev~ conformes au modele o 17 ci-annexe et transmettent ces releves aux bureaux d'echange 1. As soo~ 8;s possible !l'fter the C TarmstroBot (talk)Jm~s. Form close of statIstIcal operatIons, the offices of destination make up, in as many copies as there are Ad- ministrations interested, including that of the country of origin, statements conforming to Model PoU, p. 2686. C 17 hereto appended, and trans- mit such statements to the ex-


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 2636 If not received. Closed malls ex- .ehanged in transit. ExplaDatory notes. Ante, p. 2633. Notations. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. de l'Office expMiteur pour ~tre rev~tus de leur acceptation. Ceux-ci, apr~ avoir accepte les releves, les transmettent a leur tour A l'Administration centrale dont ils dependent en vue de les repartir entre les Offices inM- resses. 2. Si les releves G 17 ne sont pas parvenus ou ne sont pas par- venus en nombre suffisant aux bureaux d'echange de l'Office ex- pediteur dans Ie delai de trois mois (quatre mois dans les echanges avec les pays eloignes), A compter du jour de l'expedition de 180 derniere dep~he a com- prendre dans 180 statistique, ces bureaux dressent eux-m~mes les- dits releves, en nombre suffisant, d'apres leurs propres indications et en inscrivant sur chacun d 'eux 180 mention: "Les releves G 17 du bureau destinataire ne sont pas parvenus dans Ie deIai reglemen- taire. " Ds les transmettent en- suite a I'Administration centrale dont ils relevent pour leur repar- tition entre les Offices en cause. ARTICLE 64. cha~e offices of the dis:patchin2 Admmistration to be mdorsea with their acceptance. The latter, after accepting the statements, transmit them in turn to the central Administration to which they are subordinate, for distri- bution among the Administrations concerned. 2. If the Forms C 17 have not reached the exchange offices of the Administration of origin, or if they have not arrived in suffi- cient numbers, within a period of three months (four months in exchanges with distant countries), counting from the date of dis- patch of the last mail to be included in the statistics, those offices themselves make up the said forms in sufficient numbers in accordance with their own rec- ords, and enter on each one of them the note: "Les releves C 17 du bureau destinataire ne sont pas parvenus dans Ie deIai r~lemen taire" (The Forms C 17 of the office of destination did not arrive within the prescribed period). They then transmit them to the 1entral Administrations to which they are subordinate, for dis- tribution among the Administra- tions concerned. ARTICLE 64 Liste des dep~ches closes echan- List of closed mails exchanged in ~ees en transit. transit l. -Aussit6t que possible et, au plus tard, dans un delai de trois mois apres chaque periode de sta- tistique, sauj le cas ou la voie d'acheminement n'a pu &re con- statee dans ce delai, les Adminis- trations qui ont expedie des de- p~ches en transit envoient 180 liste de ces dep~ches aux differentes Administrations dont elies ont emprunte l'intermediaire. 2. - 8i cette liste indique des de~hes en transit qui, d'apres les dispositions de l'article 61 ci- dessus, ne donnent pas lieu a l'etablissement d 'un releve G 17, on y inscrit une mention explicative, telle que "Poids ne depasse pas 2 kilogramme8 ", "Sac8 vides ", 1. As soon as possible, and at the latest within a period of three months after each statisti- cal period, except in cases where the route could not be determined within that period, the Adminis- trations which have sent dis- patches in transit send a list of such dispatches to the various Administrations whose interme- diary they have employed. 2. If that list Indicates dis- patches in transit which, in ac- cordance with the provisions of Article 61 above, do not give rise tothemakingupofaFormC17, an explanatory note is made, such as " Poids ne depasse pas 2 kilogrammes" (Weight does not


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. 2637 "Oorrespondances eumptes", "Feuille d/avis negative". ARTICLE 65. exceed 2 kilograms), "Sacs vides " (empty sacks), "Correspondances exemptes" (Correspondence exempt from transit charges), "Feuille d'avis negative" (Nega- tive letter bill). ARTICLE 65 Dep~hes closes echangees avec Closed mails exchanged with war- les bAtiments de guerre. ships n incombe aux Administra- tions des pays dont re-leven+. des bAtiments de guerre de dresser les releves 0 17 relatifs aux cte- p~ches expediees ou re~mes par ces bAtiments. Les dep~ches ex- pediees, pendant la periode de statistique, A l'adresse des bAti- ments de guerre doivent porter, sur des etiquettes, Is. date d'ex- pedition. Dans Ie cas OU ces dep~ches sont reexpediees, l'Office reexpe- diteur en informe l'Office du pays dont Ie bAtiment releve. ARTICLE 66. Bulletin de transit. l. -Lorsque la route a suivre et les services de transport a utiliser pour les dep~hes expediees pen- dant la periode de statistique sont inconnus ou incertains, I'Office d'origine doit, a la d~mande de l'Administration destinataire, pre- parer pour chaque dep~che un bulletin de c01Jleur verte con- forme au modele 0 25 ci-annexc. L'Ojfice d'origine peut egalement expedier ce bulletin sans une de- mande formeUe de l'Administra- tion destinataire, si les circons- tances paraissent l'exiger. Les feuilles d' avis des depeches qui donnent lieu a l'etablissement dudit bulletin doivent etre reve- tues en tete de l' annotation tres apparente "Bulletin de transit". La meme mention soulignee au crayon rouge est portee sur les etiquettes speciales " Statistique" dont il est question al'article 61. It is incumbent upon the Ad- ~xcbanges with war ministrations of countries to which ships. warships belong to me,ke up the Forms C 17 relative to the mails dispatched or received by those vessels. The mails dispatched during the statistical period des- tined for warships must bear, on labels, the date of dispatch. In case that such dispatches are m!;frwardlng warshil forwarded, the forwarding A<imin- . istration so advises the Adminis- tration of the country to which the vessel belongs. ARTICLE 66 Transit bulletin 1. When the route to be fol- Tra1l8lt bulletin. lowed and the transportation services to be utilized for mails disJ?atched during the statistical penod are unknown or uncertain, the Administration of origin must, at the request of the Administra- tion of destination, prepare for each dispatch a bulletin, gI:OOn in color, conforming to Model C 25 POll, p. 28GI. hereto appended. The Admin- istration of origin may also send this bulletin without a formal request from the Administration of destination, if circumstances ap~ear to require it. The letter bills of the dispatches NotetfoDl. which give rise to the preparation of the said bulletin shall be marked at the head with the conspicuous notation "Bulletin de transit" (Transit bulletin). The same notation, underlined in red pencil, is entered on the special "Statistique" labels men- Ante, p. 2633. tioned in Article 61.


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 2688 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. uJn~=. dlIpatched I.- Le bulletin iU transit doit lire transmis ~ decouvert, avec les dep&h.e8 auxq:ueUe8 il 8e rapporte, aux diff~rents services qui parti- cipent a leur transport. Dans chaque pays intere88e, les bureaux d' echanqe d' entree et de sortie, d I'excl'U8Wn iU tout autre bureau intermediaire, consignent sur le bulletin les renseignements con- cernant Ie transit eifectue par eux. Le dernier bureau d' ecoonge in- termediaire doit remettre Ie bulle- PoR. p. 2693. tin 0 25 directement au bureau de destination. Le bulletin est ren- voy~ ensuite par l'Office destina- t8JI'e au bureau d'origine al'appui du relev~ 0 17. Lorsqu'un bulle- . Transit bulletin miss- tin de transit dont l'expedition a mg. eli demandee ou est annoncee en tete de la feuille d'a'lYis fait defaut, le bureau de destination est tenu de le reclamer 8ans aucun retard. ARTICLE 67. 2. The transit bulletin shall be sent in uninclosed, together with the dispatches to which it relates, to the different services which participate in their transporta.- tion. In each country concernedl the exchange offices of entry and. d~parture, to the exclusion of all other intermediate offices, enter in the bulletin the information concerning the transit effected by them. The last intermediate ex- change office shall send the bulle- tin C 25 directly to the office of destination. The bulletin is then returned by the Admjnjstration of destination to the office of origin in support of the Form C 17. When a transit bulletin whose issuance was requested or is an- nounced at the head of the letter bill is missing, the office of desti- nation is bound to make claim for it without any delay. ARTICLE 67 Statisque des correspondances a Statistics for corre~pondence in decouvert. open mail open mail statistics. 1. -Les correspondances ordi- naires et recommandoos, ainsi que les lettres et boites avec valeur declar~, provenant du pays m~me ou des pays au dela, transmises a d~uvert pendant une p~riode de statistique font l'objet, de 180 part du bureau d'khange expMiteur, d'une in- scription sur 180 feuille d'avis libellee comme suit: Exclusions. .A .fttt. p. 2 .'5M. No open mall corre· spondence. Nombre iU correspondances d decouverl _______________ _ Las correspondances exemptes de tous frais de transit conform~ ment aux dispositions de l'article 75 de 180 Convention ne sont pa..CJ comprises dans cas chiffres. Pour faciliter 180 v~rification, Ie bureau d'eehange exp~teur doit comprendre les correspondances ordinaires inscrites sur la feuille d'avis dans des liasses sp~ciales portant la mention "Correspon- dances a d~couvert". 2 . -Adefautdecorrespondances a decouvert, Ie bureau expediteur 1. Ordinary and registered cor- respondence, as well as insured letters and boxes, coming from the country itself or from coun- tries beyond, transmitted in open mail during a statistical penod, form the subject, on the part of the dispatching exchange offi~l of an entry on the letter bill arranged as follows: "Pas de correspon'dance 6. d~uvert" (Number of open-mail articles ________________ ) Correspondence exempt from all translt char~es in accordance with the provislOns of Article 75 of the Convention is not included in these figures. In order to facilitate verifica- tion, the dispatching exchange office shall include the ordinary correspondence entered on the letter bill in special bundles bearing the note " Correspon- dances a decouvert" (Open-mail correspondence). 2. In the absence of corre- spondence in open mail, the dis-


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. 2689 wcrit en Mte de 180 feuille d'avis la mention: " Pas de correspondances a decouvert." 3.- Les inscriptions aux feuilles d'avis sont verifiees par Ie bureau d'echange destinataire. Si ce bu- reau constate des differences de plus de cinq objets, il rectifie les- dites inscriptions et signale imme- diatement l'erreur au bureau expe- diteur au moyen d'un bulletin de verification. Si la difference con- stat&> reste dans 180 limite precitee, les indications du bureau expedi- teur sont tenues pour valables. 4.- Apres avoir termine les operations statistiques, Ie bureau d 'echange destinataire dresse, en simple expedition, des releves (modele a 19 ci-annexe) qu'll transmet, sans retard, a l'Admi- nistration centrale dont il releve. ARTICLE 68. Statistique des dep~ches entre- posees. Pour les dep~ches dont l'entre- p~t dans un port donne lieu, aux termes de l'article 74 de 180 Con- vention, a une remuneration au profit de l'Office entreposeur, cet Office etablit, par pays d'origine, un releve journalier conforme au modele 0 t1 ci-annexe et 011 figurent les indications relatives aux dep~ches re9ues du pays con- sidere, par i'entrep~t, pendant 180 periode des 14 ou 28 jours de 180 statistique des frais de transit, sans ~ard aux dates d'e~edition et de reexpedition desdites de- p~hes. Les indications portees sur lef; releves journaliers sont recapi- tulees, pour chaque pays J'origine, sur un etat conforme au modele 0 t2 ci-annexe et qui est envoye a I'Administration centrale dudit pays, accompagne des releves modele 021 y afferents. L'etat recapitulatif 0 22, re- v~tu de l'acceptation de l'Ad- ministration du pays expediteur, est transmis avec les releves ti789-1 0_31 _PT 264 patching office enters at the head of the letter bill the note "Pas de correspondances a. decouvert II (No correspondence in open mail). 3. The entries on the letter bills Verification, etc. are verified by the exchange office of destination. If that office dis- covers differences of more than five articles, it corrects the said entries and immediately reports the error to the dispatching office by means of a bulletin of verifica- tion. If the difference detected remains within the limit sreci- fied above, the indications 0 the dispatching office are held to be valid. 4. Mter finishing statistical Sta~e~ent.to central • AdmlDlstratlOn. operatIOns, the excha~e office of destination makes up, m a single copy, statements (Form C 19 here- Pm!, p. 2687. to appended), which it transmits without delay to the central Ad- ministration to which it is subor- dinate. ARTICLE 68 Statistics jor warehoused mails For dispatches whose ware- ":ar!!housed malls h.. ... h statIStics. ousmgm aportgIvesnse,m t e terms of Article 74 of the Conven- Ante, p. 2M4. tion, to a /;:lJ!ent to the ware- housing A . tration, that Ad- ministration makes up, for each country of origin, a daily state- ment conforming to ~fodel C 21 POIt, p. 2689. hereto appended, on which figure the indications relative to the dis- patches received by the ware- house from the country under con- sideration during the period of 14 or 28 days of the statistics for transit charges, without regard to the dates of dispatch and refor- waTrdingh' °tf ~he saidddi~patthcheds. il Recapitulated state- eennesmaemeayments. statements are recapitulated for each country of origin in an ac- count conforming to Model C 22 Pmt, p. 2690. hereto appended, which is sent to the central Administration of the said country, accompanied by the Forms C 21 thereto relating. The recapitulatory account Transmission. C 22, marked with the accept- ance of the Administration of the dispatching CoUlltry, is trans-


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 2640 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. modele 0 ~1 A l'Admjnjstration centrale de 1'0fIice dont releve l'entrepOt. ARTICLE 69. Services extraordina.ires. Extraordinary servo Ind~pend8.mmentdes transports lees. a~riens som seuls consideres com- me services extraordinaires, don- nant lieu a des frais de transit spooiaux, Ie service entretenu pour Ie transport territorial acceiere de la Malle dite des Indes et le service special automobile Pales- tine ou Syrie-Iraq. Accounting, etc. Transit charges. Ca1cl1lation of. AfIte, p. 2634. CHAPITRE II. Comptabilite. Reglement des comptes. ARTICLE 70. Compte des frais de transit. 1. -Pour l'etablissement des comptes de transit, les sacs legers, moyens et lourds, tels g,u'ils sont definis a l'article 62 ci-deS8U8, sont portes en compte respectivement pour les poids moyens de 4, 12 et ~4- kilogrammes. ~.-Le poids des dcp&hes closes, Ie nombre des correspondances transmises A decouvert et, Ie cas echeant, le nombre des sacs entre- pos~ dans un port, sont multi- plies par 26, ou 13 selon le cas, et les produits servent de base A des comptes particuliers etablis- sant en francs les sommes an- nuelles revenant A chaque Office. Dans Ie cas Oll Ie multiplica- teur 26 ou 13 ne repond pas au trafic normal echange par un service, les AdministratIons in- teressees s'entendent pour l'adop- tion d'un autre multiplicateur qui vaut pendant les annees aux- quelles s'applique la statistique. Le soin de dresser les comptes incombe a l'OjJiee crediteur qui les transmet a l'Ojfice debiteur. S. -A fin de tenir compte du poids des sacs et de l'emballage, ainsi que des categories de cor- Initted with the Forms C 21 to the central Administration of the country to which the warehouse belongs. ARTICLE 69 Extraordinary services Apart from transportation by air mail, the service maintained for the accelerated land convey- ance of the so-called India Mail, and the special motor service from Palestine or Syria to Iraq, are alone considered as extraor- dinary services giving rise to special transit charges. CHAPTER II ACCOUNTING. ADJUSTMENT OF AC- COUNTS AR'fICLE.. 70 Transit-charge account 1. For the preparation of the transit accounts, the light, me- dium and heavy sacks, as defined by Article 62 preceding, ara entered in the accounts for their average weights of 4, 12 and 24 kilograms respectively. 2. The weights of the closed mails, the number of articles sent in open mail, and, if occasion arises, the number of sacks ware- housed in a port, are multiplied by26or13, as thecasemaybe, and the products serve as the basis of the individual accounts showing, in francs, the annual sums due to each Admjnjstration. In case that the multiplier 26 or 13 does not correspond to the normal traffic thru a service, the Administrations concerned come to an agreement for the adoption of another multiplier which holds good during the years to which the statistics apply. The duty of making up the accounts is incumbent upon the creditor Administration, which transmits them to the debtor Ad- ministration. 3. In order to take account of the weight of the sacks and the packing, as well as of the classes


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. 2641 respondances exemptes de tous fr8lS de transit en conformite des dispositions de l'article 75 de la Convention, Ie montant total du com~te des dep~ches closes est redUlt de dix pour cent. 4-.- Les comptes particuliers sont dress~s en double expedition sur la base des releves 0 17, 0 19 et 021 et sur des formules 018, o 20 et 0 22. Ils sont transmis a l'Office expediteur aussitot que possible et, au plus tard, dans un delai de 10 molS suivant l'expira- tion de la periode de statistique. 5. Si l'Office qui a envoye Ie compte particulier nla re~u aucune observation rectificative dans un intervalle de 4- mois a compter de I'envoi, ce compte est considere comme admis de plein droit. ARTICLE 71. of correspondence exempt from all transit char~es in accordance with the provisIons of Article 75 of the Convention, the total amount of the account for closed mails is reduced by ten percent. 4. The individual accounts are made up in duplicate, on the basis of the statements C 17, C19andC21,onFormsC18, C20andC22. Theyaresent to the dispatching Administra- tion as soon as possible, and, at the latest, within a pl3riod of 10 months following the expiration of the statistical :period. 5. If the Administration which has sent the individual account has not received any corrective observation within an interval of four months, counting from the date of sending, that account is considered as duly accepted. ARTICLE 71 "'tIU. p. 25M . Poll. pp. 2685-26110. Decompte general annuel. Inter- General Annual Account. Inter- vention du Bureau international. vention oj the International Bu- reau l.- 8auf entente contraire entre les Administrations interessees, Ie decompte general comprenant les frais de transit et d'entrepot est etabli annuellement par Ie Bureau international. 2. - AussiMt que les comptes particuliers entre deux Adminis- trations sont approuves ou con- sideres comme admis de plein droit (§ 5 de l'article precedent), chacune de ces Admmistrations transmet, sans retard, au Bureau international, un releve (mod~le 0 29 ci-annexe) indiquant les mon- tants totaux de ces comptes. Lors de la reception d'un releve de 1& ~art d 'une Administration, Ie Bureau international en avertit l'autre Administration interessee. Dans le soUle, il est fait aban- don des centimes. En cas de differences entre les indications correspond antes four- nies par deux Administrations, Ie Bureau international les invite a se mettre d'accord et a lui indiquer les sommes definitive- ment arr~tees. 1. Baning contrary MTeement General annual B0- b hA ~.. ·-.cr count. etween t e oIDJDJstrations con- cerned, the general account com- prising the transit and ware- housing charges is made up annu- ally btthe International Bureau. 2 th. d"d I Transmission by In . soon as e m IV! ua temational Bureau ~ accounts between two Ac1rninis- Administrations. trations are approved or con- sidered as duIy accepted (Sec- tion 5 of the preceding Article), each one of those Ac1rnjnistrations transmits, without delay, to the International Bureau, an account (Form C 23 hereto appended) Poll. p. 2691. indicating the total amounts of those accounts. Upon recei,Pt of an account from one AdminIstra- tion, the International Bureau so advises the other Administration concerned. Centimes are ignored in the balances. In case of differences between Settlement of dUJer- the corresponding items furnished ences. bv two Administrations, the In- ternational Bureau invites ther. to come to an agreement and to communicate to it the sums definitely arrived at.


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 2642 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. CoIlSideration given k) liDcle statements. SiJIlCial settlement between two Powers. PO«, p. 2e91. Tnmsit charre ac- counts. AtItc, p.~. Lorsqu'une seulement des Ad- ministrations a fourni Ie releve 0 13, les indications de cette Ad- ministration font foi, A moins que Ie releve correspondant de l'Ad- ministration retardataire ne soit parvenu au Bureau international en temps opportun pour l'etablis- sement du proohain decompte general annuel. DansIe casprevuau§5de l'article precedent, les releves doivent porter la mention "Au- cune observation de l'Office de- biteur n'est parvenue dans Ie delai reglementaire", Si deu."'( Administrations se met- tent d'accord pour fsire un r~le ment special, leUl'B releves 0 29 portent la mention "Compte regie a part-a titre d'infonna- tion" et ne sont pas compris dans Ie decompte general annuel. 3. - u Bureau international etablit, a la fin de chaque annea, sur la base des releves qui lui sont parvenus jusque-la et qui sont consideres comme admis de plein droit, un deoompte ~eneral annuel des frais de traIlSlt. Le cas kkeam, il se conjorme a la reglejiUe a l'article 60, § 2, pour les payemem8 annuels. Le deoompte indique: a) Ie Doit et l'Avoir de chaque Office' b) I~ solde debiteur ou Ie solde cremteur de chaque Office; c) les sommes a payer par les Offices debiteUl'B; 4) les sommes A recevoir par les Offices cremteUl'B. Le Bureau international pour- voit a ce que Ie nombre des paye- mentB eifectues par les Offices debiteUl'B soit restreint dans la mesure du possible. Prompttnmsmi8slon. 4. -Les deoomptes generaux annuels doivent ~tre transmis aux Administrations par Ie Bu- reau international, aussitOt que When only one of the Adminis- trations has furnished the Form C 23, the indications of that Administration hold good, unless the corresponding statement is received by the International Bureau from the Administration in arrears in time for the making up of the next general annual account. In the case provided for by Section 5 of the preceding Article, the accounts mm:t bear the note "Aucune observation de l'Office debiteur n'est parvenue dans Ie delai reglemen taire" (No observa- tion received from the debtor Administration within the pre- scribed period). If two Administrations ~OTOO to make a special settlement, their Forms C 23 bear the note "Compte regie a part-a titre d'information" (Account settled separately-for purposes of infor- mation) and are not included in the general annual account. 3. The International Bureau makes up, at the end of each year, on the basis of the forms which have reached it up to that time and which are consid- ered as duly accepted, a general account of traIlSlt cha~es. If occasion arises, it complies with the rule laid down by Article 60, Section 2 for the annual pay- mentB. The account indicates: (a) The debit and credit of each Administration; (b) The debit or credit balance of each Administration; (c) The sums to be paid by the debtor Administrations; (d) The sums to be received by the creditor Administrations. The International Bureau sees that the number of 1!~entB made by the debtor A. tra- tions is limited as far as possible. 4. The general annual accounts must be transmitted to the Ad- ministrations by the International Bureau as soon as possible, and,


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. 2643 possible et, au plus taro, avant l'expiration du premier trimestre de l'ann~ qui suit celIe de leur . §stablissement. ARTICLE 72. Liquidation des frois de transit. 1. -8auf entente contraire, Ie solde resultant du decompte ge- neral annuel du Bureau inter- national 01,1 des reglements spe- claux, y compris, k cas kheam, la compensation preuue a l'article 60, § S, es~ _paye par l'Office debiteur A l'Office crediteur en or ou au moyen de cheques O'U de traites payables A vue sur la capitale ou sur une place com- merciale du pays creancier. En cas de payement au moyen de cheques O'U de traites, ces tures sont etablis en monnaie du pays creancier pour un montant equi- valent, au jour de l'achat A la valeur du solde exprime en francs. Les frois de pavement sont sup- portes par l'Ofllce debiteur. Ces cheq,us O'U traites peuvent ~tre egalement tires sur un autre pays, A la condition t.fLte ces titres representent Ie m~me equivalent et que les frois d'escompte soient A la charge de l'Office debiteur. 2-Le payement preciM doit ~tre eifectue dans 1e plus bref delai ~ssible, et, au plus tard, avant l'expiration d'un delai de 4 mois A partir de la date d'envoi du decompte par Ie Bureau inter- national ou de l'invitation A payer, adress~ par l'Office crean- cler A l'Office debiteur, quand il s'agit d'un compte regie A part. Oe delai peut &re porte a 5 mois dans les relations entre pays eloignes. Passe ces delois, les somines dues sont productives d'inMr~t, A raison de sept pour cent l'an, A compter du jour d'expiration des- dits d61ais. at the latest, before the expiration of the first quarter of the year fol- lowing the one in which they were made up. ARTICLE 72 (see Protocol I) Settlement of transit charges POll, p. 2671. 1. Barring contrary agreement, Payment of tranait the balance resulting from the charges. general annual account of the International Bureau or from spe- cial settlements, including, if occa- sion arises, the compensation pro~ vided for in Article 60, Section 2, Ante, p, 2632. is paid by the debtor Administra- tion to the creditor Administration in gold or by means of checks or drafts payable at sight in the capi- tal or m a commercial city of the creditor country. In case of payment by means of checks or drafts} those instru- ments are drawn m the money of the creditor country for an amount equivalent on the day of purchase to the value of the bal- ance expressed in francs. The expenses of payment are borne by the debtor Administration. These checks or drafts may also be drawn on another country on the condition that those instru- ments represent the same equiva- lent and that the exchange costs are charged to the debtor Admin- istration. 2. The payment above men- Early settlement. tioned must be made as soon as possible, and, at the latest, before the expiration of a period of four monthS, counting from the date of the sending of the account by the International' Bureau, or of the invitation to pay sent by the creditor Administration to the debtor Administration when it is a question of accounts settled separately. This period may be extended to five months in rela- tions between distant countries. Mter those periods, the sums due bear interest at the'rate of 7 percent a year, counting from the date of expiration of the said periods.


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 2644 Various provlsioDa. Reply coupons. Form, etc. Poat, p. 269f. Optkma. Annual settlement. Procedure. Pon, p. 28VII. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. TITRE VIII. DispositioIld diverses. CHAPITRE UNIQUE. ARTICLE 73. Coupons-reponse. 1. -Les coupons-reponse sont conformes au modele 0 26 ci- annexe et imprimes par les soins du Bureau international sur papier. prtant en filigrane les lettres U P U en ~:: caraderes. 2.-C haque A .. tration ala faculte: a) de donner aux coupons- reponse une perforation distinc- tive qui ne nuise pas A la lecture du texte et ne soit pas de nature A entraver la verification de ces valeurs; b) de modifier, A la main ou au moyen d'un procede d'im- pression, Ie prix de vente indique sur les coupons. 3.-La Bureau international foumit les coupons au prix coAtant. 4. -8auf entente contraire entre les Administrations interessees, les coupons echanges sont envoyes annuellement aux Administra- tions qui les ont emis avec l'indi- cation glob ale de leur nombre et de leur valeur. 5. -AussiMt que deux Adminis- trations se sont mises d'accord sur Ie nombre des coupons echanges dans leur relations re- ciproques, un releve (modele 017 ci-annexe), indiquant Ie solde debiteur ou credi.teur, est dresse par chacune des deux Adminis- trations et transmis par celles-ci au Bureau international. A de- faut d'accord entre deux Admi- nistrations dans un delai de six mois, l'Office crediteur etablit son decompte et l'envoie au Bureau international. Pour l'etablisse- ment de ce releve, la valeur du coupon est calculee A97~ centimes par unite. La Bureau interna- tional comprend Ie solde dans un decompte annuel. TITLE VIII VARIOUS PROVISIONS SOLE CHAPTER ARTICLE 73 Reply coupons 1. R~ply coupons conform to Model. C 26 hereto appended~ and are prmted by the International Bureau on paper bearing,_ in the watermark, the letters "U P U" in 18I'ge characters. 2. Each Administration has the option: a) of giving the reply coupons a distinctive perforation which does not interfere with the reading of the text and is not of such a nature as to hinder the verification of the coupons. b) of modifying, by hand or by means of a printing proc.e£S, the selling price indicated on the coupons. 3. The International Bureau f~hes the coupons at cost pnce. 4. B~ contrary apeement among the Administrations con- crned, the coupons exchanged are sent annually to the Adminis- trations which have issued them, with indication of their total number and value. 5. As soon as two Administra- tions have come to an agreement as to the number of coupons ex- changed in their rec!ErocaJ. rela- tions, a statement (.lform C 27 hereto appended) indicating the debit or credit balance is ma.a.e up by each of the two Administra- tions and transmitted by them to the International Bureau. In the absence of an agreement between two Administrations within a period of six months, the creditor Administration makes up its ac- count and sends it to the Inter- national Bureau. For the mak- ing up of that account, the value of the coupons is calculated at 37U centimes each. The Inter- national Bureau includes the bal- ance in an annual account.


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. 2645 Dans Ie cas o~ l'une seulement des AdminiStrations aurait fourni Ie reIev~ (mod~le 0 S7)I les indications de eette AdmiDlstra- tion font foi, 6.·-Lorsqu~, dans les rapports entre de~ Offices, Ie solde annuel ne d~passe pas 25 francs, I'Office d~biteur est exon~r~ de tout paye- ment et Ie relev~ n'est pas dress~. 7.-Dans Ie cas o~ deux Ad- ministrations se sont mises d'ac- cord J.0ur fme un r~glement spooi ,elles ne transmettent pas de relev~ au Bureau international. 8.- Le payement des sOldes a lieu dans les conditions pr~vues A l'article re. ARTICLE 74. Cartes d'identit~. I.- Les Administrations d~!g nent les bureau.'"{ de poste ou les services postaux qui delivrent les cartes d'identiM. 2. - Ces cartes sont ~tablies sur des formules conformes au mod~le o S8 ci-annex~. Ces formules sont fournies, au prix cotltant, par Ie B~'eau international. 3.- Au moment de Ia demande, Ie requ~rant remet sa photogra- phie et justUie de son identite. Les Administrations Mietent les prescriptions nooessaires pour que les cartes ne soient delivr~ qu'apr~ examen minutieux de l'identiM du requerant. L'agent inserit cette demande dans un registre, remplit Al'encre et en carac~res latins toutes les indications que comporte la for- mule de carte d'identite, colle sur celle-ei la photographie A l'endroit design~, applique mi- partie sur eette photographie et mi-partie sur la carte un timbre- poste repr~ntant la taxe per9ue et annule cette figurine au moyen d'une empreinte bien nette du timbre A date. n appose ensuite de nouveau l'empremte de ce timbre ou de son sceau officiel, de maniere qU'elle porte a la fois sur la partie In case that only one of the Ad- II only one statemeul . . tt' h f. hed th bereooived. IDlDlS ra lOns as urDlS e statement (Form C 27), the indi- Poll, p. 2695. cations of that Administration are considered valid. 6. When, in relations between Small balances. two Administrations, the annual balance does not exceed 25 francs, the debtor Administration is re- leased from all pa'\ ment and the account is not made up. 7. In case that two Adminis- Special settlemeuta. trations have come to an agree- ment to make a special settle- ment, they do not transmit any account to the International Bu- reau. 8. The payment of the bal- ances is made under the condi- tions provided by Article 72. ARTICLE 74 I tkntity cards 1. The Administrations desig- nate the post offices or postal serv- ices which issue identity cards. 2. These cards are made up on forms agreeing with Model C 28 hereto appended. These forms are furnished at cost by the inter- national Bureau. 3. At the time of making ap- p!ication, the applicant submits his photograph and proves his identity. Administrations fix the necessary requirements so that the cards may not be issued until careful investigation is made re- garding the identity of the ap- plicant. The employee enters this re- guest in a register; fills in, in Latin chara.cters and in ink, all the information called for by the form of identity card; af6,xes the photograph to it in the designated place; applies, half on the photo- graph and half on the card, 8 postage stamp representing the charge collected; and cancels that stamp by means of a very neat impression of the date stamp. He then also places the impres- sion of that stamp or of his official seal, in such a manner that it appears both on the upper part of Pa)'Illent. AftU, p. 2643. Identity cud!. Issuing offices .• Forms. Pott, p. 2696. Requirements.


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 2646 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. JWle 28, 1929. Renewal of graph. superieure de Is. photogrs.phie et sur Is. carte, puis reproduit cette empreinte s.u recto de Is. carte, signe celle-ci et Is. remet a l'inM- resse apr~ s.voir recueilli sa signature. photo- 4.~Lorsque Ia 'physionomie du titulaire s'est modifiee au point qU'elle ne reponde plus ala pho- tographie ou au signalement, la Rights reeerved. Warship malls. Establlahment of e:t· change. Details. carte doit ~tre renouvelee. 5. -Chaque pays conserve la faculte de deIi.vrer les cartes d'identiM du service international selon les regles appliquees pour les cartes en usage dans son ser- vice interieur. ARTICLE 75. Dep~hes echangees avec des b!ti- ments de guerre. l. - L'ets.blissement d'un echange, en dep~hes closes, en- tre un Office postal et des divi- sions navales ou bAtiments de guerre de m~me nationa.liM, ou entre une division navale ou b!- timent de ~erre et une autre de m~me natlOnalite, doit ~tre no- tifie, autant que possible a I'a- vance, aux Offices mtennedia.ires. 2. - La suscription de ces de- p~hes est redigee comme suit: I>u bureau de _____________________ _ 1 1a division navale (Da-} tionalite) de (designa- Po tion de la division) a_ (Pays). Ie bAtiment (nationalite) Ie (nom du bAtiment) a ou De la division navale (natiO-} nalite) de (d&3ignation de la. division) a_____ - - (Pays) Du bAtiment (nationalite) Ie. (nom du bAtiment) 8. _____ _ Pour Ie bureau de __________ _ ou De la division navale (natiQ-} nalite) de (d~signation de la. division) 8._ _ __ ___________ (Pays). Du bAtiment (nationalite) Ie (nom du bAtiment) a_____ _ r ia division navale (na-} tionalite) de (d&3igna- tion de la. division) a_ poul1e bAtiment (nationalit~) (Pays). Ie (nom du bAtiment) a_________________ _ the photogrs.ph and on the card, then reproduces that· impression on the front of the card, BlgIl8 the cardt and delivers it to the inter- estea. party after obtaining his signature. 4. When the appearance of the holder becomes modified to such an extent that it no longer agrees with the photograph or descrip- tion, the card must be renewed. 5. Each country reserves the right to issue identity cards for the international service in ac- cordance with the rules applicable to cards used in its domestic sel'Vlce. ARTICLE 75. Mails exchanged with warships 1. Notice must be given, in advance as far as possible, to the intermediate Administrations, of the establishment of an exchange of closed mails between a Postal Administration and naval divi- sions or warships of the same nationality, or between one naval division or warship and another of the same nationality. 2. The address of such dis- patches is worded as follows: From the office of. ___ __ ___ ___ _ 3 0r the (nationality") naval division of (name of the division) at _________ _ (country). For the (nationality) ship (name of the ship) __________ at ____ (country). or From the (nationality) naval division of (name of the division) at _______ _ (country). From the (nationality) ship (name of the ship) at ______________ (country). For the office of. _________ (country). or From the (nationality) naval division of (name of the division) at_______ _ (country). From the (nationality) ahip (name of the ship) at_____________ (country). For the (nationality) naval division of (name of the division) at_________ _ (country). For the (nationality) ship (name of the ship) at____ • _________ (country)' •••


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. 2647 3.-Les dep~hes a destination ou provenant de divisions na- vales ou de batiments de guerre sont acheminees, sauf indication d'une voie speciale sur l'adresse, par les voies les plus rapides et dans les memes conditions que 100 depeches echangees entre bu- reaux de poste. La capitaine d'un paquebot postal qui transporte des de- p~hes a destinatIOn d'une divi- sion navale ou d'un batiment de guelTe les tient a la disposition du commandant de la division ou du batiment destinataire pour Ie cas OU celui-ci viendrait lui en demander la livraison en route. 4. -8i les batiments ne se trou- vent las au lieu de destination quan les depeches a leur adresse y aITivent, ces dep~hes sont con- setvees au bureau de poste, en attendant leur retrait par Ie des- tinataire ou leur reexpedition sur un autre point. La reexpedition peut etre demandee, soit par I'Office postal d'origine, soit :par Ie commandant de la divisIOn navale ou du batiment destina- taire, soit enfin par un Consul de meme nationalite. 5. -Celles des depeches dont il s'agit qui portent la mention "Aux soins du Consul d _______ _ ______ " sont consignees au Con- sulat du pays d'origine. Elles peuvent etre ulMrieurement, a la demande du Consul, reintegrees dans Ie service postal et reex- pedi.ees sur Ie lieu d'origine ou sur une autre destination. 6.- Les depeches a destination d'un batiment de guerre sont considerees comme etant en tran- sit jusqu'a leur remise au com- mandant de ce batiment, alors meme qu'elloo auraient eM primi- tivement adressees aux soins d'un bureau de poste ou a un Consul charge de servir d'agent de transport intermediaire; eiles ne sont done pas considerees comme etaut parvenues a leur adresse, taut qU'elies n'ont pas eM livrees au batiment de guerre destinataire. 3. Dispatches addressed to or Forward1nc, etc. comin~ from naval dinsions or warships are forwarded, in the absence of any indication of a special route in the address, by the most rapid routes, and under the same conditions as the dis- patches exchanged between post offices. The captain of a mail steamer which caITies dispatches ad- dressed to a naval division or a warship holds them at the dis- posal of the commander of the division or vessel of destination in case that the latter should re- quest that he deliver them en route. 4. If the vessels are not found Retention, etc. at the place of destination when the dispatches addressed to them arrive there, such dispatches are retained at the post office while awaiting their Withdrawal by the addressees or their reforwarding to another point. The reforward- ReCorwarding reo . b d.hbhquests. mgmay erequeste elt er y t e Postal Admimstration of origin or by the commander of the naval division or vessel of destination, or, finally, by a Consul of the same natlOnality. 5. Those of the dispatches in IncareofConsuI. question which bear the note: "Aux soins du Consul d _______ _ ____ __ " (in care of the Consul oL _____________ ) are delivered to the Consulate of the country of origin. They may, later on, at the request of the Consul, be returned to the postal service and forwarded to the place of origin or to another destination. 6. Dispatches addressed to a Considered In transit warship are considered as being in until delivered to com· mander. transit up to their delive!y to the commander of that warship, even if they have originally been ad- dressed in care of another post office or to a Consul charged with serving as intermediate forward- ing agent; they are not, there- fore, considered as having arrived at their address until they have been delivered to the warship of destination.


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. 2649 non), 08 (Mandat de rembourse- ment international), 0 10 (Enve- loppe tU reexpedilion), 0 11 (De- mande de retrait ou de modifica- tion d'adresse), C 12 (Renseigne- ments a fournir en cas de reclama- tion d'un envoi ordinaire), C 13 (Reclamation d'un envoi reoom- mande). ARTICLE 78. DeIai de garde des documents. Les documents du s'ernce inter- national doivent ~tre· conserves pendant une periode minimum de deux ans. ARTICLE 79. Adresse teUgraphique. Les Administrations font usage, pour les communications telegra- phiques qu'eUes echangent entre eUes, tU l'adresse tetegraphique "Postgen", suivie tU l'indication tU la ville OV se trouve le siege tU l'Administration centrale. TITRE IX. Bureau international. CHAPITRE UNIQUE. ARTICLE 80. Congres et Conferences. Le Bureau international pre- pare les travaux des Congres ou Conferences. II pourvoit aux im- pressions et a la distribution des documents necessaires. Le Directeur de ce Bureau as- siste aux seances des Congres ou Conferences et prend part aux discussions, sans IVOi.~ deliberative. ARTICLE 81. al C. O . D. money order), C 10 ~OIt, pp. 2673,2675- (forwarding envelope), C 11 (re- . quest for return or change of address), C 12 (tracer for an ordi- nary article), C 13 (tracer for 8 regIStered article), ARTICLE 78 Period of retention of documents The documents of the interna- Retention of docu- . I' bek f ments. tiona seI'Vlce must ept or a Ante, p. 2556. minimum peri.od of two years. ARTICLE 79 Telegraphic address The Administrations make use, Telegraphic address. for the telegraphic communica- tions which they exchange among themselves, of the telegraphic address "Postgen", followed by the name of the city in which the central Administration is located. TITLE IX INTERNATIONAL BUREAU IntemationaiBurean. SOLE CHAPTER ARTICLE 80 Oongresses and Oonferences Congresses, etc. The International Bureau pre- Duties, etc. pares the agenda for Congresses or Conferences. It provides for the printing and distribution of the necessary documents. The Director of that Bureau Attendance, etc" or dh . fC Director. atten s t e sesslOns 0 ongresses or Conferences, and takes part in the discussions, without the power of voting. ARTICLE 81 Renseignements. Demandes de Information. Requests for modi- modifications des Actes. fication of the Acts Le Bureau international doit se tenir en tout temps a la disposi- tion des membres de l'Union, pour leur fo urnir, sur les questions The International Bureau must To furnish Inform&- hId' If 11' h di tion. o Itse ata tlDlesatt e s- posal of members of the Union, to furnish them, on questions


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 2650 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. relatives au service, les renseigne- ments dont ils pourraient avoir besoin. RequeststorchaDges, D instruit lea demandes de etc. modification ou d'interpretation des dispositions qui regissent l'Union et notifie les resultats des consultations. PublicatioDll. Special Journal. ARTICLE 82. Publications. l. -Le Bureau international redige, a. l'aide des documents qui sont mis a. sa disposition, un journal special en langues alle- mande, anglaise, espagnole et fran9aise. Digest of informa- 2.- ll publie, d'aprffi las infor- tion. mations foumies en vertu des pres- Poll, p. 2655. Distribution. Ante, p. 2537. criptions de l'article 90 ci-aprffi, un recueil officiel de tous les renseignements d'inter@t general concernant l'execution de Ia Con- vention et du Reglement dans chaque pays. Les modifications ulMrieures scmt notijiees par cir- cvlaires. Des recueils analogues con- cernant l'execution des Arrange- ments sont :publies sur la demande des Admjmstrations participant a. ces Arrangements. 3. -Las documents publies par Ie Bureau internation8J. sont dis- tribues aux Administrations dans 10. proportion du nombre d'unites contributives assignees a chacune d'elles par l'article 24 de la Con- vention. Les exemplaires supplementaires de ces documents qui seraient reclames par les Adminjstrations so~t J>ay~ a. part, d'aprffi leur prlX de reVlent. World postal dlrec- 4.- Le Bureau international est &cry. charge de publier un dictionnaire alphabetique de tous les bureaux de poste du monde, avec une mention speciale pour ceux de ces bureaux charges de services qui ne Kept up to date. sont pas encore generalises. Ce dictionnaire est tenu au courant au moyen de supplements ou de toute autre mani~re que Ie Bureau DIstribution. international juge convenable. Le dictionnaire est distribue aux Administrations a. raison de 10 exemplaires par unite contributive relative to the service, such infor.. mation as they may require. It prepares a statement of re- quests for changes or for interpre- tation of the provisions governing the Union, and makes known the results of consultations. ARTICLE 82 Publication.s 1. The International Bureau publishes, with the aid of the doc- uments which are placed at its disposal, a special journal in the German, English, Spanish and French languages. 2. It publishes, in accordance with information furnished under the provisions of Article 90 here- after, an official digest of all information of general interest concerning the execution of the Convention and Regulations in each country. Subsequent modi- fications are published m circulars. Similar digests concerning the execution of the Agreements are published at the request of the Administrations participating in those Agreements. 3. The documents published by the International Bureau are dis- tributed among the Administra- tions in p'roportion to the numbel of contnbutive units assigned t each one of them by Article 24 the Convention. Additional copies of those docu- ments request.ed by Administra- tions are paid for separately, at their selling price. 4. The International Bureau is charged with publishing_ an alpha- betical dictionary of all the post offices in the world, with special mention of those of such offices charged with services which have not yet been generalized. That dictionary is kept up to date by means of supplements, or in any other manner which the Interna- tional Bureau deems convenient. The dictionary is distributed among the Administrations at the rate of 10 copies for each contrib-


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. 2651 ~crnee A chacune d'elles par Particle 24 de 10. Convention. Les exemplaires suppIementaires de- mandes par les Administrations so~t payes. A part, d'apr~ leur pnx de reVlent. ARTICLE 83. Rapport annuel. Le Bureau international fait sur sa gestion un rapport annuel qui est communique a toutes les Administrations. ARTICLE 84. utive unit assigned to each of them by Article 24 of the Con- vention. Additional copies re- quested by AdministratlOns are paid for separately, in accordance with their selling price. ARTICLE 83 Annual Report The International Bureau makes. an annual report of its operations, which is sent to all the Administrations. ARTICLE 84 Allee, p. 2537. .~nnulll report. Langue officielle du Bureau int.er- Ojficial language oj the Interna- national. tional Bureau La langue officielle du Bureau The official language of the In- don:;r language in~ernational est la langue fran- ternational Bureau is the French a op. 98.lSe. language. ARTICLE 85. ARTICLE 85 Coupons-reponse. Cartes d'iden- Reply coupons. Identity cards. Replycoupons,lden- tiM. Tableau des equivalents. Table oj equivalents tity cards, ('tc. Le Bureau international est charg~ de la confection et de l'approvisionnement des coupons- reponse et des cartes d'identite, ainsi que de l'etablissement et de la distribution du tableau des equivalents pr~ a Particle 5 ci=dessus. ARTICLE 86. Balance et liquidation des comptes. 1.-Le Bureau international est charge d'operer la balance et la liquidation des comptes de toute nature relatifs au service inter- national des postes entre les Ad- ministrations qui declarent vou- loir emprunter son intermediaire. Celles-ci se concertent, a cet eifet, entre elles et avec ce Bureau. 2.-8ur la demande des Admi- nistrations interessees, les decomp- tes Mlegraphiquee peuvent aussi ~tre indiques au Bureau inter- national pour entrer dans la compensation des soldes. 3. - ChaqueAdministration con- serve Ie droit d'etablir a son The International Bureau is Manufacture and charged with manufacturing and supply. supplying reply coupons and iden- tity cards as well as with pre- paring and distributing the table of equivalents contemplated by Article 5 above. Antt, p. 2 .58.'l. ARTICLE 86 Balancing and settkment oj ac- counts 1. The International Bureau is Settlement or so- charged with effecting the balanc- counts. ing and settlement of accounts of all kinds relating to the inter- national postal service among the Administrations which declare themselves wiIling to .use its intermediary. The latter come to an agreement to that effect among themselves and with the Bureau. 2. At the request of the Admin- Telegraphic ae- istrations concerned, telegraphic counts. accounts may also be transmitted to the International Bureau, to be included in the striking of balances. 3. Each Administration re- Special accounts. serves the right to make up, at


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 2652 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. choix des decomptes spooiaux pour diverses branches du service et d'en operer a sa convenance Ie reglement avec ses correspon- dants, sans employer l'interme- dia.ire du Bureau international, auquel elle se borne A indiquer pour quelles branches de service et pour quels pays elle reclame ses offices. Use of intermediary. 4 . -Les Administrations qui auront emprunte l'intermedi8l1'e du Bureau international pour la balance et la liquidation des decomptes peuvent cesser d'user de cet interm.ediaire trois mois apr~ ell avoll' donne avis. ARTICLE 87. Making up of ac- Etablissement des comptes. counts. Transmitt~l from 1 -Lorsque les comptes parti- debtor to creditor Ad- •• ministration. culiers ont ete debattus et arr~tes d'un commun accord, les Offices debiteurs transmettent aux Offices crediteurs, pour chaque nature d'operations, une recon- naissance, etablie en francs et centimes, du montant de la balan- ce des deux comptes r.articuliers, avec !'indication de I objet de la crea.nce et de la periode a laquelle elle sa rapporte. GenenlIlCOlllIDtl. Sauf entente contraire, 1'Office qui desirerait, pour sa compta- bilite interieure, avoir des comptes generaux, aurait ales etablir lui-m&ne et a les soumettre a l'a.cceptation de l'Office corres- pondant. - Other syItems. Les Offices peuvent s'entendre pour pratiquer '!-Il autre systeme dans leurs relations. Detailed tables. 2.- -C haque Office adresse au Bureau international mensuelle- moot ou trimestriellement, si des circonstances spooiales Ie rendent desirable, un tableau indiquant son Avoir du chef des decomptes particuliers, a.insi que Ie total des sommes dont il est crediteur envers chacun des Offices con- tractantsj chaque creance figurant dans ce tableau doit ~tre justifiee par une reconnaissance de l'Office debiteur. Ce tableau doit parvenir au Bureau international Ie 19 de chaque mois ou du premier mois its option, special accounts for various branches of the service, and to settle them, at its con- venience, with its correspondents, without employing the interme- diary of the International Bureau, to which it merely gives notice of those branches of the service and the countries for which it requests its offices. 4. Administrations which have employed the intermediary of the International Bureau in balancing and settling accounts may cease to use that intermediary three months after having given notice thereof. ARTICLE 87 Making up of accounts 1. When the detailed accounts have been checked and agreed upon, the debtor Administrations transmit to the creditor Admin- istrations, for each class of opera- tions, an acknowledgment, made up in francs and centimes, of the amount of the balance of the two detailed accounts, with indi- cation of the subject of the credit and of the period to which it relates. B~ contrary agreement, an Administration which desires for its own accounting purposes: to have general accounts, must make them up itself, and submit them to the corresponding Ad- ministration for acceptance. Administrations may come to agreements to apply another system in their relations. 2. Each Administration ad- dresses to the International Bu- reau} monthly or quarterly, if speCIal circumstances render it desirable, a table indicating its credit on the detailed accounts, as well as the total of the sums due to it from each of the con- tracting Administrations' each credit figuring in the tabl~ must be justified by an acknowledg- ment from the debtor Adminis- tration. This table must reach the Inter- national Bureau on the 19th of each month or of the first month


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. 2653 de chaque trimestre au plus tard. A defaut, il n 'est compris que dans la liquidation du mois ou du trimestre suiva.n .t. 3.-Le Bureau international, constate, en rapprochant les re- connaissances, SI les tableaux sont exacts. Toute rectification neces- sme est notifiee aux Offices interesses. Le Doit de chaque Office envers un autre est reporte dans un ta- bleau recapitulatifj afin d'etablir Ie total dont chaque Office est debiteur, il suffit d'additionner les diverses colonnes de ce tableau recapitulatif. ARTICLE 88. Balance generale. I. -Le Bureau international reu- nit les tableaux et les recapitu- lations en une balance generale indiquant: a) Ie total du Doit et de l'Avoir de chaque Office; b) Ie solde debiteur ou Ie solde crediteur de chaque Office j c) les sommes a payer par Us 0jJices delmeurs et la repartition ik ces sommes entre Us Ojfices cr&liteurs. n vellie, dans la mesure du possible, a ce que chaque Office n'ait a. effectuer, pour se liberer, <J.u'un ou deux payements dis- tincts. Toutefois, l'Office qui Be trouve habituellement a decouvert vis-a- vis d'un autre Office pourune som- Ine superieure a 50,000 francs a!e droit de reclamer des acomptes. Ces a.comptes sont inscrits, tant par l'Office crediteur que par I'Office debiteur, au bas des tableaux a adresser au Bureau international. 2.-Les leconnaissances trans- mises au Bureau international avec les tableaux sont classees par Office. Elles servent de base pour l'etablissement de la liquidation des comptes de chacun des Offices ihteresses. Dans cette liquida- tion doivent figurer: of each quarter at the latest. Otherwise it is carried over for settlement to the a.coount for the following month or quarter. 3. The International Bureau Determination by determines, by comparing the Bureau. acknowledgments, whether the tables are correct. Notice of any necessary correction is given to the Administrations concerned. The debit of each Administra- tion to another is carried over to a recapitulatory table; in order to determine the total amount owed by each Administration, it is suffi- cient to add up the various col- umns of this recapitulatory table. ARTICLE 88 General balance General balance. 1. The International Bureau Preparation by Bu- assembles the tables and the re- reau. capitulations into a general bal- ance sheet indicatin~: (a) The total debIt and credit of each Administration; (b) The debit or credit balance of each Administration; (c) The sums to be paid by the debtor Administrations, and the distribution of those sums among the creditor Administrations. It sees as far as possible, that each Administration does not have to make more than one or two separate payments in order to settle Its obligations. However, an Administration which habitually finds a sum exceeding 50,000 francs due to it by another Administration has the right to claim payments on account. These remittances are entered, by both the creditor and the debtor Administration, at the bottom of the tables which they address to theInternationa1 Bureau. 2. The acknowledgments trans- Classification of ao- mitted to the International Bu- knowledgments. reau with the tables are classified according to Administrations. They serve as the basis for the making up of the balance of the accounts of each of the Adminis- trations concerned. In that bal- ance shall figure:


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 2654 Payment. Prompt settlement. Ante, p. 2M3. Small balances. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. a) lea sommes afim-en1ie8 aux comptes speciaux portant sur lea divers echanges; b) Ie total des sommes r~ulta.nt de tous les comptes speciaux par rapport 8. chacun des Offices intm-ess~; c) las totaux des sommes dues a tous les Offices creruteurs pour chaque branche du service, a.insi que leur total general. Ce total doit ~tre ~&l au total du Doit qui figure aans Is. re - capitulation. Au bas du bordereau de liqui- dation, Ia balance est etablie entre Ie Doit et I'Avoir r~ulta.nt des tableaux adresses par Ies Offices au Bureau international. Le mon- tant net du Doit ou de l'Avoir doit ~tre egal au solde debiteur ou au solde creruteur ~rte dans Ia balance generale. En outre, Ie bordereau indique Ies Offices en faveur desquels Ie p~yement doit ~tre effectue par l'Office debiteur. Les borderaux de liquidation doivent ~tre tnmsmis aux Offices interesses par Ie Bureau inter- national, au plus tard Ie 22 de chaque mois. ARTICLE 89. Payement. Le payement des sommes dues, en vertu d'une liquidation, {>OJ: un Office a un autre Office, dOlt ~tre effectue aussitat que possible et au plus tard quinze jours apres la reception du bordereau de liqui- dation par I'Office debiteur. Quant aux autres conditions de payement, Ies dispositions du § 1 de l'article 72 sont ayplicables. Las dispositions du § 2 dudit article font regIe en cas de non- payement du solde dans Ie deIai fixe. Les soldes d6biteurs on creru- teurs n'excedant pas 500 francs peuvent ~tre repor~ a Ia liqui- dation du mois suivant, ala con- dition toutefois que les Offices interess~.s soient en rapport men- suel avec Ie Bureau international. (a) The sums relative to the special accounts concerning the various exchanges; (b) The total of the sums resultin~ from all the special ac- counts m relation to each of the Administrations concerned; (c) The totals of the sums due to all the creditor Administrations fo1' each branch of the service, as well as their grand total. This total must be equal to the debit which figures in the recapit- ulation. At the bottom of the balance sheet, the balance is made between the debit and the credit result- ing from the tables addressed by the Administrations to the In- ternational HIJ.reau. The net amount of the debit or the credit must be equal to the debit or credit balance carried into the general balance sheet. Moreover, the sheet indicates the Admin- istrations in favor of which the payment must be effected. by the debtor Administration. The balance sheets shall be sent to the Administrations concerned by the International Bureau on the 22d of each month at the latest. ARTICLE 89 Payment The payment of the sums due, byvirtue of a balance sheet, 1e Admjnistration to another A '- istration, must be effected as soon as possible, and, at the latest 15 days after the receipt of the bal- ance sheet by the debtor Ad- ministration. As for the other conditions of payment, the pro- visions of Section 1 of Article 72 are applicable. The provisions of Section 2 of the 88J.d Article govern in case of non-payment of the balance within the period fixed. Debit or credit balances not exceeding 500 francs may be car- ried over to the balance sheet for the month following, on the condi- tion, however, that the Adminis- trations concerned are in monthly communication with the Interna-


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 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. 2655 n est fait mention de ce report dans les recapitulations et dans les liquidations :pour les Offices crediteurs et dtSblteurs. L'Office dtSbiteur fait parvenir, Ie cas echtSant, a l'Office crediteur, une reconnaissance de la somme due, pour ~tre portee au prochain tableau. ART!CLE 90. Communications A wesser au Bureau international. I.-Les Administrations doi- vent se communiquer notamment par l'intermediaire du Bureau mtemational : a) l'indication des surtaxes qu'elles per90ivent pour frais de transport extr8.0rdinaire en vertu des articles 36 et 76 de la Con- vention, ainsi que la nomencla- ture des pays auxquels s'apJ>li- quent ces surtaxes, et s'il y a lieu, la designation des services qui en motivent la perception; b) la collection en trois exem- plaires de leurs timbres-poste et des impressions-types de leurs machines Aaffranchlr, avec indica- tion de la date a partir de laquelle les timbres-poste des emissions anterieures cesseraient d'a v 0 i r cours; c) leur decision au sujet de la faculte d'appliquer ou non cer- taines dispositions generales de la Convention et du R~lement; d) les taxes moderees qu'elIas ont adoptees, en vertu de l'article 5 de la Convention, et l'indication des relations auxquelles cas taxes sont applicables; e) tous les renseignement8 1diles concernant les prescriptions doua- nwes ou amre8, ainsi q:ue le8 inter- dictions ou restrictions reglant l'im- portation et le transit de8 envois postaux dans leurs services res- pectifs; j) la liste des distaMes IcUo- metMq:ues pour le8 parcour8 terri- toriaux suivis par les deptches en transit; g) la liste des lignes de paque- hots en partance de leurs ports et 57894 0 -, '31-PT 2---65 tional Bureau, Mention is made of this carrying over in the reca. - pitulations and in the settlement accounts for the creditor and debtor Administrations. The debtor Administration, in such & case, sends the creditor Adminis- tration an acknowledgment of the sum due, to be caITied over to the next table. ARTICLE 90 Oommunications to be addressed Communications to the International Bureau through Bureau. 1. Administrations shall com- municate to one another, thru the intermediary of the Inter- national Bureau, in particular: (a) An indication of the sur- - Particulars. charges which they collect for extraordinary transIt charges by virtue of Articles 36 and 76 of the Ante, pp. 2606, 2648 . Convention, as well as a list of the countries to which those sur- charges apply, and, if necessary, a designation of the services which give rise to their collection; (b) A triplicate collection of their postage stamps and speci- men impressions of their stamp- ing machines, with indication of the date from which the post~e stamps of previous issues will cease to be valid; (c) Their decision in regard to the option of applying or not ap- plying certain general provisions of the Convention and Regula- tions·1 • (d) The reduced rates which Ante, p. 2529. they have adopted by virtue of Article 5 of the Convention, and an indication of the relations to which such rates are _applicable; (e) All necessary information concerning their customs or other regulations, as well as the prohi- bitions or restrictions concerning the importation and transit of mail. articles in their respective servIces; (f) A list of distances in kilo- meters for the land routes fol- lowed by dispatches in transit; (g) A list of all steamship lines whose ships leave their ports


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 2656 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. Notice of changes. utilisees pour Ie transport des dep~ches avec indication des par- cours, des distances et des durees de parcours entre le port d'embar- quement et chacun des ports d'escale 8UCCe8sijs, de la periodicite du service et des pays auxquels les frais de transit maritime, en cas d'utilisation des paquebots, doi- vent ~tre payes; h) l'indication qu'elles admet- t,ent ou non, dans les envois affranchis au tarif des lettres, des objets passibles de' droits de douane; i) leurs taxes postales intirieures. 2.- Toute modification appor- tee ulterieurement, a l'~ard de l'un ou l'autre des points Cl-dessUS mentionnes, doit ~tre notifiee sans retard. .Bureau to be~. 3.- Les Administrations doi- nished with two COPies f. B . of each document, etc. vent OurnIr au ureau mterna- General statistics. tional deux exemplaires des docu- ments qu'elles publient, tant sur Ie servIce interieur que sur Ie service international. ARTICLE 91. Statisque generale. Annual preparation. 1.-Le Bureau international dresse une statistique generale pour chaque annee. A cet effet, les Administrations lui font parvenir une serie aussi complete que possible de ren- seignements statistigues sous forme de tableau a dresser con- Post. pp. 2697. 2700. formement aux modeles 0 fJ9 et o SO ci-annexes. Le tableau 029 est transmis a la fin du mois de juillet de chaque annee; mais les rese~ements compris dans les p8.rties IJ II et IV de ce tableau ne sont toumis que tous les trois ans; Ie tableau 0 SO est egalement transmis tous les trois ans, a la m~me date. Les renseignements fournis se rapportent toujours a l'annee precedente. Use of periodical 2.-Les operations de service statements. qui donnent lieu a enregistre- ment font l'objet de releves perio- diques, d'apres les ecritures ef- fectuees. All other operations. 3.- Pour toutes les autres Ope- rations, il est procede chaque and are used for the conveyance of mails, with indication of the routes, distances, transit times between the port of embarkation and each of the subsequent ports of call, frequency of the service, and the countries to which the maritime transit charges should be paid if use is made of the steamships; (h) Information as to whether or not they will admit, in articles bearing letter postage, articles liable to customs duty; (i) Their domestic postage rates. 2. Notice of any change made subsequently in regard to any of the points above mentioned must be given without delay. 3. Administration shall fur- nish the International Bureau with two copies of the documents which they publish, in regard to both the domestic and the inter- national service. ARTICLE 91 General statistics 1. The International Bureau makes up a set of general statistics for each year. For that purpose, the Adminis- trations send it a set of statistical information, as complete as possi- ble, in the form of tables to be made up in conformity with Models C 29 and C 30 hereto ap- pended. Table C 29 is sent out at the end of the month of July of each year; but the informa- tion comprised in Parts I, II and IV of that table is furnished only once every three years ; Table C 30 is likewise sent out once every three years on the same date. The information fur- nished always relates to the pre- ceding year. 2. The operations of the service which give rise to detailed record- ing form the subject of periodical statements, based on the actual records. 3. For all other operations, a count is made each year of articles


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 2658 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. C{luntries clsssllled. 4.- Les pays de l'Union sont cle.ss~ aIDSl qu'il suit en vue de 1& First class. Second class. Third class. Fourth class. Fifth class. Sinh class. Seventh class. r~partit.ion des frais: Ire cla.sse: Union de I'Mrique du Sud, Allemagne, Etats-Unis d'Ammque, Republique Argen- 'tine, COnunonwealth de I'Aus- tralie, Canada, Chine, France, Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bre- tagne et de l'Irlande du Nord, Inde britannique, Etat libre d'Ir- lande, Italie, Japon, Nouvelle- Zelande, Turquie, Union des Re- publiques Sovietistes Socialistes; 28 classe: Espagne, Mexique; 38 classe: Ensemble des Pos- sessions insulaires des Etats-Unis d'Amerique autres que les Iles Philippines, Belgique, Bresil, Egypte, Algerie, Colonies et Pro- tectorats franyais de l'Indochine, Ensemble des autres Colonies fran~aises, Grece, Pays-Bas, In- des neerlandai ~-es, Pologne, Rou- manie, ROy8li des Serbes, Croates et Slov~iles, Suede, Suisse, Tchecoslovaquie; 4e classe: Autriche, Danemark, Finlande, Hongrie, Chosen, N 01' - v~e, Portugal, Colonies portu- galses de l'Afrique, Colonies portu- gRises de l'Asie et de l'Oceanie; 58 cla.sse: Bulgarie, Chili, Re- publique de Colombie, Estonie, Lettonie, Maroc (8. 1'exclusion de la Zone ee-pagnole), Maroc (Zone espagnole), Perou, Perse, Tunisie; 6e classe: Mghanistan, Albanie, Bolivie, Republique de Costa- Rica, Republique de Cuba, Ville libre de Dantzig, Republique Dominicaine, Equateur, Ethiopie, Guatemala, Republique d'Haiti, Republique du Honduras, Lithua- nie, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Re- publique de Panama, Paraguly, Colorues neerlandaises en Ameri- que, Republique du Salvador, Temtoire de la Sarre, Siam, Uru- guay, Etats-Unis de Venezuela; 78 cla.sse: lIes Philippines, Colo- nie du Congo beIge, Ensemble des Colonies espagnoles, Royaume de Hedjaz et de Nedjde et De- pendances, Iraq, lslande, En- semble des Colonies italiennes, Ensemble des Dependances japo- 4. The countries of the Union are clnssified as follows, in view of the distribution of the expenses: First class: The Union of South Africa, Germany, the United Stat£,s of America, t.he Argentine RepUblic, the Commonwealth of Australia, Canada, China, France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Briuish India, the Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Turkey, the Union of Socialistic Soviet Republics; Secend class: Spain, Mexico. Third class: The whole of the Insular Possessions of the United States of America other than the Philippine Islands, Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, Algeria, the French Colonies and Protectorates in Indo-China, the whole of the other French Colonies, Greece, the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies, Poland, Rumania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavi1l.), Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia; Fourth class: Austria, Den- mark, Finland, Hungary, Chosen (Korea), Norway, Portugal, thll Portuguese Colonies in Africa, the Portuguese Colonies in Asia and Oceania; 5th class: Bulgaria, Chile, the Republic of Colombia, Estonia, Latvia, Morocco (except the Spanish Zone), Morocco (Spanish Zone), Peru, Persia, Tunis; Sixth class: Mghanistan, Al- bania, Bolivia, the Republic of Costa Rica, the Republic of Cuba, the Free City of Danzig, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia (Abyssinia), Guatemala, the Republic of Haiti, the Repub- lic of Honduras, Lithuania, Lux- emburg, Nicaragua, the Republic of Plmama, Par~aYhthe Dutch Colonies in Amenca, t e Republic of El Salvador, the Saar Territoq, Siam, Uruguay, the United States of Venezuela; Seventh class: The Philippine Islands, the Colony of the Belgian Congo, the whole of the Spanish Colonies, the Kingdom of Hej az and Nejd and Dependencies, Iraq, Iceland, the whole of the Italian Colonies, the whole of the Japa-


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 u~-r:rVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. naises autres one Ie Chosen, R~ publique de Liberia, Repuhlique de Saint-Marin, £tat de la Cite du Vatican. Dispositions finales. ARTICLE 93. nese Depelldencies other than Chosen, the Republic of Liberia, th~ Republic of San Marino, the VatICan City State, Yemen. FINAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 93 Mise ~ execution et duree du Effective date and duration oj the Reglement. Regulations 2659 Final provisions. Le present Reglement sera exe- cutoire a partir du jour de 10. mise en vigueur de 10. Convention postale universelle. n aura 10. meme duree que cette Conven- tion, a moins qu'il ne soit re- nouvel6 d'un commun accord entre les Parties inMressees. The present Regulations shall Effective date 3lld be effective from the effective date duration. Fait a Londres, le 28 juin 1929. Pour l'Ajghanistan: Pour l' Uni,on de l'Afrique du Sud: J. N. REDELfNGHUYS J. D. O'KELLY Pour l'Albanie: M. LIBOHOVA Pour l'Allemagne: Dr K. SAUTTER Dr W. KtrSGEN K. ZIEGLER Pour les £tats-Unis d'Amerique: Pour JOSEPH STEWART: E. R. WHITE Eugene R. WHITE Pour l'ensemble des Possessions insulaires des £tats-Unis d' Ame~ auire& que les Iles Philipp?,nu: Eugene R. WHITE Pour les Iles Pkilippines: C. E. UNSON Jose TOPACIO Pour la Republique Argentine: Pour la GomfMnwealth de l'Aus- tralie: M. B. HARRY of the Universal Postal Conven- tion. They shall have the same duration as that Convention, unless they are renewed by mu- tual agreement among the parties interested. Done at London, June 28, 1929. Pour l'Autriche: Walther STOECKL Pour la Belgique.· O. SCHOCKAERT Hub. KRAINS Pour la Colonie du Congo b~lge: HALEWYCK DE HEUSCH F. G. TONDEUR JAMAR Pour la Bolivie: Zac. BENAVIDES Pour ~l Bresil: Jm E"ULALIO Pour la Bulgarie: M. SAVOFF N. BOSCHNACOFF Pour le Ganada: L. J. GABOURY Arthur WEBSTER Pour le Chili: Antonio HUNEEUS Miguel A. PARRA c: VERNEUIL Pour la Chine: LIU Shu-fan Pour la Republique de Colombie:· Jorge GARCES B. Plenlpotentiaries.


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 2660 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28, 1929. Plenipotentiaries- Pour la Republique de Oosta-Rica: Contmued. Percy G. HARRISON Pour Ie Royaume- Uni de la Grande·· Bretagne et de l'Irlande du Nord: Pour la Republique de Cuba: Guillermo PATTERSON Pour Ie Danemark: V. HOLMB4AD Pour la Ville libre de Dantzig: Victor ZANDER Alfred NORDMANN Pour la Republique Dominicaine: Dr. E. R. LLUBERES Pour l'Egypte: H.MAZLOUM R. SIDHOM Pour l'Equate'lLr: E. CHACON Q. E. L. ANDRADE Pour l' Espagne: A. CAMACHO Pour l'ensemble des Oolonies espagrwles: A. RAMOS GARCIA Pour l' Estonie: G. JALLAJAS Pour l'Ethiopi,e: B. MARCOS A. BOUSSON Pour la Finlande: G. E. F. ALBRECHT Pour la France: M. LEBON L. GENTHON BOUSQUI~ MAINGUET GRANDSIMON DUSSERRE Pour l'Alge-ru: E. HUGImNIN F. H. WILLIAMSON W. G. GILBERT F. C. G. TWINN F. R. RADICE D.O.LUMLEY Pour la Greee: Th. PENTHltROUDAKIS D. BERNARDOS Pour le Guatemala: JOS~ MATOS Pour la Republique d' Haui: J. G. DALZELL Pour le Royaume de Hedjaz et de Nedjde et Dependances: Cheik Hafiz WAHBA Pour la Republique du Honduras: Humberto BLANCO-FOMBONA Pour la Hongrie: G. Baron SZALAY Charles de FORSTER Pour l'Inde britannique: H. A. SAMS O. V .BEWOOR L. P. KULKARNI P. N. MUKERJI Pour l'Iraq: Douglas W. GUMBLEY Pour l'Etat libre d'Irlande: P. S. OH-~IGEARTAIGH R. S. O'CRUIMIN S. S. PUIRS~AL Pour l'Islande: V. HOLMBLAD Pour l'Italie: Biagio BORRIELLO Pietro TOSTI Michele GALDI Pour les Colonies et Protfctorats Pour l' ensemble des Oolonies ita- fra~ais de l'Indochine: RI'ccarltd'eonneASs'T'UTO Pour M. REGISMANSET: J. CASSAGNAC Pour l'ensemble des autre.~ Colonies fran~aises : J. CASSAGNAC Pour le Japon: H. KAWAI Naotaro YAMAMOTO J. SHIMIDZU


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 UNIYEHSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. 2661 Pour le Glw'len: Naotaro YAMAMOTO Jingoro HlRAO Pour l'ensemble des autres Depen- dances japonaises: H. KA"TAI Noboru TOMIZU Pour la Lettoni.e: A. AUZINS Pour la Republiqu.e de Liberia: C. W. DRESSELHUYS Pour la Lithuanie: A. SRUOGA G. KROLIS Pour ie Luxembourg: JA..- \QUES Pour le Maroc (d l'exclusion de la Zone espagnole): Jacques TRUELLE Pour Ie Maroc (Zone espagnole): A. CAMACHO Pour le Mexiqu.e: Lino B. ROCHIN Jose V. CHAVEZ Pour le Nic.aragua: Eduardo P~REZ-TRIANA Pour la Norvege: Klaus HEI.BING OskarHOMME Pour la Nouvelle-Zelande: G. McNAMARA Pour le Republiqu.e de Panama: Carlos A. LOPEZ G. Pour Ie Paraguay: Pour les Pays-Bas: DAMME DUYNSTEE Pour les lndes neerlandaises: J. van der WERF W.F .GERDESOOSTERBEEK DOMMISSE HOOGEWOONING Pour les Oolonies neerlandaises en Ameriqu.e: W.F.GERDESOOSTERBEEK HOOGEWOONING Pour le Perou: M. de FREYRE y S. A. S. SALAZAR Pour fa Perse: Plenipotentiaries- Hovhannes KHAN MOSSAED Contillu~tj. R. ARDJOMENDE Pour la Pologne: Dr Marian BLACHIER Pour le Portugal: Jose VASCO DE CARVALHO Adalberto da COSTA VEIGA Pour les Colonies portug.2ises de l'Afrique: Mario Correa BARATA DA CRUZ Pour les Colonies portugaises de l'Asie et de l'Oceanie: Luciano Botelho DA COSTA MARTINS Pour la Roumanie: General MIHAIL 1. MANEA Pour La Republiqu.e de Saint- Marin: M. A. JAMIESON Giovanni SOVRANI Pour la Republique du Salvador: Antonio REYES-GUERRA Pour le Territoire de la Sarre: P. COURTlLET A.AREND Pour le Royaume des Serbes, Oroa- tes et Slovenes: G. DIOURITCH Pour ie Siam: Phya PRAKIT KOLASASTRA Luang BAHIDDHA NUKARA Pour La Suede: Anders ORNE Gunnar LAGER Fr. SANDBERG Pour l.a Suisse: P. DUBOIS C.ROCHES L.ROULET Pour la Tchecoslovaquie: Dr Otokar RUZICKA Josef ZABRODSK""£" Pour la Tunisie: Jacques DUMAINE DUPONT


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 2662 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. PIe n i potenti&riet- Conticued. Pour la Turquie: Ali RAANA Yusuf ARIFI Pour I' Union des RbpubliqlteS Sovietistes Socialistes: Dr Eugene HIRSCHFELD M.KHODEEFF E. SYREVITCH PO"tlr l' Uruff/.ULY: F.A.COSTANZO Pour [' Etat de la Cite du Vatican: W. A. S. HEWINS Pour l-e8 Etats- Uni.s de Venezuela: Luis Alejandro AGUILAR E. ARROYO LAMEDA Ratified and po Having examined and considered the provisions of the foregoing pr('ved by Postill8S~ Regulations, signed at London on the 28th day of June, 1929, relative General. to the Universal Postal Convention of London, signed the same day, the same are by me, by virtue of the powers vested by law in the Postmast,er General, 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 Office Depart- ment of the United States to be hereto affixed this eighth day of ~farch, 1930. [SEAL] WALTER F. BROWN Postmaster Gemral. APl1roval President. by the I hereby approve the above-mentioned Regulations, and in testi- mony thereof hs.ve caused the seal of the United States to be hereto Final Protocol. affixed. [SEAL] By the President: J P COTI'ON Acting Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, March 13, 1930. PROTOCOLE FINAL DU Im- GLEMENT. .\ greement by Pleni· Au moment de proceder a la potentiaries. signature du Reglement d'Jxecu- Transit charges. tion de la Convention arrete par Ie Congres postal universal de Londres, les Plenipotentiaires soussignes sont convcnus de ce qui suit: I Payement des soldes de frais de transit. m' o~tcgO~, ;fl.: I. - En cas de payem~nt au basis. moyen de cheq:ues ou tralt.es du Ante, p. 2M3. solde prevu a l'article 72, ces cheques ou traites sont exprimes en monnaie d'un pays on la banque centrale d' emission ou um autre instit'ldwn oqicielle d' emis- 8ion achete et rend de l'or ou des devises-or contre la mon'naie na- tionale d de8 taux fius deter- mines par la loi ou en vertu d'un arrangement at'ec Ie Gouverm- ment. HERBERT HOOVER FINAL PROTOCOL OF THE REGULATIONS At the moment of signing the Regulations of Execution of the Convention drawn up by the Universal Postal Congress of Lon- don, the undersigned plenipoten- tiaries have agreed as follows: I Payment of the balances of transit charges 1. In case of payment by means of checks or drafts of the balance contemplated by Article 72, such checks or drafts are expressed in money of a country where the central bank of issue or other official issuing imtitution buys and sells gold or its equivalent for national money at fixed rates determined by law or by virtue of an agreement with the Govern- ment.