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Rh 5.—Packets of samples of merchandise may not contain any article having a salable value; they must not exceed 250 grams in weight, or measure more than 30 centimeters in length, 20 centimeters in breadth and 10 centimeters in depth, or if they are in the form of a roll, 30 centimeters in length and 15 centimeters in diameter. The Administrations of the countries interested are, however, authorized to adopt by common consent, for their reciprocal exchanges, limits of weight or size exceeding those fixed above.

6.—Packets of commercial papers and printed matter may not exceed 2 kilograms in weight or measure more in any direction than 45 centimeters. Packets in the form of a roll may, however, be admitted to the mails provided they do not exceed 10 centimeters in diameter, and 75 centimeters in length.

1.—The articles specified in Article 5 may be registered.

2.—Every registered article is liable, at the charge of the sender:

1st. To the ordinary prepaid rate of postage upon the article, according to its nature;

2nd. To a fixed registration fee of 25 centimes at the maximum, including the issue of a receipt to the sender.

3.—The sender of a registered article may obtain an acknowledgment of delivery of said article by paying in advance a fixed fee of 25 centimes at the maximum.

1.—Registered articles may be sent, marked with trade charges up to the amount of 500 francs, to be collected on delivery, in the mails exchanged between the countries whose Administrations agree to introduce this service. These articles are subject to the formalities and rates applicable to registered articles.

2.—The amount collected from the addressee must be transmitted to the sender by means of a money order, after deducting the fee chargeable for said money order, and a fee of 10 centimes for collection.

1.—In case of the loss of a registered article, and except in case of force majeure, the sender, or, at his request, the addressee, is entitled to an indemnity of 50 francs.

2.—The obligation to pay the indemnity is incumbent on the Administration to which the dispatching office belongs. There is reserved to that Administration a remedy against the responsible Administration, that is to say, against the Administration within whose territory or in whose service the loss occurred.