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 590 TBEATY-GENERAL POSTAL UNION. OCT. 9, 1874. Pr<>¤éS-verl>¤-l- _ Le delai pour Yechan ge des rati- · The delay in the exchange of the 1. E’Pb"“g° °f"““‘ iications ayant été prorogé d’un ratiiications having been prolonged 1°”“°°S' commun accord, les soussignés, by common consent, the underplenipotentiaires des Gouverne- signed, plenipotentiaries of the ments des pays qui ont conclu a Governments of the countries Berne, le 9 Octobre 1874, le Traite which concluded at Berne, the 9th concernant la creation d’une Union October, 1874, the Treaty concerngenérale des Postes, se sont réunis ing the formation of a general Posau_jourd’hui a Berne pour proceder tal Union, met at Berne this day at Pechange des ratitications de ce in order to exchange the ratiiica- Traite. tions of the said Treaty. Conditional nd- Le plenipotentiaire du Gouverne- The plenipotentiary of the French h*·>¤l°¤ of F1`¤»¤°*>· ment francais, Monsieur le comte Government, Count d’Harcourt,and’Harcourt, a declare que la France nounced that France gives its addonne son adhesion au Traite, sauf hesiou to the Treaty, subject to the approbation de l’Assemblee natio- approval of the National Assembly, nale et moyennant les conditions et upon the following conditions and reserves suivantes : with the following reservations: A8 to 00mm8mm_ 1° Cette convention pourra n’en- _ lst. This convention may enter ment. trer en vigueur en ce qui concerne into effect, so far as France is conla France qu’a partir du 1** Janvier cerned, as late as the 1st of Janu- 1876; ary, 1876; AS to pay yo, 2** la bonification a payer pour 2d. The compensation to be paid tci·i·iioi—ie1 transit. le transit territorial sera reglée for territorial transit shall be add’apres le parcours reel; justed according to the actual route traversed ; As to modiiica- 3** il ne pourra etre apporte au- 3d. There shall be no modification 9 Octobre 1874, si ce n’est al’una- toher, 1874, except by the unaninimite des voix des pays de l’Union mous vote of the countries of the représentes an Congres. Union represented at the Congress. Modifications En virtu des pouvoirs speciaux By virtue of the special powers ¤s¤=•¤*1 *0- qui leur ont été donnés acet effet et given them for the purpose and - qu’ils se sont communiqués, les which they have communicated, plénipotentiaires soussignes out the undersigned plenipotentiaries declare, au nom de leurs Gouverne- have announced, in the name of ments respectits, consentir les con- their respective Governments, ditions et reserves N°° 1 ot 3 ci-des- their assent to the conditions and sus. reservations Nos. 1 and 3 above. Modifi e ation La reserve sous N° 2 a egalement The reservation under No. 2 was amended and été conscntie, avec la redaction also agreed to, with the following le comte d’Harcourt, au nom du the name of the French Govern- ‘ Gouvernement francais, a declare ment by Count d’Harcourt: se rallierz Am6,,dmm(,dm_ **2** La bonitication a payer pour ** 2d. The compensation to he cation nstoterrito- le transit territorial sera reglee paid for territorial transit shall be rial transit- rvapres le parcours reel, mais aux adjusted according to the actual memes taxes que celles etablies par route traversed, but at the same le Traite constitutif de l’Union rates as those established by the genérale des Postes." Treaty constituting the general Postal Union." Treaty completed- Aprescespreliminaires,1e Traité After these preliminaries, the signé a Berne le 9 Octobre 1874 a Treaty signed at Berne, October 9, été complete par Papposition de la 1874, was completed by the aftixing signature du delegué de la France, of the signature of the delegate of et un exemplaire original revetu France, and an original copy beardes signatures de toutes parties en ing the signatures of all the partie a ete remis, seance tenante, au was presented pending the session,
 * 0**** *>*` *=*»¤‘iiV· cune modification en ce qui touche made in relation to the tariffs estables tarifs inscrits dans le Traité du lished in the Treaty of the 9th Oc-
 * ¤*`°°d ‘°°· suivante, proposée par le Gouverne- wording, proposed by the Government russe et a laquelle Monsieur ment of Russia and accepted in