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 RADIOTELEGRAPHIC CONVENTION. JULY 5, 1912. 1729 preference to the one established on the territory of the oormtry of estmation or normal transit for its radiograms. 2_. A sender on board a vessel shall, however, have the right to designate the coastal station through which he desires to have his radiogram transmitted. The station on shipboard shall then wait until such coastal station shall be the nearest. In exceptional cases transmission may be made to a more distant E*°°!'“°'““°"°'- coastal station, provided that: (a) The radiogram is intended for the country in which such coasttal station is situated and emanates from a ship subject to that coun ; (b) rboth stations use for calling and transmission a wave length of 1,800 meters; (c) Transmission with this wave length does not interfere with a transmission made by means of the same wave length by a nearer coastal station; (d) The station on shipboard is more than 50 nautical miles distant from any coastal station given in the list. The distance of 50 miles may be reduced to 25 miles provided the maximum power at the termmals of the generator does not exceed 5 kilowatts and that the stations on shiilpboard are established in conformity with Articles VII and VIII. is reduction in the distance shall not be admissible in the seas, bays or gulfs of which the shores belong to one country onldy and of which the opening to the high sea is less than 100 miles wi e. 7. DELIVERY OF RADIOGRAMS AT THEIR DESTINATION. m?,:“'°’¥ °' ¤¤•· Anrrcnn XXXVI. When for an cause whatever a radiogram roceeding from a ves- N¤**=• ¤* ¤¤¤*°¤*· sel at sea and 1`iitended for the coast can not be delivered to the ad- m` dressee, a notice of nondelivery shall be issued. Such notice shall be transmitted to the coastal station which received the original radiogram. The latter, after verifying the address, shall forward the notice to the ship, if possible, by the intervention, if need be, of another coastal station of the same country or of a neighboring count. Whleii a rarliogram received by a shipboard station can not be delivered, the station shall notify the office of the origin by official notice. In the case of radiograms emanating from the coast, such notice shall be transmitted, whenever practicable, to the coastal station through which the radiogram has passed in transit; otherwise, to another coastal station of the same country or of a neighboring country. Anrrcu: XXXVII. If the ship for which a radiogram_is intended has not signalled ,,.,l‘§§";g§,.{f" ‘m"' her presence to the coastal station within the period designated by the sender, or, in the absence of such designation, by the morning of the 8th day following, the coastal station shall so notify the office of origin which shall in tum inform the sender. _ he latter shall have the right to ask, by a rilaid official notice, sent by either telegraph or mail and addressed to the coastal station, that his radiogram be held for a further period of 9 days for transmission to the vessel, and so on. In the absence of such request, the radiogram shall be ut aside as not transmissible at the end of the 9th day (exclusive of the da of posting). Nevertheless, if the coastal station is certain that the vessel has left its radius of action before it has been able to transmit the radiogram to her, such station shall immediately so notify the office of origin which shall without delay inform the sender o the cancella-