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 62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5. 1947 3373 (a) Table I: The presence of ordinary articles to be specially de- livered is indicated by a line underscoring the corresponding notation; (b) Table II: Barring contrary agreement, the dispatching offices number the letter bills according to an annual series for each office of destination, when the dispatches are not made up every day. In that case, each dispatch takes a separate number, even if it is a question of a supplementary dispatch taking the same route or the same ship as the ordinary dispatch. For the first dispatch of each year, the bill shall bear, in addition to the serial number of the dispatch, that of the last dispatch of the preceding year. The name of the ship which carries the dispatch is indicated when the dispatching office is in a position to know it; (c) Table III: Use may be made of one or more special lists con- forming to Form C 13 hereto appended, either to replace Table Ante, p. 3265. V or to serve as a supplementary letter bill. The exclusive use of special lists is obligatory if the Administration of destination so requests. The lists in question shall indicate the same serial number as the one mentioned on the letter bill of the corre- sponding dispatch. When more than one list is employed, they shall be numbered. The number of registered articles which may be entered in one and the same special list is limited to 60; (d) Table IV: If occasion arises, the number of empty sacks belong- ing to an Administration other than the one to which the dispatch is addressed shall be mentioned separately, with indi- cation of the Administration. The open letters on official business and the various communications or recommendations of the dispatching office relative to the exchange service are also mentioned in Table IV; (e) Table V: This Table is set aside for the entry of the registered articles when exclusive use is not made of special lists. In the event that the corresponding Administrations have agreed upon the bulk billing of registered articles in the letter bills, the total number of such articles shall be indicated in figures and spelled out in full. When the dispatch does not contain any registered articles, the note Neant (nil) is entered in Table V. 3. Administrations may come to an agreement to create other tables creationo beseadd or headings in the letter bill, when they deem it necessary. They may, in particular, arrange Tables V and VI in accordance with their requirements. 4. When an exchange office has no articles to deliver to a corre- Negativeletterbills. sponding office, and when, in relations between the Administrations concerned, the letter bills are not numbered, by application of Section 2, letter (b), that office merely sends a negative letter bill in the next dispatch.

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