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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. that fact on the letter bill; but if, in accordance with Articles 146 Ante, p. 3374. and 147, such articles are included in a sack of letters, they are con- sidered as letters insofar as the statistics are concerned. statistical label. 6. During the statistical period all dispatches exchanged in transit shall bear, in addition to the ordinary labels, a special label bearing in large letters the note Statistique (statistics), followed by the indica- tion 5 kilograms, 15 kilograms, or 30 kilograms, according to the division of weight (Article 154, Section 1, hereafter). The statistical label shall also bear the note L. C. or A. 0., as the case may be. Empty sacks, etc. 7. In regard to sacks which contain nothing but empty sacks, or Ante, p. 3334. correspondence exempt from all transit charges (Article 68 of the Con- vention), the note Statistique is followed by the word Exempt. collective sack. 8. When the sacks composing the dispatch are inclosed in a collec- tive sack, the latter shall be provided with the special Statistiquelabel, on which the note S. C. is added. The indications concerning the statistics which appear on the inside sacks are not repeated on the collective sack. ARTICLE 154. Fixing the number of sacks and weight of closed mails. 1. For dispatches which give rise to the payment of transit charges, the dispatching exchange office makes use of a special letter bill con- Ante, p. 3267. forming to Form C 15 hereto appended. It enters on that letter bill the number of sacks, dividing them, if occasion arises, into the follow- ing classes: Number of sacks whose gross weight Description of the sacks does not ex eeds 6 kg. exceeds 15 eed 5 kg. but not 15 kg. but not 30 (light sacks) g. (medum kg.(heavy sacks) sacks) 1 2 3 4 L. C. A. 0. Number of sacks exempt from transit charges froNumbert chrgesmpt 2. The number of sacks exempt from transit charges shall be the total of those bearing the indication Statistique-Exemptin accordance with the provisions of Article 153, Section 7. Verification. 3. The entries in the letter 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 verification conforming to Ante, p. 368. Form C 16 hereto appended. However, in regard to the weight of a sack, the statement of the dispatching exchange office is considered as valid unless the actual weight exceeds the maximum weight of the class in which that sack has been entered by more than 250 grams. 3382

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