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 3394 Telegraphic ac- counts. Special accounts. Use of intermediary. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. participates. The gazeteer is kept up to date by means of supple- ments, or in any other manner which the International Bureau deems convenient. The gazeteer is distributed among the Administrations at the rate of 10 copies for each contributive unit assigned to each of them by application of Article 27 of the Convention. Additional copies requested by Administrations are paid for separately, at cost price. 8. The gazeteer may be sold to the public by the International Bureau, at a commercial price to be established by the latter. ARTICLE 174. Annual report. The International Bureau makes an annual report of its operations, which it forwards to the Executive and Liaison Committee, to be sent by the latter to all the Administrations. ARTICLE 175. Official language of the InternationalBureau. The official language of the International Bureau is the French language. ARTICLE 176. Internationalreply coupons. Postalidentity cards. The International Bureau is charged with arranging for the manu- facture of international reply coupons and postal identity cards, and with supplying them to the Administrations on request. ARTICLE 177. Balancing and settlement of accounts. 1. The International Bureau is charged with effecting the balancing and settlement of accounts of all kinds relating to the international postal service between Administrations which express their desire to use its intermediary. The latter come to an agreement to that effect between themselves and with the Bureau. 2. At the request of the Administrations concerned, telegraphic accounts may also be transmitted to the International Bureau, to be included in the striking of balances. 3. Each Administration reserves the right to make up, at its option, special accounts for various branches of the service, and to settle them, at its convenience, with its correspondents, without employing the intermediary of the International Bureau, to which it merely gives notice of those branches of the service and the countries for which it requests its offices. 4. Administrations which employ the intermediary of the Inter- national Bureau in balancing and settling accounts may cease to use that intermediary three months after having given notice thereof.

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