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 <K:iSTAT.] MIILTILATEIRAL-TELEC( AIMMNIC'ATIONS-OCT. 2, 1947 (Chapter XV, art. 41 RR) (17-483) which the ship or aircraft station of origin is subject with all charges collected less the charge due to that ship or aircraft station, in accordance with the provisions of 964 and 965. The pro- visions of 968 to 972 are then applied, the first land station being regarded as the office of origin as far as the accounts are concerned. 978 § 10. In the case of radiotelegrams which, at the request of the sender, are forwarded through one or two intermediate ship or aircraft stations, each such intermediate station debits with the charge accruing to it for transit: 979 a) the ship or aircraft station of destination, in the case of a radiotelegram originating on land and destined for a ship or aircraft station, or in the cases contemplated in 976 and 977 (second radio- telegraph transmission); 980 b) the ship or aircraft station of origin, in the case of a radiotelegram originating on a ship or air- craft station and destined for the land, or in the cases contemplated in 975 and in 976 and 977 (first radiotelegraph transmission). Section II. Exchange, Verification and Settlement of Accounts 981 § 11. In principle, radiotelegrams are entered individual- ly, with all necessary particulars, in the monthly accounts which serve es a basis for the radiotelegram accounting men- tioned in this article. A specimen statement is given in appendix 14. The accounts are forwarded within a period of three months counting from the month to which they relate. 982 § 12. The acceptance of an account is notified or observa- tions thereon are made within a period of six months from the date of its dispatch. 983 § 13. The periods mentioned in 981 and 982 may be ex- ceeded when exceptional difficulties occur in the transmission of the documents by post between the land stations and the administrations to which they are subject. However, the 1937,

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