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MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS, 1776–1917
of the countries traversed or whose services participate in the conveyance, viz.:
1o For territorial transits:
| a. | 1 franc 50 centimes per kilogramme of letters and post cards and 20 centimes per kilogramme of other articles, if the distance traversed does not exceed 3,000 kilometres; |
| b. | 3 francs per kilogramme of letters and post cards and 40 centimes per kilogramme of other articles, if the distance traversed exceeds 3,000 kilometres but does not exceed 6,000 kilometres; |
| c. | 4 francs 50 centimes per kilogramme of letters and post cards and 60 centimes per kilogramme of other articles, if the distance traversed exceeds 6,000 kilometres but does not exceed 9,000 kilometres; |
| d. | 6 francs per kilogramme of letters and post cards and 80 centimes per kilogramme of other articles if the distance traversed exceeds 9,000 kilometres. |
2o For sea transits:
| a. | 1 franc 50 centimes per kilogramme of letters and post cards and 20 centimes per kilogramme of other articles if the distance traversed does not exceed 300 nautical miles. Sea conveyance over a distance not exceeding 300 nautical miles is, however, gratuitous if the Administration concerned already receives, on account of the mails conveyed, the remuneration applicable to territorial transit; |
| b. | 4 francs per kilogramme of letters and post cards and 50 centimes per kilogramme of other articles, exchanged over a distance exceeding 300 nautical miles between European countries, between Europe and ports of Africa and Asia on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, or between one of these ports and another, and between Europe and North America. The same rates are applicable to conveyance, by services open to the whole Union, between two ports of a single State, as well as between the ports of two States served by the same line of Packets when the sea transit involved does not exceed 1,500 nautical miles; |
| c. | 8 francs per kilogramme of letters and post cards and 1 franc per kilogramme of other articles, for all transits not included in the categories given above in paragraphs a and b. |
In the case of sea conveyance effected by two or more Administrations, the charges paid for the entire transit cannot exceed 8 francs per kilogramme of letters and post cards, and 1 franc per kilogramme of other articles; these charges are, when occasion arises, shared between the Administrations participating in the service, in proportion to the distances traversed, without
