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TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION. DECEMBER 9, 1932. the land charges, the charges pertaining to the course on the general system of telecommunication channels-hereinafter called telegraph charges-the total charges collected for prepaid replies, land and telegraph charges collected for collating, charges collected for delivery by special messenger, mail or air mail, and charges collected for copies of multiple telegrams. For transmission over telegraph-communica- tion channels, radiotelegrams shall be handled, from the standpoint of accounts, in accordance with the Telegraph Regulations. [483] § 6. For radiotelegrams addressed to a country situated beyond the one to which the land station is subject, the telegraph charges to be settled in conformity with the above provisions shall be those resulting either from rate tables pertaining to the international telegraph correspondence, or from special arrangements concluded among administrations of bordering countries and published by these administrations, and not the charges which might be collected by applying either minjmum charges per telegram, or methods for rounding off prices per telegram in any way whatever. [4lU] § 7. For radiotelegrams addressed to on-board stations, the administration to which the office of origin is subject, shall be debited directly by that to which the land station is subject, with the land and on-board charges plus the land and on-board charges applicable for coJlating, but only in the case where the radiotelegram has been trans- mitted to the on-board station. However, in the case covered in § 4, article 9 of the Additional Regulations, the administration to which the office of origin is subject shall be debited with the land charge by the administration to which the land station is subject. The adminis- tration to which the office of origin is subject shall always be debited from country to country, if necessary, through the telegraph accounts, and by the administration to which the land station is subject, with the total charges appertaining to prepaid replies and with the tele- graph charge pertaining to collating. Regarding telegraph charges, charges concerning delivery by mail or air mail, and charges for copies of multiple telegrams, the normal telegraph procedure shall be adopted, with respect to telegraph accounts. The administration to which the land station is subject shall, so far as the radiotelegram has been transmitted, credit the administration to which the on-board station of destination is subject: (a) with the on-board charge; (b) if neces- sary, with the charges accruing to intermediate on-board stations, with the total amount collected for prepaid replies, with the on-board charge paid for collating, with the charges collected for copies of multiple telegrams, and with the charges collected for mail or air mail delivery. [485) § 8. In the mobile service accounts, paid service notices and replies to radiotelegrams with prepaid reply shall be handled in every respect like other radiotelegrams. 2547