54 STAT.] UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION-MAY 23, 1939 aux d6penses du Bureau interna- tional de l'Union postale univer- selle: 1° l'ensemble des Possessions des Etats-Unis d'Amerique com- prenant Hawai, Porto-Rico, Guam et les Iles Vierges des Etats-Unis d'Amerique; 2" la Colonie du Congo beige; 30 l'ensemble des Colonies espa- gnoles; 4" l'Alg6rie; 5° les Colonies et Protectorats frangais de l'Indochine; 6° 1'ensemble des autres Colonies frangaises; 7° l'ensemble des Colonies bri- tanniques, y compris les Ter- ritoiresd'outre-mer, les Pro- tectorats et les Territoires 8soS suzerainete ou sous mandat; 8° l'ensemble des Colonies et Possessionsitaliennes autres que l'Afrique orientale ita- lienne; 9° I'Afrique orientale italienne; 10" le Chosen; 110 l'ensemble des autres De- pendances japonaises; 120 Curagao et Surinam; 130 les Indes neerlandaises; 140 les Colonies portugaises de l'Afrique occidentale; 15" les Colonies portugaises de l'Afrique orientale, de l'Asie et de l'Oc6anie. ARTICLE 9. well as their contribution to the expenses of the International Bu- reau of the Universal Postal Union: 1° The whole of the Possessions of the United States of America, comprising Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States of America; 2° The Colony of the Belgian Congo; 3° The whole of the Spanish Colonies; 4° Algeria; 5° The French Colonies and Pro- tectorates in Indochina; 6° The whole of the other French Colonies; 7° The whole of the British Colonies, including the Over- sea Territories, the Pro- tectorates and the Terri- tories under Suzerainty or Mandate; 8° The whole of the Italian Colonies and Possessions other than Italian East Africa; 9° Italian East Africa; 10° Chosen; 11° The whole of the other Jap- anese Dependencies; 12° Curacao and Surinam; 13° The Netherlands Indies; 14° The Portuguese Colonies in West Africa; 15° The Portuguese Colonies in East Africa, Asia and Oce- ania. ARTICLE 9 Application de la Convention aux Application of the Convention to Colonies, Protectorats, etc. Colonies, Protectorates,etc. 1.- Toute Partie contractante peut declarer, soit au moment de sa signature, de sa ratification ou de son adhesion, soit ult6rieure- ment, que l'acceptation par elle de la presente Convention com- prend toutes ses Colonies, tous ses Territoires d'outre-mer, Pro- tectorats ou Territoires sous suze- rainete ou sous mandat ou certains d'entre eux seulement. Ladite declaration, A moins qu'elle ne soit faite au moment de la si- gnature de la Convention, devra etre adressee au Gouvernement de la Confederation Suisse. 1. Any contracting party may declare, either at the time of its signature, ratification or adhesion, or subsequently, that its accept- ance of the present Convention includes all its colonies, oversea territories, protectorates and terri- tories under suzerainty or man- date, or certain of them only. The said declaration, unless made at the time of signing the Conven- tion, shall be addressed to the Government of the Swiss Con- federation. Application of Con- vention to colonies protectorates, etc. 2053
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