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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. 3. -Toute modification aux ren- seignements vis6s au § 2 doit Utre notifiee sans retard. 4.-Les Administrations doivent fournir au Bureau international deux exemplaires des documents qu'elles publient, tant sur le service que sservice itrieur que sur e service international. Annual preparation of general statistics. Pot, pp. 2224,2229. Use of periodical statements. Counting of article. Intermediate esti- mate. onnr . 3. Notice of any modification in the information contemplated in Section 2 shall be given without delay. 4. Administrations shall furnish the International Bureau with two copies of the documents which they publish, in regard to both the domestic and the inter- national services. ARTICLE 194. Statistique gen6rale. 1.-Le Bureau international dresse une statistique g6enrale pour chaque ann6e. A cet effet, les Administrations lui font parvenir une serie aussi complete que possible de rensei- gnements statistiques surformules conformes aux modeles C 30 et C 31 ci-annexes. Le tableau C 30 est transmis A la fin du mois de juillet de chaque ann6e, mais les renseignements compris dans les parties I, II et IV de ce tableau ne sont fourns que tous les trois ans; le tableau C 31 est 6galement transmis tous les trois ans, a la mmme date. Les renseignements fournis se rapportent toujours A l'annee precedente. 2. -Les operations de service qui donnent lieu a. enregistrement font l'objet de releves priodiques, d'apres les ecritures effectu6es. 3.-Pour toutes les autres opera- tions, il est proced6 chaque annie a un comptage des objets de toute nature, sans distinction entre les lettres, cartes postales, papiers d'affaires, imprimes, echantillons de marchandises et petits paquets et, au moins tous les trois ans, a un denombrement des diff6rentes categories de correspondences. Chaque Administration fixe elle- meme I'epoque et la duree de ces comptages. 4.-Dans l'intervalle qui s'ecoule entre lea statistiques sp6ciales, le denombrement des ditffrentes cat- gories est fait d'apres les chiffres proportionnels tires de la prce- dente statistique speciale. 5.- Le Bureau international fait imprimer et distribue les formules de statistique &remplir par chaque Administration. U fournit aux Notice of change. Matter to be fur- nished Bureau. ARTICLE 194 General statistics 1. The International Bureau makes up a set of general statis- tics for each year. For that purpose, the Adminis- trations send it a set of statistical information, as complete as pos- sible, on forms agreeing with Models C 30 and C 31 hereto appended. Table C 30 is sent out at the end of the month of July of each year; but the infor- mation comprised in Parts I, II, and IV of that table is furnished only once every three years; Table C 31 is likewise sent out once every three years, on the same date. The information fur- nished always relates to the pre- ceding year. 2. Service operations which give rise to detailed recording form the subject of periodical state- ments based on the actual records. 3. For all other operations, a count is made each year of articles of all kinds, without distinction between letters, post cards, com- mercial papers, prints, samples of merchandise, and small packets; and, at least once every three years, a count is made of the different classes of correspond- ence. Each Administration itself fixes the time and duration of such counts. 4. In the interval which elapses between special statistics, the numbers of the different classes are estimated in accordance with proportional figures taken from the preceding special statistics. 5. The International Bureau print and distributes the statis- tical forms to be filled in by each Administration. It furnishes, to