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REPORT ON EXCHANGES. 



trail sportation to the place of des- 

 tination, and, when the documents 

 are to be sent to countries lying be- 

 yond the sea, to pay snch expenses 

 to the port where they are to be 

 discharged. 



Art. 9. The exchange bureaus 

 may, unofficially, serve as medi- 

 ums between the learned societies 

 of the contracting states tor the 

 reception and transmission of the 

 publications of the said societies. 



Art. 10. These provisions aie 

 applicable to none but documents 

 and works published at or subse- 

 quent to the date of this conven- 

 tion. It is, nevertheless, desirable 

 that the contracting states should 

 endeavor to procure the preceding 

 series of volumes, so that a com- 

 plete copy of each collection may be 

 in at least one library in each State. 



Art. 11. States that have not 

 taken part in this convention shall 

 have the privilege of adhering 

 thereto whenever they may express 

 a desire to do so. 



Notice shall be given of such 

 adhesion, through diplomatic chan- 

 nels, to the Belgian Government 

 and by that Government to all the 

 signatory states. 



Art. 12. This convention shall 

 be ratified, and the ratification 

 shall be exchanged at Brussels, as 

 soon as possible. It is concluded 

 for ten years, reckoned from the 

 day of the exchange of the ratifi- 

 cation, and shall continue to exist 

 after that time until one of the 

 Governments shall have declared, 

 six months beforehand, that it de- 

 sires the cessation of its effects. 



Art. 8, § 1. The exchange bu- 

 reaus may, unofficially, serve as 

 mediums between the parliaments, 

 the Government departments, and 

 the learned societies of the con- 

 tracting states for the reception 

 and transmission of their publica- 

 tions. 



§ 2. It shall, however, be under- 

 stood that, on these occasions, the 

 functions of the exchange bu- 

 reaus shall be confined to the free 

 transmission of the works ex- 

 changed, aud that these bureaus 

 shall iu no wise take the initiative 

 in bringingaboutrhe establishment 

 of such relations between foreign 

 parliaments, governmental depart- 

 ments, and learned societies. 



Art. 10 becomes Article 9. 



Art. 11 becomes Article 10. 



Art. 12 becomes Article 11. 



