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These coefficients will be multiplied by the number of States of each class, and the total product thus obtained will give the number of units by which the total expense is to be divided. The quotient will give the amount of the unity of expense.
Each State will declare, at the time of its accession, in which of the said classes it desires to be placed.
The Swiss Administration will prepare the Budget of the Office, superintend its expenditure, make the necessary advances, and draw up the annual account, which shall be communicated to all the other Administrations.
6. The next Conference shall be held at Paris between four and six years from the date of the coming into force of the Convention:
The French Government will fix the date within these limits after having consulted the International Office.
7. It is agreed that, as regards the exchange of ratifications contemplated in Article XXI, each Contracting Party shall give a single instrument, which shall be deposited, with those of the other States, in the Government archives of the Swiss Confederation. Each party shall receive in exchange a copy of the procès-verbal of the exchange of ratifications, signed by the Plenipotentiaries present.
The present Final Protocol, which shall be ratified with the Convention concluded this day, shall be considered as forming an integral part of the said Convention, and shall have the same force, effect, and duration.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same. Done at Berne, the 9th day of September, 1886.
(Signed)
F. O. ADAMS. J. H. G. BERGNE.
OTTO VON BÜLOW.
MAURICE DELFOSSE.
ALMINA.
VILLA-AMIL.
EMMANUEL ARAGO.
LOUIS JOSEPH JANVIER.
E. DI BECCARIA.
KENTZER.
DROZ.
L. RUCHONNET.
A. D'ORELLI.
L. RENAULT.
Inclosure 4 in No. 13.
(Translation.)
Procès-verbal of Signature.
HE undersigned Plenipotentiaries, assembled this day to proceed with the signature of the Convention with reference to the creation of an International Union for the protection of literary and artistic works, have exchanged the following declarations :---
1. With reference to the accession of the Colonies or foreign possessions provided for by Article XIX of the Convention :
The Plenipotentiaries of His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain reserve to the Government the power of making known His Majesty's decision at the time of the exchange of ratifications.
The Plenipotentiary of the French Republic states that the accession of his country carries with it that of all the French Colonies.
The Plenipotentiaries of Her Britannic Majesty state that the accession of Great Britain to the Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works comprises the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and all the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty.
At the same time, they reserve to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty the power of announcing at any time the separate denunciation of the Convention by one or several of the following Colonies or possessions, in the manner provided for by Article XX. of the Convention, namely:-
India, the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Cape, Natal, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, and New Zealand.