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shall also determine the direction of the correspondence reciprocally transmitted, and shall settle the arrangements relating to the preparation and liquidation of the accounts arising out of the reciprocal transmission of correspondence, as well as every other matter of detail or arrangement necessary to insure the execution of the stipulations contained in the present Convention (France).
It is understood that the measures above alluded to may be modified by the two Administrations whenever those Administrations recognize, by mutual consent, the necessity for modification.
13. The Postal Administrations of the two countries are authorised to determine, by mutual consent, the conditions of the conveyance, by French services, of the mails to or from British Colonies not comprised in the Postal Union, as well as the conditions of the conveyance, by British services, of the mails, of French origin destined for those Colonies, or passing in transit through their territories.
The same Administrations may also fix, by mutual consent, the rates of postage applicable to correspondence exchanged between France and French Colonies on one side, and British Colonies not comprised in the Postal Union on the other side.
14. The present Convention shall be carried into effect as soon as possible, and it shall continue in force until one of the two contracting parties shall have announced to the other, one year in advance, its intention to terminate it.
15. The stipulations of the present Convention shall be applicable to all the Colonies and Possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to:
India.
The Dominion of Canada. Newfoundland.
The Cape.
Natal.
New South Wales.
Victoria. Queensland.
Tasmania.
South Australia.
Western Australia. New Zealand.
Provided always that the stipulations of the present Convention shall be made applicable to any of the above-named Colonies or Possessions on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's Representative at Paris to the Government of the French Republic within one year from the date of the signature of the present Convention.
The Government of Her Britannic Majesty engages to invite the Governors of those Colonies to recommend the adoption of the present Convention to the proper authorities.