Final protocol.

Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Classification of vote.

At the moment of signing the Convention adopted by the International Radiotelegraph Conference of London, the undersigned plenipotentiaries have agreed as follows:

I.

The exact nature of the adherence notified on the part of BosniaHerzegovina not yet being determined, it is recognized that one vote shall be assigned to Bosnia-Herzegovina but that a decision will be necessary at a later date as to whether this vote belongs to BosniaHerzegovina in virtue of the second paragraph of Article 12 of the Convention, or whether this vote is accorded to it in conformity with the provisions of the third paragraph of that Article.

II.

Reservation

Note is taken of the following declaration: The Delegation of the United States declares that its government United States. is under the necessity of abstaining from all action with regard to rates. rates, because the transmission of radiograms as well as of ordinary telegrams in the United States is carried on, wholly or in part, by commercial or private companies.

III.

Note is likewise taken of the following declaration:

Canada.

The Government of Canada reserves the right to fix separately, Reservation for each of its coastal stations, a total maritime rate for radiograms rates. proceeding from North America and destined for any ship whatever, the coastal rate amounting to three-fifths and the shipboard rate to two-fifths of the total rate.

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In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have drawn up Protocol. the present Final Protocol, which shall be of the same force and effect as though the provisions thereof had been embodied in the text of the Convention itself to which it has reference, and they have signed one copy of the same, which shall be deposited in the archives of the British Government, and a copy of which shall be transmitted to each of the Parties.

Done at London, July 5, 1912.

For Germany and the German Protectorates:

B. KOEHLER

O. WACHENFELD

DR. KARL STRECKER
SCHRADER

GOETSCH

DR. EMIL KRAUSS

FIELITZ

For the United States and the possessions of the United States:

Bignatures.

For Spain and the Spanish Colonies:

JACOBO GARCIA ROURE

JUAN DE CARRANZA Y GARRIDO
JACINTO LABRADOR

ANTONIO NIETO

For Great Britain and the various British Colonies and Protectorates:

For Italy and the Italian Colonies:

PROF. A. BATTELLI.

For Japan and for Chosen, Formosa, Japanese Sakhalin, and the leased territory of Kwantung:

Signatures Contd.

Service regulations. SERVICE REGULATIONS AFFIXED TO THE INTERNATIONAL RADIOTELEGRAPH CONVENTION, LONDON, 1912.

Organization..

Choice of apparatus unrestricted.

Wave lengths.
Coastal stations.

[Translation.]

1. ORGANIZATION OF RADIO STATIONS.

ARTICLE I.

The choice of radio apparatus and devices to be used by the coastal stations and stations on shipboard shall be unrestricted. The installation of such stations shall as far as possible keep pace with scientific and technical progress.

ARTICLE II.

Two wave lengths, one of 600 meters and the other of 300 meters, are authorized for general public service. Every coastal station opened to such service shall be equipped in such manner as to be able to use these two wave lengths, one of which shall be designated as the normal wave length of the station. During the whole time that a coastal station is open it shall be in condition to receive calls according to its normal wave length. For the correspondence specified under paragraph 2 of Article XXXV, however, a wave Long range or special length of 1,800 meters shall be used. In addition, each Government may authorize in coastal stations the employment of other wave lengths designed to insure long-range service or any service other than for general public correspondence established in conformity with the provisions of the Convention under the reservation that such wave lengths do not exceed 600 meters or that they do exceed 1,600 meters.

service.

Shipboard stations.

Small vessels.

Communications be

tween coastal and shipboard stations.

In particular, stations used exclusively for sending signals designed to determine the position of ships shall not employ wave lengths exceeding 150 meters.

ARTICLE III.

1. Every station on shipboard shall be equipped in such manner as to be able to use wave lengths of 600 meters and of 300 meters. The first shall be the normal wave length and may not be exceeded for transmission except in the case referred to under Article XXXV (paragraph 2).

Other wave lengths, less than 600 meters, may be used in special cases and under the approval of the managements to which the coastal and shipboard stations concerned are subject.

2. During the whole time that a station on shipboard is open it shall be able to receive calls according to its normal wave length. 3. Vessels of small tonnage which are unable to use a wave length of 600 meters for transmission, may be authorized to employ exclusively the wave length of 300; they must be able to receive a wave lenth of 600 meters.

ARTICLE IV.

Communication between a coastal station and a station on shipboard shall be exchanged on the part of both by means of the same wave length. If, in a particular case, communication is difficult, the two stations may, by mutual consent, pass from the wave length with which they are communicating to the other regulation wave length. Both stations shall resume their normal wave length when the exchange of radiograms is finished.