The general proposal was rejected,[609] but a clause was added provisionally according to India the faculty of applying to parcels posted in India a tariff graduated by weight, provided the mean of the rates was not in excess of the normal rate of the Union.
The land transit rate remained unchanged, viz. 50 centimes for each country participating in the territorial transit.
Russia was given power to collect a transit fee of 1 fr. 25 per parcel in respect of both Russia-in-Europe and Russia-in-Asia, separately; and Turkey to collect a transit rate of 1 fr. 25 on a parcel sent across Turkey-in-Asia. Owing to the undeveloped state of the transport services in Persia, that administration was empowered provisionally to decline the transport of parcels for and from other countries.
The maritime transit rates were reduced to the following:—
| 25 | centimes | for transits | not exceeding 500 | nautical | miles |
| 50 | centimes | " | 500-2,500 | " | " |
| 1 | fr. | " | 2,500-5,000 | " | " |
| 1½ | fr. | " | 5,000-8,000 | " | " |
| 2 | fr. | " | exceeding 8,000 | " | " |
For parcels not exceeding 1 kilogramme the transit rate should in no case exceed 1 fr.