[813] See below, § [582, No. 2].
[814] See below, § [582, No. 4].
International Post Office.
§ 465. The pendant of the international telegraph office is the international post office of the Universal Postal Union created at Berne in 1874. It is administered by seven functionaries under the supervision of the Swiss Bundesrath, and edits a monthly, L'Union Postale, in French, German, and English.[815]
[815] See below, § [582], No. 1.
International Office of Weights and Measures.
§ 466. The States which have introduced the metric system of weights and measures created in 1875 the international office of weights and measures in Paris. Of functionaries there are a director and several assistants. Their task is the custody of the international prototypes of the metre and kilogramme and the comparison of the national prototypes with the international.[816]
[816] See below, § [588, No. 1].
International Office for the Protection of Works of Literature and Art and of Industrial Property.
§ 467. In 1883 an International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and in 1886 an International Union for the Protection of Works of Literature and Art, were created, with an international office in Berne. There are a secretary-general and three assistants, who edit a monthly, Le Droit d'Auteur, in French.[817]