tory of).

Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles).

Borabora (French Polynesia).
Borneo (North) (Malaysia).

Borneo (Kalimantan) (Indonesia).
Botswana (South Africa).

Bougainville (New Guinea, Territory of).
Bourbon (Réunion Island).

British Cameroons (Cameroon or Nigeria).
British Guiana (Guyana).

British Somaliland (Somali Republic).
British Togoland (Ghana).

British Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands). British West Indies (Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks Island, and Windward Islands).

Buka (New Guinea, Mandated Territory).
Caicos Islands (Turks Island).
Cameroons, British (Cameroon or Nigeria).
Cameroons, French (Cameroon).

Canal Zone (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 and
§ 125.7(d) of this chapter.)
Canary Islands (Spain).

Canton Island (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter.)

Caroline Islands (U.S. Trust Terr. See Pt. 112 of this chapter.)

Cayman Islands (Jamaica).

Central Arab Palestine (Jordan).

Friendly Islands (Tonga Islands).

Futuna and Alofi Islands (New Caledonia). Gambier (French Polynesia).

Gaza (Palestine).

Goa (India).

Gold Coast Colony (Ghana).
Gozo Island (Malta).

Grand Comoro (Comoro Islands).
Grenada (Windward Islands).

Grenadines (Windward Islands).

Guam (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter.) Guernsey (Channel Islands) (Great Britain). Guiana (British) (Guyana).

Guiana (Netherlands) (Surinam).

Guinea (French) (Guinea, Republic of).

Guinea (Portuguese) (Portuguese

Africa).

West

Guinea (Spanish) (Fernando Po or Río

Muni).

Hashemite Kingdom (Jordan).

Hervey (Cook Islands) (New Zealand).

Islamic Republic (Mauritania).

Isle of Pines (New Caledonia). Isle of Pines, West Indies (Cuba).

and

Jarvis Island (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter).

Jersey (Channel Islands) (Great Britain). Johore (Malaysia).

Johnston Island (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter).

Jugoslavia (Yugoslavia).
Kalymnos (Greece).

Kamaran (Aden).

Karpathos (Greece).

Kassos (Greece).

Kastellorizon (Greece).

Kedah (Malaysia).

Keeling Islands (Australia).
Kelantan (Malaysia).

Kingman Reef (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter).

Khan Yunis (Palestine).

Koror, Caroline Islands (U.S. Trust Terr. See

Pt. 112 of this chapter).

Kos (Greece).

Kowloon (Hong Kong).

Kwajalein, Marshall Islands (U.S. Trust Terr.

See Pt. 112 of this chapter).

Labrador (Canada).

Labuan (Malaysia).

Latakia (Syria).

Leeward Islands (French) (French Poly

Monaco (France).

Mongolia (China and Outer Mongolia).
Montserrat (Leeward Islands).

Moorea (French Polynesia).

Morocco, Southern Protectorate of (Morocco). Moyen (Middle) Congo (Congo (Brazzaville]).

Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa).

Nansei Islands (Ryukyu Islands or Japan). Nauru Island (Australia).

Navassa Island (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter).

Negri Sembilan (Malaysia).

Netherland West Indies (Netherlands Antilles).

Netherlands New Guinea (Indonesia).

Nevis (Leeward Islands).

New Britain (New Guinea, Territory of).
Newfoundland (Canada).

New Guinea (Netherlands) (Indonesia).
New Hanover (New Guinea, Territory of).
New Ireland (New Guinea, Territory of).
New South Wales (Australia).
Nissiros (Greece).

Niue (New Zealand).

Norfolk Island (Australia).

North Borneo (Malaysia).

Northern Ireland (Great Britain and North

ern Ireland).

Northern Rhodesia (Zambia).

Northern Territories (Ghana).

Nossi-bé (Madagascar).

Nukahiva (French Polynesia).

Nukunonu (Western Samoa [British]).

Nyasaland (Malawi).

Oceania (French Polynesia).

Ocean Island (Gilbert and Ellice Islands Col

ony).

Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands).

Oman (Muscat).

Oubangui-Chari (Central African Republic).

Pahang (Malaysia).

Palmerston (Avarua) (New Zealand). Parry (Cook Islands) (New Zealand). Pasni (Baluchistan) (Pakistan). Patmos (Greece).

Pemba (Tanzania).

Penang (Malaysia).

Penghu Islands (China).

Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (Spain). Penrhyn (Tongareva) (New Zealand). Perak (Malaysia).

Perim (Aden). Perlis (Malaysia). Persia (Iran).

Persian Gulf Ports (Bahrein, Muscat, Qatar

and Trucial States). Pescadores Islands (China). Petite Terre (Guadeloupe). Polynesia (French Polynesia).

Ponape, Caroline Islands (U.S. Trust Terr. See Pt. 112, of this chapter).

Portuguese Guinea (Portuguese West Africa).
Prince Island (Portuguese West Africa).
Province Wellesley (Malaysia).

Puerto Rico (See Pt. 112, of this chapter.)
Pukapuka (New Zealand).

Queensland (Australia).

Quemoy (China).

Raiatea (French Polynesia).

Rakaanga (New Zealand).

Rapa (French Polynesia).

Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (New Zealand).
Redonda (Leeward Islands).

Río de Oro (Spanish West Africa).
Rodos (Greece).

Rodrigues (Mauritius and dependencies).

Rota, Mariana Islands (U.S. Trust Terr. See

Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Ruanda-Urundi (Burundi or Rwanda).
Saar Territory (Germany).

Saba (Netherlands Antilles).

Sabah (Malaysia).

Sahara, Spanish (Spanish West Africa).

Saint Bartholomew (Guadeloupe).
Saint Christopher (Leeward Islands).

Saint Croix, Virgin Islands (U.S. Poss. See
Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles).
Saint John, Virgin Islands (U.S. Poss. See
Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Saint Kitts (Leeward Islands).
Saint Lucia (Windward Islands).

Saint Martin (Netherlands part) (Netherlands Antilles).

Saint Martin (French part) (Guadeloupe). Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Saint Thomas Island (Portuguese West Africa).

Saint Vincent (Windward Islands).

Ste. Marie de Madagascar (Madagascar).
Saipan, Mariana Islands (U.S. Trust Terr.
See Pt. 112 of this chapter.)
Salvador, El (El Salvador).

Samoa, American (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter.)

Samoa, Western (British) (Western Samoa).
Sand Island, Midway Islands (U.S. Poss. See
Pt. 112 of this chapter.)

San Marino (Republic of) (Italy).
Sarawak (Malaysia).

Sark (Channel Islands) (Great Britain).
Savage Island (Niue) (New Zealand).
Savaii Island (Western Samoa [British]).

Scotland (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).

Sekia el Hamra (Spanish West Africa).
Selangor (Malaysia).

Sharja (Trucial States).

Shikoku (Japan).

Siam (Thailand).

Sikkim (India).

Singapore (Malaysia).

Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles).
Society Islands (French Polynesia).

Solomon Islands (Bougainville and Buka only) (New Guinea Mandated Territory). Somalia (Somali Republic).

Somaliland (Somali Republic or French
Somaliland).

Soudan (French) (Mali).
Soudanese Republic (Mali).
South Australia (Australia).

South Georgia (Falkland Islands).
South-West Africa (South Africa).

Southern Protectorate of Morocco (Morocco).
Southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia).

Spanish Guinea (Fernando Po or Río Muni).
Spanish Morocco (Morocco).

Spanish Sahara (Spanish West Africa).
Spitzbergen (Norway).

Suwarrow Islands (New Zealand).

Swain's Island, American Samoa (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter.)

Swan Islands (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112 of this chapter.)

Swaziland (South Africa).
Symi (Greece).

Tahaa (French Polynesia).

Tahiti (French Polynesia).

Taiwan (Formosa) (China).
Tanganyika (Tanzania).

Tangier (Morocco).
Tasmania (Australia).

Tchad (Chad).

Territory of Ifni (Spanish West Africa). Thursday Island (Australia).

Tibet (China).

Tilos (Greece).

Timor (Netherlands) (Indonesia).
Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago).
Togoland (British) (Ghana).

Togoland (French) (Togo).

Tokelau (Union) Group (Western Samoa, British).

Tongareva (New Zealand).

Tori Shima (Ryukyu Islands).
Torres Island (New Hebrides).
Trans-Jordan (Jordan [Hashemite King-
dom]).

Trengganu (Malaysia).
Tripolitania (Libya).

Truk, Caroline Islands (U.S. Trust Terr. See Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Trust Territory of the Pacific, U.S. (See Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Tuamotou (French Polynesia).
Tubuai (French Polynesia).

Tutuila Island, American Samoa (U.S. Poss.
See Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Umm Said (Qatar).

Union Group (Western Samoa, British). Union of South Africa (South Africa).

Upolu Island (Western Samoa, British).

Victoria (Australia).

Virgin Islands (British) (Leeward Islands). Virgin Islands, U.S. (See Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Volta Republic (Upper Volta).

Wake Island (U.S. Poss. See Pt. 112, of this chapter.)

Wales (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Wallis Islands (New Caledonia).

Washington Island (Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony).

Wellesley, Province (Malaysia).

Western Arab Palestine (Palestine).
Western Australia (Australia).
West New Guinea (Indonesia).

Yap, Caroline Islands (U.S. Trust Terr. See
Pt. 112, of this chapter.)
Zafarani Islands (Spain).
Zanzibar (Tanzania).

(a) Space rules. Instructions and regulations of the Post Office Department implement service requirements applicable to the transportation of mail by railroad as prescribed by statute and by the Comprehensive Plan of the Postmaster General, and implementing rates and methods of compensation prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission by orders of December 30, 1957, June 23, 1958 (as amended August 4, 1958), and November 17, 1960.

(b) Space-used system. A transportation method under which storage mail is handled, transported and claims submitted on the basis of the volume of mail moved.

(c) Brief. Official notice by the Department to a railroad company of a service failure. Such a notice may become the basis of a fine.

(d) Closed pouch trains. The term "closed pouch" or the symbol "CP" referred to in this part is used to identify trains designated to carry mail, but which do not have any RPO or apartment RPO authorization.

(e) Department. This refers to the Post Office Department.

(f) Destination cars. A destination storage car is used exclusively for mail, and moves intact over the entire run of the car from origin (point of loading) to destination (point of complete unloading). This is an excerpt from an applicable order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. For the purpose of brevity, these excerpts are identified elsewhere in this part as “(ICC)".

(g) Destination relay cars and relay points—(1) Destination relay car. (i) A destination relay storage car is used exclusively for mail and moves from origin (point of loading) to destination (point of complete unloading), subject to mail being loaded or unloaded between origin and destination only at relay points. (ICC)

(ii) A destination relay car is a car which is loaded at the point of origin to at least 50 percent of its inside length with mail for the point of final destination of the car. (ICC)

(2) Relay points. (i) Any point where a destination relay storage car is relayed from one railroad to another railroad, or from one train to another train.

(ii) The final destination and relay points of these cars shall be determined at the point of origin. (ICC)

(h) Working cars. A storage car will be classed as a working car when it is operated as:

(1) An exclusive mail car making local exchanges of mail,

(2) A mixed traffic car containing mail, baggage, express, etc., making local exchanges of mail,

(3) A local service car with or without a train baggageman, mail piler, or company rider,

(4) A set-out or set-in car used in lieu of loading mail into or unloading mail out of a working car or cars at an intermediate point.

(i) Railroad or railway. Railway common carriers; does not refer to urban and interurban electric railway common carriers.

(j) RPO. RPO is the abbreviation for a railway post office. It is the only type of service to be regularly authorized by formal orders issued by the Post Office Department.

(k) Train date. The date a train is due to leave the initial point of the RPO of CP designation shall be used as the date for all service performed in the train. Each RPO division shall be considered separately in cases where the RPO line is divided into East, Middle and West, or North and South Divisions. [27 F.R. 2339, Mar. 13, 1962, as amended at 28 F.R. 3346, Apr. 5, 1963]

§ 511.12 General conditions of service.

(a) Conditions and class of service(1) Transportation of mail. All railway common carriers engaged in the transportation of United States mail shall transport such mail in the manner, under

the conditions, and with the service prescribed by the Post Office Department and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Mail Pay Act of 1916, as amended. This is an excerpt from the Comprehensive Plan of the Postmaster General for the transportation of United States Mail by certain railroads. For the purpose of brevity, these excerpts will be identified as "(Comprehensive Plan)".

(2) Transportation of postal personnel. Railroad companies are required to transport without extra charge the persons in charge of the mails and the agents and officers of the Post Office Department * * under the conditions prescribed by law and regulations pursuant thereto. (Comprehensive Plan.)

*

(3) Class of service. The class, frequency, and distance of service to be authorized or requested shall be determined in accordance with the needs of the Postal Service and under such rules and regulations or instructions as shall be prescribed by the Postmaster General. (Comprehensive Plan.)

(b) Service to be performed in accordance with space rules with certain exceptions (1) Responsibility. Officials of the Postal Service are responsible for the transportation of mail by railroad in accordance with the space rules and regulations.

(2) Deviations. Deviations from the space rules and regulations must be in writing and must be approved by the Bureau of Transportation and International Services.

(3) Competitive agreements. The Department may conclude agreements with a railroad company effecting economies such as mileage equalization, competitive rates, or waiver of terminal charges.

(4) Equalization agreements. When competing railroad lines are available for the dispatch of mail to the same destination, the Department may, for service reasons, allow the mail to remain on the longer route if the railroad company agrees to claim only the mileage of the shorter route over which the mail could be carried. Consideration must also be given to rate differentials as between eastern and western or southern. In these cases, an equalization agreement must be executed between the railroad company operating the longer route and the Department.

(5) Highway service in lieu of rail. Agreements may be made whereby railroad companies will provide mail service