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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
6. In European telegrams the maximum length
allowed for a single word is 15 letters; in Extra-
European telegrams, 10 letters — any additional letters
being counted and charged for as extra words, at
the rate of 15 or 10 letters respectively to the word.
7. Subject to the limit imposed by rule 6, ordinary
.compound words and names of persons and places,
&c, written without break or interruption, are counted
as single words. If joined by a Iryphen, or separated
by an apostrophe, or other sign of punctuation, they
are counted as so many separate words. Words in-
correctly spelled, so as to reduce the number of letters
below the maximum, or words incorrectly joined
together, contrary to the usage of the language, cannot
be accepted as single words.
8. Every separate letter or figure is charged for as
one word, and in European telegrams every group of
five figures or letters is counted as one word, larger
groups being counted at the rate of five figures or
letters to a word, plus one word for any excess. In
Extra-European telegrams groups of figures or letters
(when these are trade marks) are counted at the rate
of three to a word, plus one word for any excess. Bars of
division, decimal points, and stops used in the forma-
tion of numbers are counted as figures. Letters added
to figures to form ordinal numbers are counted as
figures.
9. In telegrams addressed to residents in large
towns, the name of the street and number of the house
in which the addressee resides should be given ; and
the addresses should be expressed in French, or in the
language of the country to which they are to be sent.
When these particulars cannot be given, the profession,
trade, or calling of the addressee of the telegram
should, if possible, be stated. Telegrams which do
not contain this information are forwarded only at
the risk of the sender. In telegrams addressed to
places of which there are more than one of the same
name, the name of the country or state in which the
place is situated should be added to the address.
10. The sender is held responsible for an incorrect
Or insufficient address ; corrections, alterations, or
additions to the address can only be made by means
of a fresh telegram, which must be paid for at the
ordinary rate.
11. Persons residing in the United Kingdom may
have an abbreviated or fixed address, or special in-
structions respecting the hours of delivery of telegrams
which they may expect to receive, registered at the
chief office of the town in which they reside, upon
payment at that office of a registration fee of one
guinea per annum.
12. If the sender of a telegram desires to prepay
a reply of 10 words, he must insert before the address
of the receiver " R P," which is charged for as one
word ; but if he desires the reply to consist of more
or less than 10 words, he must insert the words,
" R P ," which are charged for as two words;
more than 30 words cannot be prepaid. In telegrams
for Extra-European Countries the sender must always
insert the words, " E P ."
13. The sender of a telegram can have it repeated
from office to office to the terminal office by paying
over and above the charge for the original transmission
half that charge in addition. In that case "T C,"
which is charged for as one word, must be inserted
immediately before the receiver's address.
14. Repetition is desirable for all code telegrams.
15. On payment of a charge equal to one half the
inland rate, the sender of a telegram can have it i
peated between the office of origin and the office
Great Britain at which it is handed over to the Ca
Company.
16. The sender may have a notice of the time,;
which his telegram was delivered transmitted to 1 i j
by telegraph by payment of an additional rate for I
words. In that case " C R," which is charged foi J
one word, must be inserted before the receiver s addri
In North American telegrams the acknowledging
of receipt is charged for as a five-word message.
17. The receiver of a telegram can, within 2-1 ho j
after its delivery, request the Department to obi
the correction of passages which appear to him to Si
doubtful. For this purpose he must pay for l]
separate telegrams, viz. : — 1. A telegram request
the repetition, and containing the instruction "R ip
or " R P ." 2. A telegram calculated accord!
to the length of the passage to be repeated, plus 1 §q
words for the address of the reply. The ampf|
thus paid is refunded, on application being madi
the Secretary, General Post Office, if it should pr j
that the telegram has been inaccurately transmittcj
18. The receiver of a telegram addressed to a pi m^
in the United Kingdom may have it repeated fr™-
the office at which it was handed over by the Ca
Company to the Department on depositing the oi
nary inland rate for the part of the telegram of wh |.
he requires the repetition ; and if it be found that
error has taken place on the lines of this Departrnt
the amount deposited for the repetition will be refund
19. When the sender is not quite certain of
exact place at which the receiver of the telegram i "i
be found, he may insert immediately before the |
dress the words " faire suivre " (to follow), which j
be charged for as two words, or " F. S. " which t
be charged for as one word. Telegrams " to folio
are not accepted for Extra-European countries.
20. In telegrams intended to be left until cai
for at Telegraph Offices or at Post Offices, the wo
" Poste restante " must be inserted as part of
receiver's address.
21. A telegram addressed to several persons in
same town, or to the same firm at different locali
in the same town, is charged for as a single telegr;
and a sum of 5d. must be prepaid for every extra c<
to be delivered, if the number of chargeable wo fe
does not exceed 100; an additional sum of 5d. be j K)j
charged for every additional 100 words or part) ui
100 words. In calculating the charge all the nai H«
and addresses are included. Telegrams having n
tiple addresses are not accepted for North or So j j,f
America.
22. Under no circumstances is the charge for
unrepealed telegram, which has been inaccurai
transmitted, refunded. The cost of a telegram
accurately transmitted, of which the repetition
the terminal office has been paid by the sender
returned if the telegram was rendered useless,
cost of telegrams which have failed to reach t]
destination, owing to some error on the part of"
telegraph service ; and the cost of telegrams wl
have been delayed beyond two days in the cast
European, and beyond six days in the case of Exi ii;,
European telegrams, from other causes than an in'
ruption of the telegraphic communication, is retur
to the senders. The cost of any telegrams wl
may have been rendered necessary in consequei i
of the non- delivery, delay, or incorrect tra
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