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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
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he must, if practicable, state the distance and pay
the porterage in advance. When the exact distance
is not known, a deposit must be paid. Should the
sender undercalculate the charge the deficiency is
charged on delivery. If the sender pays too much,
the excess is refunded.
8. If the sender require his telegram to be for-
warded by post or by train from the terminal office,
he must write the words "post" or "train" at the
end of the address, and in the latter case he must
pay the cost or deposit Is. if the exact cost is not
known.
9. If the telegram is to be posted to a place
abroad, he must write "post " at the end of
the address ; and must prepay the postage. Thus
a telegram of 25 words, to be posted from London
to Calcutta, »jd Brindisi, should be marked "post
London" and be prepaid Is. 3d., viz., Is. O^d. for
telegraphing, and i^d. for postage.
Any other information regarding telegraph business
can be obtained at the nearest postal telegraph otlice.
PRIVATE WIRES.
1. The Department undertakes to construct and
afterwards maintain, upon the payment of an annual
rental, a line of private wire between the place of
business or residence of a firm or private individual
and a Postal Telegraph Office, or between two or
more places of business or residences. The advantage
of having a private wire led into a Postal Telegraph
Office is that the renter is placed in direct communi-
cation with the public wires to all parts of the king-
dom or abroad, messages being received from and
sent to the Postal Telegraph Office by wire instead of
by hand. The renter has also the privilege of
sending messages over his private wire to be for-
warded from the Post Office as ordinary letters, or of
calling a messenger for the express delivery of a
letter or parcel.
2. The Department also undertakes to supply
Greenwich mean time by electric cuiTent at either ten
or one o'clock.
3. All applications or communications in regard
to private wires or time signals should be addressed
to "The Secretary, General Post Office, London, E.G."
FOREIGN TELEGRAMS.
(Regulations founded upon the International
Telegi-aph Convention.)
1. Foreign telegrams are of two kinds, telegrams
in plain language and telegrams in secret language.
Those in plain language are composed of words,
figm-8s, and letters conveying an intelligible meaning.
Those in secret language are divided into two classes :
(1) preconcerted language or code, (2) cypher.
2. Telegrams in preconcerted language, or code,
are composed of words, the context of which has no
intelligible meaning. Proper names (other than those
appearing in the " Official Vocabulary for Telegrams
in Preconcerted Language," published by the inter-
national Telegraph Office at Berne) are not allowed
in the text of such telegi-ams, except in their natural
sense. Words of more than ten letters are not allowed
as code in either the European or the Extra-European
system. Only English, French, German, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Latin may be
employed ; but words of any or all of these languages
are allowed in the same telegi-am.
3. Cypher telegrams are those containing groups
of figures having a secret meaning. Telegrams con-
sisting of gi-oups of letters are not accepted, but
groups of letters denoting trade marks are allowed in
the midst of plain or preconcerted language, and are
then charged for as figures.
4. Special forms are provided for Foreign Tele-
grams: the A^ form for telegrams to be transmitted
by North American Cables, and the A- form for other
Foreign and Colonial Telegrams. Telegrams written
on forms supplied by the Cable Companies are also
accepted at Post Offices.
Books containing twenty-five forms, each bearing
an embossed lOd. stamp, interleaved, can be ob-
tained, price £1 Is. each.
5. The addi-ess of the receiver must be paid for,
and must not consist of less than the name of the
person and the name of the town. Example — Her-
cules, Bombay.
6. The address of the sender is charged for
transmitted ; it in any case must be written at the
foot of the form.
7. In telegi-ams written in plain language, the
length allowed for a word is 15 letters. Any addi-
tional letters are charged for at the rate of 15
letters respectively to the word.
8. The charge for a foreien telegram depends on
the country to which the message is addressed, and
is calculated at so much per word (with a minimum
charge of lOd.) including the address.
For any other information see Post Office Guide,
or apply at the nearest postal telegraph office.
TRUNK TELEPHONE LINES.
Public Call Offices in Glasgow {?''''f ?««* O^ce, George Square, open always.
(stock Exchange, open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Communication by Telephone Las been established between Glasgow and the more important towns in
the United Kine-dom.
The scale of charges for 3 minutes' conversation is as follows : —
For distances not exceeding 25 miles ... ... ...
" exceeding 25 miles and not exceeding 50 miles
3d.
6d.
60 " " " 75 " 9d.
" " 75 " " " 100 " Is.
For every additional 40 miles or fraction thereof ... ... ... Gd.
Special rates are charged where Submarine or other specially expensive lines are used.