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142 POSTAL DIRECTORY.
Post Office Telegkaphs.— Inland Telegrams.
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The charge for telegrams throughout the United Kingdom is 6d for the
first 12 words, and ^d for every additional word. Addresses are charged for.
The telegram forms are of two kinds, the "A 1" form, embossed with a
stamp, and the " A " form (given gratis), with no stamp. The " A 1 " forms
may be purchased singly. They m.ay also be had in books of 20, interleaved,
and with a sheet of carbonic paper, price 10s 2d each book.
On and after 22nd June 1897, telegrams for places in the United Kingdom
will be delivered free of charge within a radius of three miles of the terminal
office ; and if that office be a Head Post Office, telegrams will be delivered
free within the limits of the town postal delivery when such delivery extends
beyond three miles. The j)orterage on messages for places beyond the limits
of the free delivery will be at the rate of 3d a mile or part of a mile, the
charge being reckoned from the office door.
Copies of a telegram directed to more than one person in the same fre4
delivery are delivered at a charge of twoj)ence per cojjy, in addition to a half
penny for each word in the address of the copy.
Persons not wishing to send to a Telegraph Office may post a telegram in an
envelope addressed " Telegram, Immediate" (or not enclosed in an envelope),
in a wall or pillar-box, or Sub-Post Office. Telegrams so posted are sent on
by next collection to the Telegraph Office for transmission free of extra charge,
provided that the proper amounts have been prepaid.
No combination of words is counted as one, with the exception of those
which are ordinarily written as one, or coupled by hyphens, as "mother-in-
law," "non-delivery," "almshouses," "forty-seven." Certain exceptional
names, such as O'Neil, MacDonald, De la Rue, are charged for as single words.
So, too, are names with the prefix " St," as StPancras ; but double names of
persons, like Smith-Payne, are counted as two words.
Abbreviations of words, "can't," "won't, " don't, " are counted as single
words, but there is a great risk of error.
Figures are counted at the rate of five figures to a word. Fractions are
counted according to the number of figures employed, one figure being added
for the mark of division. In groups of figures a stop is counted as a figure.
The symbols o/o, a/c, b/1, and c/o are each counted as one word. Ordinal
numbers are charged in the same way as cardinal, with the addition ot one
word for the affix st, nd, rd, or th. Initial letters are each counted as one
word, with the exception of the initials of the London Postal Districts, which
are counted as one word for each group. Names of towns and villages in the
United Kingdom are counted as one word each.
Anyone may have an abbreviated address, registered on payment of a guinea
a year, but the registration of abbreviated addresses is not recommended.
The cost of a reply, not exceeding forty-eight words, may be prepaid, and a
reply form will then be delivered to the addressee, who will be at liberty to
send his reply, from any telegraph office, at any time within two months.
Telegrams can be repeated, if the sender desires it, by being signalled back
from office to office. No copy is, in such case, given to the sender. The
charge for rei^etition is one-half the ordinary tariff. Telegrams containing
mercantile quotations or figures, and telegrams written in cypher, or according
to a preconcerted code, should always be repeated.
FOEEIGN TeLEGBAMS.
Foreign telegrams are of two kinds, telegrams in plain language and tele-
grams in secret language. Those in plain language are composed of words,
figures, and letters conveying an intelligible meaning. Those in secret
language are divided into : (4) preconcerted language or code, (2) cypher.
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