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28 APPENDIX.
4. Beyond three miles porterage is charged for delivery by mounted
messenger, at the rate of is per mile (in Ireland] usually only 8d per
mile) for the whole distance from the office door.
5. The sender is responsible for all charges incurred for delivery,
and must, when practicable, state the distance and pay the charge in
advance. When the exact distance is not known, a deposit must be
paid.
6. Should the sender have understated the distance, the deficiency
is charged on delivery, but if he has paid too much, the excess is
refunded.
7. Telegrams to be forwarded by post or by train from the terminal
office must bear the words " by post " or "by train " at the end of the
address, these words being charged for, and in the latter case a deposit
of is is taken to cover the- cost of conveyance.
8. A deposit of 5s is required upon all telegrams addressed to per-
sons on board ship (unless the ship be lying alongside a wharf, jetty, or
pier) to cover the cost of delivery.
9. The sender should prepay an extra half rate on all important
telegrams to secure their repetition from office to office, thus diminishing
the risk of error. No copy of the telegram is in such case given to the
sender.
10. The receiver of a telegram may have it repeated by depositing
half the amount paid for its transmission to him. The money will be
refunded if it should turn out that the telegram has been inaccurately
transmitted.
11. The cost of a reply, not exceeding forty-eight words in length,
may be prepaid.
12. Telegrams re-directed to a second address are liable to an addi-
tional charge.
13. Copies of a telegram directed to more than one person in the
same free delivery are delivered at an additional charge of twopence per
copy, in addition to a halfpenny for each word in the address of the
copy. Each London Postal District is regarded, for this purpose, as
forming a separate delivery.
14. Telegrams . may be handed to Rural Postmen on their way to
Telegraph Offices. Telegrams posted in any official letter-box will be
sent by the next collection of letters to the Telegraph Office to which
the letters are taken, and thence transmitted by wire, free of extra
charge, provided they bear postage stamps sufficient to pay for trans-
mission. Such telegrams should be legibly addressed "Telegram,
Immediate."
15. Telegrams so posted insufficiently prepaid are forwarded to their
destination, and the difference of charge is obtained from the addressee;
but unpaid telegrams are not forwarded.
16. Postmasters may accept telegrams after the usual hours on pay-
ment of certain fees, provided that the terminal office is open, or that
the attention of that office can be gained. These fees are as follows :—
(a) If the office is not open for either postal or telegraph business,
2s, and is for messenger if one be required to call the clerk.
(b) If the office is open for postal business but not for telegraph
business, is, and 6d for a messenger if one be required to call
the clerk.