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APPENDIX. 33
to the telegraph administration of the country which delivered the
telegram within six weeks. No allowance is made if the charge for the
reply is less than the amount prepaid.
11. The sender can have his telegram repeated from office to office
throughout the whole course of its transmission by paying an additional
quarter rate, plus the charge for an additional word, the expression
" T. C." being inserted immediately before the receiver's address.
12. On payment of a charge equal to the inland rate, the sender can
have the telegram repeated between the office of origin and the office
in Great Britain at which it is handed over to the Cable Company.
13. The sender may have a notice of the time at which his telegram
was delivered transmitted to him by telegram on payment of an ad-
ditional rate for 10 words, plus the charge for one additional word, the
expression " C. R." being inserted before the receiver's address.
14. The receiver of a telegram can, by applying within 72 hours
after its delivery, obtain the correction of passages which are doubtful,
by paying for two separate telegrams, viz. : — One requesting the
repetition, and the other consisting of the reply, plus one word for the
name of the addressee.
The amount is refunded on application to the Secretary, G.P.O., if
the telegram has been inaccurately transmitted.
If the repetition shows that only a portion of the telegram was
inaccurately transmitted, a proportionate part of the amount paid for
repetition will be refunded.
15. The receiver of a telegram addressed to a place in the United
Kingdom may have it repeated from the office of the Cable Co. by
paying the ordinary inland rate for the part of the telegram which he
wishes to be repeated ; and if it be found that an error has taken place
the amount so paid will be refunded.
16. In telegrams to be left until called for at Telegraph Offices or
at Post Offices, the words " Telegraphe Restant " or "Post Restante "
must be inserted as part of the receiver's address.
A telegram addressed to several persons in the same town, or to the
same firm at different localities in the same town, is charged for as a
single telegram, and a sum of 5d must be prepaid for every extra copy
to be delivered if the number of chargeable words does not exceed 100 ;
an additional sum of 5d being charged for every additional 100 words
or part of 100 words.
In calculating the charge all the names and addresses are included.
Telegrams having multiple addresses are not accepted for America.
17. Under no circumstances is the charge for an unrepeated
telegram, which has been inaccurately transmitted, refunded. The
cost of a repeated telegram which has been inaccurately transmitted is
returned when it is shown that the telegram was rendered useless
thereby.
The cost of telegrams which have failed to reach their destination
owing to some error on the part of the telegraph service, and the cost
of telegrams which have been delayed beyond two days in the case of
European, and beyond six days in the case of Extra-European telegrams,
from other causes than interruption of the telegraphic communication,
is returned to the senders.