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APPENDIX. 39
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 (if the
actual cost is not known) a deposit of is is taken to cover the cost of
conveyance.
8. A deposit of 3s 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.
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 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. 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. Telegrams may be sent before and after the usual office hours —
provided the Delivering Office is open on payment of a fee— usually
is 6d. Entrance to Post Office by east door.
The fee is only charged on one telegram if more telegrams than
one are handed in together by the same person.
17. Offices may be kept open after hours, by prior arrangement, on
payment of certain fees.
18. Telegraph Offices (with the exception of Receiving Offices in
London and other large towns) are, as a rule, open from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. on week days. On Sundays the hours of attendance are usually
from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in England, and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in
Scotland and Ireland. Certain offices are open longer, and information
as to the hours at those offices can be obtained at any Telegraph Office.
19. Telegrams written in Latin or in any European language are
charged for according to the number of words they contain ; but all
unintelligible words not forming part of Latin or of any European
language are charged for at the rate of five letters to a word.