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regulations, or by special instructions from the General Post Office, the telegram must not leave the hands of the officer intrusted with its exhibition. but be shown in his hands to the applicant.
240. The fees deposited for searches, and for copies of telegrams, must be affixed in stamps to the application.
COMPLAINTS.
241. When it is reported that a telegram has been dropped, delayed, or mutilated, &c., officers will formally acknowledge the receipt of the complaint, and forward the same to the Accountant, General Post Office, for investigation, on Form Acct. 66.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
242. Temporary offices are opened as occasion may require at racecourses, rifle-meetings, &c. In all cases application must be made to the Secretary, and permission obtained for the opening of any such office. Notice of the time of opening must be advised by wire (see Code ZQR, Rule T. 2).
In notifying the opening of racecourse telegraph-offices, notice for the day from 9 a.m. should be given when the office opens in the morning. It will be the business of the office of destination to ascertain from the authorities of the respective racing clubs whether telegrams are to be delivered in town before the racecourse office opens, or kept in the meantime.
243. A record must be kept, and a statement furnished, on Form Acct. 192, showing the receipts and expenditure in connection with the opening of temporary offices (i.e., the value of all telegrams received for transmission, and the cost of erecting and dismantling instruments, expenses of operator, messenger, &c.). In the event of the expenditure exceeding the receipts, the deficiency must be made good by the body or corporation at the instance of which the office was opened, and brought to charge as “Telegraph cash receipts.” Officers’ expenses must be claimed by voucher in the usual way.
A statement of telegraph business (Form Acct. 210) must accompany the messages to the Clearing-room. (Rule T. 293.)
244. Delivery statements must be kept at temporary offices. (Rule T. 87.)
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