✨ Telegram Transmission and Charging Regulations
July 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2045
commas, dashes, and bars indicating fractions are each counted as a figure or a letter in the group in which they occur. This also applies to each letter added to groups of figures to form ordinal numbers, as well as to letters added to figures to designate the numbers of houses in an address.
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Combinations or alterations of words contrary to the usage of the language are not admitted. Nevertheless, the names of towns and countries; surnames belonging to one person; names of places, squares, boulevards, streets, and other kinds of public places; names of ships; whole numbers, fractions, decimal or fractional numbers written entirely in letters, and compound words admitted as such in the English and French languages, and which can, when required, be justified by the production of a dictionary, may be respectively grouped as one word each without apostrophe or hyphen.
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In counting the number of words in messages—
(1.) When no double words and no double groups of figures are included, the number of words should be indicated by one number only—that is, the total number of words and groups combined.
(2.) In plain telegrams containing words of over fifteen letters or groups of more than five figures, and in code messages containing plain words of over ten letters or groups of more than five figures or five letters, indicate by the numerator of a fraction the total taxable number of words, and by the denominator the actual number of words and groups combined.
(3.) In Government cipher telegrams indicate by bars of division—first, the total number of taxable words; secondly, the plain and code words; and thirdly, the number of groups of letters or figures. -
The following examples determine the interpretation of the rules to be followed in counting words:—
| Number of Words. |
|---|
| In Address. |
| --- |
| New York (1) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Newyork .. .. .. .. .. |
| Frankfurt Main (1) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Frankfurtmain .. .. .. .. .. |
| Sanct Poelten (1) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Sanctpoelten .. .. .. .. .. |
| Emmingen, Hannover (1) (2) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Emmingen, Württemberg (1) (2) .. .. .. .. .. |
| New South Wales (1) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Newsouthwales .. .. .. .. .. |
| XP fr. 2. 50 (supplementary instruction written in abridged form) |
(1) In the address these different expressions are grouped by the counter-clerk.
(2) Hanover and Württemberg, following Emmingen, serve to complete the designation of two offices of the same name, and thus appear in the first column of the official Nomenclature of Telegraph-offices.
| Number of Words. |
|---|
| .. |
| Van de Brande .. .. .. .. .. |
| Vandebrande (name of person) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Du Bois .. .. .. .. .. |
| Dubois (name of person) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Belgrave Square .. .. .. .. .. |
| Belgravesquare (contrary to the usage of the language) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Hyde Park .. .. .. .. .. |
| Hydepark (contrary to the usage of the language) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Hydepark Square (1) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Hydeparksquare (contrary to the usage of the language) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Saint James Street .. .. .. .. .. |
| Saintjames Street .. .. .. .. .. |
| Rue de la Paix .. .. .. .. .. |
| Rue delapaix .. .. .. .. .. |
| Responsabilité (14 characters) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Kriegsgeschichten (15 characters)* .. .. .. .. .. |
| Inconstitutionnalité (20 characters) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Wie geht’s (“instead of “Wie geht es”) .. .. .. .. .. |
| A-t il .. .. .. .. .. |
| C’est-à-dire .. .. .. .. .. |
| Aujourd’hui .. .. .. .. .. |
| Aujourd'hui .. .. .. .. .. |
| Porte-monnaie .. .. .. .. .. |
| Portemonnaie .. .. .. .. .. |
| Prince of Wales (ship) .. .. .. .. .. |
| Princeofwales (ship) .. .. .. .. .. |
| 44½ (5 characters) .. .. .. .. .. |
| 444½ (6 characters) .. .. .. .. .. |
| 444.5 (5 characters) .. .. .. .. .. |
| 444.55 (6 characters) .. .. .. .. .. |
(1) In this case, the expression “Hydepark,” written as a single word, counts as one word only because the word “park” forms an integral part of the name of the square.
- In plain and code language “ch” is counted as one Morse character, and in cipher language as two.
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