2046
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

Number
of Words.

44/2 (4 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
44/ (3 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
2% (4 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
2 p % .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
2 %o (5 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
2 p %o .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
54-58 (5 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
17me (4 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Le 1529me (1 word and a group of 6 characters) .. .. .. .. 3 words
10 francs 50 centimes (or 10 fr. 50 c.) .. .. .. .. 4 words
dixcinquante .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
10 fr. 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
fr. 10. 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
11 h 30 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
11.30 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
huit /10 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
5/ douzièmes .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
5 bis (number of dwellinghouse) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
15a (number of dwellinghouse) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
30a .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
15 x 6 .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 words
Two hundred and thirty four .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 words
Twohundredandthirtyfour (23 characters) .. .. .. .. 2 words
Troisdeuxtiers .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Unneufdixièmes .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Deux mille cent quatre-vingt-quatorze .. .. .. .. 6 words
Duexmillecentquatrevingtquatorze (32 characters) .. .. 3 words
E .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Emvthf (6 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Emvchf (6 characters)† .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Ch23 (commercial mark) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
197a/199a (commercial mark) .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 words
AP/M (commercial mark) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
3/M (commercial mark) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
L’affaire est urgente, partir sans retard (7 words and underlines) .. 9 words
Reçu de vos nouvelles indirectes (assez mauvaises) télégraphiez directe-
ment (9 words and 1 passage between parentheses) .. .. 10 words

• Telegraph instruments cannot reproduce such expressions as 30a, 15 × 6, &c. Senders must be
  asked to substitute for them the explicit meanings, “30 to the power a” “15 multiplied by 6,” &c.
  † In plain and code language “ch” is counted as one Morse character, and in cipher language
  as two.

PAYMENT OF CHARGES.

60. All charges for telegrams must be prepaid, except those for transmission beyond
    the first destination of “to follow” = FS = telegrams, or for express delivery, or re-
    specting alterations or illegal combinations of words discovered by the delivering office,
    which shall be claimed from the addressee before delivery of the telegram. In the
    event of non-payment by the addressee the sender shall be required to pay the amount
    due.
61. A receipt for the charges collected for any cablegram handed in for transmission
    may be obtained by the sender on payment of 1d.
62. Charges erroneously collected in excess are refunded to the persons con-
    cerned.

PREPAID REPLIES.

63. The sender of a telegram can prepay the reply which he requests from his cor-
    respondent; writing before the address the instruction “Reply paid,” or = RP = and
    adding the number of words paid for the reply: “Reply paid x” or = RPx =. The
    charge for the reply is calculated on the supposition that it will follow the same route as
    the original telegram.
64. The sender who wishes to prepay an urgent reply must write before the address
    the instruction “Reply paid urgent x,” or = RPDx =, and pay the corresponding
    charge.
65. At the place of destination, the delivery office delivers to the addressee a voucher
    which entitles him to send free of charge, within the limit of the amount prepaid, a
    telegram to any destination whatever, from any office of the Administration whose office
    has issued the voucher.
66. When the proper charge for a telegram prepaid by a voucher exceeds the value
    of the voucher, the excess charge must be paid in cash by the sender of the reply. In
    the contrary case the difference between the value of the voucher and the amount of the
    charge actually due is refunded to the sender of the original telegram when application
    is made. This reimbursement is only made on the authority of the Administration of
    destination of the original telegram.
67. The voucher may only be used in payment for a telegram during a period of
    forty-two days following the date of its issue.
68. When the addressee has not made use of the voucher for any reason what-
    ever, or has refused it, the amount thereof is refunded under the conditions fixed by
    clause 69.
69. When the voucher remains in possession of the Administration, the latter, after
    expiry of the period of validity, officially initiates the refund. The amount of the
    voucher is nevertheless reimbursed to the sender if he apply for it before the expiration
    of this period. In this case the delivery office cancels the voucher, and the telegram,
    annotated accordingly, is preserved during the prescribed period. (Clause 89.)