3210
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104.

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If required to be delivered beyond the distance of three miles, all moneys disbursed in payment of cab-fares, omnibus-fares, horse-hire, porterage, or any other expenses incurred in delivery, shall be charged for and paid. All telegrams shall bear any expenses incurred to defray ferriage and tolls. To prevent the non-delivery or detention of telegrams when a telegram is presented for a place known to be beyond the free delivery, the cost of carriage from the office of delivery should be prepaid. If the carriage is insufficiently prepaid, the balance will be collected from the addressee. When the sender gives a guarantee that carriage will be paid for by the addressee, the words “Carriage guaranteed” should be written on the back of the forwarded telegram and signed by the sender, whose address also should be given. In the event of the addressee refusing to pay, the amount due will be recovered from the sender. If the sender declines to pay for the carriage, or to give the guarantee, the telegram will be delivered by post. When a telegram is received requiring delivery by special messenger, and upon which no carriage has been prepaid, the sender will be asked for his instructions, and if no reply is received before the despatch of the next mail or the next letter-carrier’s delivery the telegram will be posted. Free telegrams on behalf of sender or addressee about the amount of payment required for carriage, and so forth, will not be sent.

Sender responsible for Delivery Charges.

22. The sender of a telegram shall be responsible for the payment of all charges incurred in the delivery, and, if the sender fails to pay the charges upon being requested to do so, the Officer in Charge of the telegraph-office at which the telegram was delivered for despatch may, in his own name, in any Court of competent jurisdiction, sue for and recover from the sender thereof the charges due on such telegram.

Redirected Telegrams.

23. Telegrams redirected to a corrected address are liable to an additional charge of 6d. if delivery can be effected from the original receiving office, but if the corrected address requires that the message be re-telegraphed from the receiving office, a charge will be made equal to the original amount paid, plus or minus the charge at ½d. a word for any words by which the number of words in the original address is increased or diminished.

24. The sender may direct that a telegram be readdressed, paying an extra fee for the new address. Telegrams readdressed for transmission by post are charged a single rate of postage only.

Fee for Search.

25. The originals of inland telegrams and cable messages are kept for six and twelve months respectively.

26. The sender or the addressee of an inland telegram or cable message, or his duly authorised agent, may inspect such telegram or cable message at the office of transmission or of destination without charge, or be supplied with a certified copy of it on payment (in advance) of a fee of 6d. for each inland telegram, or, in the case of Press telegrams, a certified copy thereof will be supplied on payment (in advance) of a fee of 6d. for each one hundred words, or fraction thereof, and a fee of 5d. will be charged for every hundred words, or fraction thereof, of a cable message, provided the telegram or cable message has not already been sent to the General Post Office. If it has been so sent, the sender, or the addressee, or the duly authorised agent of either, may only inspect such telegram or cable message on payment (in advance) of a fee of 1s. if the necessary particulars enabling the telegram or cable message to be found without any delay are supplied, or 2s. 6d. if such particulars are not furnished. If the search extends beyond one hour an additional charge of 2s. 6d. for each and every subsequent hour will be made. A certified copy of the message will be supplied upon payment of an additional charge of 6d. for each ordinary telegram, or 6d. for each one hundred words in the case of a Press telegram. Satisfactory proof of identity of the applicant as the sender, addressee, or agent must in all cases be given. If desired, the copy of the telegram or cable message, or an extract, will be telegraphed, upon payment by the applicant of the telegraph fee in addition to the before-mentioned charge.