Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3213

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(c.) And for all telephoned Press messages as described in subsection (2),— £ s. d.
For any one year or portion of a year exceeding six months ... 1 0 0
For any period exceeding three months but not exceeding six months 0 10 0
For any period not exceeding three months ... ... ... 0 5 0
The annual subscription must be made to fall due on the 1st January,
and must be renewed from that date.
Or for each separate transmission, provided the telephone con-
versation does not exceed three minutes ... ... ... 0 0 3
For each additional three minutes or fraction thereof ... ... 0 0 3
At all other offices ... ... ... ... Free.

When the fee is paid by time, one conversation may include two or more messages, including
any referred to in the next succeeding subsection. The fee is to be affixed in stamps to a
docket which will be provided, and which must be delivered to the telegraph-office
immediately after the message has been telephoned.

(5.) Telephone-exchange subscribers and owners of private lines connected with
telephone bureau who have signed the usual form of application may also telephone to
any telegraph-office connected with a telephone exchange, during the ordinary hours of
telegraph attendance, if the exchange is open, messages to be further transmitted from
the telegraph-office to the respective destinations of such messages as telegrams, pro-
vided the usual cost of such telegrams is paid in addition to the rates prescribed above
when applicable.

(6.) Prior to telephoning any such message within the limits of a town the sender
shall reduce such message to writing, and, immediately after transmission, deliver the
written message to the telegraph-office, with the charges affixed in stamps. Messages
telephoned after 5 p.m. and before 8 p.m. must be handed in to the telegraph-office not
later than 10 o’clock the following morning. To prevent duplication the word “Trans
mitted” must be written in a conspicuous place on the form after the message has been
telephoned. In country places the same procedure must be followed, except that the
written message must be delivered to the telegraph-office within a reasonable time.

(7.) The Department reserves the right to exclude any person from the privilege of
sending or receiving telegrams by telephone under this system until any arrears of fees
or charges which may be due are fully paid, and to demand a deposit before or at any time
after registering any application.

(8.) The transcribed copies of messages telephoned by subscribers to telephone
exchanges, or by private line-owners, will, so far as the Department is concerned, become
the original telegrams, and the Department will not assume or be subject to any liability
by reason or on account of any failure, delay, or mistake in or about the transmission,
receipt, or delivery of any telegram under this system, from whatever cause the same may
arise. Messages will only be received upon the understanding that the Department’s
counting and charging are accepted without question.

(9.) On payment of the charge for the transmitting—at the prescribed rates for urgent
or ordinary telegrams, as the case may be—of the three words required to convey the
direction, the sender of a telegram may insert in the place reserved therein for instructions
the direction “To be telephoned,” and thereupon such telegram, upon arrival at the
telegraph-office of destination, shall be forthwith telephoned through the telephone
exchange to the addressee, if such addressee is a subscriber to that exchange; and in
other respects the provisions made for the transmission of telegrams to addressees through
telephone exchanges at their own request shall, as far as applicable, apply to such
telegram.

SPECIAL-MESSENGER SERVICE.

1. There are special-messenger services at the following offices:—
   Ashburton, Greymouth, Napier, Rotorua,
   Auckland, Hamilton, Nelson, Thames,
   Blenheim, Hastings, New Plymouth, Timaru,
   Bluff, Hawera, Oamaru, Waihi,
   Christchurch, Hokitika, Onehunga, Wanganui,
   Dunedin, Invercargill, Palmerston North, Wellington,
   Feilding, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Westport,
   Gisborne, Masterton, Reefton, Whangarei.
   Gore,

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