Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3229

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20. Where the necessary arrangement has been made between the addressee and the terminal telegraph-office, the address may be written in a code or abbreviated form. (Clause 5, b.)

21. The word “ chez ” (“ care of ”), or its equivalent in the language of the country of destination, must be inserted as part of the address when a telegram is addressed to one person in the care of another whose name or code address is also given.

22. Government telegrams must bear the seal or stamp of the authority sending them. This formality, however, may be dispensed with when there is no doubt as to the authenticity of the telegram.

23. Telegrams from Consular Agents who are engaged in commerce shall be considered as Government telegrams only when they are addressed to an official personage and when they relate to official affairs.

24. The text of Government telegrams may, in all cases, be composed of plain or secret language. These languages may be employed together in the same telegram, provided, however, that the mixture in the same telegram of figures and letters having a secret meaning shall not be permitted.

25. The right to send a reply as a Government telegram shall be recognised on production of the original Government telegram.

RECTIFYING TELEGRAMS.

26. The sender or addressee of a telegram already transmitted or in course of transmission may, during the period of preservation of records, and after having previously proved, if necessary, his identity, cause inquiry to be made or instructions to be given respecting such telegram by telegraph.

27. The sender or the addressee may also have a telegram which he has sent or received repeated wholly or in part either by the office of destination or of origin, or by a transit office, on undertaking to pay the cost of the telegram demanding the repetition and of the reply to the same should the repetition disclose no error on the part of the telegraph-office.

28. If a reply to the request for repetition is not received within a reasonable time, a second request will be sent free of charge, and should have the words “ second request ” included in the instructions.

29. Rectifying, completing, or cancelling telegrams, and all other communications relating to telegrams already transmitted or in course of transmission, when they are addressed to a telegraph-office, must be exchanged exclusively between offices under the form of paid service advices chargeable to the sender or addressee.

30. Paid service advices are designated by the indication “ ST ”; those which are sent at the request of the addressee in order to obtain the repetition of the passage suspected to be erroneous imply always a telegraphic reply, and the insertion of the indication “ RPx ” is not necessary. In other cases in which a telegraphic reply is requested this indication must be employed.

31. These paid service advices take, for example, the following form :—

(a.) If it is a case of rectifying or completing the address,—

“ ST. London from Wellington.

“ Twenty-sixth (date of original telegram). Brown (addressee of telegram in question). Replace (or Read) . . . . . (indicating the correction).”

The charges are collected for this class of telegrams.

(b.) If it is a case of a request for the partial or total repetition of the text,—

“ ST. London from Wellington.

“ Twenty-sixth Brown (date and name of addressee of the telegram to be partially or wholly repeated). Repeat first, fourth, ninth (words of the text of the original telegram to be repeated).” Or,

“ Repeat word (or . . . . . words) after . . . . . .” Or, again,

“ Repeat text.”

32. Words to be repeated or corrected in a telegram are referred to according to their position in the text of such message, without regard to the rules for charging.

33. The reply to a paid service advice takes the following form :—

“ ST. Wellington from London.

“ Brown (name of addressee). Albatross, scrutiny, commune (the three words in the original telegram the repetition of which is requested).”

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